Another Perspective

PlummMeanGreen · November 7, 2007

That could be an incredibly tense situation, but it might be a good way to defuse the accusations.

Someone is going to need to apologize to someone before a "common ground" basis of communication can become a part of all this--no matter which side is guilty. If its the 3 players in question, each had his own case of circumstances that got them kicked off a football team and each would have to be re-instated (if that happens) based on each of the circumstances they were disciplined for in the first place. It would be nice if this story had a happy ending for all, but time will only tell with that.

Quite frankly, though, I don't know what the solution of any of this will be or how it will eventually play out. The Texas Chapter of the NAACP will mostly likely never come to Denton if after a few well selected phone calls to African Americans who are both UNT coaches or players that this truly turns out to strictly be a discipline problem and "ONLY" a discipline problem (which many from both races contacted have already said it was).

BUT....................before anyone would have called Todd Dodge a racists, though, they might have wanted to do a bit more research on his minister's son background before making such a broad swath of their brush painting him as such. Todd Dodge is hurting to the core of his bone marrow with this--but wouldn't any of us who know we aren't racists yet would be called out as to be one?

Hmmm? I wonder if any of th 3 players had known that one of the Dodge family's children had an African-American as a god-father if they may have thought twice before using the race card at all? Of course, if the race card focus had not been put fully placed on Todd Dodge's shoulders, then the focus would have (once again) been back on the players kicked off the team. The Mean Green football team's (both black, white, and Mexican) response to all these allegations may be the very thing that convinces the local chapter of the NAACP to just quietly let this thing die; but the local print media that blew all this up to all but 3 inch headlines needs to think about what they need to do..............to do the right thing.

Edited November 7, 2007 by PlummMeanGreen