Not everyone as gifted as Joe Turpel.
So there I was having just run a quick lunch errand, nibbling on a piece of bbq chicken pizza, drinking a cold pinot gris and scouting the news when I stumbled across a Sports Illustrated headline declaring that National Football League broadcaster Anthony “Booger” McFarland had a “rough night in the booth” yesterday and that the ensuing extreme fan outcry was completely deserved because his offense was “very egregious.’
“Oooooh….” I thought between sips, visions of Miki Dora dancing in my head, “……racist. An NFL broadcaster uttered something racist or maybe sexist.” And I licked the bbq sauce off my lips ready for extreme moral outrage.
The story did not disappoint. Fans were apoplectic, furious, filled with rage and delivering violent, toxic barbs in comment boards, through Twitter, in text to each other but there was nothing racist, sexist, ageist or even handicappist at all.
It was worse.
Booger McFarland attempted to erect the World Surf League’s Wall of Positive Noise and let’s go straight to the source for more.
It’s usually not fair to pick out one thing a broadcaster says during a three-hour plus game and criticize him for it, unless it’s very egregious.
Booger McFarland got egregious last night. For some reason, McFarland thought it was a good time to heap praise on the Bengals were they were getting blown out by the Steelers in a loss that would move them to 0-4.
The Monday Night Football analyst had nothing but positive thoughts about Cincinnati head coach, Zac Taylor. McFarland also kept comparing the Bengals to the Rams since Taylor was their quarterbacks coach last season.
While sports fans can be overly critical of broadcasters, it really doesn’t sit well with them when you’re spin is just bizarre and non-sensical. Naturally, Twitter noticed and had a lot to say about McFarland.
On and on it went showcasing those lots of things to say and it was harsh.
Very harsh.
Every other sport outlet picked the story up too and now dump trucks filled with rage are being backed up and emptied on Booger McFarland.
Imagine if these fans, the same that ex-WSL CEO Herr Paul Speaker and current WSL CEO Obergruppenführer Sophie Goldschmidt are hoping to bring into professional surfing, listened to Joe Turpel while watching Willian Cardoso? Imagine if they knew the singular glories of the ’89 World Champ Martin Potter.
Just imagine.
And does it frustrate you that professional surf fans are more compliant, more listless, less discerning than American football fans?
It does me.
Also, I know that we are technically in a ceasefire with the World Surf League but…
…Derek is an Israeli at heart and I’m a li’l Arab.
Ceasefires are metaphorical.
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so israelis cant be arabs? arabs cant be israelis? whats your point?
Is that hate from wsl fans that have crossed over to the nfl and been offended by all the booger boarding?
I love me some Booger!!
Glad I’m reading that Alec, we in the 3rd world can do close to nothing about it. To me the american people tru democratic process are our biggest hope to change that. Thanks a lot for you comment.
Governments and Corporations have to control the masses, so they use religion and the media. There’s always been a small group of people directing the play, and everyone else is expendable. I’m happy I wasn’t around for slavery or military drafts, and I’m happy we have technology, which allowed me to be one of the most educated humans to ever walk this earth (planes, universities, digital libraries, technological advances in history, science, etc). I wish everyone in the USA was educated; everything would be better.
I’m offended by that misplaced apostrophe after ‘gimme’.
I’m outraged.
Booger. LOL
The one character trait that I observe with all Trumpies is they can’t identify or discern “Cause and Effect”…. very challenged at that.
Look at the Kap controversy. He kneeled for the anthem to protest police brutality to African Americans, fairly benign protest. Thing is, the directors are not broadcasting the anthem anymore so to offend people, they literally would have to see the kneeling independent of the games full original broadcast…. ????
Next thing you know, it’s a slight on the military??? Conflated at best, but the mouth breathers became noxious.
It’s like politicians who demonize socialism that doesn’t exist as if it is an existential threat. The same politician who accepts a socialized life/benefits. LIke so much big business and the banks, all public subisidized yet socialism is NOT GOOD FOR YOU!
When the first Republican revokes his lifetime health insurance or donates his pension…. wait, that will never happen.
Meanwhile, a blood sport entertains the angry populace and the audience sides with the owners despite the players being the game?
Humans are a funny lot.
PS… the military is socialized too. All firefighters, police, govie workers…. socialists. And capitalists demonize teachers, arguably the sheppards or our future and hyper important vocation.
woah woah – we’re supposed to be FOX news here, cote and Carlson gonna be upset.
