CrazyFinn
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I remember the Gerhart story well, it was so bad that it made the news. But I also remember Brad Childress saying something to the effect that he wished Toby fought/hit back. It wouldn’t surprise me if he lost some standing in the locker room as a result of his non-action. The veterans will test rookies and welcome them to the league, and if you’re a white rookie playing a certain position, you will get an extra dose of it, Similarly, I recall a story about former Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey. He was being accosted by some black defenders, it apparently carried over to the cafeteria during a team lunch, and Shockey promptly kicked the guy‘s ass in front of everyone. Jim Fassel wasI doubt Caitlin has it in her makeup to get down and dirty with black players targeting her, and I don't mean that in a derogatory way. She reminds me of Toby Gerhart, a white bread suburban type who wasn't prepared for the NFL and the super racial consciousness of many blacks in the league. Some of Gerhart's supposed teammates were hitting him as hard as they could repeatedly in his first training camp with the Vikings while the mangina coach Brad Childress did nothing to try to stop it and I'm not sure Toby ever recovered much less tried to retaliate.
later quoted as saying “Yeah, it happened almost in front of me, and right then and there, I knew I had found my starting tight end”.
Bringing this back to basketball, yes, I believe a white athlete’s background and upbringing will definitely play a role in how they react to these situations in the pros. There was an NBA player named Steve Blake out of Maryland. He carved himself a nice 13 year career as back-up point guard. He grew up poor in Florida, I don’t know much else about his life story, but he wouldn’t take crap from anyone, I wish more whites would stand up for themselves this way: