Bill Belichick Set to Receive Award From Donald Trump
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wrote on 11 Jan 2021, 15:39 last edited by
Yeah - I've never paid attention to these lists before and maybe Obama and Bush did the same thing - but when you have football coaches winning national freedom awards (I'm not sure he does something other than football), I'm not sure this means that much.
I'm guessing some frontline healthworkers do much more heroic work.
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@copper said in Bill Belichick Set to Receive Award From Donald Trump:
According to the White house’s official website the award was “established by President John F. Kennedy in 1963, this prestigious award is the Nation’s highest civilian honor. It is awarded by the President of the United States to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the security or national interests of America, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.”
Interesting. I know it is given by Presdients as they want, but I wonder what "criteria" Bill Belichek meets to receive it?
wrote on 11 Jan 2021, 15:47 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in Bill Belichick Set to Receive Award From Donald Trump:
@copper said in Bill Belichick Set to Receive Award From Donald Trump:
According to the White house’s official website the award was “established by President John F. Kennedy in 1963, this prestigious award is the Nation’s highest civilian honor. It is awarded by the President of the United States to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the security or national interests of America, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.”
Interesting. I know it is given by Presdients as they want, but I wonder what "criteria" Bill Belichek meets to receive it?
Duh. He's a Patriot.
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wrote on 11 Jan 2021, 15:51 last edited by
Back in 2011, the late Joe Paterno (former Penn. State university head football coach) was nominated to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, but a child sex abuse scandal broke out, Paterno were dismissed from his job and his nomination for the medal was withdrawn.
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@copper said in Bill Belichick Set to Receive Award From Donald Trump:
According to the White house’s official website the award was “established by President John F. Kennedy in 1963, this prestigious award is the Nation’s highest civilian honor. It is awarded by the President of the United States to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the security or national interests of America, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.”
Interesting. I know it is given by Presdients as they want, but I wonder what "criteria" Bill Belichek meets to receive it?
wrote on 11 Jan 2021, 17:31 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in Bill Belichick Set to Receive Award From Donald Trump:
@copper said in Bill Belichick Set to Receive Award From Donald Trump:
According to the White house’s official website the award was “established by President John F. Kennedy in 1963, this prestigious award is the Nation’s highest civilian honor. It is awarded by the President of the United States to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the security or national interests of America, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.”
Interesting. I know it is given by Presdients as they want, but I wonder what "criteria" Bill Belichek meets to receive it?
Eight Super Bowl rings. Four runners-up. 261 regular season victories. 31 play-off wins.
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wrote on 11 Jan 2021, 17:42 last edited by Renauda 1 Nov 2021, 17:43
Perhaps the right thing to do is call in and say:
"My bones are achy, I feel feverish and have a raspy throat. Moreover I can't smell the locker room and all my food tastes like styrofoam packing peanuts. So with all due respect, I think it best that I stay home and take a knee on this one".
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wrote on 11 Jan 2021, 17:58 last edited by Copper 1 Nov 2021, 17:58
No kidding Jolly
8 Super Bowl rings
I can't think of many things more important to our culture.
Read the criteria - "contributions to ... other significant public or private cultural endeavors."
Also he is a friend of Mr. Trump who used to be in the football business.
He deserves it, no question.
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wrote on 11 Jan 2021, 20:52 last edited by jodi 1 Nov 2021, 20:54
I am often unable to figure out when you (Copper) are being sarcastic and when you are not. Probably just me.
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I am often unable to figure out when you (Copper) are being sarcastic and when you are not. Probably just me.
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wrote on 11 Jan 2021, 21:49 last edited by
I'm not often very serious, but the selection of Belichick for this award is fine with me.
Look at the list of recipients, it is full of entertainers and sports figures. Mr. Belichick has been a significant sports figure for decades.
I don't see any question.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom_recipients
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wrote on 12 Jan 2021, 00:51 last edited by
Belichick says "Thanks, but no thanks."
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wrote on 12 Jan 2021, 01:58 last edited by
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wrote on 12 Jan 2021, 02:22 last edited by
That's a very polite 'FU'.
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wrote on 12 Jan 2021, 02:27 last edited by
Or just a very polite "I'm not touching this toxicity with a 10' pole".
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wrote on 12 Jan 2021, 02:28 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in Bill Belichick Set to Receive Award From Donald Trump:
Copper is usually benignly trolling unless the topic is aviation.
This question has occupied me for years.
I think it's more that Copper mixes it up, possibly for self amusement. He is often subtle. You just don't always know.
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wrote on 12 Jan 2021, 02:28 last edited by
@horace said in Bill Belichick Set to Receive Award From Donald Trump:
Or just a very polite "I'm not touching this toxicity with a 10' pole".
Exactly.
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That's a very polite 'FU'.
wrote on 12 Jan 2021, 02:33 last edited by@doctor-phibes said in Bill Belichick Set to Receive Award From Donald Trump:
That's a very polite 'FU'.
Could be.
@horace said...Or just a very polite "I'm not touching this toxicity with a 10' pole".
I'd say that it's more likely the latter.
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wrote on 12 Jan 2021, 04:57 last edited by Renauda 1 Dec 2021, 04:57
So he did take the knee!
Ha. Good for him, I suppose.
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wrote on 12 Jan 2021, 11:13 last edited by
By referring to last week's events he is touching it with a 10 foot pole.
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wrote on 12 Jan 2021, 12:16 last edited by
He is a Patriot after all.
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By referring to last week's events he is touching it with a 10 foot pole.
wrote on 12 Jan 2021, 14:44 last edited by Horace 1 Dec 2021, 14:47@doctor-phibes said in Bill Belichick Set to Receive Award From Donald Trump:
By referring to last week's events he is touching it with a 10 foot pole.
It read very much like a guy who made the calculated decision not to associate himself and his family and his organization with the cultural forces that are currently square in the sights of a 50mm cancelation gun. These sorts of pragmatic decisions have been going on since the beginning of Trump's presidency, but the immediacy of the concern skyrocketed in the wake of the Capitol riots. Of course he'll mention the riots, while also paying fealty to the BLM stuff. That's what those pragmatic decisions look like.
