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I despise Jemele Hill.

And I am glad he's going with academics over athletics. Not many people have the opportunity that he's getting, and he wasn't guaranteed as a first two-round pick or anything.
 
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What a cool guy. Speaking from experience, though, I think he may be disappointed:

The whole culture in England is just very appealing. It will make me a better person and a stronger advocate."
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While he's over there, maybe he'll discover the infinitely superior game of Rugby...
 
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DaRizzle said:
Why do you object to the praise of Dungy? All Ive ever heard about the guy are good thing on and off the field.
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gotta agree with DaRizz on this one, dungy is a great man and coach.

liked the article but let's not kid ourselves, he didn't pass up millions, he just delayed it another year.
 
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Dungy seems like a solid guy and a decent coach, but because of he is the NFL's version of Tim Tebow, the praise heaped upon him for appearing in one Super Bowl as a coach seems disproportionate to what he has actually accomplished.
 
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DaRizzle said:
Why do you object to the praise of Dungy? All Ive ever heard about the guy are good thing on and off the field.
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He raised tens of thousands of dollars for antigay groups. He does not just oppose marriage equality, a political disagreement, he says being gay is in and of itself evil.

I don't want to hijack the thread, but anyone who says my existence is evil is not on my good person list.
 
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Civic involvement

In August 2007, President George W. Bush appointed Dungy a member of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation.[30] The 25-member council represents leaders from government, business, entertainment, athletics and non-profit organizations committed to growing the spirit of service and civic participation. The two-year appointment requires attendance at two in-person meetings per year and quarterly phone conversations with assigned committees. After receiving the call from President Bush, Dungy remarked "It was something that was really hard to believe. Certainly, when you go into football coaching, you’re not expecting to get presidential appointments to anything."[30]

[edit] Personal

Dungy's tenure in Tampa Bay as the head coach of the Buccaneers brought greater attention to his personal accomplishments outside of sports. Tony Dungy has earned widespread respect both on and off the field due to what many see as strong convictions and high personal standards of ethics and behavior, which affect his behavior as both a coach and as a member of his community. He has been active in many community service organizations in the cities in which he has coached. While in Tampa Bay, Dungy worked as a public speaker for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Athletes in Action.[14]

He began a mentoring program for young people called Mentors for Life, and provided Buccaneers' tickets for the participants. He also supported other charitable programs in the area such as Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Club, the Prison Crusade Ministry, foster parenting organizations, and Family First. His community involvement and care continues in Indianapolis where Tony helped launch the Basket of Hope program which aids patients at the Riley Hospital for Children. He continues to assist Big Brothers/Big Sisters and the Boys and Girls Club in Indianapolis. He also supports the Black Coaches Association National Convention and Indiana Black Expo.[14]

Dungy is a devout evangelical Christian and at one point in his coaching career considered leaving football for the prison ministry.[31] Throughout his career, he has remained involved with community service organizations.[32] On March 20, 2007, Dungy aligned himself with a socially conservative organization, the Indiana Family Institute, and openly supported an amendment to the Indiana constitution which would have defined marriage as solely between one man and one woman.

Dungy is married to Lauren Harris of Pittsburgh[31] and has two daughters, Tiara and Jade, and four sons, James (died December 22, 2005), Eric, Jordan and Justin. James committed suicide at age 18, outside of Tampa. [33] The Dungys still keep their home in the Tampa Bay area.

On September 6, 2007, The Indianapolis Star reported that the Davie-Brown Index (DBI), an independent celebrity rating service for advertisers, places Dungy in the top 15 of the 900 actors, musicians, TV personalities, and sports celebrities it ranks for overall appeal, putting him on a level with actors such as Tom Hanks and Morgan Freeman. Among sports figures, he ranks second only to Hank Aaron.[32]

On February 27, 2008, Indiana Wesleyan University honored Dungy in a ceremony where he was inducted into IWU's Society of World Changers.[34] Dungy also received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from the university.[35][36].
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He had decided to coach the Indianapolis Colts for another year. When asked what he would do when he did retire, as he announced Monday, he said he would spend the rest of his life working with boys.

