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    Quote Originally Posted by bostondawg View Post
    Since this is about the 1000th time this thread has been posted, I'll make my comment a totally unrelated fictional short story in the form of a play for fun.

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    Our protagonist gets home from their 9 to 5 and sinks into their armchair. The TV is still playing ESPN from yesterday. It's a special about racism in men's college lacrosse.

    "Honey, the communists have taken over ESPN!" they shout. "I pay my cable bill explicitly to send a message to ESPN that they cannot broadcast this type of coverage! I shall no longer consume this liberal propaganda! What happened to the days when my preconceived notions about the world mattered?" They sip their bud light. "That's why I watch OAN Sports! They remind me of the days of when athletes just shut up and dribbled, and I could watch sports without having to consider the world around me."

    Of course, dear reader, those days never existed.

    [flashback to January 1965, in some small town outside of Meridian, MS. A young boy is helping his father working on the car while sports plays on the radio.]

    The radio was giving preliminary coverage of the upcoming AFL All-Star game soon to be played in New Orleans. The kid eagerly listens to stats about every player, memorizing their jersey numbers. He would often tell his father about how cool it was that the game was gonna be played just a few hours away.

    The radio program is interrupted with some breaking news: the 21 black players couldn't get around New Orleans. After arriving, they had been trapped at the airport and couldn't even get cab rides. Protests had started, with hostilities between locals and police. The star white players from the roster had to intervene. Ultimately, the game would be moved to Houston.

    The kid is confused; he doesn't quite understand what is happening. He asks his dad:

    "Dad, what's going on with the AFL game? Why are people yelling?"

    His father looks up from under the hood; he hadn't been listening.

    "Uh. Don't worry about that son. Nothing's wrong." His father gets up and turns off the radio.

    The kid feels sad, but he doesn't know why. He goes back to playing in the yard.

    [flashforward to 1978. A freshman at Mississippi State University walks around the student center during orientation.]

    He comes up on a beautiful ceramic mug. It commemorates the 15 year anniversary of the Game of Change between Loyola and MSU in basketball.

    "What a beautiful mug!" our protagonist exclaims. "It's so great that black people were able to peacefully resolve all of this. It's proof that the US is a great nation--when the blacks asked for equality, we gave it to them."

    Our protagonist beams with joy. He feels proud of his new university.

    [flashforward to the present. Our protagonist continues in his armchair.]

    The OAN Sports jingle plays and our protagonist sings along.



    He nods his head back and forth, feeling content. The world is a peaceful place without troubles.

    [screen fades to black]

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    You left off the part where the protagonist is called a racist.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Extendedcab View Post
    "Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
    Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
    All mimsy were the borogoves,
    And the mome raths outgrabe.
    "Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
    The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
    Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
    The frumious Bandersnatch!"

    ^^^^^

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coach34 View Post
    Clay Travis said it best- "Go Woke/Go Broke"
    ESPN and the CBA are just trying to kiss the Chinese A$$.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bostondawg View Post
    Since this is about the 1000th time this thread has been posted, I'll make my comment a totally unrelated fictional short story in the form of a play for fun.

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    Our protagonist gets home from their 9 to 5 and sinks into their armchair. The TV is still playing ESPN from yesterday. It's a special about racism in men's college lacrosse.

    "Honey, the communists have taken over ESPN!" they shout. "I pay my cable bill explicitly to send a message to ESPN that they cannot broadcast this type of coverage! I shall no longer consume this liberal propaganda! What happened to the days when my preconceived notions about the world mattered?" They sip their bud light. "That's why I watch OAN Sports! They remind me of the days of when athletes just shut up and dribbled, and I could watch sports without having to consider the world around me."

    Of course, dear reader, those days never existed.

    [flashback to January 1965, in some small town outside of Meridian, MS. A young boy is helping his father working on the car while sports plays on the radio.]

    The radio was giving preliminary coverage of the upcoming AFL All-Star game soon to be played in New Orleans. The kid eagerly listens to stats about every player, memorizing their jersey numbers. He would often tell his father about how cool it was that the game was gonna be played just a few hours away.

    The radio program is interrupted with some breaking news: the 21 black players couldn't get around New Orleans. After arriving, they had been trapped at the airport and couldn't even get cab rides. Protests had started, with hostilities between locals and police. The star white players from the roster had to intervene. Ultimately, the game would be moved to Houston.

    The kid is confused; he doesn't quite understand what is happening. He asks his dad:

    "Dad, what's going on with the AFL game? Why are people yelling?"

    His father looks up from under the hood; he hadn't been listening.

    "Uh. Don't worry about that son. Nothing's wrong." His father gets up and turns off the radio.

    The kid feels sad, but he doesn't know why. He goes back to playing in the yard.

    [flashforward to 1978. A freshman at Mississippi State University walks around the student center during orientation.]

    He comes up on a beautiful ceramic mug. It commemorates the 15 year anniversary of the Game of Change between Loyola and MSU in basketball.

    "What a beautiful mug!" our protagonist exclaims. "It's so great that black people were able to peacefully resolve all of this. It's proof that the US is a great nation--when the blacks asked for equality, we gave it to them."

    Our protagonist beams with joy. He feels proud of his new university.

    [flashforward to the present. Our protagonist continues in his armchair.]

    The OAN Sports jingle plays and our protagonist sings along.



    He nods his head back and forth, feeling content. The world is a peaceful place without troubles.

    [screen fades to black]

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    A1 creativity. I generally detest Boston but you're alright.

    You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to bostondawg again.

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