Jason Whitlock: Cornell 7 case exposes feminism's sexual freedom lie



The explosive allegations against seven members of Cornell University's Chi Phi fraternity have reignited a national debate over campus culture, consent, and accountability.

But BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock believes the story has taken over the news cycle for a deeper reason.

“Why did this all of a sudden become national news? ... I guess it’s intriguing or interesting, but ... see, it’s like they want us talking about this or it wouldn’t be getting the attention that it’s getting,” Whitlock says.

“The Cornell 7 wouldn’t be all over ... social media. Rape allegations go on all the time. Rape allegations on college campuses go on all the time. But clearly there seems to be something,” he continues.


“Maybe it’s conservatives. Maybe we’re pushing for this conversation. Maybe we want to expose the wrongs of feminism because the Lindsay Clancy case and this case seem to be putting those things in clear focus,” he adds.

“I think conservatives do want to show how wrong it is or how hurtful feminism has been,” Shemeka Michelle agrees, though she notes that “on the other side,” that’s not their motive.

“I think they believe they can show us just how terrible patriarchy is,” she says.

Meanwhile, Michelle points out that since the Clancy trial, she keeps seeing news stories about women harming their children.

“So it’s crazy because we’re seeing these cases, and so many people are just thinking, ‘Oh my God, women have to be protected. Look at what they’re going through. Look at what’s happening,’” she says.

“Conservatives are saying, ‘Hey wait a minute. This is not OK.’ But we keep seeing these stories because so many left-leaning lunatics want to actually prop up women like Barack Obama thinking that they can actually run the world and do it better,” she adds.

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NBA team hires and fires announcer on same day over teenage tweets: 'Asian people p*** me off!'



Everything on the internet lasts forever.

This sage advice was everywhere at the turn of the millennium, but play-by-play broadcaster Braiden Bell may have been too young to hear it.

'Girls these nights ... Smh.'

On Thursday, Bell was introduced as the new announcer for the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers, with the organization praising him for being "authentic" and a "great fit" for the team, local outlet KGW8 reported.

However, Bell's tenure would last only mere hours as that same local outlet dug up some old X posts (then tweets) from Bell — when he was only 15 years old — and contacted the Trail Blazers for comment about them.

Bell was promptly fired for his old jokes, which were later described by the basketball team as "racist, sexist" and "harmful."

Bell wrote in 2012, "I'm not racist at all.. But not gonna lie.. Asian people piss me off! Hahaha #Honest," according to images shared by KGW8.

"Gotta give a shoutout to all the big girls out there and those closet whores. #BigUps," read another post.

Other posts featured by the local outlet from 2013 included "We got a slut alert on aisle 10," and "Girls these nights ... Smh. #ThirstyForTheD."

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The Trail Blazers did not take these past remarks lightly and wrote in a statement that the team has zero tolerance for comments that are "in clear violation of team and league policies, as well as our values and expectations."

"Therefore, we will not be moving forward with this broadcaster."

The team went on to boast about the standard it holds for its play-by-play role, before apologizing to the city and fans.

"Everyone ... should feel welcome and safe," the organization added.

Interestingly enough, Portland as a city and the NBA franchise were once known for embracing misfits on the court. So much so that the team was referred to as the "Jail Blazers" due to how many players on the squad had criminal records.

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Critics of Thursday's firing pointed out that Oregon state law dictates that juveniles can have their records expunged for serious crimes, while Bell was losing his job over immature commentary.

Clay Travis, founder of OutKick, wrote on X, "We have to stop firing people for tweets sent when they were minors."

Travis added, "If this guy had robbed a store as a minor, his juvenile record would be sealed forever. If we don't hold people accountable for crimes as minors, holding people accountable for Tweets is beyond absurd."

Blaze News reached out to Bell and his agency for comment. Neither provided an immediate response.

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NHL launches 'Hot for Hockey' campaign to tap into 'hockey romance' culture — and the results are bizarre



The NHL says it has reached peak fandom and is looking for new ways to bring in additional viewers.

One way the league thinks it can attract new fans is by capitalizing on hockey-themed romance novels and TV shows, and the ideas are somewhat queer, to say the least.

'The popularity of hockey romance in not only this country ... it's unmistakable.'

