Donovan McNabb and the Philly NAACP Leader

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Originally posted by TristanDSP
McNabb could not be reached for comment Thursday, but said last weekend that "I always thought the NAACP supported African Americans and didn't talk bad about them."

"If you talk about my play, that's one thing," McNabb said. "When you talk about my race, now we've got problems."

ESPN featured this on Outside the Lines the other day and I thought it was really interesting. I have to say I agree with McNabb and think Mondesire was out of line -- as did the two guests on the show, Warren Moon and John Smallwood.

McNabb is just trying to do his job as well as he can. What happens to quarterbacks who scramble all the time? They get hurt. I think he is trying to develop as a player and be as successful as he can while expanding his abilities and preserving his health. It's pretty lame that one dude is going to accuse him of selling out or breaching faith or belitting anyone because of decisions he's made about how he wants to play football -- it sounds to me like McNabb is facing a real struggle as a black athlete right now.