I saw the Eagles play the Packers in college and Reggie White sacked Favre and separated his shoulder. Favre went out for a play, popped his shoulder back in, came back in the game and threw a TD pass. White said that witnessing Favre's toughness in person was one of the reasons he decided to join Green Bay as a free agent that off season. I will miss Reggie. I still have the newspaper clipping of him holding up his #92 Packers jersey in the paper. Ugh... A sad day, indeed, for Eagles fans and Packers fans...and NFL fans, in general.
R.I.P. - R.I.P- Who gives a flip....goodbye to one of the most public racists in the history of mankind....
cmon on beef, he may have been a racist, but the guy is dead now, ya got to feel bad for him somehow... if not him, atleast his family
I dont feel bad for him in the least, his speech to the Wisconsin state legislature set back race relations in this country by 10 years....to paraphrase what he said for all that arent familiar, in his speech he said White people are good at runninb business, black people are spiritual, asians are good with technology, latinos are good at the family structure, all stereotypes that hundreds of millions of people will spend there whole life trying to disprove....
whatever, hes was still a good player, FOOTBALL will miss, i dont care what anyone has to say about him off the field
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>I dont feel bad for him in the least, his speech to the Wisconsin state legislature set back race relations in this country by 10 years</div> You give him a lot of credit... His comments were denounced nationwide and laughed at. Then he apologized. I doubt most people even remember it, to be honest. I had forgotten about it completely until I just read about it on ESPN. I agree with nflfan04... He was a great football player on the field, regardless of his opinions off the field. Even off the field, I think he did 1000 times more good than he did harm.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheBeef)</div><div class='quotemain'>his speech to the Wisconsin state legislature set back race relations in this country by 10 years... stereotypes that hundreds of millions of people will spend there whole life trying to disprove....</div> Its a tragedy when any life ends too soon. While I agree w/ beef about him being a racist (a real life affirmative action Archie Bunker?), I do feel bad & wish nothing but the best for his family. The thing that surprised me was that an ordained minister had all but given up on Christianity (ESPN said he hadn't in a church in 4 yrs).
I do not believe for one second that Reggie White was a racist. His remarks in front of the Wisconsin State Legislature were stupid, but I really don't believe he meant them to be harmful. I think the big picture of his entire life should put that one bad chapter in proper perspective. We all have bad chapters in our lives. I know I do. I don't know how often Reggie has been to church in the past four years, but I just saw a segment, in a special that NFL Films did on religion and football, and Reggie was studying Hebrew so that he could know the Bible better. I doubt reports that he had given up on Christianity. This I do know. Reggie White was the greatest defensive end of all time. There are a lot of people who actually knew him who are talking about the great impact he had on them. I know that I loved watching him play football and the only jersey in my closet that isn't a Marino jersey is my Reggie White jersey. I'm so sorry that he is gone at such a young age and I hope his family can find peace with this tragedy.
of course its tough to die at a young age, n i grew up watching him play. hes the first big name that was in my head from 10 years ago or so. itll be a great loss for football.
My problem with the situation is more with our society than with Reggie White in general....he says what he said and people line up to forgive/defuse the comments, hes met with statements like, "He was confused", "He didnt mean anything by it"....while a congressman uses the word "Niggardly" in its proper context and his career is nearly destroyed....thats bullshit, its a double standard, and I for one am tired of it....the basic moral is that if you are a minority, you can make all the slurs you want, but if your not, and you make a comments that isnt a slur but sounds like one, you are never forgiven.....
i understand whatcha mean, but i cant forgive something i never knew of until a few days ago. i didnt know it happened, so i never forgave him or accused him.
Here's a link to the "double standard" Beef is talking about. I had to look it up because I was unaware of this incident. I'll reserve comment because I still don't know many of the details surrounding David Howard's resignation. This is a thread about Reggie White leaving this earth at way too early of an age. I don't believe it's fair to make Reggie White a monster because of one incident for which he apologized. It wasn't indicitive of the rest of his life. Try looking at the big picture of Reggie White's life.
That links actually isnt the incident I was refering too, but it is a perfect example....That guy used a word that wasnt racially bigoted in any way but it sounded like a slur so he paid the price, Reggie was ripping races left and right and he gets the pass, more so now that he passed away....
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TheBeef)</div><div class='quotemain'>Reggie was ripping races left and right</div> Except for the one speech, which he apologized for, name one other time that would cause a person to think that Reggie White was a racist. It was one stupid speech. He apologized. Actually, I really believed that he was trying to say something positive about each race and had a total meltdown. That doesn't make the man a monster. It makes him human. (and a really crappy speech writer) Of course, I don't think Jimmy the Greek was a racist either. Sometimes, people say stupid things that isn't a true reflection of who they are.
I thought Reggie was a good man, a strong Christian, and a tremendous football player. May the Lord bless his family in this difficult time.