The NHL is hoping to reach a "younger" and untapped market with a series of audio-only ads promoting players as if they are the center of a romance novel.

The "Hot for Hockey" campaign currently features five 30-second ads themed around NHL players, featuring titles like "The Summer I Turned Gritty with Trevor Zegras" and "The Storm Between Us."

"Hot for Hockey brings together the NHL's biggest stars and fiercest matchups, told in a way you've never heard before," the description reads. "Because off the ice, just like in love, it's all part of the game."

The clips have an average rating on Spotify of 2.84/5.

The campaign follows the success of the gay hockey-drama TV series "Heated Rivalry" and other hockey romances like "Off Campus," which has a second season premiering next year.

NHL CMO Sean Eggert even said that the league has contracted popular hockey romance authors to write and narrate the clips in hopes that it will direct listeners to check out upcoming games.

"The popularity of hockey romance in not only this country, but North America at large, even parts of Europe, it's unmistakable," Eggert said, per the Sports Business Journal. "You can't hide from it. And so it's a great opportunity for us to extend and reflect that culture back in our storytelling."

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Eggert confidently said that "younger" fans of the genre will pick up on the tonality and "lean in and start to share and hopefully take action."

The Philadelphia Inquirer spoke to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, who corroborated that "the hockey romance genre is extraordinarily popular."

"The data is overwhelming," Bettman reportedly claimed.

The commissioner admitted that the content of the genre is not suitable for every audience or age group, but said hockey-drama fans are now connecting with the sport.

Bettman went on to say that while the NHL isn't exactly hurting for fans, they are looking to encourage those "not focused on hockey to take a look."

"I don't think we’ve ever had more fans. Our buildings are sold out. We set another record last season. Our ratings were up dramatically," Bettman boasted.

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The NHL is no stranger to controversial campaigns and promotional content.

When the league canceled its themed jersey nights after backlash over gay Pride jerseys, it launched its Player Inclusion Coalition just days later.

The coalition is explicitly focused on promoting race and sexuality, including with its race-centric "Color of Hockey" series.

In 2025, the coalition announced Hockey's Beauty Club, encouraging people (including children) to wear rainbow tags on their hockey bags to indicate that they support homosexuality.

"To have the bag tag on your bag, to walk into the rink, I think it shows somebody on your team that person's a beauty. That person's got my back," said former Minnesota Wild defenseman Jon Merrill. "He, she, or they are going to stand up for me."

Merrill was described by the league as an "active member in LGBQT+ communities" who has officiated hockey games "in a tutu" or dressed in "full drag" at other events.

The "Heated Rivalry" series has also been celebrated at NHL Pride nights, specifically noted at a Florida Panthers game in March.

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Former NFL player and Christian minister says Muslim players are being unfairly punished



The NFL promotes politics on clothes and in the end zones, but when it comes to players doing so, it's a no go.

Muslim players found this out the hard way earlier this month when they were fined for writing messages on their eye black, an apparent violation of league rules.

'If you're going to pull down the messaging, pull it all down.'

Arizona Cardinals defensive back Kei'Trel Clark wrote, "Glory Be 2 God ...," with a peace sign in the middle, while Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was fined for having the name of a deceased Palestinian child.

Both were fined for displaying personal messages, but one former NFL player turned Christian minister says they should have the right to do so.

Former Minnesota Vikings defensive back Jack Brewer told OutKick he thought it was "disgusting" for the NFL to fine players for writing religious messages on their equipment.

"If someone's writing things across their uniform or putting it out there on top of their helmet, that's a different story," Brewer said. "But the eye black — think back to Tim Tebow and many, many other athletes, myself. We would write stuff on our tapes, on our forearms. We would write stuff on our eye black."

Brewer revealed that he spoke with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Washington, D.C., about the issue, discussing the players' freedom of speech and employee rights.

"When you start talking about freedom of speech in this country and you start talking about employees' rights in this country, it's a big deal," Brewer explained. "As a Christian man, I'm not going to stand for that. And as a former NFL player, I'm not going to stand for that."

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Brewer said that players of any religion should be protected from being fined for displaying messages such as those from Clark and Al-Shaair; both are Muslim.

Much of the former player's argument centered around the fact that the NFL already has significant political messaging around the sport, such as gay pride merchandise and anti-racism messaging in the end zones.

