McNabb's agent responds to Hopkins
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McNabb's agent responds to Hopkins
Jonathan Tamari
Donovan McNabb's agent, Fletcher Smith, released the following statement responding to Bernard Hopkins' recent criticisms of the quarterback:
Ill-informed statements such as the perplexing one Mr. Hopkins muttered recently are dangerous and irresponsible. It perpetuates a maliciously inaccurate stereotype that insinuates those African-Americans who have access to a wider variety of resources are somehow culturally different than their brethren.
Donovan successfully lead the Philadelphia Eagles franchise for a decade. He is the ultimate professional. On the field, he embodied confidence, hard work, assertiveness and a mutual respect for his teammates and the organization. Off the field, Donovan has been an outspoken advocate in the fight against diabetes, which has disproportionally affected the black community. He has given his time to bring awareness to this disease, which unfortunately affects 4.9 million African-Americans. Additionally, he is also involved in many other social initiatives. Donovan has always prided himself on being a leader who possesses impenetrable integrity. He will continue to exemplify the same characteristics in his future endeavors and will remain committed to serving all communities.
Donovan’s parents are proud Americans who worked hard to give their sons the best childhood they could provide. He is unapologetically proud of sacrifices they made for him. Donovan and his brother were raised to be hard-working African-American men who were taught to believe in themselves.
It is vital that we extinguish this brand of willful ignorance and instill in the minds of African-American youth regardless of the parental makeup of your household they can become anything they wish if they work hard and make the right decisions in life.
I wish Mr. Hopkins luck in his upcoming fight.
I've always been horrified by statements such as Hopkins', that by having manners not similar to "the streets" puts black Americans into the Uncle Tom category. Two things about that: 1. As Smith mentioned, McNabb and others should be unapologetically proud of what his parents were able to provide; 2. There's nothing wrong with the way McNabb acted as a person. For all the criticisms that Philadelphians have levied against him, McNabb has widespread praise for his off-the-field demeanor and behavior.— trungy- Well said...
Why don't B-Hop and McNabb have some kind of boxing/football/triathlon competition, then they can kiss and make up afterwards.— Reality Speaks - Think Bernard's taken 1 to many head shots...— ClarkU
- This all started because B Hop felt he was snubbed by McNabb at an Eagles practice. Guess Donovan was black enough for Bernard up until that point...— adman
Comment removed.- Agree with everything except the part that says "Donovan successfully lead the Philadelphia Eagles franchise for a decade". The other non-company men lead the franchise. Sorry McSoftie, you can't be a company man and have the respect of the players. You chose your path and that's your choice. Just live with the consequences and quit trying to have it both ways. Isn't trying to have it both ways is really what this is all about? Dumb as they come Donnie.— Voytas
- Voytas, go crawl back into your hole.— palmyra21
- For the record, I've always loved Donovan here. With that said, he never tried to have it both ways. He always tried to win. It was never a popularity contest with him.. one that he found to lose early and never cared for it. And let's also not forget that Philadelphians never opened up to him besides two years of his early career. There was the constant drag him out booing and criticism that put him in a no-win situation. If he shuts up like he did, then people questioned his heart. If he complained about it, then the fans would tell him to shut up and play. How about just shut up and watch?— trungy
- palmyra21......Ok, I'm in my hole. Now will you have something of substance to write?— Voytas
- b hop is a street guy who speaks his mind and you have to respect that, but what he said is so ignorant its laughable... not even worth responding to, frankly. but who cares?— sore richard
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- Donovan is and has always been a class act from top to bottom. As for Mr. Hopkins, well, his continued obsession with the McNabb of his own imagination makes the champ look like a weak and ugly loser. The only thing Mr. Hopkins has successfully demonstrated is that there are indeed black men, and white and yellow and red and all walks of men, better than him.— HeelYes
- Donovan McNabb. the "gift" that keeps on giving. He is responsible for, in my opinion, the worst moment in all of eagles history. It was definetely the most paintful moment of being a philadelphia sports fan out of EVERY team and EVERY game, to the throw the interceptions to rhonde barber late in the game...it was like BEHIND the guy and down by his knees, right to the CB STANDING BEHIND HIM. and returned for a TD, at the WORST POSSIBLE TIME DONOVAN. he has one of the lowest wonderlic scores in the NFL and was lucky to be drafted to a team that had jim johnsons #2 D in the league. without that there is no way they make any championship games, and when they finally did donovans dumb decision making and andys dumb playcalling ruined any chance of winning.— CharlieGarner25
- That's not a quite accurate description of the play. Donovan read blitz and was trying to get the ball to his hot read, but it was a zone blitz and Ronde read the play perfectly and stepped in front of the receiver. Yeah it sucked, but it was an understandable mistake, and a good defensive call. I think Kurt Warner made the same mistake in the Super Bowl. — jayheezy
- And 5 has 200 million to show for it.I'm sure he gives a sh%^ what we have to say.— red rock