Just so we are all fucking clear on the Kaepernick thing:
As Kap was beginning to consider protesting police brutality, he reached out to a wounded navy seal vet. That man said that the most respectful way to protest would be to take a knee.
I told this to a MAGAt at work one time and he lost his shit. Unpatriotic, etc.
Make no mistake folks, the Kap controversy is pure, unadulterated racism.
MAGAts can’t correlate the effect of American intervention on Central America. Pointing fingers at refugees calling them illegal aliens when they are genetically indians (inconvenient truth of the real indigenous people of north america). The “conservatives” don’t grasp cause and effect, the refugee’s are fleeing violence, they can’t go home. Instead of cleaning up Mexico or the other US messes, let’s incarcerate the victims of our failed policy in cages at the border?
How about the “caravan” we were told to fear in ’16??? Anyone who has surfed Mexico knows there is no way 6000 women, children were going to storm the San Ysidro crossing? Like Americans don’t know geography, can’t connect dots. Why did the Trump send troops to Texas? I could go on and on. The Eastern plain of Mexico was the only path that group could possibly take and when did they reach the border in mass? People ate the fear up and prayed for help.
It’s like Republicans who can’t remember the tire fire Georgie left our country in. LIke he didn’t exist and it’s all the tan guys fault. I know conservatives that can’t remember 2000 to 2008. ?
And those creatures love football. Kap may be viewed as a hero if society ever fucking embraces the Truth again.
If you want to talk about Republicans let’s talk about Democrats— two sides of the same coin. We can talk about reactionary me first racists or reactionary illusionary liberals. We can talk about those with no compassion or those with such misplaced compassion that illegal immigrants have more rights than legal citizens. We can talk about extreme Lunada Bay style localism where no one is allowed to surf regardless of skill or knowledge or we can talk about Malibu style “the ocean is for everyone” free-for-all. Neither is right, both are ignorance.
Well said
Yes but no. The far right is in an extreme position of power right now. The far left is propped up by those people as “examples of liberal ideals” when in reality those are fringe issues. I’ll concede that the left calling every republican a KKK member is equally divisive.
But come on, the reality of this far right government (Trump admin) is that his policies and behavior in office go directly against everything America is supposed to stand for.
Bro I guess what I’m saying is in this day and age all of us should be able to see what all the politicians regardless of affiliation are all about— money. I think we can all agree that racism, or discrimination based color of skin, with no regard for the value of the actual individual is wrong. But I think where we go wrong is thinking that republicans are any more racist than democrats. At the end of the day the problem with both political parties in the real sense is a lack of respect for the individual. With Republicans this might be more “in your face” I.e “racist” rhetoric demonizing the “colored” as “bad hombres” or taking our jobs and destroying our local communities: the examples are endless and is a classic political tactic used most famously in Nazi Germany. However, what’s more subtle is the racist, demeaning tactics used by the liberals where we are told “it’s not your fault, it’s the system” and I guess it’s here that I find the bigger problem—the lack of individual accountability for each of our position in this world. The liberal says “give me your vote (your power) and I’ll pass legislation to make your life better. But when this happens the power of each individual is lost. Our rights, freedoms and way of life is lost because we are told we can’t help ourselves or that “they,” the politicians know what’s better for us than we ourselves do. And I think that’s the bigger problem. At the end of the day, in this world each man should be told that he is the true master of his Universe. Each man has the power to control his own destiny by making the right choices, by choosing the correct outlook on his world. We will all be discriminated against at some point in our lives but we have the power to either blame the discriminator and then give our power to someone else to “cure” it for us or we can take the power ourselves as individual men and take responsibility for ourselves. We do this by respecting the world as it is, humans as they are for better or worse and in living in truth and love and respect for all. Personally I’ll take responsibility for myself and the “evil” I see over the “evil” that is hidden. That is why the North Shore or Hawaii I’m general will always be home to the true Soul of surfing and why surfing is so beautiful. Give me a “false crack” over a lawsuit and litigation every day of the week
Well I’m with you on a certain level, there is certainly racism in the blaming of the system for ones position and allowing that to be an excuse. But in reality there is racism inherent in the system, which needs to be addressed by our society as a whole. And pinning it on an individual is simply a way to strip power from a collective group (which is where our only power lies unless we have enough money) and ensure that no one person has the ability to change anything. I’m not saying you are personally advancing this tactic, I’m just saying that’s the way I see it used in general.
