| OT LeBron James' 'Uninterrupted' issues letter to Alabama over copyright infringement on Bama Cuts videos (UPDATE: CNS response)

[TUSKtimes]

Not one person out there is getting all giddy over their mental abilities, it's strictly their physical abilities and what the hype trains in Nike has built. Ali is before my time, and of course there are widespread feelings on him. Be honest, Tiger Woods is one of the best golfers ever, BUT, he was also the darling of everyone trying to benefit and profit off him being a minority. This was a perfect way for golf to reach out to a new type of person in hopes of making more money. How many times did we hear more about the color of his skin over the actual feat itself in winning the Masters by a record number of strokes? We also didn't have the benefit of being into their lives each and every day now like we do with social media and their willingness to be such public people, so it was even more difficult to like them as people, yet only what they could do for us.. I think you are over selling their likability with the public. It's all minors that love LeBron. Not many grown ups care for professional athletes. Tiger lost most of his following after he cheated on his wife and kids with a bunch of waitresses and porn stars. This world has the shortest memory ever, so they are welcoming back a more humbled Tiger, plus we all love a comeback story. It's more about saying you were there to experience it more than a true appreciation for what they are doing and who they are. I think a lot of newer Alabama fans are the same way where they just want to be attached to a winner, but are not contributing time, money, and effort towards actually building the machine, just trying to reap the rewards. Role models aren't what they used to be. It's more about looking cool in the newest pair of shoes, or wearing the trendy jersey on the streets, being seen in the box suite or on the court, and whatever else "trends" on Twitter that week.

I really wasn't discussing their likeability in their personal life. By the way, Muhamad Ali went from one extreme to the other in public perception. By the early 70's he was the most famous celebrity in the world. A lot of the media that despised him for his politics, religion, and of course brashness, now respected him for his conviction. It really was an amazing public transformation of a person's profile.

I said Lebron is a much better communicator than MJ. You don't have to like what he's selling. I would say that Tiger and MJ took the same approach with their business and the press. And both had their problems in their personal life. I'm not saying equal, but MJ was getting exposed for his womanizing and his heavy gambling that eventually involved the commissioner. They both took no social/political position that I'm aware of. Probably didn't think it was good business. The closest I think MJ came to advocating some type of social justice in his time as a big celebrity was when his father was killed and his body was cremated before they identified who he was or notified the family.

I would put Lebron James more with Muhamad Ali in willingness to put himself out there for public reform. I'm not saying equal, different time and many different issues. But that at the same time puts the same target on his back that others had before him.

 

[TUSKtimes]

How do you feel about him invoking the name of Emmitt Till before the finals a few years ago? It's his off the court lack of awareness that bothers most.

In what context was he speaking?

 

[EasyTider]

In what context was he speaking?

The way Durant, Curry and the Warriors beat him?

 

[TUSKtimes]

The way Durant, Curry and the Warriors beat him?

Still, have no idea what that means. Or should mean.

 

[Sid Youngleman]

I just want it to go to court so Daniel Moore can paint the whole thing and get sued by both sides. Now that's what I call entertainment.

 

[ElephantStomp]

I can see Lebron’s point to a degree.

But, I cant stand Lebron and think he’s a whining little twerp.

 

[ElephantStomp]

Not one person out there is getting all giddy over their mental abilities, it's strictly their physical abilities and what the hype trains in Nike has built. Ali is before my time, and of course there are widespread feelings on him. Be honest, Tiger Woods is one of the best golfers ever, BUT, he was also the darling of everyone trying to benefit and profit off him being a minority. This was a perfect way for golf to reach out to a new type of person in hopes of making more money. How many times did we hear more about the color of his skin over the actual feat itself in winning the Masters by a record number of strokes? We also didn't have the benefit of being into their lives each and every day now like we do with social media and their willingness to be such public people, so it was even more difficult to like them as people, yet only what they could do for us.. I think you are over selling their likability with the public. It's all minors that love LeBron. Not many grown ups care for professional athletes. Tiger lost most of his following after he cheated on his wife and kids with a bunch of waitresses and porn stars. This world has the shortest memory ever, so they are welcoming back a more humbled Tiger, plus we all love a comeback story. It's more about saying you were there to experience it more than a true appreciation for what they are doing and who they are. I think a lot of newer Alabama fans are the same way where they just want to be attached to a winner, but are not contributing time, money, and effort towards actually building the machine, just trying to reap the rewards. Role models aren't what they used to be. It's more about looking cool in the newest pair of shoes, or wearing the trendy jersey on the streets, being seen in the box suite or on the court, and whatever else "trends" on Twitter that week.

