Alright so, you don’t have to be a NFL fan to understand this blog, trust me. Apparently, the NFL is in pursuit of issuing a new rule that stipulates while on the field (during the game), you cannot have your hair flowing out of your helmet. Thus you will have to cut it or find some way to keep it from being visible. In other words, if you’re a Negro with dreadlocks, you’re SOL. I mean really? This is straight bullsh*t.
The NFL’s reasoning behind the new rule is that they don’t want anything that isn’t "uniform" or NFL licensed on the field for marketing purposes. It’s just like MLB’s (Major League Baseball for those not privy to sports) rule that says players can’t wear paraphernalia from any other sport during a press conference because they only want MLB licensed material to be seen.
The NFL has also said that they don’t want players being pulled down by their hair while being tackled. It’s dangerous and could lead to serious injury. This is coming from the same league who has over 60 players lobbying for permanent health insurance from the NFL because of an innumerable amount of injuries they incurred while playing. And the NFL won’t subsidize their medical bills. <-----Heartless.
First of all, if you don’t want players being tackled by their hair, make it an effin penalty. And as far as the marketing ploys go, that’s straight bullsh*t. If that’s the case, you mind as well tell players to wear sleeves, gloves, and ski masks so that only NFL stuff will show while they’re on the field.
Bottom line is this, males with dreadlocks in the NFL are being targeted. And that’s grimey. I don’t appreciate the NFL flexing its muscles so it can engage in another paradigm that will marginalize black people. Dreadlocks for these guys is culture and almost religion. It’s like the NFL is trying to put a moratorium on individuality. Mike McKenzie (player for the New Orleans Saints), who has dreadlocks was on First Take (an ESPN morning show) the other day and said that if the NFL employs the rule, he’s willing to go full throttle and pay the fines. I hear you man. He also made a great point which validates why I’m angry. He said that the amount of players in the NFL who have dreadlocks is less than 6% and he feels that group is being targeted.
So the NFL has a problem with long hair? White guys have had long hair in the NFL since the 60’s. Ever hear any complaints sports fans? Nope! Hmmm…. Can you smell racial tension?
This is just like when the NFL employed the other rule that said players can’t celebrate in the endzone. And who was doing that the most? BLACK people. They brought creativity to the game. Those celebrations were off the hook. And I’m pretty sure white people were tuning in on Monday Night Football to see Chad Johnson propose to a cheerleader or see Steve Smith changing the diaper on the football after both scored a touchdown. <--------Hotness. Talk about being animated. Look, if I were a player in the NFL with locks, I wouldn’t play a game until that rule was knocked off the books. Ain’t nobody gone tell me what to do with my hair/culture, that’s right, culture. So let’s go a little abstract here. Let’s say I’m the Black man, and you’re the white man. Let’s talk. So, Mr. White Man, I make you all the money in the world with my athleticism, creativity and charisma.... and you won’t let me have my hair. FU*K YOU!
Look, I love the NFL, and shoutout to the Green Bay Packers, but NFL officials are acting like a bunch of jack in the boxes right now.
Message From Murs: "It’s Rastafari, and we ain’t all high, Just tryna’ uplift, before we all die, its nothin to hide, you wear em’ with pride, if you got em’ then you gotta swing em’ side to side."
Parting Thoughts....
Hall style dormitory bathrooms are disgusting.
Malcolm X was more gangsta than any "thug" you know.
My roommate snores like he’s in the world Olympics of snoring.
I need to stop eating cheeseburgers.
Bowflex commercials make me sick.
My better is better than the world’s better. Ha!
Over and Out.
Oh yeah, Murs Rules The World
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