GG1 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 1 hour ago, TakeYouToTasker 2.0 said: He now has more than 300k followers. Which, of course, bolsters my argument. No, you have your cause and effect reversed. His followers exploded after the announcement. If he wanted to make a big media deal out of this, he would have had his agent set up an interview with a friendly SportCenter anchor and make sure that the press was all over the story ahead of time. Instead, he just did a little Instagram post to his followers and that's when the machine picked it up. You are intent on ascribing a lot of intent to his actions without knowing anything about him or what happened leading up to his decision to turn on the selfie cam. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker 2.0 Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 1 hour ago, GG1 said: No, you have your cause and effect reversed. His followers exploded after the announcement. If he wanted to make a big media deal out of this, he would have had his agent set up an interview with a friendly SportCenter anchor and make sure that the press was all over the story ahead of time. Instead, he just did a little Instagram post to his followers and that's when the machine picked it up. You are intent on ascribing a lot of intent to his actions without knowing anything about him or what happened leading up to his decision to turn on the selfie cam. Again, I’m always cynical when it comes to tactical self-promotion. There’s no such thing as a happy coincidence, and I don’t believe for one minute that this wasn’t done without the knowledge and input of his agent and their PR people. This also doesn’t make him a bad person. I just see it for what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, TakeYouToTasker 2.0 said: Again, I’m always cynical when it comes to tactical self-promotion. There’s no such thing as a happy coincidence, and I don’t believe for one minute that this wasn’t done without the knowledge and input of his agent and their PR people. This also doesn’t make him a bad person. I just see it for what it is. You can only see it for what you THINK it is. Unless, of course, you were born omniscient unlike the rest of us. I just have opinions, and they apparently differ from yours in this case. . Edited June 26, 2021 by Augie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Coach: “well Carl, to be honest, you’re kind of on the bubble right now. You’re gonna have to work really hard to keep a spot on this roster. You gotta wow us! Show us you’re too important to cut!” Carl: “I have just the thing coach...” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fansince88 Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 2 hours ago, whatdrought said: Coach: “well Carl, to be honest, you’re kind of on the bubble right now. You’re gonna have to work really hard to keep a spot on this roster. You gotta wow us! Show us you’re too important to cut!” Carl: “I have just the thing coach...” He needs to become a Democrat for his plan to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG1 Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 If Nassib's actions were self-serving, then this is a nice side benefit. Trevor Project donations explode. A spokesperson for The Trevor Project tells PEOPLE they've seen a 100% increase in online donations since Nassib's announcement. "The Trevor Project is grateful to Carl Nassib for living his truth and supporting LGBTQ youth," Amit Paley, CEO & Executive Director of The Trevor Project, said in a statement. "This generous donation will help us scale our life-saving crisis services to reach the more than 1.8 million LGBTQ youth who seriously consider suicide each year in the U.S." Of course if this was Bills Mafia related, the donations would be through the roof. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 On 6/25/2021 at 8:08 PM, TakeYouToTasker 2.0 said: Again, I’m always cynical when it comes to tactical self-promotion. There’s no such thing as a happy coincidence, and I don’t believe for one minute that this wasn’t done without the knowledge and input of his agent and their PR people. This also doesn’t make him a bad person. I just see it for what it is. You're probably right on this part. The first thing I did when I heard the news was looked at his contract to see if he was a cut candidate this training camp. He's not until next year as the Raiders overpaid for him and are stuck with him this season. Raiders fans pry wish his instagram announcement was he learned how to pressure the quarterback. I'm glad that many people don't think it's a big deal and it shouldn't even be news. However, it's absolutely news as he'll be the first openly gay NFL player to take a snap. It took seven years since Sam's announcement for an active player to come out so there's obviously still a fear in coming out in probably the most macho team sport in the US. I don't pretend to know Nassib's true motives but it's irrelevant to me as it's resulted in nothing but positives seeing the increased donations to the Trevor Project. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 https://twitter.com/BuffRumblings/status/1409525341576630280 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG1 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 I think Esera Tuaolo spent a day or two with the Bills one season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Dirty Rat Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Ann said: https://twitter.com/BuffRumblings/status/1409525341576630280 OMG no..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninety-4 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 12 hours ago, Ann said: https://twitter.com/BuffRumblings/status/1409525341576630280 Agree. Coming out as gay is so yesterday unless you claim to be the first at something. Maybe the first openly gay everglades python hunter will be next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LB3 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 On 6/26/2021 at 8:20 PM, GG1 said: If Nassib's actions were self-serving, then this is a nice side benefit. Trevor Project donations explode. A spokesperson for The Trevor Project tells PEOPLE they've seen a 100% increase in online donations since Nassib's announcement. "The Trevor Project is grateful to Carl Nassib for living his truth and supporting LGBTQ youth," Amit Paley, CEO & Executive Director of The Trevor Project, said in a statement. "This generous donation will help us scale our life-saving crisis services to reach the more than 1.8 million LGBTQ youth who seriously consider suicide each year in the U.S." Of course if this was Bills Mafia related, the donations would be through the roof. "Living HIS truth." God I hate postmodernism. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 1 hour ago, LB3 said: 🤣 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Dude Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 Hall of Fame. Put him in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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