"If you're going to pull down the messaging, pull it all down, but don't pick and choose," Brewer said.

He added, "You cannot treat people differently based upon whatever it is you want to promote."

Brewer argued that the NFL, through all its different statements, "cannot pick and choose" which messages it wants its players to be a part of.

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The players who were fined seemed to be in direct violation of Rule 5, Section 4, Article 8 of the NFL rulebook, which states, "Players are prohibited from wearing, displaying, or otherwise conveying personal messages" during game day when the player is visible to the stadium or television audience.

For Clark, his fine may have come as a surprise given that he had worn religious messaging on his eye black in September 2025 that read, "Inshallah ...," one of many ways the player expresses his Muslim faith publicly.

"The NFL treated Clark's gratitude to God, as expressed in four words, as a punishable personal message," Brewer said in a letter, per OutKick. "This fine represents an action that strikes at the heart of religious liberty and sends a chilling message to every person of faith in professional sports."

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Will Trump save college sports? The NCAA thinks so — but these changes are big



The NCAA got one step closer to achieving its President Trump-aligned rule changes this week.

For months, the president has been pushing sweeping adjustments to college athletics that would limit transfers, payments, and eligibility for athletes.

'It will not only save college sports, it will save the colleges themselves.'

On Monday, the Senate passed the Protect College Sports Act of 2026 in a 77-22 vote, with the bill sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).

The vote came months after Trump's executive order that urged national action on the issue in April and received support from legendary college coaches.

While the legislation does favor the historic college institutions in some regards, it also benefits student-athletes.

The bill prohibits schools, conferences, and the like from restricting student-athletes from entering into name, image, and likeness agreements; students must report any NIL compensation to their school that is greater than $600.

Other big changes come in the form of limiting player and personnel movement. Student-athletes are allowed only one transfer during their eligibility, or they otherwise face having to sit out for a year.

The five-year eligibility window would also change, effectively upending the redshirt system and replacing it with a fixed eligibility window. Under the bill, five calendar years of eligibility would be initiated at the start of the academic year after the athlete has turned 19 or the day the athlete first enrolls full-time in college, whichever comes first.

For coaches, football personnel cannot become the head football coach at a different institution during the same season.

The bill still faces a battle in the House in order to become law and will likely have to wait until after the midterm elections. However, the president still called the Senate vote "a really big deal."

"It will not only save college sports, it will save the colleges themselves," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "Congratulations to Randy Levine, President of the New York Yankees, and all of those who worked with him, on a job well done!"

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Other changes in the bill would prohibit Division 1 conferences from "reducing the number of varsity or Olympic sports teams that a member institution must sponsor," with schools that make $80 million in athletics revenue prevented from reducing the number of roster spots for sports that they provided in 2024-2025.

Student-athletes also get a 10-year window after eligibility to come back and finish their degree, and schools must provide the same grant-in-aid amount as when they were student-athletes.

As well, agent endorsement contract fees are capped at 5% under the bill, and school spending on athletes is capped at $50 million annually.

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The NCAA has boasted about the Protect College Sports Act on its website, insisting it will "level the playing field" nationwide.

The NCAA says it supports "sustainable, fair revenue sharing," protecting women's and Olympic sports, and "reasonable" transfer limitations.

The Big Ten Conference also issued a statement Monday: "We look forward to the next steps to passage as we continue to support the act as passed by the Senate."

The Hill reported the bill as granting the NCAA sweeping federal antitrust protection that would shield it from lawsuits, with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) claiming it will only perpetuate exploitation.

"What this bill does, at its core, is protect a system of exploitation," Murphy said, per CNN. "This bill protects the billions of dollars that coaches and executives are making by suppressing compensation for some of the most highly valued athletes in the world."

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said the bill seeks to serve "the large, wealthy interests that have been controlling college sports for a long time."

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ESPN's Pat McAfee gets death threats over Trump comments. There's just one problem — he didn't say them.



Over the weekend, ESPN got to see exactly how things would play out if it aired completely partisan right-wing commentary.

Unfortunately, host Pat McAfee was the unwilling victim of an experiment that came out of a viral online post.

'What a f**king sellout.'