I really wasn't discussing their likeability in their personal life. By the way, Muhamad Ali went from one extreme to the other in public perception. By the early 70's he was the most famous celebrity in the world. A lot of the media that despised him for his politics, religion, and of course brashness, now respected him for his conviction. It really was an amazing public transformation of a person's profile.

I said Lebron is a much better communicator than MJ. You don't have to like what he's selling. I would say that Tiger and MJ took the same approach with their business and the press. And both had their problems in their personal life. I'm not saying equal, but MJ was getting exposed for his womanizing and his heavy gambling that eventually involved the commissioner. They both took no social/political position that I'm aware of. Probably didn't think it was good business. The closest I think MJ came to advocating some type of social justice in his time as a big celebrity was when his father was killed and his body was cremated before they identified who he was or notified the family.

I would put Lebron James more with Muhamad Ali in willingness to put himself out there for public reform. I'm not saying equal, different time and many different issues. But that at the same time puts the same target on his back that others had before him.

Lebron is not a better communicator than MJ in even the least bit. Lebron has only spoke after somebody else has started the conversation. MJ and Tiger didnt/don’t take a position publicly in regards to social justice because they understand that there’s plenty of people piping up and giving their opinions that they don’t need to say anything (MJ has said as much). As for communicating Lebron is nowhere near as good as Tiger was/is.

Here’s Lebron’s communicating “Waa Waa Waa Waa Waa”

 

[JoshB]

Wait... Lebron has a show where he talks while sitting at a barber shop? Thats it? I mean what is he doing at the barber shop? Pretty sure dude's hair is made in a spray can.

 

[JoshB]

How do you feel about him invoking the name of Emmitt Till before the finals a few years ago? It's his off the court lack of awareness that bothers most.

In what context was he speaking?

Before the finals, someone spray painted the N-word across his garage. It got out to the media that the police were investigating it and when reporters asked Lebron what he thought when he saw it. He said this,

“I think back to Emmett Till’s mom, actually. That’s one of the first things I thought of,” he said. “The reason she had an open casket was that she wanted to show the world what her son went through as far as a hate crime, and being black in America. No matter how much money you have, no matter how famous you are, no matter how many people admire you, being black in America is tough. We’ve got a long way to go, for us as a society and for us as African Americans, until we feel equal in America.”

“It just goes to show that racism will always be a part of the world, a part of America,” he said. “Hate in America, especially for African Americans, is living every day.”

 

[TerryP]

How do you feel about him invoking the name of Emmitt Till before the finals a few years ago? It's his off the court lack of awareness that bothers most.

In what context was he speaking?

Before the finals, someone spray painted the N-word across his garage. It got out to the media that the police were investigating it and when reporters asked Lebron what he thought when he saw it. He said this,

“I think back to Emmett Till’s mom, actually. That’s one of the first things I thought of,” he said. “The reason she had an open casket was that she wanted to show the world what her son went through as far as a hate crime, and being black in America. No matter how much money you have, no matter how famous you are, no matter how many people admire you, being black in America is tough. We’ve got a long way to go, for us as a society and for us as African Americans, until we feel equal in America.”

“It just goes to show that racism will always be a part of the world, a part of America,” he said. “Hate in America, especially for African Americans, is living every day.”

And here's where I have an issue with LeBron. It's my perception he tries to come across as being a very self-aware individual when he's the complete opposite.

