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uponit7771

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12. What's wasted is the focus of the OP...Was Black athletes treated different than

Reply to Jim Lane (Reply #11)

Wed Feb 8, 2017, 02:58 PM

Feb 2017

..white athletes who were accused of cheating or who was controversial?

Yes...

Including Bonds

Pure human bias would lean to sense such conclusion no?

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QUESTION: If Brady was non white would he have asterisks by his name because of deflategate? [View all] uponit7771 Feb 2017 OP

That is an interesting question DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2017 #1

Well I'm biased against Brady. rogue emissary Feb 2017 #2

Right, I remember that team... It was mostly black too. I didn't know TB snubbed Obama uponit7771 Feb 2017 #3

Fact is every president from at least Reagan has had athletes snub their invites Jake Stern Feb 2017 #4

The most famous sports asterisk belongs to Roger Maris, who was white. Jim Lane Feb 2017 #5

Wells report said Brady knew or was involved in cheating , Bonds was not uponit7771 Feb 2017 #6

Multiple holes in the "racism" explanation Jim Lane Feb 2017 #7

Was Bonds Convicted of anything? From any body or commission? tia uponit7771 Feb 2017 #8

Yes, Bonds was indicted by a grand jury and convicted at trial! And Brady was NOT! Jim Lane Feb 2017 #9

Bonds conviction was overturned... Your whole argument falls apart after that (link) uponit7771 Feb 2017 #10

LOL, you obviously aren't interested in the facts Jim Lane Feb 2017 #11

What's wasted is the focus of the OP...Was Black athletes treated different than uponit7771 Feb 2017 #12