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Bio1590
04/15/21 10:53:49 AM
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2021/04/14/brett-favre-said-he-wants-politics-out-sports/7228742002/

Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre said he does not want politics involved in sports because it's hurting the games.

Favre made his comments Sunday on "The Andrew Klavan Show" on The Daily Wire. He added that he believes most fans want sports to remain about sports, not politics.

"I know when I turn on a game, I want to watch a game. I want to watch players play and teams win, lose, come from behind," Favre said. "I want to watch all the important parts of the game, not what's going on outside of the game, and I think the general fan feels the same way,

"I can't tell you how many people have said to me, 'I don't watch anymore; it's not about the game anymore.' And I tend to agree."

Favre's comments came days after Major League Baseball decided to move the league's All-Star Game to Coors Field in Denver after pulling it from Truist Park near Atlanta. The decision to pull the game from the Atlanta Braves home ballpark came after Georgia passed voting laws likened to Jim Crow-era laws.

This week, athletes have spoken out about the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was shot by a white police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.

The 20-year NFL veteran and Super Bowl 31 winner was open about voting for former president Donald Trump in the 2020 election. When asked why it was controversial for him to support Trump but not for athletes to kneel for the national anthem, Favre said the controversy was very lopsided and kneeling for the anthem has "created more turmoil than good."

"It's really a shame that we've come to this," he said. "Something has to unify us, and I felt like the flag, standing patriotically because Blacks and whites and Hispanics have fought for this country and died for this country. Its too bad."


This the dude that was sending dick pics to reporters while his wife was undergoing treatment for breast cancer.
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AngelsNAirwav3s
04/15/21 10:55:01 AM
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Politics arent making the ratings go up

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ZMythos
04/15/21 10:55:32 AM
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AngelsNAirwav3s posted...
Politics arent making the ratings go up
Who cares?

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Damn_Underscore
04/15/21 10:55:51 AM
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The Saints intentionally injure Brett Favre in the 2009-10 NFC Championship Game.

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hockeybub89
04/15/21 10:56:52 AM
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StarDestroyer
04/15/21 10:59:49 AM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
The Saints intentionally injure Brett Favre in the 2009-10 NFC Championship Game.

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ktownslayer16
04/15/21 11:00:16 AM
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he's not wrong, but it's still a dickhead thing to say tbh

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Bio1590
04/15/21 11:01:25 AM
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AngelsNAirwav3s posted...
Politics arent making the ratings go up

And is there any proof they're actually making them go down?
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hockeybub89
04/15/21 11:05:58 AM
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Let's not forget that politics in sports means things I disagree with in sports. Donald Trump driving around Daytona in the presidential motorcade is not politics. Military worship is not politics. The flag and calling people who don't care about non-Americans that hate the troops is not politics.

Refusing to do business in a state that disenfranchises voters or discriminates against LGBT people, however, is politics. Also, China is worse or something, so we should stop caring and unite as Americans before the Chinese and the liberals destroy our way of life. No politics please!

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Persona6
04/15/21 11:06:57 AM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
The Saints intentionally injured Brett Favre in the 2009-10 NFC Championship Game.


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TheGoldenEel
04/15/21 11:12:13 AM
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ktownslayer16 posted...
he's not wrong, but it's still a dickhead thing to say tbh
Hes also wrong

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EndOfDiscOne
04/15/21 11:13:29 AM
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Didn't he compare Kaepernick to Pat Tillman?

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Geno4LoveGeno4L
04/15/21 11:15:19 AM
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He is an asshole but was your racist comment in your title necessary?

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TheGoldenEel
04/15/21 11:16:05 AM
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Geno4LoveGeno4L posted...
He is an asshole but was your racist comment in your title necessary?
Shut the fuck up

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Geno4LoveGeno4L
04/15/21 11:18:05 AM
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Why is generalisation against white people being rich and assholes ok? You are making it less likely for poor white people to ask for help with your bigotry :(

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BudDupree48
04/15/21 11:18:44 AM
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Geno4LoveGeno4L posted...
He is an asshole but was your racist comment in your title necessary?

This lol. Favre is also not wrong

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hockeybub89
04/15/21 11:20:18 AM
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BudDupree48 posted...
This lol. Favre is also not wrong
He's right. Get rid of the anthem and military worship so the NFL can get back to its apolitical roots and unite all Americans.

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SquirtleSkwad
04/15/21 11:25:08 AM
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This dude makes out with his son.

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Bio1590
04/15/21 11:27:05 AM
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SquirtleSkwad posted...
This dude makes out with his son.

Isn't that Tom Brady
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SquirtleSkwad
04/15/21 11:28:16 AM
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Bio1590 posted...
Isn't that Tom Brady
You're right. I get them confused all the time.

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Cheetaluv
04/15/21 11:28:57 AM
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TheGoldenEel posted...
Shut the fuck up

It is so you can stop crying.

