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Go back and read the dates. Read what I said
Stringer was a member of the Vikings line in 1998
The Vikings line I gave you was 1988. A 10 year difference.
The Vikings line was 'big' then.
The largest lineman drafted in 1988 was Tony Mandrich at 315.
John Rocker lost his job because he couldn't throw strikes not for being a racist or homophobe.
Had he still been able to strike people out then he would still be treated like a hero. That to me is fucked up.
You claimed that the NFL has a 'strict' drugs policy. The standard penalty for failing a drugs test is a 2 year ban. For failing a second test is a lifetime ban. In the NFL the penalty for failing a second test is a 4 week ban.
No one who does a 'normal' job is paid millions of pounds or has sponsorship deals, nor are they treated as heros by the media and thousands of people. Thus your argument is irrelevent.
Are you telling me that Joe Buck has never sat down and read an article saying that Pete Rose should be forgiven for gambling, etc? Does Joe Buck live in a cupboard during the week and only come out on sundays for games?
The very fact that you are trying to argue a position of saying that criminal and anti-social behaviour should not have a bearing on how we view people demonstrates that you place conduct on the field as more important (and thus worse) than wife beating or racism.
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