In this case he had a racial slur painted on the gates of the privacy fence around his mansion. He took the opportunity to make a comparison to a mother of a child who had been lynched. A 14 year old kid who had been kidnapped and beaten to death because a white lady was offended he was in her grocery store (mid-50's, Mississippi.) It was one of the driving incidents behind the civil right movement.

I'm tempted to use the term "I'm sorry" to start this next sentence. Actually, I find it pretty sad. When is a bit of graffiti even close to being the same thing as a kid getting lynched?

He was trying to make a statement about race relations. I get that. But, to put himself and that incident on the same plane as Till?!?! Give me a freakin' break! His intelligence is on display by the reference to Dill. It's a lack of self-awareness to compare the two incidents...when he was asleep in him multi-million dollar mansion while someone is spray-painting on his gate.

 

[TerryP]

I didn't even know he had a show. I've never seen it listed on TV Guide listings.

Wait... Lebron has a show where he talks while sitting at a barber shop?

I guess we should have been watching more ESPN to know this? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The one attorney I brought this up to yesterday said he thought it was asinine. I'm left wondering if it was bad advice from his PR/legal team or if it was a calculated move to get more exposure for his web series.

 

[ElephantStomp]

I didn't even know he had a show. I've never seen it listed on TV Guide listings.

Wait... Lebron has a show where he talks while sitting at a barber shop?

I guess we should have been watching more ESPN to know this? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The one attorney I brought this up to yesterday said he thought it was asinine. I'm left wondering if it was bad advice from his PR/legal team or if it was a calculated move to get more exposure for his web series.

Terry, I think the answer is yes and yes. I think it was bad advice and I think he needs more exposure for his series. I watched one episode of it just to check it out and I didnt find it very good. It was Lebron flaunting his basketball acumen, but to me he just came across as sour for losing the finals to GState and about as entertaining as watching piss ants swim

 

[ElephantStomp]

Wait... Lebron has a show where he talks while sitting at a barber shop? Thats it? I mean what is he doing at the barber shop? Pretty sure dude's hair is made in a spray can.

You don’t know what you’re missing by not watching it.

 

[TUSKtimes]

And here's where I have an issue with LeBron. It's my perception he tries to come across as being a very self-aware individual when he's the complete opposite.

In this case he had a racial slur painted on the gates of the privacy fence around his mansion. He took the opportunity to make a comparison to a mother of a child who had been lynched. A 14 year old kid who had been kidnapped and beaten to death because a white lady was offended he was in her grocery store (mid-50's, Mississippi.) It was one of the driving incidents behind the civil right movement.

I'm tempted to use the term "I'm sorry" to start this next sentence. Actually, I find it pretty sad. When is a bit of graffiti even close to being the same thing as a kid getting lynched?

He was trying to make a statement about race relations. I get that. But, to put himself and that incident on the same plane as Till?!?! Give me a freakin' break! His intelligence is on display by the reference to Dill. It's a lack of self-awareness to compare the two incidents...when he was asleep in him multi-million dollar mansion while someone is spray-painting on his gate.

Most activists aren't necessarily scholars. They tend to be concerned individuals that have a strong desire to get the story out. I recall when Muhammad Ali made his pilgrimage to Mecca and was absolutely stunned when he got over there he found all these white Muslims. Must have been a shock. So he didn't study the historical narrative of his chosen religion very well. But when you look at how people make religious choices, few people actually do.

He hated his slave name and his outspokenness on civil rights was legendary. In short fashion, he became the image of racial pride in America with other activist and with the black race in general. He was a lot of things but a learned educator wasn't one of them. What he really was, was a lightning rod and a personality so polarizing that people took notice. If you're throwing a rebellion, which gift do you think is more valuable?

 

[ElephantStomp]

And here's where I have an issue with LeBron. It's my perception he tries to come across as being a very self-aware individual when he's the complete opposite.

In this case he had a racial slur painted on the gates of the privacy fence around his mansion. He took the opportunity to make a comparison to a mother of a child who had been lynched. A 14 year old kid who had been kidnapped and beaten to death because a white lady was offended he was in her grocery store (mid-50's, Mississippi.) It was one of the driving incidents behind the civil right movement.