Politics doesn't have to be in everything, I rather enjoy a moment where I don't have Lefts or Rights throwing their agenda at me.

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BudDupree48
04/15/21 11:30:21 AM
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CE really hates our military

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FarFromFields
04/15/21 11:34:53 AM
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Geno4LoveGeno4L posted...
He is an asshole but was your racist comment in your title necessary?
Facts don't care about your feelings. Favre objectively benefits from his wealth and white privilege.

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Geno4LoveGeno4L
04/15/21 11:37:31 AM
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FarFromFields posted...
Facts don't care about your feelings. Favre objectively benefits from his wealth and white privilege.

I am aware the fact that people don't care about this guy's feeling

Rich privilege is a thing but white privilege is a racial slur


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Cheetaluv
04/15/21 11:37:50 AM
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FarFromFields posted...
Facts don't care about your feelings. Favre objectively benefits from his wealth and white privilege.

Yeah it wasn't like he was a talented football player or anything. Wow I guess Lamar Jackson has white privilege too.

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Jagr_68
04/15/21 11:38:00 AM
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Brett Fahv-ruh tarnishing his HOF legacy yet again with another red state take.

Grass green, etc

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RetsuZaiZen
04/15/21 11:38:40 AM
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Fuck off Favre

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BudDupree48
04/15/21 11:38:42 AM
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Not like Favre carved his own path and had a legendary career based on his talent. Nope it was all because he was white huh

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DepreceV2
04/15/21 11:39:26 AM
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So we still get Saints hate like the NFL board on CE too?

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CyricZ
04/15/21 11:39:37 AM
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BudDupree48 posted...
CE really hates our military
Uh huh, and?

If "politics" are to be gone from sports, that includes the flag, the anthem, and military presentations.

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Persona6
04/15/21 11:40:05 AM
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EndOfDiscOne posted...
Didn't he compare Kaepernick to Pat Tillman?

Yes lol, he said Colin Kaepernick was an American hero and then the next week was golfing with Trump. He did a fantastic job of making everyone angry at him

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FarFromFields
04/15/21 11:40:10 AM
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Cheetaluv posted...
Yeah it wasn't like he was a talented football player or anything. Wow I guess Lamar Jackson has white privilege too.
What a horrible example, do you know anything about football? Lamar Jackson had to face endless questions about being converted to RB or WR when he entered the league, something white QBs rarely face.

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BudDupree48
04/15/21 11:40:33 AM
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CyricZ posted...
Uh huh, and?

If "politics" are to be gone from sports, that includes the flag, the anthem, and military presentations.

That isn't political

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Cheetaluv
04/15/21 11:40:36 AM
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BudDupree48 posted...
Not like Favre carved his own path and had a legendary career based on his talent. Nope it was all because he was white huh

Yup, guess Favre was playing football for free cause he was so rich.

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StarDestroyer
04/15/21 11:42:39 AM
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Lamar Jackson is a very talented RB.
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CyricZ
04/15/21 11:43:36 AM
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BudDupree48 posted...
That isn't political
If the flag isn't political, then why have there been multiple efforts over the years to ban flag burning?

If the anthem isn't political, then why did the Texas State Senate pass a bill last week that would require all sports games to play it?

And I'm gonna assume you didn't mean that for military presentations, because you've got quite a walk to go to convince me that those aren't political.

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Too_Cool_Rick
04/15/21 11:43:40 AM
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Geno4LoveGeno4L posted...
I am aware the fact that people don't care about this guy's feeling

Rich privilege is a thing but white privilege is a racial slur

Damn they just look past this, guess they don't care about this guy.

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Shadow Don
04/15/21 11:51:30 AM
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This jackass doesn't want politics out of sports. He wants politics he disagrees with out of sports. Because trump culties don't have the mental fortitude to comprehend people having a dissenting opinion about a man clearly not qualified to be president and over half a million Americans paid the price for that.

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CyricZ
04/15/21 11:51:38 AM
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Too_Cool_Rick posted...
Damn they just look past this, guess they don't care about this guy.
What's his name?

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Blue_Inigo
04/15/21 12:04:37 PM
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I'm sure Jackie Robinson was saying the same thing when he was breaking the color barrier in the MLB. Sports have certainly never been used to highlight inequality no sirree

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I4NRulez
04/15/21 2:11:23 PM
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Sports has always involved politics. Theres no time in sports that it wasnt involved someway in politics.

Only morons believe that sports is somehow not.

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coolcono
04/15/21 2:16:40 PM
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I hated Favre as a Packer, but he is right.

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Sariana21
04/15/21 2:27:09 PM
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Hes just JELOUS that his REPLACEMENT, former Cal Bear Aaron Rodgers, is getting so much attention, so hes trying to be relevant.

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