Ericvol2096
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I am, too! Can to wait! May end up going to Neyland the following week for Oklahoma game.
The separation of church and football -- not to mention church and public education -- blurred at Tennessee, Foster says. Coaches, led by head coach Phil Fulmer, scheduled trips to Sunday church services as team-building exercises. Foster asked to be excused. He was denied. (The school confirmed that these team-building exercises to churches took place.) Word spread: Foster was arrogant, selfish, difficult to coach. "They just thought I was being a rebel and didn't want to participate in the team activities," Foster says.
"I was like, 'No, that's not it. Church doesn't do anything for me. I'm not a Christian.' I said, 'We can do other team-bonding activities and I'll gladly go, but this doesn't do anything for me.'
"So I went, probably five times. I don't want to bring race into it, but we never went to any predominantly black churches. We went to a lot of those upper-middle-class white churches, which I always found interesting because the majority of the team was black, so I thought the majority of the team would relate to a black church. I would rather go to a black church, honestly, because the music is better to me. If the majority of your team is black, why wouldn't they try to make them as comfortable as possible? But I guess when you're dealing with religion, color shouldn't matter."
I'm waiting on this too. You can't talk about Foster without putting in the quotes.
Bump.
WTH did Foster say?
From the ESPN article:
Houston Texans' Arian Foster goes public about not believing in God
I wish the guy would just shut his freaking hole about UT. Geez.
From the ESPN article:
Houston Texans' Arian Foster goes public about not believing in God
I wish the guy would just shut his freaking hole about UT. Geez.
Houston Texans' Arian Foster goes public about not believing in God
The separation of church and football -- not to mention church and public education -- blurred at Tennessee, Foster says. Coaches, led by head coach Phil Fulmer, scheduled trips to Sunday church services as team-building exercises. Foster asked to be excused. He was denied. (The school confirmed that these team-building exercises to churches took place.) Word spread: Foster was arrogant, selfish, difficult to coach. "They just thought I was being a rebel and didn't want to participate in the team activities," Foster says.
"I was like, 'No, that's not it. Church doesn't do anything for me. I'm not a Christian.' I said, 'We can do other team-bonding activities and I'll gladly go, but this doesn't do anything for me.'
"So I went, probably five times. I don't want to bring race into it, but we never went to any predominantly black churches. We went to a lot of those upper-middle-class white churches, which I always found interesting because the majority of the team was black, so I thought the majority of the team would relate to a black church. I would rather go to a black church, honestly, because the music is better to me. If the majority of your team is black, why wouldn't they try to make them as comfortable as possible? But I guess when you're dealing with religion, color shouldn't matter."
From the ESPN article:
Houston Texans' Arian Foster goes public about not believing in God
I wish the guy would just shut his freaking hole about UT. Geez.
ummmm I would be upset about this particular situation as well. Making a non-religious person go to church is like forcing a vegetarian to eat meat against their will. Except it's worse. Granted, I don't want to hear about any of it from his mouth but I can at least see this point of view. :hi:
From the ESPN article:
Houston Texans' Arian Foster goes public about not believing in God
I wish the guy would just shut his freaking hole about UT. Geez.