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College Football Playoff National Champion and potential starting quarterback for The Ohio State University Cardale Jones cemented his support of the Black Lives Matter movement on Thursday morning after a fan told him told him to concentrate on football.
Jones who rose to national prominence after becoming the third starting quarterback for the Buckeyes in 2014 stopped a fan in his tracks after the fan told the young football player to keep his mind on winning another championship.
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The fan, who went by the username @DGus1228, deleted his account shortly thereafter, but not before TPM got a screengrab of the exchange.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cardales-jones-osu-black-lives-matter
yourout
(7,534 posts)Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)AverageGuy
(80 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)MineralMan
(146,341 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)Very good for Mr. Jones. Put that sucker in his place.....
irisblue
(33,041 posts)this year is going to be interesting.
Ohio State Football is the civic religion of Columbus O-H-I-O.
rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)entertaining a lot of well-off alumni in the Colosseum on crisp fall weekends.
I suspect he has a lot more to offer than that.
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jtuck004
(15,882 posts)life than foolsball. Wouldn't be too difficult, I would think.
Or, as you say, perhaps he will learn his place...
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jtuck004
(15,882 posts)lose profits has learned quite well. " He'll learn ... " As you wrote...
Maybe a little less restraint might lead to a few less murders. It ain't workin' like it is.
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jtuck004
(15,882 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)Nothing new. they are part of a team and they're actions or statements reflect on those teams. Some players are let go for things they've said. Thats the way it goes. You know it when you sign the contract.
SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)That fan did act like he owned him.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)oasis
(49,434 posts)It's likely the two will be making contact if they haven't already.
lark
(23,182 posts)Love this exchange. I loathe Ohio State and Urban Meyers (I'm a FL Gators fan so don't forgive him for lying and leaving us high and dry) but have to say I like this guy Jones. He's smart, funny, caring and tuned in - good for him. I wish him well, even though I hate his team.
BainsBane
(53,093 posts)all the way to Ohio State football now.
DinahMoeHum
(21,822 posts)I'm not an Ohio State football fan, but that response was genius.
skepticscott
(13,029 posts)is seriously infested with redneck racists.
irisblue
(33,041 posts)rurallib
(62,471 posts)as an Iowa fan I will be cheering for Mr. Cardale Jones this year.
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)Ohio Dem
(4,357 posts)Always funny, and this is just one example. Proud he is a Buckeye. Really has matured and is a wonderful human. I think the world of Cardale Jones.
Hoping he has a long and successful career.
Catherine Vincent
(34,491 posts)BillZBubb
(10,650 posts)Wait a minute, he is an ass. So, I guess he got himself handed to himself.
Way to go Jones!
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Springslips
(533 posts)Makes this alumni proud!
ladyVet
(1,587 posts)allan01
(1,950 posts)Thespian2
(2,741 posts)How did that wet towel feel when it hit your ass?
rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)Go Bucks
certainot
(9,090 posts)bet all of them will weigh in on this on the asshole fan's side
what will they say? unless the player is a superstar they'll kick him around for being political. keeping politics out of sports. right?
yeah, right. the rw radio monopoly would fall apart if not for 90+ universities renting their mascots to the 270+ limbaugh/kkk stations to help them sell their lies and racism,
if/when that happens, his supporters need to protest at the university itself and get it off rw radio. that will hurt rw radio. and the more that happens with those 90 schools pissing all over their mission statements, the faster democracy will get back to real.
MADem
(135,425 posts)I have never, ever, in my life and in the existence of twitter, seen anyone use 140 characters to such BRILLIANT effect!
If that does not encapsulate the FEELING, and the whole "GET A CLUE" perspective, I don't know what does!
I have no idea who Mr. Jones is, never heard of him quite honestly (I follow sports indifferently) but he is a HERO to me....