Al Davis takes a shot at Jessie Jackson

[Trife22]

Originally Posted by chitown raider

We here in the windy city refer to "him" as Jesse Jackass.

You mean you don't refer to him as Jessie HiJackson?

Ask Burger King about that one; "Hire these names I give you cause they sent me kickbacks, or I'll call you racist."

[ShadowRaider]

Originally Posted by SoCalRaider

Davis noted that civil rights leader Jesse Jackson recently chimed in on the issue, calling sports teams "public subsidies."

"I'm going to wire him," Davis said, "and tell him I own the Raiders. He doesn't own the Raiders."

[ShadowRaider]

Originally Posted by HOFBoundBrown

I believe we have a big problem in sports. A very high % of players are african-american, but the coaches are white. Do we have a policy for signing more white players??? How about Asian?? Spanish??? Where do the border lines end??? Manafest Destiny perhaps

I agree...matter-of-fact...where's all the Native American coaches/Gm's etc?