"They want us all to transition into women and their plan is working” – Jason Whitlock blames feminism for NFL going ‘soft’ amid Tom Brady roughing the passer controversy
Fans who have been watching football since Tom Brady joined the league are often the backbone of the argument that "Brady gets all the calls."
However, over the last decade, the league has attempted to penalize a lot of the brutality in the sport. Most agree that the aim of this is in the interest of safety.
One NFL analyst, however, has bizarrely claimed that the problem instead lies with women.
Speaking on Fearless via Fox Sports Radio, host Jason Whitlock blamed women's apparent need for safety as being the backbone of the idea that is shaping the game to their standards.
Here's how he put it:
"‘Safety is a woman’s priority. Men seek thrills and danger. We’re not sadistic, we’re just made differently by design. Our love for danger leads to progress and advancement... The NFL’s preference to maximize safety and limit danger poses the greatest threat to America’s most popular sport..."
the roughing the passer calls that Tom Brady gets are legitimately comical
He went on, claiming that anyone who wants the game to be as safe as possible "might as well be women":
"We all want football to be safe and when it’s not safe we want to blame somebody. The problem is the game wasn’t meant to be safe, it’s meant to be dangerous and entertaining... It wants to avoid upsetting women and men who have been feminized to the point where they might as well be women."
Lastly, he claimed that more injuries will come from botched gender-change surgeries than players on the gridiron:
"We’ve been feminized and programmed to prioritize our emotions and feelings over logic and fact. More kids will be permanently and severely damaged in a hospital operating room under gender-affirming surgery than playing football."
Troy Aikman's frustration in wake of Tom Brady call
This was not the only major use of sexist or anti-feminist vocabulary in explaining the issue with penalties in recent days.
On Sunday of Week 5, Tom Brady got a roughing the passer called his way, effectively stopping an Atlanta Falcons comeback in its tracks.
The following day, the Las Vegas Raiders were temporarily saved by a roughing the passer call on Monday Night Football.
One of the best defensive plays of the year, not roughing the passer https://t.co/InPmfdpFHu
After watching the penalty live just one day after Brady's penalty, Troy Aikman expressed his frustration by begging the NFL to "take the dresses off."
While many would term Whitlock's comments much more incendiary in nature, most would agree it is clear that the sentiment regarding a supposed connection between women and the increase in penalties for rough tackles is not isolated.
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