Trump complains NFL players have become "soft, like our country..."

[bullwinkle428]

Donald Trump may be the only person in America, outside of the residents of Cincinnati and Minneapolis, who has watched these NFL playoffs and doesn't like what he sees.

“Football has become soft like our country has become soft,” the GOP presidential frontrunner told a campaign rally in Reno, Nevada on Sunday. "We're going soft, just like the NFL, we're going soft."

Perhaps Trump didn't see the plays in which Pittsburgh's Antonio Brown and Cincinnati's Giovanni Bernard were apparently knocked unconscious by hits to the head, their limbs flailing as they dropped to the turf like sacks of dropped dog food.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/donald-trump---football-has-become-soft--like-our-country-000938592.html?nf=1

[Odin2005]

1. Spoken like a true Fascist.

[Wounded Bear]

2. He missed the ice bowl in Minnesota, apparently...

fucking cold out there.

The ultimate projection. He got nothing. The only thing macho about him is his wallet.

[hedda_foil]

3. With that bloated red face and ample paunch, I wonder if soft was the best word choice.

Old Trumperella looks about as soft as the Pillsbury doughboy but not as appealing.

[Purveyor]

4. Revert to the leather helmets of yesteryear and the

head injuries will quickly go away.

[pansypoo53219]

11. i was thinking about that. yeah. turn back.

[Brother Buzz]

5. Man, that ass sure holds a grudge

He's still pissed the failing USFL and his darling team, the Generals, didn't get absorbed into the NFL.

[Skittles]

6. he is such a fucking idiot

[czarjak]

7. Like...

That spot on your head?

[safeinOhio]

8. He's more into

the WWF.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. WWF?

World Wildlife Fund? Trump?

[Elwood P Dowd]

9. So says someone who was a coward and draft dodger during Vietnam and never played

sports at any kind of high level past video games.

[jmowreader]

10. Would you care to do a little scrimmage, Mr. Trump?

Come on. Just a nice, friendly game of touch football against Ndamukong Suh, Rob Gronkowski, Vince Wilfork, Richard Sherman and Kam Chancellor. They're soft! You can do it easy!

[malaise]

13. I've never known a chickenhawk

who wasn't tough as nails while dodging the draft.

[treestar]

14. The macho bullshit

is what makes most of the trouble the US has.

So the hit to the head is supposed to not have any effects if you are a real macho man?

Trump has obviously been hit in the head in the past.

[sorefeet]

15. Coming from a coddled, sissy assed, sheltered

spoiled brat, born with a silver spoon in his whiny cry baby mouth. The prick complains about everything and if he don't get his way he throws a tantrum. His facial expressions are childish. He is soft as his silk socks. I would wager he could not do 5 push-ups. You are never going to run this country because you are a loser.

[RussBLib]

21. a severe case of "affluenza"

[davepc]

16. Trump going for the "pro brain damage" vote.

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. His ideal sport is Rollerball

Lots of injuries and risk of death, owned by corporations, and designed to divert the attention of the proles.

[Katashi_itto]

20. I liked the 1973 Rollerball. I always thought it and Bladerunner were good portrayals of

our future.

[TygrBright]

29. Yep. "Max Headroom" got a lot of it right, too. n/t

[Katashi_itto]

30. Ohh hell yes! I hadnt thought of Max!

[exboyfil]

32. What I find interesting is that NFLPA seems

to fight suspensions for these head hunting hits. It is its own members that are being injured in the most unimaginable way. Beckham's one game for after the whistle head shot???? I was shocked that the Steelers receiver walked off the field after this latest hit. If it is not at least four games then the league punishment is a joke. Beckham should have been for four games at least as well.

When someone is crippled or paralyzed by one of these shots, I suspect the NFL will be looking at a seven or eight figure pay out. They are obviously not taking this seriously.

[Katashi_itto]

18. So just what is Jaba's excuse?

[RussBLib]

19. Go, Donald!!

Alienate yet another slice of America!

