Chris Kluwe cut by Vikings

[chrisrobin]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/92...kings-released

Why am I not surprised?

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost

[borg69unimatrix]

So... the Vikings haven't got a Kluwe... huh?

[Spiff]

At first it is easy to be outraged and assume he was cut because of his gay right advocacy. But he was not really a great punter and the Vikings thought they were not getting their money's worth. Although it could be a combination of the two that ultimately doomed him.

But he is still a hot item in my book and I am sure he can continue to make a name for himself somewhere, if not in the NFL.

[justanothershyguy]

Kluwe is an amazing man and it is upsetting that he and another NFL player who supported gay rights are both jobless.

But honestly, when you make only 18 punts within the 20-yard-line, what do you expect?

Exactly. The way I read it (in regards to if Kluwe would be an ex-Viking today) if he wasn't such an advocate: probably. That the advocacy made it a certainty. (he made his job his 2nd focus, bad idea regardless.)

[pat grimshaw]

I'd rather have that Jason guy as a gay advocate/role model rather than Kluwe who was such a manic ranter.

[rareboy]

^ Of course you would. Another lemon, Grimshaw?

[rareboy]

So... the Vikings haven't got a Kluwe... huh?

* high fives borg*

well played sir, well played....

[pat grimshaw]

.... a poem about a bitter old man looking for something to blame have to do ....

Is that what this poem was about? I've read it twice. SparkNotes says the message of the poem is 'sieze the day'.


“The Road Not Taken”

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

[pat grimshaw]

^
Ah thanks. He's an 'old man who forsees he will be discussing his current indecision "ages and ages hence".

[MorrisseyX]

Chris Kluwe and Brendon Ayanbadejo are brave men, yes they are older now but I am not surprised that the NFL cut both men.

[pat grimshaw]

At first it is easy to be outraged and assume he was cut because of his gay right advocacy. But he was not really a great punter and the Vikings thought they were not getting their money's worth. Although it could be a combination of the two that ultimately doomed him...

The Raiders think he's OK.

[MoufOfKhaos]

I'm not sure about Brendon, but it seems Kluwe simply wasn't good. I mean, when your sole job is to punt and you can't really do that... then advocate or not, you don't really have a leg to stand on.

[xboxfan34]

http://msn.foxsports.com/buzzer/stor...bigotry-010214

What....the....fuck?

It's only 3 days into the new year and we're already hearing that not a gay person, but a heterosexual ally is forced into early retirement just for supporting gay people. According to what he wrote, after it came out that he was pro-LGBT, a lot of his teammates started to make stupid jokes about Chris being gay himself, you might think "oh they're just douchebags making jokes" but it doesn't stop there. The team coordinator Mike Preifer actually said that America should ship gays to an island and start systematically eradicating all of them like during the Holocaust. Just like that asshat "God's again'it!" preacher.

Mike Preifer (as expected) denies the whole thing and said that Chris was let go just because of his performance on the football field and not because he was for gay rights.

And of course, because the article I found was posted on FAUX...I mean FOX sports, a lot of the comments posted were your standard fare "Kluwe is a pervert-supporter and is going to hell" and "He's playing the gay card and taking advantage of the fact that the US is so pussified."

[xbuzzerx]

you might think "oh they're just douchebags making jokes" but it doesn't stop there. The team coordinator Mike Preifer actually said that America should ship gays to an island and start systematically eradicating all of them like during the Holocaust...

Mike Preifer (as expected) denies the whole thing

That's because bigots are cowards. Including the ones on this site.