Okay, a couple of random thoughts from this thread.
The most recent thought is I find it more than highly ironic (and laughable) how Dala has zero problem stating Michael Jordan is the GOAT, and indirectly saying he is great not only on the field but off of it because evidently that is a criteria to check off for Dala for an athlete to be GOAT. Except Jordan hasn't been great off of it. Ever.
Jim Brown, woman beater or not, amongst others, has always highly criticized Jordan for the simple fact that Jordan, despite being the most recognizable face in the world, did absolutely nothing to use that platform for the betterment of society, and really specifically, those in China, where his Nikes were made (and still are I believe) by people making cents an hour, while Jordan reaped insane profits annually, those that came in right at 100 million dollars this past year. Despite reported awful working conditions and hours and terrible pay, Jordan did nothing about it. Zero. Better not to speak and keep cashin' checks. And mind you, I love Jordan. He is my favorite athlete of all-time so this is not some hater speaking here. But Dala has either ignored this information (because perhaps Dala just presumes Jordan voted Obama) or had never heard such. Either way, the "damage" has been done. Dala's made blanket statements about people as if the information he has had at hand suffices and nothing more needs to be known. Judgment passed.
And that's where we come to Tom Brady. Dala, your issue seems to be primarily, really only even, with his political (and personal-Trump) affiliation and not much more. FWIW, I loathe Trump. The dude's a moron of epic proportions and completely unfit to be the President and a disgrace to the position's history. But Brady owes no one an explanation of his relationship with the man and it's more than unreasonable to think that he is going to publicly explain how he came to know Trump and the dynamics of their relationship in some sort of a timeline fashion. It's really no one's business. What's more, his silence on Trump as it speaks to Brady's political leanings is not only no one's business as well, it's pointless. Brady is not only smart to be silent because he realizes absolutely nothing good will come from it if he answers the questions that have been asked but also because he realizes his legacy can only be tarnished with responses that the general public doesn't like. And let's face it, pubic perception, right or wrong is typically the ultimate judge.
I think more than anything, Dala, you just want to have Brady say something you don't like or foresaw him saying and yell out, Gotcha! to confirm the preconceived judgments you've already made. To please your own curiosity and ego more than anything I believe. I don't think it's because you want him to try to do better in society. Because quite frankly, Tom Brady speaking on the Presidency is like me speaking on Nuclear Physics. The guy knows nothing about it. Like the far majority of us, he doesn't know the ins and outs of politics and who did what, when, where, and why. His life is live, eat and breathe football (and family), not C-Span. The guy has absolutely zero qualifications to speak about Donald Trump as the President of the United States. He knows nothing about it. And for him to come out and speak about it as fact is not only pointless but wrong because there are far too many dumbasses out there who would take his word as the Gospel.
People need to use their platforms about things about which they're knowledgeable. And politics isn't such a thing for Brady. Just like Brady isn't such a thing for you.
