So many of you are some whole ass ho’s on this board.
Just as great as the intelligence is here on this board, so is the i
Black women can’t make no f*cking decisions about they (much more accomplished) life without male input.
You been running, jumping, flipping and flying through the air, being mentally tough is not even up for debate. Do you understand how much falling you have to do to be GOOD, much less all world? You HAVE to take risks with your health every time your feet leave the ground.
The demand of the sport, surviving molestation while meeting and exceeding the demand of the sport, winning consistently, becoming the goat, having the rules changed ON you WHILE you are competing and your country not giving a damn about you might…just might…cause you mental unrest, in that, nobody is going as hard for me as I am for everything and I set all this up.
Ya’ll are some whole…ass…ho’s!
Fuck....no matter how you slice it...its not a good look..
If she's not in any physical pain then you suck it up and compete...if you lose then you lost...
Between this and naomi it's looking less like black girl magic and more like black girl fragility...
Black women used to pride themselves on their ability to take the hits, punch back and do that shit with style and guts...
Now it's looking like if they can't win they don't want to play the game..
Her coaches and support system did a sucky job of talking her thru that shit.
Now, you have ask yourself how many times she already sucked “it” up since 2013 and ain’t say shit but decided this week, that they was it?
imagine it is game 7 of the NBA finals.
LBJ/MJ/KB has had a mediocre finals performance all series. after the first quarter of game seven he walks off the court and says it is too much pressure and he is pulling out of the game.
The entire sports world would lambast him.
Olympics happen 25 times a year.
NBA is 82 games every season.
American pro sports and international Olympic sports are not necessarily comparable.
Now, people ain’t gonna call it this, but what do you think MJ did right after the first 3 peat?
He called it an early retirement, but they motherf*cker head was gone after losing his Dad. He chose rondo some other shit AND the media lit him up for it, too.
When you the GOAT though, rules don’t apply. You became the GOAT by defying them.
Dude I understand all that but that's no excuse...
There was a gymnast named kerri strug who literally broke her ankle (tho she didn't know it...but was severely sprained as far as she knew) and she had the last vault to secure the win for the team...she did that shit and landed it on one foot.
That's a competitor
Jackie Joyner kersey injured herself in competition and her husband coach told her to tape it up and keep going..that's a competitor..
Quitting because you're mojo ain't working the way you want isn't a competitor and it hurts her legacy.
That’s your BODY, Man.
Now, what is the control center for your body: your Mind!
They say it about golf all the time, but it applies to every sport: the game is in between your ears.
It's not to me
It's forced.
Everything isn't so simple and neat
Real life is messy and complicated
Jordan and Brady ok
In this comparison WHEN EXACTLY are they playing in their career?
Cause Simone barely 24 is already considered the goat
Those 2 were not
She mastered team and individual in her sport
If she didn't feel "right" for whatever reason and in this specific event
her 1st bad outing already put the team in the hole
So you want an athlete to play when they not ready physically or mentally
and the whole team lose...
Over ego?
So if Jordan lost the flu game he a quitter?
If Pippen played with the migraine he now the most competitive ever?
Brady plays with a concussion and they lose...
Is he selfish or a warrior ?
My point is situations are unique
Her being a 24 yr old young black woman with the federation is against her, the sport is trying to change the RULES against her, she was sexually assaulted, she is ALREADY considered the BEST EVER IN HER SPORT.
She already won numerous GOLD MEDALS for her team and country. She is a multiple champion.
And a loud social activist who has to battle THOSE jerks, too.
how the hell is all that comparable to Jordan or Brady not coming out at halftime in a championship game?
I think Simone knows herself enough for us to at least concede WE have no damn idea what it is like to be HER...
Or the best in the world at ANYTHING.
when MJ, Tiger, Lebron, Serena, Brady, Beyonce, Stevie Wonder etc...
Some of the best to ever do it
Say she was "wrong" ?
Then I'm gonna at least listen.
But I have enough experience as a human being to understand this young woman who we ALL don't even know
says she was hurting
To respect it.
Classifying athletic failure - physical or mental - as a health problem benefits no one. Elite performance at the highest level is hard. Failure, and fear of failure, is part of the struggle. We are all human and can sympathize, freaking out in a stressful situation is part of the human condition. People fail.
There is nothing wrong or abnormal going on here. This failure is the fault of Simone Biles. She let herself, her team, and her country down. Yes, that is a heavy burden; it is the one she carries. We still love, adore, and admire her as the greatest gymnast of all time, and hope she gets her mind right. But let's call this what it is.
She didn’t let herself down, put her team in a position to capture Silver, and you come in here talking about ANYBODY Black letting America down, I already know you on a whole mother frequency.
Nobody knows your mental health like you do but she should have done this before the Olympics and allowed another athlete prepared mentally/physically to compete to go.
So, now you want people to set appointments for how they are gonna feel in the future?
Man, BGOL, needs to replace the judges on the Olympic committee!
Eh, I wouldn't expect a woman to continue to literally bend over backwards for an organization that looked the other way while a sexual predator fingerbanged her and her teammates. She doesn't owe USA Gymnastics a damn thing. Looking forward to what she does with her next chapter in life...
BREH, finally somebody looking at this sh!t from a bird’s eye view.