Saturday's game between the University of Tennessee Volunteers and the Texas Longhorns got a ton of fanfare. Whether it was McAfee doling out $1 million to a college student, "Jackass" star Johnny Knoxville trying to hand a referee $20, or the sitting president attending the game, the stakes were high between the two powerhouse schools.

About an hour before kickoff though, a post attributing a quote to McAfee made the rounds, resulting in the former NFL punter getting death threats.

"Pat McAfee picks President Donald Trump to win the Texas vs. Tennessee matchup on College GameDay," a post from X account @ShaneTuttleNCAA read.

"I only root for one team, and that team is TEAM USA," the post claimed McAfee said. Attached was a photo of McAfee with President Trump as his prediction for the winner of the game.

Although the picture was altered and the X account labels itself as "satire," plenty of viewers took the post seriously and went on a rampage against the ESPN host.

"What a f**king sellout," one reader said.

"Nobody likes ESPN commentators sharing political opinions," another wrote.

On Sunday, McAfee revealed screenshots of more alleged egregious responses:

"Yea he really does need to get kirked," one user apparently wrote in response, likely referring to the assassination of political commentator Charlie Kirk.

That account has seemingly been deleted.

Another X user apparently called McAfee a "worthless piece of s**t," prompting the host to wonder if enough people had seen that the original fabricated post had been hit with a community note from X.

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Woke up this morning.. folks were really coming after me for being a really big piece of shit who has ruined everything.

“Man.. that’s the 1st host game pick I’ve gotten wrong this season.. both CGD & MNCD.. folks are really pissed off about it.” I immediately thought..

Then, I… pic.twitter.com/P4huiCkeFc
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) September 27, 2026

"All of these folks that were very excited to believe this DEFINITELY got a follow up about this being fake right?" McAfee asked openly.

"If it gets Community Noted much later on, is X forcing it back into folks [sic] feeds?" he continued. "I'm sure they all know it's not real. The community note probably cleared it all up for the 1,000,000+ folks that saw this," McAfee added.

X does notify users of a community note being added to a post if a user interacts with it by commenting, liking, or sharing, but not if a user simply sees it.

McAfee also called out the user who posted the image by name, while also singling out OutKick writer Jon Root for an article written the week prior.

McAfee said Root was "completely lying" about what he said, thereby "dropping" McAfee "into something with potential real life repercussions."

The article in question cited McAfee's comments during a military flyover, where he said, "We certainly appreciate the hell out of the American military. And if you're not the United States of America and you hear that sound, your ass better run."

According to OutKick, a previous version of the story "indicated Pat McAfee may have been referring to illegal immigration but in fact he seems to be referring to America’s military against its enemies."

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To his credit, Root chimed in on McAfee's post and condemned any threats made against the former NFL player and apologized.

"I apologize for taking that statement last week about the National Guard as a illegal immigration joke. I corrected it in the thread soon after posting, but probably should have just deleted it," Root wrote.

As for McAfee, he attempted to make light of the disturbing comments made about him. "That's fun," he wrote. "That's the good stuff."

McAfee concluded, "And if I do get 'kirked,' please know that I love my kin and I love ball. Now ... Let's have a phenomenal NFL Sunday."

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NY Giants quarterback labeled 'insane' over pregame comments — almost no one knew he was quoting the Bible



Fans called New York Giants quarterback Jameis Winston everything from crazy to a troll on Sunday, and they really couldn't figure out what he was trying to say.

Winston is known for being incredibly eloquent with his thoughts, but this time, he wasn't sharing his own words, and his comments seemingly went right over everyone's head.

'It's us doing, being doers, not speakers.'

Before the Week 3 game against the Tennessee Titans, droves of fans were already reacting to yet another head-scratching interview from the Giants' new starting quarterback, something they've already become accustomed to.

CBS reporter AJ Ross was the one tasked with asking Winston about his game prep and his ability to carry the team as he stepped in for injured QB Jaxson Dart; but there is no way she expected the answer Winston gave.

"One thing that I do is forgetting those that is behind and reaching forward to what's ahead," Winston replied.

Fans were confused. The video was seen over 5 million times, but almost no one understood what the QB was trying to say.

One post called Winston's words "utter incoherence," while another said he was saying "insane things."

No, Winston wasn't trying and failing to sound "eloquent," as another fan put it. He was actually quoting Scripture.

