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DeSean Jackson shared a fake Hitler quote and some lavish praise of known anti-semite Louis Farrakhan on Instagram this week. He’s since apologized, and the Eagles issued a statement calling the posts “absolutely appalling” and vowed they will take appropriate action.
Could said appropriate action include cutting the wide receiver? Maybe, says Adam Schefter, but it could depend on semantics:
Eagles decision on whether to keep DeSean Jackson could come down to whether post is a default under his contract. Jackson is guaranteed $4.8M this year in salary and already received a $2M option bonus. Eagles could try to figure out a way out of guaranteed salary first.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 7, 2020
To say the Eagles would be acting purely on principle if they released Jackson would probably not paint the full picture. He is 33 years old; last season he played in just three games and caught nine passes. The team picked Jalen Reagor, a wide receiver out of TCU, in the first round of the draft at 21st overall.
The Eagles probably wouldn’t have been too enthusiastic about keeping Jackson around in the first place, but the contract guarantees could’ve tipped the scale. Now we’ll see in the coming weeks if they are able to void those guarantees, and/or if they decide Jackson isn’t worth the headache relative to his forecasted production regardless.
Cut him. Then, maybe we won’t be seeing as many of these insane posts by public figures.
I said it in the previous DeSean post and I’ll say it again here: “When Keeping it Woke Goes Wrong…” Bonehead.
I wonder how many pro athlete know that their tweeting and facebooking will haunt them FOR EVER and ever … unlike smelly gas …
I abhor cancel culture as much as any other sane person, but we all know the double standard here. If DeSean is white or able to pass as white and he’s currently employed by a team like the Cowboys or the Panthers, the media onslaught calling for his termination would be insane. But because he’s black and plays for one of the wokest teams in sports, the few Philly media outlets that are even covering this are talking about how the Eagles should make this ‘a teachable moment.’
Geez…this is the second time I’ve had a post deleted in two days. Hmmm. Yesterday I said Roger the Dodger Godell had bailed on “The Shield” when the mob came for him. Deleted 5 minutes after posting. Tonight I post that we have to play by the same rules an the cancel culture uses on us. deleted a while ago. Clay…do you know about this? Did I offend?
Rick
I think the second one you’re talking about was on this article
Desean Jackson Made Insanely Dumb Comments But Stop the Mob Mentality
Gonna watch it get deleted lol.
Thinking about it…pretty sure a couple of other guys posts were deleted replying on this topic from when I first commented. Double hmmm.
Hey Ryan,
MY SINCEREST APOLOGIES!!!
My comment on cancel culture was on another content item, but with the same topic.
VERY SORRY!!!!!
Rick