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Joe Gibbs Can Tolerate Clinton Portis But Not Budweiser

My NASCAR knowledge is fairly limited. I know of Talladega, Darlington, Daytona and the Brickyard 500. I know that Bristol is raced at night. I know that Tony Stewart has had one Twinkie too many and that Robbie Gordon seems to be a bit of a dandy. I know that Carl Edwards #99 car is 10th in the standings - but only because my friend Chad is on his PR team and I try to keep a look out. This is where it begins and ends. But since I believe that I should know as much as I can about something before trashing it, I've been keeping up with the "sport" a little more lately. The only danger to this plan is that I might end up liking it.

In any case, the big news these days is Dale Earnhardt Jr's departure from DEI... something about his step-mother being a money-grubbing, power hungry demon. NASCAR is wholly consumed with the Earnhardt watch - will he go to Hendrick? Joe Gibbs? RCR? The most likely candidate, according to rumors, was Joe Gibbs Racing. Not only is Gibbs the coach of Earnhardt's favorite NFL team, his group has also managed three Nextel championships since 2000. Who can resist that type of winning tradition, especially when it's also the home of the aforementioned Twinkie pounder? 

This type of union would be ideal but there's one problem -- this Bud is NOT for Joe Gibbs.

"For us it would be hard. It'd be hard," said J.D. Gibbs, president of Joe Gibbs Racing. "They've been a great partner of the sport and do a lot for us but personally that would be a hard deal for us to do. I'll just leave it at that right now." - Yahoo! Sports

Personally, I would object to owning a Budweiser sponsored car because that shite tastes like gnat piss but the JGR rationale centers around its evangelical beliefs and religious objections to the consumption of alcohol. Fine. You'd think that Gibbs' willingness to forge his livelihood in two beer-soaked industries would create a conflict but I suppose there's a little hypocrite in all of us.

That brings me to my actual problem -- if Gibbs is going to use his religious beliefs to object to Budweiser and, in turn, Junior, shouldn't he pass that same judgment onto Clinton Portis, who is quite possibly the stupidest man in America?

On Michael Vick's dog fighting operation: "It's his property, it's his dogs. If that's what he wants to do, do it... It can't be too bad of a crime. There's a lot of stuff that's crimes, you know. It's killers on the loose over here and you want to hunt down Michael Vick over fighting some dogs... I'm sure some police got dogs and fight them, some judges got dogs and everything else."

How can you condone one and not the other? How can one tolerate, and at times, champion, a person too stupid to understand the fundamental immorality of dog fighting (or anything else, really) and yet be too high and mighty to own a car with a beer logo on it... especially when JGR driver, JJ Yeley, already races like he's drunk. I guess this is the type of sterling logic that is leading the Redskins back to Super Bowl glory.

Look, I know Gibbs has little to no control over the Redskins roster but for a man of such high values and principles, he seems to tolerate the behavior of criminals and amoral, braindead asshats extraordinarily well.

Posted at May 22, 2007 11:22 AM

Comments (11): Joe Gibbs Can Tolerate Clinton Portis But Not Budweiser

AJ	May 22, 2007 12:40 PM
	If he had this big of a problem with alcohol, he'd get out of sports altogether. Coors and Bud are practically funding the NFL. This is bullshit.

Jeff	May 22, 2007 1:47 PM
	Portis needs to stick to talking about black and white porn and coming up with new disguises.

Adam Castro	May 22, 2007 2:31 PM
	Without beer, I don't know how anybody would get through a NASCAR race.

Erik	May 22, 2007 2:39 PM
	Just read about Vick's dog fighting ranch and Portis' enlightened commentary. It feels good knowing that humans like these make millions of dollars playing kids' games. lol Joe Gibbs probably doesn't have any problem with dog fighting because dogs are soulless. Which abused pit bull would Jesus put a fiver on?

checkers	May 22, 2007 3:25 PM
	That's seriously Gibbs reason? Even Tony Dungy and his "death to gays" club enjoy a little Bud every now and then.

tommy	May 22, 2007 4:15 PM
	How can one tolerate, and at times, champion, a person too stupid to understand the fundamental immorality of dog fighting (or anything else, really) and yet be too high and mighty to own a car with a beer logo on it prolly the same way he tolerates coaching for the most evil man in the NFL. this just comes down to Gibbs being a hypocrite. he puts religion aside when it enough $$$ is at stake.

Houlihan	May 22, 2007 8:14 PM
	Is it so hard for some of these dumb asses to just shut the fuck up in the off season?

Koester	May 23, 2007 12:41 AM
	is it wrong to hope that Goodell suspends Portis just for being a dummy?

krako	May 23, 2007 8:32 AM
	This is probably worth a $20,000 fine

Max

May 23, 2007 8:57 AM

I know there are a lot of athletes that read this blog so I don't want to offend anybody but I'm so sick and tired of these idiots getting a free ride to college, leaving as dumb (or more) than when they walked in, and being rewarded with millions for their non effort. If a lot of these schools would care enough to TRY to educate them, we wouldn't get ignorant bull like this. But these schools act like they have no choice but to let these guys be the best ignorant asses they can be.

Toxic	May 24, 2007 7:08 AM
	Won't have anything said about the great Joe but you have a point.

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