A week or so ago I kept hearing mentions to how Reggie Bush should get his Heisman Trophy back. Now this week its people whining and complaining about how some chick that looks like a budget Flo Jo shouldn't be kicked off the USA Olympic team because she tested positive for weed due to 'weed is ok'.
What really got me were two things that look to be a whole new version of the victim mentality we see all too often now.
First, no one whined about Bush's Heisman until the NCAA lost a lawsuit a few weeks ago stating that student athlete's can market themselves and receive compensation for playing sports. Well, Bush lost the Heisman in 2005 due to him being caught taking shit from 'boosters'. This ruling took place 16 years later. Whats the fucking problem and how does that change anything?
That was the rule before 2005, it was the rule up until 2021. Everyone knew it. Some did it and got caught, others did it and didn't get caught. A lot didn't do it because they didn't want to risk anything; yet everyone knew about it. Bush was by far not the first, nor the last to get caught up in something like this.
So all of a sudden, the general premise of athlete compensation gets reversed and.....Bush deserves his trophy back? LOL no dumb shits, he didn't lose the trophy because he was/wasn't compensated, he lost it because he willingly/knowingly broke a rule that everyone knew about and got fucking caught. How are there grown ass men on TV and on the radio talking about how its the right thing to do to give Bush his trophy back? He broke a rule that had stood for decades previous to 2005 and another 16 years later. This wasn't some fluke or some really weird technicality. Get the fuck over yourselves.
This is almost the same mentality when it comes to Olympic Ghetto Barbie, but its a bit worse because its just that much more stupid of an argument. OGB tests positive for weed; a substance that while probably not 'performance enhancing' is again, on the widely publicized list of 'shit we test for' that is available to basically anyone, anywhere, at any time. This is no fucking secret to anybody.
So the argument comes in that this ban shouldn't stand, even thought OGB isn't even trying to fight the fact she tested positive. Instead, it shouldn't stand because its 'not a performance enhancing drug' and its 'legal in some states'. Horrible arguments.
Again, this has nothing to do with what people think is right/wrong or relative. Instead, there are posted rules ahead of time. No one has messed with them or manipulated them in a weird 'gotcha!' way to fuck anyone over. But because of 'feels' we should let OGB compete, even though she knowingly and more importantly, WILLINGLY broke the posted rules. The worst part about this whole thing is, I can at least respect an athlete for trying to get every tiny advantage with medicine and science. But this dumb shit gets grounded due to something that makes you slow and retarded; I'm pretty sure that probably just sums up everything.
So is this the new thing? I got busted going 17 over when the speed limit was 55, 12 years ago, but they now changed it to 75 and I should totally get my speeding ticket money back?
What really got me were two things that look to be a whole new version of the victim mentality we see all too often now.
First, no one whined about Bush's Heisman until the NCAA lost a lawsuit a few weeks ago stating that student athlete's can market themselves and receive compensation for playing sports. Well, Bush lost the Heisman in 2005 due to him being caught taking shit from 'boosters'. This ruling took place 16 years later. Whats the fucking problem and how does that change anything?
That was the rule before 2005, it was the rule up until 2021. Everyone knew it. Some did it and got caught, others did it and didn't get caught. A lot didn't do it because they didn't want to risk anything; yet everyone knew about it. Bush was by far not the first, nor the last to get caught up in something like this.
So all of a sudden, the general premise of athlete compensation gets reversed and.....Bush deserves his trophy back? LOL no dumb shits, he didn't lose the trophy because he was/wasn't compensated, he lost it because he willingly/knowingly broke a rule that everyone knew about and got fucking caught. How are there grown ass men on TV and on the radio talking about how its the right thing to do to give Bush his trophy back? He broke a rule that had stood for decades previous to 2005 and another 16 years later. This wasn't some fluke or some really weird technicality. Get the fuck over yourselves.
This is almost the same mentality when it comes to Olympic Ghetto Barbie, but its a bit worse because its just that much more stupid of an argument. OGB tests positive for weed; a substance that while probably not 'performance enhancing' is again, on the widely publicized list of 'shit we test for' that is available to basically anyone, anywhere, at any time. This is no fucking secret to anybody.
So the argument comes in that this ban shouldn't stand, even thought OGB isn't even trying to fight the fact she tested positive. Instead, it shouldn't stand because its 'not a performance enhancing drug' and its 'legal in some states'. Horrible arguments.
Again, this has nothing to do with what people think is right/wrong or relative. Instead, there are posted rules ahead of time. No one has messed with them or manipulated them in a weird 'gotcha!' way to fuck anyone over. But because of 'feels' we should let OGB compete, even though she knowingly and more importantly, WILLINGLY broke the posted rules. The worst part about this whole thing is, I can at least respect an athlete for trying to get every tiny advantage with medicine and science. But this dumb shit gets grounded due to something that makes you slow and retarded; I'm pretty sure that probably just sums up everything.
So is this the new thing? I got busted going 17 over when the speed limit was 55, 12 years ago, but they now changed it to 75 and I should totally get my speeding ticket money back?