It was typical of what you would expect from this man. If someone asked me to rate him on a 1-10 scale, I would say 11 -- or whatever a perfect person would rate.

On his trip here last spring, he talked a lot about his future plans after football.

"I'd like to really do some more stuff one-on-one, reaching out to young boys, especially," Dungy said. "We've got so many guys that come into our league now that didn't grow up with their dads, and I just look back at all the information, and all the support that I got from my father, and just see so many kids in this country that don't have that.

''You can do a certain amount from a head coaching position and talk to kids and talk to groups, but I'd really like to get into some one-on-one stuff where you're helping young people."

Some of that desire stems from the 2005 death of his 18-year-old son, James, and Dungy blames himself for not doing more to help him.

He talked of how supportive his parents were, and how he and his brothers and sisters would not be where they are today without that support.
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crandc said:
He raised tens of thousands of dollars for antigay groups. He does not just oppose marriage equality, a political disagreement, he says being gay is in and of itself evil.

I don't want to hijack the thread, but anyone who says my existence is evil is not on my good person list.
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I Googled and have yet to see quotes of Dungy saying anything close to this.

Link? I'm not saying you are libeling him...yet.
 
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PapaG said:
I Googled and have yet to see quotes of Dungy saying anything close to this.

Link? I'm not saying you are libeling him...yet.
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I havent found quotes, but I have found stories about his support

Just google: tony dungy, anti gay
 
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DaRizzle said:
I havent found quotes, but I have found stories about his support
Just google: tony dungy, anti gay
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I found stories about his support of keeping the status quo on marriage, but I have seen nothing about him ever saying that being gay is "evil".

I'm of the opinion that the media fawns over the guy, remember. I just don't think attributing opinions that I have to find evidence of to Dungy does anything to get to the truth about the guy.
 
Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy will be the honored guest of the Indiana Family Institute at the group's "Friends of the Family Banquet" in March. The organization, among other things, fights the right of same-sex couples to marry and the right of gay people to adopt children in Indiana.

The event's invitation (right, click to enlarge) features Dungy in his Colts sideline uniform. There is no price listed but the invitation reads: "An opportunity to financially support the Indiana Family Institute will be presented."

IFI is affiliated with Focus on the Family, a rabidly anti-gay organization that has made it its mission to oppose gay marriage rights, among other issues of gay equality. Focus on the Family hosts a conference series called Love Won Out, which asserts that gay people can be "cured" of being gay. Among the group's online initiatives is No Moo Lies, which claims that, because dogs can't moo like a cow, people aren't supposed to be gay.
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http://www.outsports.com/nfl/2006/0131dungy.htm

To me, good deeds do not erase sin; Dungy should be attacked for his anti-gay actions while praised for what he is doing for black men. Both are important pieces of who this man is... But to me, Dungy is the worst of them all. He is unapologetic for his anti-gay actions and defends them. He raised tens of thousands of dollars for an anti-gay organization whose primary goal is to undermine the rights of every gay person.
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My last word since as I said I don't want to hijack the thread.
 
PapaG said:
Says nothing about Dungy saying that being gay is "evil". :dunno:
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Gotta agree with Papa G on this one crandac. Im open to hear your argument but what you posted is more about keeping marriage as a man and woman (which is its own argument), but says nothing about his opinion that gay is evil. Maybe thats dissecting it too much but IMO wrong and evil are two different things :dunno:
 
DaRizzle said:
Gotta agree with Papa G on this one crandac. Im open to hear your argument but what you posted is more about keeping marriage as a man and woman (which is its own argument), but says nothing about his opinion that gay is evil. Maybe thats dissecting it too much but IMO wrong and evil are two different things :dunno:
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I don't even see where Dungy says it is wrong to be gay. He supports keeping marriage between a man and a woman. 60% of Oregon voted as such (I didn't though). :dunno:
 
Hmmm...FREE college, or a quicker entrance to a life surrounded by some of America's most metally-challenged athletes? Tough call there.:clap:
 
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