[LittleBlue]

22. Tell that to Vontaze Burfict nt

[joeybee12]

23. apparently he missed the Stealers-Cincy game...

Football has become way too violent, IMHO

[exboyfil]

33. Actually look at film of Deacon Jomes

The problem is that the individuals have gotten too large and too fast. Also the introduction of the modern helmets and pads has not helped.

These type of hits have always been part of the game. Here is a Youtube video showing some of the hits. I don't know how many drew flags. Somee of the most vicious are obviously from 30 or 40 years ago.

[muriel_volestrangler]

34. No, I think he's specifically talking about that game

He said this on Sunday, so he's either talking about that game, or the Chiefs and Texans. Here's what he said:

“It’s a Sunday, who the hell wants to watch these crummy games? I just want to watch the end. ... What I just said about a game — so I’m watching a game yesterday. What used to be considered a great tackle, a violent head-on (tackle), a violent — if that was done by Dick Butkus, they’d say he’s the greatest player. If that were done by Lawrence Taylor — it was done by Lawrence Taylor and Dick Butkus and Ray Nitschke, right? Ray Nitschke — you used to see these tackles and it was incredible to watch, right?

“Now they tackle. ‘Oh, head-on-head collision, 15 yards.’ The whole game is all screwed up. You say, ‘Wow, what a tackle.’ Bing. Flag. Football has become soft. Football has become soft. Now, I’ll be criticized for that. They’ll say, ‘Oh, isn’t that terrible.’ But football has become soft like our country has become soft. (Applause) It’s true. It’s true. The outcome of games has been changed by what used to be phenomenal, phenomenal stuff. Now these are rough guys, these are rough guys. These guys — what they’re doing is incredible, but I looked at it and I watched yesterday in particular. So many flags, right? So many flags. And I could imagine a guy like Lawrence Taylor and Dick Butkus, who was really rough, and some of these guys sitting there watching. ‘Wow, what a beautiful tackle.’ ‘Fifteen yards! That’s — the game is over.’ You can’t kick a field goal any more.”
...
“It’s become weak and you know what? It’s going to affect the NFL. I don’t even watch it as much anymore. It’s going to affect the NFL. I don’t watch it. The referees, they want to all throw flags so their wives see them at home. ‘Oh, there’s my husband.’ [Laughter] It’s true. ‘He just broke up — he just gave a 15-yard penalty on one of the most beautiful tackles made this year.’ Right?

“It’s boring — although I love Tom Brady. I gotta tell you. I do love Tom. He’s a great guy. But it’s different. But it’s become soft and our country has become soft.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/01/10/donald-trump-nfl-football-has-become-soft-like-our-country-has-become-soft/

[Aristus]

24. Spoken like someone who has already taken several seasons-worth of traumatic

brain injuries.

[RussBLib]

25. maybe Trump is trying some reverse psychology

He wants to get out of the race, so he keeps trying to come up with absurd comments that will finally alienate people who support him., like:

The NFL has gotten too soft, and
Ya gotta admire the North Korean dictator...

But nothing works!!

[yellowcanine]

26. Yes, because that balmy weather for the Seahawks Vikings game was so cushy.

[underpants]

27. If he hadn't ruined the USFL he'd have had a shot at an NFL franchise

A shot. That's it. The NFL owners were clearly never going to let him have a partial ownership. See, he's an asshole and they know it.

[drray23]

28. he should gear up and go out on the field

and have a little practice with a few NFL linemen. 350lbs running a top speed towards him may make him change his mind..

[pampango]

31. The tough-guy leader who says his country has gone soft but will be great again?

Which world leaders, current and past, does that remind one of? It sounds to me like very authoritarian leader everywhere.

[Zorra]

35. Shit, give my girlfriend 2 minutes on the field with that preppie ass doughboy punk,

and that silver spoon he was born with would be so far up his ass his rug would be waving off his head like a tattered rat skin flag in the hot breeze of his never ending flow of rich boy trash bullshit.

And I'm the athlete in the family.

[TeamPooka]

36. When he loses the election he can host THE RUNNING MAN. nt