I also do believe very strongly that we have a societal responsibility for certain things: education of young people, the health of our citizens (yes, I chose citizens specifically) and the betterment of everyone’s way of life. Left to the individual those things can never get done.
As for the false cracks, I’ll share a story: when I was a kid one day I got socked by one of the older guys, wetsuit unzipped and dunked. I came home with tears in my eyes and my dad said “what did you do?” No lawsuit no nothing just a stern, yeah that’s the way it is, don’t do stupid shit. I think we can both lament those days being long gone at least where I’m from.
Idk the thing about Kap is if he wants to be a voice of “social justice” what has he ever actually said? And then he takes the buyout from the NFL and remains silent? He has the platform now to speak out then speak out! Otherwise it was all just a ruse a grab for attention to remain relevant amid his diminishing skills.
i just looked up, he is still out there, and he is tweeting and he is speaking, the media isn’t really listening anymore. they are focused on other stuff.
I’m sure he is still talking but the message that he should be saying in this day and age where people of all races, nationalities and creeds have ascended to the highest positions in our society is not the “victim mentality” of “police brutality” but that we all hold the key to our own personal growth our own personal success in this world as we know it. It’s should be said that I am not black and therefore have never walked a day in a black man’s shoes and don’t know intimately the challenges faced by those of color every day. And I would be happy to hear the opinion of someone who is. But we’ve all been discriminated against and I’m sure for reasons we feel we’re unwarranted. But ultimately and this is the beauty of the day and age we live in; we all have the choice to give our power to our oppressors or to take back the power for ourselves and ascend to the highest levels or whichever level we desire in our hearts. I think the examples of this being done today are endless and have been done by those in much more dire circumstances than Colin Kapernick. Nowadays truer than ever, we can all be whoever we desire. The message Kap should be saying is this: be great, be the greatest; we all have that opportunity.
Curious if you’ll actually read this, but this is a guy who’s money is where his mouth is:
https://kaepernick7.com/pag…
Ha yeah I checked out his personal website. Was nice to see he donated $1M from however much he made on that Nike deal lol (guess Nike grossed $3B from him).
What’s the number at which you’d say, yeah that’s enough I’ll get behind him? You can disagree with the premise but you gotta give him credit he’s really trying to use his position to make a difference.
Yes, only issue was Kai wasn’t the squeaky clean guy the movement needed…. which is racist in itself that they are picking him apart.. How come they never mention Chris Long who came out in support of them. it is a totally fucked commentary.
met some florida surfers/firemen in Latin America, they say they won’t watch the NFL anymore because of it.. Literally.. I didn’t want to get into it, so i took the next wave… They should just do as they are told..
Oh so true. NFL fans are weird bastards.
at my high school all the football jocks seemed like they were in the closet
at my high school all the football jocks were in the closet
I fixed this for you.
What is more fascinating is that with all the hubris of the NFL, they really only have 3 good broadcasting teams. The rest of the games are amateur hour.
Booger seemed to gift Bengals fans with a reason not to commit suicide last night against a very mediocre opponent. And one thing Chas, if you guys think this comment section comes unhinged, try reading any NFL blog commenting…. the mouth breathers lose their minds approximately every other play.
And everyone sucks. And the players should accept whatever terms the owners demand because I have to carry a lunch pail nine to five for a fraction of the pay. Lotta Trumpett’s too. Lotta.
May be that no one gives a fuk about surfin.
It’s a very small audience bexy
It is, cause only people who can vaguely do it well can watch it.
Chas better choose another sport if he wants the fame he craves.
Does Chas crave fame or is he simply looking for work that allows (requires?) pre-noon intoxication?
Most famous people get wasted before noon so no probs
I watch and don’t do well. A unicorn? Like the famed Dutch Unicorn?
Lipped gets Chris cote on their poddy and quote
When people call me a cunt I feel like it’s a compliment.
What a cunt.
There is no black without white.
Peter Mel.
ceasefires… peace on paper chaos in reality
F The haters! Booger helped the bucs get a ring.
But also, Buc fan-ship aside, are you a fan of his less-than-honest review of 2019 Bengal football?
Bottom line is that he sucks at his current job of play by play announcing. Seems like a good guy, he just sucks at his current job. Much like Ashole Goshit and Caramel Boy over at that other site, they suck at their current jobs. Ashole would probably be really good at sticking his little yellow cum receptacle covered head up men’s asses and Caramel Boy would be much better suited playing an elf for Christmas.
I’m listening to those nobodies on
LIPPED
talking to that mega celeb crissy cote.