Nick Bosa, EDGE, Ohio St(The Politics Free Thread)

I hope we draft Bosa now just to piss off the triggered fanbase

Originally posted by DownSouth49er:

Would his views matter to his teammates? That's the overriding question. It's apparent that there are many fans that will look at him strictly through the lens of his value as a football player and couldn't care less what he does with his social media accounts.

I get that.

But the fan base does not have to share a locker room with him, nor do we have to face pressure from our communities, family members and the public at-large when a fellow player crosses into the political/social arena and is perceived to be antithetical to issues that affect them on an intimate level. There was a time that locker rooms could easily ignore something like this. The internet and social media have put those days behind us, probably for good. It would be interesting to know the true feelings of the players that had to endure all of the drama that surrounded the team, and the league, the past couple of years. Without a doubt, I believe it to have been exhausting and caused some players to take public positions that they cared not to indulge in. Most players appear to be too consumed with their jobs to have time for social commentary, but when the media persistently hounds them about their input about hot-button topics that transcends their jobs, the players are put into a very uncomfortable position.

In other words, many 49ers fans might not care about this topic, but NFL players nowadays don't have the luxury to not care.

I see a few posters have alluded to fans not knowing the political leanings of the majority of the team's players or other NFL players. That's kinda the point of this whole debate. Once a player lets his private views about controversial topics or political ideology enter into the public domain, it creates the kinds of discussions that we are now having—discussions that have nothing to do with football.

Would I welcome Bosa as a player? Yes. Is this whole issue of what he says/does in respect to social issues something that could potentially disrupt a locker room? Again, yes.

I doubt that his teammates would give a damn what his views are as long as he is handling his business out on the field. There is more than a handful of conservative or conservative leaning players in just about every locker room. Most of the time guys focus on what they have in common versus their respective differences.


Joey Bosa shares similar political beliefs. Have you heard anything to suggest that he has had any issues within the Chargers locker room?




This will be an issue with a minority of fans that don't attend games anyways and no one else. As long as Bosa plays well, its a non-issue.

If you want to talk politics, there's a thread for that.
https://www.49erswebzone.com/forum/parking-lot/189103-general-politics/

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by fan49:

No. But if you did. It's more likely you are. Trump's followers are blind. He could say the N word in a speech. And it would be blocked from there memory. Or they would support it. One of the two. I have never seen so many racists come out in the open. I have never seen so many blind followers.

My parents voted for trump because they're republicans and have voted that way since before I was born (I'm a democrat), they don't have a racist bone in their body...they give back to the community and raised me to be respectful of everyone regardless of race/sex/region.

So no, not everyone is a racist...you're basically doing what you're claiming trump people are doing, judging people you don't even know.

FYI good luck finding a football team full of liberals. Might as well cross out the SEC, big 12, ACC etc if you can't have any republicans on the team lol.

Anyway back to football....15 more days until Bosa is a Niner

if you can't stand that because of political views sorry not sorry.

Great post

So I went looking for these racist comments from Bosa and I'm even more disappointed than if he really was a racist. If he was a racist then it would just be one racist person. Instead I found something more troubling and far more common. A bunch of fascists trying to ruin a kids life for having opinions that are completely understandable. Black Panther was not a good movie (most Marvel movies do), Beyonce is trash and Kap is a clown.

Glad to see everyone here isn't insane. I can't imagine 5 years or more of hearing him being called a racist every time he is mentioned.

Originally posted by zeppfan1:

Originally posted by NYniner85:

Originally posted by fan49:

No. But if you did. It's more likely you are. Trump's followers are blind. He could say the N word in a speech. And it would be blocked from there memory. Or they would support it. One of the two. I have never seen so many racists come out in the open. I have never seen so many blind followers.

My parents voted for trump because they're republicans and have voted that way since before I was born (I'm a democrat), they don't have a racist bone in their body...they give back to the community and raised me to be respectful of everyone regardless of race/sex/region.

So no, not everyone is a racist...you're basically doing what you're claiming trump people are doing, judging people you don't even know.

FYI good luck finding a football team full of liberals. Might as well cross out the SEC, big 12, ACC etc if you can't have any republicans on the team lol.

Anyway back to football....15 more days until Bosa is a Niner

if you can't stand that because of political views sorry not sorry.

Great post

I personally don't care who Bosa supports and doesn't support. It has nothing to do with the game of football.

Originally posted by Aj_hwd954:

Originally posted by DownSouth49er:
Would his views matter to his teammates? That's the overriding question. It's apparent that there are many fans that will look at him strictly through the lens of his value as a football player and couldn't care less what he does with his social media accounts.

I get that.

But the fan base does not have to share a locker room with him, nor do we have to face pressure from our communities, family members and the public at-large when a fellow player crosses into the political/social arena and is perceived to be antithetical to issues that affect them on an intimate level. There was a time that locker rooms could easily ignore something like this. The internet and social media have put those days behind us, probably for good. It would be interesting to know the true feelings of the players that had to endure all of the drama that surrounded the team, and the league, the past couple of years. Without a doubt, I believe it to have been exhausting and caused some players to take public positions that they cared not to indulge in. Most players appear to be too consumed with their jobs to have time for social commentary, but when the media persistently hounds them about their input about hot-button topics that transcends their jobs, the players are put into a very uncomfortable position.

In other words, many 49ers fans might not care about this topic, but NFL players nowadays don't have the luxury to not care.

