Shot off an email to Peter King after going through his weekly Monday morning article. I suggest others do the same:
Hello Peter,
I have read your column for pretty much my whole adult life. I am 38 now but can still recall making it a point to read you for your NFL coverage back in 2002 as a 20 year old. Over the years it has become obvious that you like to add a pinch of your political beliefs into the article which has been a big turn off for me personally. I have always considered myself libertarian, I never preached politics or told people how to think - a live and let live type of mentality. In life you go through experiences, you observe, you ask questions and want to challenge the status quo if you see something wrong.
The first thing from the article I wanted to bring up was the unwarranted hit on Sam Darnold by indicating that the Jets should draft Trevor Lawrence. The Jets are a bad team - bad o-line, Bell has proven to be a big time FA bust, the TE Herndon who was hyped up is awful. Also last time I checked Darnold is a QB and they do not play defense. The Jets defense has been laughable this year, one of if not the worst in the league. They are indicative of everything wrong with the defenses around the league - lack of discipline, poor fundamentals, poor game planning, no adjustments etc. To write off Darnold right now is ridiculous. If you recall last year you said watching Jacoby Brissett vs. Deshaun Watson was something you looked forward for years to come - that did not age well at all!
Off to the second issue with your column today regarding The Undefeated's story on Jack Trice. The Undefeated is a racist site - let's just start off by saying that and Rhoden is an agitator milking a 97 year old story for all it is worth to push an agenda. What happened to Jack Trice almost 100 years ago has no context in the reality of today. It's sad it happened for sure but it is in no way timely except for those blind to the truth. I'd love for someone to address the real issues going on in the black community instead of bringing up 100 year old stories or the media today stoking fires with a false agenda of black victim hood. Why isn't the terrible sad story of Cannon Hinnant national news? Why aren't NFL players wearing his name on their helmet? In August over the course of eight days from August 9th-16th 5 black on white murders were committed (John Shockley, Nichole Merrell, Veronica Baker, Nathan Garza are the other four white victimes). This is what is really going on and it's much worse than the false narrative of cops killing innocent black people.
I am going to continue with The Undefeated. If there was a site that promoted white athletes, if ESPN created a subsite to support and give a platform to the issues white athletes face it would immediately be branded as racist and cancelled. The racial hypocrisy is astounding. Their promotion of pushing majority black starting QBs in this country last year reeked of racism and black supremacy. That site is what has set me off on my crusade to expose the NFL and college football for what they are doing to white athletes.
And now I am going to make you think outside of your safe box and the status quo that you both live in and push on others:
Why isn't there a push for more white running backs? Do you really think that only Christian McCaffery is the only white male with the ability to be a starting running back in the NFL? Digging deeper - both Wes Welker and Jordy Nelson were two of the dominant WRs - why aren't we seeing a push to get more white WRs in the league? Do you really think that after Jason Sehorn white athletes magically lost the ability to play cornerback?
I have followed the NFL draft for 15 years and caught on pretty quickly to the system put in place to discount and write off white athletes. Here is a list of adjectives used to describe white athletes:
Gym Rat
Sneaky Athletic
Sneaky Fast
More quick than fast
Blue Collar
Brings his lunch pail to work
These are all back handed "compliments" that also denigrate white athletes to a degree. Spoiler alert: The caste system exists in pro sports and is used to filter out white athletes starting with high school recruiting and going up through the draft. A black player is going to get more offers/looks because he is black - that's systemic racism for you. I know you will write me off as crazy but like I said earlier I have followed this league, the draft and football recruiting for 15 years and it's no coincidence. There is plenty of evidence out there. You may want to start doing some real journalistic research in finding and exposing the truth rather than just doing your part to cover up for the status quo.
