Joe speaks out

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(05-29-2020, 04:11 PM)fredtoast Wrote: I almost wish famous people would remain silent instead of making meaningless "thoughts and prayers" type posts like this.

It is like they want to get credit for being on the right side without actually having to do anything.

I guess they feel like they are doing something just because they have lots of fans, and it is good to know he cares, but people with millions of dollars should do more than just make posts like this.  Hopefully he will in the future.  All of this is new to him.  I am not even sure if he has signed his contract and gotten paid yet.

You almost wish? You either do or you don't, but either way Joe Burrow is perfectly entitled to his opinion and his place in the world is not that of some knuckle dragging schmuck who thinks his shit and his shit alone is the greatest aroma ever smelled by man or beast. 
Joe Burrow works with and around black men every day with a very unique opportunity to be an influence for great things besides just throwing a damned ball for millions of dollars. I suspect he's witnessed first hand plenty of the injustice inflicted upon black people and being from Southern Ohio has seen more than his share of bigotry on and off the field. 
And so why should Joe Burrow simply just shut up and pretend that the only use he could possibly be to our society is to throw a ball and entertain us? 
So what you're saying in essence is athletes are just dumb jocks who should have no opinions on the matters that affect each and everyone of us especially if the people they work with just happen to represent much of the injustices inflicted on their own lives and the lives of their own families?