As I said in my first post, I probably should have never commented, it probably did more harm than anything. But, his comment was not racist at all.

Let's not let it go any further.

It could possibly ruin the subject matter being debated…”Greatest Indiana Players Of All Time”

nowhere in the original post does Millport refer to QB's race. he does not use the word “black” at all. none of his previous posts have been racist or offensive, so i don't know why you took it that way.

all i'm saying is don't take one little comment and turn it into World War III. i'm sure if you asked for clarification (which he gave in his reply) on the comment, none of this would've happened.

I concur with Big A's remark…”keeping this on track”

i'm also offended by AC Slater from Saved by the Bell. he refers to Zack Morris as “preppy.” is he implying that all well-dressed and well-groomed kids at Bayside High are rich, or come from rich families?

let's leave the grade-school whining about something as harmless as “typical jock” at home. i'd hate to see this great IU basketball blog ruined.

He wore a black cowboy hat that went with the sideburns………….did I offend any country music lovers ?

I think most people take “typical jocks” to mean so focused on sports and thinking they're great that they disregard academics, not as a reference to social standing or family background. But, he did relate the term directly to family background, so I can see where you got that from.

Millport: I do know that it's not what you meant. I can just now see where indiananorthshore made the leap on that one.

I can't stand when people go fishing and take these leaps of assumption to become offended by the littlest remarks. Why would you take the phrase “typical jock” and equate it with “the hood” and “broken families”?