Controlled Chaos Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 (edited) "Try not to laugh when someone says these are the world’s greatest athletes, despite a paucity of blacks that makes the games look like a GOP convention. And try to blot out all logic when announcers and sportswriters pretend to care about the luge, the skeleton, the biathlon and all those other events they don’t understand and totally ignore for all but three weeks every four years. Face it: These Olympics are little more than a marketing plan.” If a white announcer said " The paucity of whites makes it look like a NAACP convention" He would be fired the next day. Gumbel is a f***in douchebag. Some of these atheltes work their entire lives to be on the olympic team and they are not the world's greatest atheltes cause it isn't a black dominated sport?? Edited February 17, 2006 by Controlled Chaos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Link? And which Gumbel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanOfCorn Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 03:10 PM) "Try not to laugh when someone says these are the world’s greatest athletes, despite a paucity of blacks that makes the games look like a GOP convention. And try to blot out all logic when announcers and sportswriters pretend to care about the luge, the skeleton, the biathlon and all those other events they don’t understand and totally ignore for all but three weeks every four years. Face it: These Olympics are little more than a marketing plan.” If a white announcer said " The paucity of whites makes it look like a NAACP convention" He would be fired the next day. Gumbel is a f***in douchebag. Some of these atheltes work their entire lives to be on the olympic team and they are not the world's greatest atheltes cause it isn't a balck dominated sport?? Last I checked...Scandinavia is not overrun with black people doing the nordic combined. Sorry Bryant, but some of us enjoy seeing some of those sports like luge and skeleton. I have to second your douchebag remark...so I will...Gumbel is a f***in' douchebag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Controlled Chaos Posted February 17, 2006 Author Share Posted February 17, 2006 (edited) QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 02:23 PM) Link? And which Gumbel? Bryant Gumble.... I can't find the quote from HBO, but the quote is here Edited February 17, 2006 by Controlled Chaos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 03:10 PM) "Try not to laugh when someone says these are the world’s greatest athletes, despite a paucity of blacks that makes the games look like a GOP convention. And try to blot out all logic when announcers and sportswriters pretend to care about the luge, the skeleton, the biathlon and all those other events they don’t understand and totally ignore for all but three weeks every four years. Face it: These Olympics are little more than a marketing plan.” If a white announcer said " The paucity of whites makes it look like a NAACP convention" He would be fired the next day. Gumbel is a f***in douchebag. Some of these atheltes work their entire lives to be on the olympic team and they are not the world's greatest atheltes cause it isn't a balck dominated sport?? He's right about the announcers - most of them don't know the Luge from anything, and could care less. But everything else is utter garbage, I agree. If someone said that the running events in the summer Olympics look like a NAACP convention (making CC's example a little closer to the bone), people would have a fit. Shut your racist pie hole, Mr. Gumbel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Controlled Chaos Posted February 17, 2006 Author Share Posted February 17, 2006 I guess this story will be on O'Reilly tonight. Tony Snow is hosting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AddisonStSox Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 These double standards are absolutely out of hand. This is despicable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 I think Mr. Gumbel needs a taste of beach justice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Controlled Chaos Posted February 17, 2006 Author Share Posted February 17, 2006 HBO message board comments http://boards.hbo.com/thread.jspa?threadID...rt=435&tstart=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mreye Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 How soon before this gets sent to "The 'Buster"?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 08:10 PM) "Try not to laugh when someone says these are the world’s greatest athletes, despite a paucity of blacks that makes the games look like a GOP convention. And try to blot out all logic when announcers and sportswriters pretend to care about the luge, the skeleton, the biathlon and all those other events they don’t understand and totally ignore for all but three weeks every four years. Face it: These Olympics are little more than a marketing plan.” If a white announcer said " The paucity of whites makes it look like a NAACP convention" He would be fired the next day. Gumbel is a f***in douchebag. Some of these atheltes work their entire lives to be on the olympic team and they are not the world's greatest atheltes cause it isn't a black dominated sport?? