Comments Thread For: Mayweather Taking Heat Over His Swipe at Jeremy Lin

[Oxn]

I dont even care if Floyd is racist or not. Just dont be a pansy about it, and give half@$$ racist remarks all the time. If youre racist just say how you really feel not "oo well Jeremy Lin is good and all but blah blah blah"

[thuggery]

rofl looks like Floyd's plan worked

look how much angry butthurt he's getting from people all around the world

[Oxn]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/*...173303323.html

This might just kill Floyd.

***** might even invite Lin to the White House. Again, Floyd may be looked over.

[DeadLikeMe]

rofl looks like Floyd's plan worked

look how much angry butthurt he's getting from people all around the world

I'm not so sure its from 'around the world'...

[hbonnie21]

floyd is a ********** u better believe it, and hes right about lin, ITS BECAUSE HE IS ASIAN IN BLACK SPORT plain and simple. no has gotten this amount of hype in recent memory except when ron artest went into the stands or kobe bryant dropping 81 points. im happy that lin got his shot, but the hype is because he is asian plain and simple

[PACsmash]

Wow, when did I say the NBA labels them as thugs??? I said the NBA media...huge difference, their was so much negativity toward the black NBA athlete, that Stern implemented all kinds of rules, to try to appease the white fan base, who were scared their suburban kids might start dressing like Allen Iverson, acting to hip hop......also Ron Artest was hit in the head by a plastic bottle/plastic cup from a fan, after already being struck by Ben Wallace in the face, they made him seem like some out of control animal, about to commit Murder....and I didn't say you were a *******.....I said take the racist claims to Pacland, where many of his fans refer to Mayweather as a Ape, Monkey, N word, put his face on boxes of chicken.....last but not least, it is what it is, Lin is not black and doing well in a sport dominated by blacks, therefore the hype machine is ridiculous.

Also its ok for ESPN to ask the question,"is the hype due to Lin being Asian," but Floyd states the hype has to do with him being Asian and he's racist?

Why are all the headlines referring to his race? You act like no one noticed he was Asian and Floyd just came out and said some off the wall ****

Again if u're in a professional sport getting paid millions then act like one
And like I said I can careless what goes on in the other forum but what I'm wondering is why are u over there for? lol

[hbonnie21]

I'm sure a lot other alhletes feel the same way Floyd does but what's the point of voicing it out? What does he gain from it? Nothing, if anything he will get more hate which is why I don't understand because after the hate comes floyd will start crying again about how america doesn't stand by Him. Wtf kinda ***** is that. Like I said if Floyd would think before he speak he will gain a lot more respect and fans but it's clear that Floyd doesn't care about any of that I just hate when the Media gets at him then he trys to play mr.innocent and say everyone is against him. I don't understand this dude he's consider as one of the best In his era but he can never give the same respect to others that he crys for in return.

this is america you can voice your opinion. if you go into the black community why do you see chinese food and asians owning liquor stores with outrageously high prices in these communities. Blacks understand that asians are more racist than white people and that has alot to do with it. the media hype is because he is asian!!!!! floyd was right the problem is that floyd mayweather said it and not michael jordan. im glad there are people like floyd, he isnt scared of losing endorsement deals like these other black athletes. 40 million dollar ****** read it

[WarriorSoul]

"jeremy lin is a good player but he is only getting hype because hes asian"

where is the racist remark?

So if someone made a remark like: "They only accepted him in the college because he was black."

Or "They only hired him because he was black."

You don't think that's racist at all?

Saying that the person's skill or merit did not matter because their achievement was only based on their race is the definition of bigotry.

It amazes me that many people on here are already giving Mayweather a pass on this issue.

“I’m speaking my mind in behalf of other NBA players. They’re programmed to be politically correct and will be penalized if they speak up." Mayweather even acknowledges the comment is not "politically correct" and has no remorse after the fact. De****able.

“Other countries can support/cheer their athletes and everything is fine. As soon as I support Black American athletes, I get criticized." Newsflash Floyd, Lin is an Asian-American (read: American). Just imagine if that same sentence above is said by a white athlete about White-Americans. The double standards has got to stop.

[Mayabang]

So if someone made a remark like: "They only accepted him in the college because he was black."

Or "They only hired him because he was black."

You don't think that's racist at all?

Saying that the person's skill or merit did not matter because their achievement was only based on their race is the definition of bigotry.

It amazes me that many people on here are already giving Mayweather a pass on this issue.

“I’m speaking my mind in behalf of other NBA players. They’re programmed to be politically correct and will be penalized if they speak up." Mayweather even acknowledges the comment is not "politically correct" and has no remorse after the fact. De****able.

“Other countries can support/cheer their athletes and everything is fine. As soon as I support Black American athletes, I get criticized." Newsflash Floyd, Lin is an Asian-American (read: American). Just imagine if that same sentence above is said by a white athlete about White-Americans. The double standards has got to stop.

I'm surprised nobody has brought this up yet. The fact that even Floyd himself admitted that he was being politically incorrect proves that he's a straight up idiot who doesn't think before he speaks. How some people here have the guts to defend Floyd with being a douchebag is mindboggling. Good post.

[Gordon Gekko]

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