Chris Kluwe shines on Ellen

[Guest EXPAT]

Now that his season is over, Chris Kluwe is making the rounds of the national media he so richly deserved last fall when he became a champion of equality. He already conquered Colbert, and now he dances out toEllen, presenting her with a game-worn jersey, which the die-hard Packers and Saints fan seemed thrilled with. Still, Kluwe is just a joy to watch. He's energetic, fun, positive, everything a role model should be. Kluwe will be publishing a book of his uncensored essays in June on a variety of topics titled Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies. What an incredibly charming guy he is. WOW.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSytTIu4BMI

[TotallyOz]

Fascination account by Klewe about his firing and says it was because of his gay marriage stance. Read the full thing here:

http://deadspin.com/i-was-an-nfl-player-until-i-was-fired-by-two-cowards-an-1493208214

But, be sure to read where this coach Mike Priefer said, "We should round up all the gays, send them to an island, and then nuke it until it glows."

[MsGuy]

Nobody that writes a book titled Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies is a football player. No way. Not even if it were an 'as told to' book which apparently Kluge's is not.

He's a punter, not the same thing at all. No seriously, it's not the same. It's even recognized in the official NFL rulebook that a punter isn't really a football player. Real football players aren't allowed to touch him. LOL, even if some addled punter is trying to tackle (giggle, snort) a punt returner, nobody is allowed to block him out. I guess it's kind of like one of those Civil War stories you read about where some battle fogged idiot is riding up and down between the lines waving his sword and nobody has the heart to shoot the fool out of the saddle.

Don't get me wrong, I recognize that punters are athletes because clearly they are, just not football type athletes.

[MsGuy]

http://deadspin.com/i-was-an-nfl-player-until-i-was-fired-by-two-cowards-an-1493208214

But, be sure to read where this coach Mike Priefer said, "We should round up all the gays, send them to an island, and then nuke it until it glows."

Be sure to read the comments too. Like many of this type of article, the commentary from readers add a lot to the context of the main message.

[wayout]

Nobody that writes a book titled Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies is a football player. No way. Not even if it were an 'as told to' book which apparently Kluge's is not.

He's a punter, not the same thing at all. No seriously, it's not the same. It's even recognized in the official NFL rulebook that a punter isn't really a football player. Real football players aren't allowed to touch him. LOL, even if some addled punter is trying to tackle (giggle, snort) a punt returner, nobody is allowed to block him out. I guess it's kind of like one of those Civil War stories you read about where some battle fogged idiot is riding up and down between the lines waving his sword and nobody has the heart to shoot the fool out of the saddle.

Don't get me wrong, I recognize that punters are athletes because clearly they are, just not football type athletes.

One of the biggest hits of the year was delivered by Colts punter Pat McAfee. He was technically "defenseless" on this play:

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/nfl-rule-hitting-kickers-illegal-2013-12#ixzz2pHuQBEXE

I guess punters can give it but can't take it...much like many other people I know Interesting perspective and one that I did not really know before fully. I tend to agree with MSGuy here....punters are athletes but not necessarily football players in the same context of others on the team.

[MsGuy]

Good point, wayout, but I'm not sure that really qualifies as a legitimate 'tackle'. More like he caught the returner within a foot of the sideline and managed to bump him out of bounds by throwing a shoulder block on him. I bet McAfee was a real football player in high school!

Seriously, the defining characteristic of an American football player is his taste for violence. Every single one I've ever known on a personal level has waxed poetic about the thrill of plowing into somebody hard enough to scramble his innards (& has taken pride in his ability to get his own innards scrambled and pop up and keep on playing).

The PC word for all this is "physical". Whenever you hear a sports commentator yapping joyfully about a physical team, a physical game, a physical play, just substitute the word violent. Works every time.

So punters and kickers are deemed "defenseless" even after they've performed their specialist function. They just aren't up to the hits real football players take every game. LOL, if they were, they wouldn't be kicking and punting, they'd be out there playing football with the rest of the guys.