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Anyone else ever wonder why its called BLACKballed?***
May 9, 2013, 8:51 AM
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Oculus Spirit [81897]
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Because in 1770 black balls of wood or ivory was dropped
May 9, 2013, 8:52 AM
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into an urn for secret ballots.
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sure its not just rassists?***
May 9, 2013, 8:53 AM
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Oculus Spirit [81897]
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Well the white ball meant in, and black ball meant out.
May 9, 2013, 8:54 AM
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So it is kind of rassists.
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All-TigerNet [11024]
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Later on, white marbles and black marbles were used.
May 9, 2013, 8:57 AM
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I have an old family piece ballot box. The marbles sit in an area that occupies the front half of the box. The back half has an area with an opening to drop the marbles into a covered area with a fliptop. After all the marbles have been dropped you open the fliptop and there are the marbles and the votes.
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Oculus Spirit [97729]
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If Tebow were gay he'd have to hire someone to screen
May 9, 2013, 9:38 AM
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job offers. He would get an entire news cycle all to himself, and even a call from Barry. But unfortunately Tebow is a white, protestant, heterosexual, male. So he's screwed.
Now maybe he could get a sex-change operation, and become an atheist, and be the leagues first transgender, lesbian, female, atheist QB. Now THAT would be some good PR for any team.
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Oculus Spirit [75720]
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Screwed? He's already made a fortune and has
May 9, 2013, 9:52 AM
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plenty of potential to earn more on the tv preaching circuit.
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He should build a religious theme park in Fort Mill, SC.***
May 9, 2013, 10:39 AM
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Oculus Spirit [75720]
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I really can't see any reason this would not work.***
May 9, 2013, 10:41 AM
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You feel bad for Tebow, who has been front and center on
May 9, 2013, 1:25 PM
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the news circuit since his Junior year at Florida? The guy could not get anymore press.
Do you hate minorities and gays? You sound like youhate minorities and gays.
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Who? I haven't ever heard this name mentioned on
May 9, 2013, 1:41 PM
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ESPN, CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox Sports and every other channel that carries sports.
The guy is a terrible NFL qb and if it wasn't for the media, he probably wouldn't have been drafted because of his stance on playing other positions. He should be kissing ESPN's beanbag for even mentioning his name.
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I like watching Tebow play because he is not afraid to
May 9, 2013, 9:47 AM
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lay a hit on an opposing defender. No one can say he plays soft. He may play sucky at times, but he does it at 110%.
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I like watching Tebow play for the same reason I like to
May 9, 2013, 2:13 PM
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watch Clowney play. Because there's always the chance someone will hit them hard enough to hurt them.
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Actually, another story I saw a recently...
May 9, 2013, 10:00 AM
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... and if I could remember where it was I'd produce it, but it said that several teams had inquired about him switching to Tight End, but he is adamantly not interested. I do think that every team in the league has decided he can't play QB, but I think most would welcome his fans if he could produce somewhere on the field.
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All-TigerNet [11963]
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Here's something:
May 9, 2013, 10:42 AM
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http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000165500/article/tim-tebow-reportedly-attracted-interest-as-tight-end
Around the League
Tim Tebow reportedly attracted interest as tight end
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By Chris Wesseling
Around the League Writer
Published: April 30, 2013 at 12:08 p.m.
Updated: May 1, 2013 at 09:25 a.m.
New York Jets general manager John Idzik revealed Tuesday that NFL teams called to "kick the tires" on quarterback Tim Tebow before he was waived, but nothing materialized on the trade front.
As it turns out, the tire-kicking was an exercise in due diligence to gauge Tebow's willingness to play a different position.
League sources told the New York Post on Monday that the few teams interested in Tebow would only consider a trade if he was open to playing tight end as his primary position. According to the Post, Tebow isn't ready to entertain the possibility of a switch.
Tebow can't be blamed for the Jets' circus last season, but another potential high-profile quarterback controversy has teams leery of bringing him in at the position.
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"I have to think he's radioactive to everybody as a [quarterback]," an NFC general manager opined to the Post. "Even if you were thinking about grooming him as a backup, the Jets thing showed he is this huge distraction. There isn't enough talent there [as a passer] to put up with all that."
Perhaps Tebow would be amendable to a tight end/fullback/read-option specialist role with a team of his choosing. We continue to believe the New England Patriots are a logical landing spot. Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels is Tebow's biggest booster in the NFL, having traded up in the 2010 draft to pick him in the first round.
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