I'm tempted to use the term "I'm sorry" to start this next sentence. Actually, I find it pretty sad. When is a bit of graffiti even close to being the same thing as a kid getting lynched?

He was trying to make a statement about race relations. I get that. But, to put himself and that incident on the same plane as Till?!?! Give me a freakin' break! His intelligence is on display by the reference to Dill. It's a lack of self-awareness to compare the two incidents...when he was asleep in him multi-million dollar mansion while someone is spray-painting on his gate.

Most activists aren't necessarily scholars. They tend to be concerned individuals that have a strong desire to get the story out. I recall when Muhammad Ali made his pilgrimage to Mecca and was absolutely stunned when he got over there he found all these white Muslims. Must have been a shock. So he didn't study the historical narrative of his chosen religion very well. But when you look at how people make religious choices, few people actually do.

He hated his slave name and his outspokenness on civil rights was legendary. In short fashion, he became the image of racial pride in America with other activist and with the black race in general. He was a lot of things but a learned educator wasn't one of them. What he really was, was a lightning rod and a personality so polarizing that people took notice. If you're throwing a rebellion, which gift do you think is more valuable?

I wouldn’t call Lebron an activist. He’s an activist like I’m Alabama’s assistant head coach.

 

[BamaFan334]

And here's where I have an issue with LeBron. It's my perception he tries to come across as being a very self-aware individual when he's the complete opposite.

In this case he had a racial slur painted on the gates of the privacy fence around his mansion. He took the opportunity to make a comparison to a mother of a child who had been lynched. A 14 year old kid who had been kidnapped and beaten to death because a white lady was offended he was in her grocery store (mid-50's, Mississippi.) It was one of the driving incidents behind the civil right movement.

I'm tempted to use the term "I'm sorry" to start this next sentence. Actually, I find it pretty sad. When is a bit of graffiti even close to being the same thing as a kid getting lynched?

He was trying to make a statement about race relations. I get that. But, to put himself and that incident on the same plane as Till?!?! Give me a freakin' break! His intelligence is on display by the reference to Dill. It's a lack of self-awareness to compare the two incidents...when he was asleep in him multi-million dollar mansion while someone is spray-painting on his gate.

Most activists aren't necessarily scholars. They tend to be concerned individuals that have a strong desire to get the story out. I recall when Muhammad Ali made his pilgrimage to Mecca and was absolutely stunned when he got over there he found all these white Muslims. Must have been a shock. So he didn't study the historical narrative of his chosen religion very well. But when you look at how people make religious choices, few people actually do.

He hated his slave name and his outspokenness on civil rights was legendary. In short fashion, he became the image of racial pride in America with other activist and with the black race in general. He was a lot of things but a learned educator wasn't one of them. What he really was, was a lightning rod and a personality so polarizing that people took notice. If you're throwing a rebellion, which gift do you think is more valuable?

And you wonder why activism rarely evokes change anymore, because there are no brains behind the operation. Yelling the loudest will not accomplish anything. Posting on Facebook, beating someone up, stopping traffic, setting fires, destroying your own neighborhood, looting, and everything else these folks do these days is not changing anything because it's pissing everyone else off and shows they are only concerned for theirselves and not everyone. By your posts, you're considering Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson as lightning rods, but clearly there's not a brain between them, and what have they actually accomplished through the years? Martin Luther King Jr? Had the brains and ability to lift the masses, peacefully, and look how he is remembered and what he accomplished. So yes, brains is needed for true change, not some hip, trendy, and edgy post on a social media platform where you can walk away from it after a few days.

 

[TUSKtimes]

And you wonder why activism rarely evokes change anymore, because there are no brains behind the operation. Yelling the loudest will not accomplish anything. Posting on Facebook, beating someone up, stopping traffic, setting fires, destroying your own neighborhood, looting, and everything else these folks do these days is not changing anything because it's pissing everyone else off and shows they are only concerned for theirselves and not everyone. By your posts, you're considering Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson as lightning rods, but clearly there's not a brain between them, and what have they actually accomplished through the years? Martin Luther King Jr? Had the brains and ability to lift the masses, peacefully, and look how he is remembered and what he accomplished. So yes, brains is needed for true change, not some hip, trendy, and edgy post on a social media platform where you can walk away from it after a few days.