I see a few posters have alluded to fans not knowing the political leanings of the majority of the team's players or other NFL players. That's kinda the point of this whole debate. Once a player lets his private views about controversial topics or political ideology enter into the public domain, it creates the kinds of discussions that we are now having—discussions that have nothing to do with football.

Would I welcome Bosa as a player? Yes. Is this whole issue of what he says/does in respect to social issues something that could potentially disrupt a locker room? Again, yes.

Our Society has been functioning just fine for hundreds of years despite people having different political views.

Do you honestly believe the 80s & 90s 49ers won a lot of games because everyone shared the same political views?

Also, the 80s and 90s 49ers, and sports in general, did not have to contend with this thing that we now call social media in terms of maintaining locker room harmony. It has changed sports tremendously. This franchise,more so than others, can attest to that....

Originally posted by DownSouth49er:

Originally posted by Aj_hwd954:

Originally posted by DownSouth49er:
Would his views matter to his teammates? That's the overriding question. It's apparent that there are many fans that will look at him strictly through the lens of his value as a football player and couldn't care less what he does with his social media accounts.

I get that.

But the fan base does not have to share a locker room with him, nor do we have to face pressure from our communities, family members and the public at-large when a fellow player crosses into the political/social arena and is perceived to be antithetical to issues that affect them on an intimate level. There was a time that locker rooms could easily ignore something like this. The internet and social media have put those days behind us, probably for good. It would be interesting to know the true feelings of the players that had to endure all of the drama that surrounded the team, and the league, the past couple of years. Without a doubt, I believe it to have been exhausting and caused some players to take public positions that they cared not to indulge in. Most players appear to be too consumed with their jobs to have time for social commentary, but when the media persistently hounds them about their input about hot-button topics that transcends their jobs, the players are put into a very uncomfortable position.

In other words, many 49ers fans might not care about this topic, but NFL players nowadays don't have the luxury to not care.

I see a few posters have alluded to fans not knowing the political leanings of the majority of the team's players or other NFL players. That's kinda the point of this whole debate. Once a player lets his private views about controversial topics or political ideology enter into the public domain, it creates the kinds of discussions that we are now having—discussions that have nothing to do with football.

Would I welcome Bosa as a player? Yes. Is this whole issue of what he says/does in respect to social issues something that could potentially disrupt a locker room? Again, yes.

Our Society has been functioning just fine for hundreds of years despite people having different political views.

Agreed, and didn't say it wouldn't going forward. Just pointing out some some considerations that teams have to examine before selecting a player that the fan does not.

Originally posted by Aj_hwd954:

Originally posted by DownSouth49er:
Would his views matter to his teammates? That's the overriding question. It's apparent that there are many fans that will look at him strictly through the lens of his value as a football player and couldn't care less what he does with his social media accounts.

I get that.

But the fan base does not have to share a locker room with him, nor do we have to face pressure from our communities, family members and the public at-large when a fellow player crosses into the political/social arena and is perceived to be antithetical to issues that affect them on an intimate level. There was a time that locker rooms could easily ignore something like this. The internet and social media have put those days behind us, probably for good. It would be interesting to know the true feelings of the players that had to endure all of the drama that surrounded the team, and the league, the past couple of years. Without a doubt, I believe it to have been exhausting and caused some players to take public positions that they cared not to indulge in. Most players appear to be too consumed with their jobs to have time for social commentary, but when the media persistently hounds them about their input about hot-button topics that transcends their jobs, the players are put into a very uncomfortable position.

In other words, many 49ers fans might not care about this topic, but NFL players nowadays don't have the luxury to not care.

I see a few posters have alluded to fans not knowing the political leanings of the majority of the team's players or other NFL players. That's kinda the point of this whole debate. Once a player lets his private views about controversial topics or political ideology enter into the public domain, it creates the kinds of discussions that we are now having—discussions that have nothing to do with football.

Would I welcome Bosa as a player? Yes. Is this whole issue of what he says/does in respect to social issues something that could potentially disrupt a locker room? Again, yes.

Our Society has been functioning just fine for hundreds of years despite people having different political views.

Do you honestly believe the 80s & 90s 49ers won a lot of games because everyone shared the same political views?

see that's the issue and it's the last comment i'll make on this subject. to those of us who's ancestors were brought over here on boats it hasn't been functioning just fine for hundreds of years. and when we see a hat that says make America great again, that makes us think about going back to a time when it was a functioning hell for us.

Originally posted by fan49:

No. But if you did. It's more likely you are. Trump's followers are blind. He could say the N word in a speech. And it would be blocked from there memory. Or they would support it. One of the two. I have never seen so many racists come out in the open. I have never seen so many blind followers.

Hey man I recommend you get out more. Travel a little more. Seems you're following the media narrative of what the right is. Just like right wing media paints the entire left to be a bunch of spoiled, social justice warrior whiners . Being from the Bay Area, I know that's just a small portion of the left. But they happen to be the loudest. There are good people on all side.

Originally posted by swaccmac1:
see that's the issue and it's the last comment i'll make on this subject. to those of us who's ancestors were brought over here on boats it hasn't been functioning just fine for hundreds of years. and when we see a hat that says make America great again, that makes us think about going back to a time when it was a functioning hell for us.

This is too serious a topic for this FOOTBALL forum.

Let's start this over. no political stuff.

He's coming in for a visit today and tomorrow. SF seems to be very interested in him and rightfully so!

He'll be a good football player.

I'm so pissed off the old thread got deleted. It's not that difficult to stick to football...

Selfish.

Anyways....Bosa to the niners. Make it happen.