Fuck Simone Biles

[limitles]

Whitlock is a bit much but there’s a kernel of truth in what he says.

You should have heard his rant on Biles a couple days ago.

Cliffs: Not a fan.
Slightly Longer Cliffs: Nike, social media and the liberal establishment is turning black American athletes into narcissistic clowns. Case in point: The 3 biggest stories of this olympics involving black America athletes are Richardson, Biles, and Gwen Berry. (honorable mention Naomi Osaka and mens basketball team). Not exactly Jesse Owens level inspiring stuff.

ha,ha,ha,ha,ha

[Sanlmar]

Whitlock is a bit much but there’s a kernel of truth in what he says.

You should have heard his rant on Biles a couple days ago.

Cliffs: Not a fan.
Slightly Longer Cliffs: Nike, social media and the liberal establishment is turning black American athletes into narcissistic clowns. Case in point: The 3 biggest stories of this olympics involving black America athletes are Richardson, Biles, and Gwen Berry. (honorable mention Naomi Osaka and mens basketball team). Not exactly Jesse Owens level inspiring stuff.

Modern Basketball, collegiate and pro, can be traced back to Sonny “Sole Man” Vaccarro and Nike. He changed the sport forever.

This thread has me seriously wondering if Nike might still be the leader in another unfortunate trend and NOT the cultural follower.

Curious if I own any Nikes. Have to look

I’m still of the opinion that Biles had the yips. I just saw video of her screwing up in practice. This does exonerate any of the other issues raised here.

[Texter]

You should have heard his rant on Biles a couple days ago.

Cliffs: Not a fan.
Slightly Longer Cliffs: Nike, social media and the liberal establishment is turning black American athletes into narcissistic clowns. Case in point: The 3 biggest stories of this olympics involving black America athletes are Richardson, Biles, and Gwen Berry. (honorable mention Naomi Osaka and mens basketball team). Not exactly Jesse Owens level inspiring stuff.

Modern Basketball, collegiate and pro, can be traced back to Sonny “Sole Man” Vaccarro and Nike. He changed the sport forever.

This thread has me seriously wondering if Nike might still be the leader in another unfortunate trend and NOT the cultural follower.

Curious if I own any Nikes. Have to look

I’m still of the opinion that Biles had the yips. I just saw video of her screwing up in practice. This does exonerate any of the other issues raised here.

Practice video seemed staged to take some of the heat off of her choking.

[BetCheckBet]

I think the real problem here is that being a world class athlete is by nature at odds with having a well balanced life. To start off, even to be considered you need to be in the top 5% for genetics, there is nothing fair about that. For 19/20 kids it doesn;t matter how hard they train they will never be able to obtain anywhere near the level of success their idol does. And in terms of training, the sheer amount of obsessive and compulsive thought around such a single endeavor leads to a very shallow life. I mean come on lets face it none of these top athletes have anything of worth to say outside of that which is relevant to their particular sport.

You want kids to grow up healthy then dump these idols as they represent nothing about a normal life outside of an over fascination with success in albeit a useless sport. Biles would be a better role model if she chose to quit altogether...

Now don't get me wrong, the above doesn;t disqualify sports from being entertaining. But that's all it really should be.

[Sloppy Joe]

Lol Druff liking the OP - the same guy whose anxiety from hot dog induced LPR led him to beg the board to stop trolling him because he couldn't take it anymore and surely could never play a hand of midstakes poker ever again.

https://www.pokernews.com/news/2019/...wsop-34798.htm

That guy has an incel fueled opinion on a world class athlete maybe not wanting to break her neck?

[MumblesBadly]

Mumbles what happens if you call dispatch and tell them you’re not emotionally ready to drive that day?

To be frank, if I were experiencing vertigo to the point where I was afraid I’d unexpectedly get super dizzy and disoriented while driving the rig down the road, you can bet your ass I’d tell my company that I needed to get off the road and stop driving until the underlying issue was resolved. In fact, DOT regulations REQUIRE professional drivers in the US to self-report to their company when they are unfit to safely drive the truck due to such an impairment.

[Walter Sobchak]

Mumbles what happens if you call dispatch and tell them you’re not emotionally ready to drive that day?