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I am probably in the minority here, but I actually agree with him on his last line. Face it: These Olympics are little more than a marketing plan. Besides hockey the winter olympics suck ass. I am not saying that they aren't athletes at the winter olympics, there just aren't many good events or events that I find interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Controlled Chaos Posted February 17, 2006 Author Share Posted February 17, 2006 QUOTE(mreye @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 02:56 PM) How soon before this gets sent to "The 'Buster"?? I was debating where the hell to put it. Sports Pub....SLaP....Fillibuster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Gumball is a luger for that comment . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Unbelieveable the things you can say if your black. And of course, some would say we are racist for saying Gumbel is racist... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Controlled Chaos Posted February 17, 2006 Author Share Posted February 17, 2006 QUOTE(southsideirish @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 02:57 PM) I am probably in the minority here, but I actually agree with him on his last line. Face it: These Olympics are little more than a marketing plan. Besides hockey the winter olympics suck ass. I am not saying that they aren't athletes at the winter olympics, there just aren't many good events or events that I find interesting. I'm not that interested in all the olympic sports either, but the athletes that are in these olympics bust their ass just as hard as any other athlete. As for the marketing plan...I don't get it. The Olympics aren't some new event generated for marketing...they're the f***in Olympics.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Gleason Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 QUOTE(southsideirish @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 02:57 PM) I am probably in the minority here, but I actually agree with him on his last line. Face it: These Olympics are little more than a marketing plan. Besides hockey the winter olympics suck ass. I am not saying that they aren't athletes at the winter olympics, there just aren't many good events or events that I find interesting. I would rather watch pretty much every single event in the Winter O, including Curling, than watch 1 friggin' second of Basketball, and that includes March Madness especially. All sports don't need multi-million dollar arrogance to be great. Amazing how the same house could turn out two such opposite guys in the same field of work. I like Greg a lot, and I hate Bryant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyWhiteSox Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 He went to my high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Does this mean 'Gumble to Gumlbe' won't be renewed for another hilarious season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldmember Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 QUOTE(mr_genius @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 04:32 PM) Does this mean 'Gumble to Gumlbe' won't be renewed for another hilarious season? only if we can find someone with tumorsyphillisitisosis... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 QUOTE(Goldmember @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 02:35 PM) only if we can find someone with tumorsyphillisitisosis... And yet it seems no one responded to my earlier reference to that episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_genius Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 04:46 PM) And yet it seems no one responded to my earlier reference to that episode. i did, but as to not give you credit for the first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanOfCorn Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 (edited) What Bryant seems to be missing is that the Olympics aren't really about the sports...the Olympics are about the athletes. They are about 34 year old mother's winning gold in speed skating. About gold medal winners giving their won money to charity. About 52 year old women competing in luge for Venezuela. Why do you think the Jamaican bobsled team was so popular? Because they were black? Because they were bobsleding? NO, because they were from Jamaica!!! Bryant has his ego so far up his own ass he's blowing s*** bubbles. and.....scene. Edited February 17, 2006 by CanOfCorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Tizzle Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 There's a problem when prominent black members of society say these comments. No, I'm not generalizing; merely suggesting there are concerns when people who are looked favorably upon, and should know better, say ridiculous statements concerning race. If not Barry Bonds or Kanye West, it's Bryant Gumbel or person every associated with NAACP. What we have to do is take people who utter these comments to task. Don't acknowledge any truths to any parts of his statements and deflect attention. Just concentrate on his observations of the absence of blacks--as well as the slight of Republicans--and absolutely hammer the issue. I'm against anyone, of any color, interjecting race into public discussions and getting away with it. What's most disgusting is when people within the media (esp. sports media) are terrified to respond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldmember Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Kanye West hates midgets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 QUOTE(Goldmember @ Feb 17, 2006 -> 04:56 PM) Kanye West hates midgets. midgets don't care about black people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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