Trooper very upset with Auburn...

[War Eagle!!!]

I know someone who woulda' kicked yo ass.  You may have heard of him.

My pops was scared of me. I would kick that old mans ass...now that he is 65

[Snaggletiger]

My pops was scared of me. I would kick that old mans ass...now that he is 65

Yo daddy would hit you so hard, by the time you stopped rollin' your clothes would be out of style.

[Saniflush]

My pops was scared of me. I would kick that old mans ass...now that he is 65

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Am I gonna have to have a word with Charles Lee?

[GH2001]

...if the coach has a double standard, that's a completely different issue.

This is something I was assuming as well. I also was reading "dreads" not "braids" for some reason without thinking there was a difference. With braids, CCT has a good point. That is a "little" different as it can pose a safety hazard, especially in Basketball. Not as much in football. Troy Polamalu gets on m last nerve to this day with that bush floating widely outside of his helmet.

BTW - I dont necessarily agree with bringing this to the level of a lawsuit and for that I disagree with Trooper. It seems there could be a compromise of sorts here. Maybe change it from braids to dreads on gameday or something. But I do think the coach is being a total stick in the mud and its a dumb rule. That was my overall point. I still think he is stupid for it being just arbitrary. I am picturing Principal Strickland from Back to the Future.

[Snaggletiger]

3
Am I gonna have to have a word with Charles Lee?

Charles Lee would sink him like a 3 foot putt

[Tiger Wench]

This is something I was assuming as well. I also was reading "dreads" not "braids" for some reason without thinking there was a difference. With braids, CCT has a good point. That is a "little" different as it can pose a safety hazard, especially in Basketball. Not as much in football. Troy Polamalu gets on m last nerve to this day with that bush floating widely outside of his helmet.

Those little cornrowed braids that are tight to the head would be as safe as a buzzcut.  See the attached picture of the kid from the OA News.  There is zero safety issue there.

I think that is neat and tidy and see no problem.

[Token]

Those little cornrowed braids that are tight to the head would be as safe as a buzzcut.  See the attached picture of the kid from the OA News.  There is zero safety issue there.

I think that is neat and tidy and see no problem.

Didn't realize that was the hair style in question.  I now understand where the coach is coming from.  I wouldn't want those damn thugs on my team either.

[Tiger Wench]

How is that thug?  To me, "thug" is an attitude and one's actions, rather than appearance.  If the braids are the only thing about him that might identify him as a thug - if his shirts are tucked in and his pants are not at his knees and he doesn't have gold teeth and a massive rope chain - then someone is racially profiling. 

To me, a white guy shaving his head to the scalp could be equally and erroneously reflective of his beliefs - shaved heads automatically mean skinheads, right?  That is about as plausible as a black guy with braids being automatically called a thug.

[Token]

Racial profiling is 67% effective.  Who gives a shit about the rights of the other 33%?

And I was joshing. 

[Tiger Wench]

And I was joshing.

Can't ever tell with you jackbooted thugs.

[CCTAU]

Those little cornrowed braids that are tight to the head would be as safe as a buzzcut.  See the attached picture of the kid from the OA News.  There is zero safety issue there.

I think that is neat and tidy and see no problem.

That is cornrows. Braids hang free; Like the black Wendy that catches passes for bammer.

[Tiger Wench]

That picture is actually the kid in question - Trooper's kid.

Those are the braids in question.

And I see nothing wrong with them.

[DnATL]

I slap a bitch with my hair

[CCTAU]

I slap a bitch with my hair

Ahhhhh! Chief Slapahoe gonna have a sqaw?

I do not see an issue with hue cornrows as long as the back of the hair cannot be whipped around.


Once again, damn Allen Iverson.