Brandon Stokely Stops Brandon Marshall From Performing an Obama-Themed TD Celebration - NFL FanHouse Is anyone buying Marshall's motives in his antics? Seems more to me like he is using the outcome of the election to bring attention to himself. Being that he's a UCF grad, I cut him some extra slack. But I'm not buying what he's saying. What he did, could have cost his team the game. Where's the unity in that?
I think he was just trying to justify showing off. Stokley did the right thing in stopping him because it prevented a costly penalty. Political demonstrations should have no place during a sporting event and especially sporting celebrations in my opinion. You can voice your opinion but just do it outside of the game.
He really is "Baby T.O" And given Cutler's tendencies to throw picks like there's no tommorow I guess he really is the next Favre.
according to Around the Horn it wouldve been a good spotlight, remember it all started with Jackie Robinson, a baseball player to break the barrier.
I respectfully disagree and in fact Jackie Robinson highlights what I'm trying to say. Politics should not be intermingled with sports. Robinson broke a barrier that essentially politics as well as social thinking placed on sports and daily life to begin with (racial segregation). Robinson broke a barrier but with the intent to play the game. Marshall wanted to make a tribute that at best had nothing to do with the game (would've made it worse in fact due to a nice pre-planned celebration penalty) and really says nothing that can't be said outside of the event.