To be frank, if I were experiencing vertigo to the point where I was afraid I’d unexpectedly get super dizzy and disoriented while driving the rig down the road, you can bet your ass I’d tell my company that I needed to get off the road and stop driving until the underlying issue was resolved. In fact, DOT regulations REQUIRE professional drivers in the US to self-report to their company when they are unfit to safely drive the truck due to such an impairment.

But that’s not why she said she dropped out. It was a few days before any physical reasons were mentioned. If she had said there’s something physically wrong with me and it won’t allow me to perform, I never would have made this thread. She said “I felt like I was doing it for everyone else and I need to feel like I’m doing it for me.”

[MumblesBadly]

To be frank, if I were experiencing vertigo to the point where I was afraid I’d unexpectedly get super dizzy and disoriented while driving the rig down the road, you can bet your ass I’d tell my company that I needed to get off the road and stop driving until the underlying issue was resolved. In fact, DOT regulations REQUIRE professional drivers in the US to self-report to their company when they are unfit to safely drive the truck due to such an impairment.

But that’s not why she said she dropped out. It was a few days before any physical reasons were mentioned. If she had said there’s something physically wrong with me and it won’t allow me to perform, I never would have made this thread. She said “I felt like I was doing it for everyone else and I need to feel like I’m doing it for me.”

There’s a good chance that she wasn’t entirely forthcoming about her physical symptoms when she initially mentioned what she said here, and the press focused on the narrative you quoted here.

[shoeshine box]

Lol Druff liking the OP - the same guy whose anxiety from hot dog induced LPR led him to beg the board to stop trolling him because he couldn't take it anymore and surely could never play a hand of midstakes poker ever again.

https://www.pokernews.com/news/2019/...wsop-34798.htm

That guy has an incel fueled opinion on a world class athlete maybe not wanting to break her neck?

Tremendous Article.. shed light on mental health and other stress related battles ppl face... in silent desperation......

[Sidewinder]

Read she quit bc she couldn't take her adderall.

PED's are a big part of the Olympics. Hilarious everyone pretending otherwise

[Daniel72]

LOL

"Simone Biles has withdrawn from the vault final and MyKayla Skinner will replace her. "

third time

[Kalam]

Whitlock said after she quit the first event and announced it was for mental health it was just a formality she was going to drop out of all the others. Even if she wanted to compete (doubtful), team USA would be taking on too much liability— financial, potentially legal, and definitely social; if she hurt herself.


So far his prediction seems to be holding up.

[Texter]

She is making her triumphant return to the last event....the balance beam...brave hero is brave

If you didn’t see this Walt Frazieresque return coming...you are blind.

I kinda hope she either does perfect or falls off....bronze medal would be the worst outcome.

[Karen Nathan]

She is making her triumphant return to the last event....the balance beam...brave hero is brave

If you didn’t see this Walt Frazieresque return coming...you are blind.

I kinda hope she either does perfect or falls off....bronze medal would be the worst outcome.

She won the Bronze Medal, which is still very impressive considering she quit because of feeling overwhelmed. Her returning at all is impressive... I guess she read all of the negative comments talking shit about her leaving her Team in a clutch and came back to help out her Team.

[Texter]

She is making her triumphant return to the last event....the balance beam...brave hero is brave

If you didn’t see this Walt Frazieresque return coming...you are blind.

I kinda hope she either does perfect or falls off....bronze medal would be the worst outcome.

She won the Bronze Medal, which is still very impressive considering she quit because of feeling overwhelmed. Her returning at all is impressive... I guess she read all of the negative comments talking shit about her leaving her Team in a clutch and came back to help out her Team.

Her coming back helped her...it was an individual event, team didn’t benefit at all....kudos to her for coming back.

[Karen Nathan]

She won the Bronze Medal, which is still very impressive considering she quit because of feeling overwhelmed. Her returning at all is impressive... I guess she read all of the negative comments talking shit about her leaving her Team in a clutch and came back to help out her Team.

Her coming back helped her...it was an individual event, team didn’t benefit at all....kudos to her for coming back.

Well, at least she came back.