I don't wonder that at all. You seem to be getting me confused with the people I'm talking about. You would actually have to ask me my personal views to get that. And frankly, probably wouldn't be worth your time.

Lots of people, of all walks of life, stand and stare at some part of the infrastructure of society thinking they want to be the difference. From tree huggers, to save the whales to race relations, I've never seen 2 activists, on any subject, in the same room, who felt exactly like the other. It's all just people at the end of the day and each one brings their own gifts and failings. I just say to all of them, go for it. It does give you something to do with your time.

 

[BamaFan334]

And you wonder why activism rarely evokes change anymore, because there are no brains behind the operation. Yelling the loudest will not accomplish anything. Posting on Facebook, beating someone up, stopping traffic, setting fires, destroying your own neighborhood, looting, and everything else these folks do these days is not changing anything because it's pissing everyone else off and shows they are only concerned for theirselves and not everyone. By your posts, you're considering Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson as lightning rods, but clearly there's not a brain between them, and what have they actually accomplished through the years? Martin Luther King Jr? Had the brains and ability to lift the masses, peacefully, and look how he is remembered and what he accomplished. So yes, brains is needed for true change, not some hip, trendy, and edgy post on a social media platform where you can walk away from it after a few days.

I don't wonder that at all. You seem to be getting me confused with the people I'm talking about. You would actually have to ask me my personal views to get that. And frankly, probably wouldn't be worth your time.

Lots of people, of all walks of life, stand and stare at some part of the infrastructure of society thinking they want to be the difference. From tree huggers, to save the whales to race relations, I've never seen 2 activists, on any subject, in the same room, who felt exactly like the other. It's all just people at the end of the day and each one brings their own gifts and failings. I just say to all of them, go for it. It does give you something to do with your time.

That wasn't necessarily a question to you, more of a point of why change does not progress, so I pointed to the statement you were making about more brawn than brains, and how that has not brought about anything good. Personally, I don't care how you feel or anyone else in the world on any matter, because as long as I'm happy with myself I don't need to know your personal preferences or anyone else's. I'll just take note on your stance and if I feel the need to converse I will reach out like I have been. I admire your willingness to carry on conversations with me, because you and I have spoken about a lot lately and we always come to a partial agreement or agree to disagree some, which is ok, but it never gets personal or high tension like so many other issues that we see causing problems on TV. It's a perfect example of disagreeing, but being civil towards one another. This is a major issue in our country and the world today, so many people are worried about everyone else's business and they cannot take care of their own issues, because they worry too much about someone else.

I have a couple of things to say about the "give you something to do with your time". Make yourself a better human being. Too many people are worried about pointing the finger and making someone else out to look bad, that their own lives fail and are miserable. Look at our president and the media. They've resulted to news the last number of months about a freaking porn star. They're not worried about Flint, Michigan STILL having dirty water, they're more worried about the fucking president and a porn star, which has no bearing on anything in this country, at, all. Quit trying to be on the front line of an angry mob that tries force and destruction and work on yourself and being a positive role model in your community and let the change sprout from there. One last thing, get a freaking job and pay off your debts if you have that much time to protest. America is in more debt than ever, and instead of working to pay it off they would rather default, allow others to pay for it, and whine about the unfair hand they were dealt. Not lumping 100% of those activists together in this comment, but let's just say most of them fall into the category I speak of. Maybe I'm just jealous that I wish I had that much free time on my hands to whine and cry all the time though.

 

[footballer]

Usually when someone, an activist, crusader or do gooder tries to talk the most or the loudest trying to get their view point across and tell what they know about the subject, are really showing what they don't know, showing their ignorance.

 

[TheChief]

I thought the barber shop thing was Eddie Murphy. I saw someone posted that. But what about Hee Haw? They had a barber shop scene.

But before that, we had Andy Griffith. Floyd's lawyer should contact Lebron.