Winston was relaying the message of Philippians 3:13, about Paul the apostle admitting he has not yet achieved perfection.

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Not everyone was pessimistic about Winston's pregame words though. Popular podcast "Bussin' with the Boys" labeled the Alabama native a "poet," while sports website OutKick called him a "national treasure."

Podcaster Keith Malinak was one of the few who understood the message, relaying the passage to more readers.

Winston's unrelenting positivity has a way of resulting in some of the most entertaining — as well as some of the most confusing — interview segments, and he can often catch reporters off guard.

For example, when a CBS reporter asked him about how the weather might affect the game, Winston didn't give the most clear response.

"The circumstances, conditions, and facts, they don't matter," the 32-year-old replied. "It's us doing, being doers, not speakers."

With answers like that, it's not hard to see why fans have a difficult time determining when Winston is delivering biblical quotes or his own personal wisdom.

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Following the 12-7 win over the Titans, Winston began his postgame interview by telling reporters he was "elated" to see his team close out the game.

"Praise God," Winston added.

Consistent questions followed about whether he feels replaceable, but Winston continuously made it clear to reporters how grateful he is to be in his position.

The truth is, most analysts are not confident in Winston's capabilities as a starting quarterback. With no touchdowns and just 229 passing yards in his first two games, criticisms have come quickly and in abundance.

As ESPN's Stephen A. Smith stated, there is a certain expectation of an eventual big mistake when Winston is in the game.

"Jameis Winston is more entertaining and more interesting in the pregame chatter about football than he is once he's behind center. That's the reality of the situation," he said.

The Giants play the Arizona Cardinals in Week 4 in what should be another winnable game. The Giants have many such games before the end of the calendar year.

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NFL fines player for 'beer' chug celebration — but what happened right after proves the league's hypocrisy



Multiple NFL players were fined this week for what the league called a celebration made "in poor taste."

Unfortunately for the NFL, the moments that transpired afterward made it incredibly easy to mock the league's front office as hypocritical.

'An offensive demonstration and could reasonably be construed as being in poor taste.'

The players in question included San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk, who, after catching a pass for a touchdown in the third quarter against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, performed a celebration that made it look like he was chugging a beverage.

The NFL took issue with that, fining him $14,926 and telling the player his "imitation of chugging a beer constituted an offensive demonstration and could reasonably be construed as being in poor taste."

As ESPN reporter Adam Schefter reported, not only did Juszczyk immediately appeal the fine, the fullback's nickname is "Juice," meaning it is arguable that he could have been imitating drinking a glass of juice.

To make matters worse, fans and reporters alike immediately pointed out the number of prominent beer ads and sponsorships associated with the NFL, including Bud Light under its Anheuser-Busch partnership that runs through 2027.

While some online critics artificially placed a Bud Light ad right after Juszczyk's touchdown, it's not far from what actually happened.

According to the Athletic's 49ers reporter Matt Barrows, not only did a Michelob Ultra beer commercial air in the ad block right after Juszczyk scored, so did a FanDuel gambling ad that featured beer drinking. Michelob is under Anheuser-Busch while FanDuel is also an NFL sponsor.

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Indianapolis Colts guard Matt Goncalves was also fined $8,847 for a similar "offensive demonstration" that was labeled "chugging a beer."

Backlash from journalists and athletes alike was swift but focused on "Juice" in particular.

Former NFL player and three-time defensive player of the year J.J. Watt asked the most obvious question: "Could it not be 'reasonably construed' that he is drinking ... stay with me here ... Juice?"

George Kittle, 49ers tight end, posted a picture of his teammate holding a can of Bud Light and joked, "He can't be stopped!! This is before practice! Are you kidding me?"

Sportscaster Linda Cohn called the NFL's punishment "HEAD SHAKING HYPOCRISY," while Fox analyst Jason McIntyre asked, "The NFL can have beer as a sponsor, but a fullback can't do a celebration pretending to chug a beer?"

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According to reporter Schefter, in addition to his appeal, Juszczyk also texted that he has done the celebration before without being fined, adding, "And I don’t even drink beer!"

Juszczyk also took to wife Kristin's TikTok account to partake in a video of him squeezing oranges into a glass with the caption, "$14,926 glass of juice."

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Jason Whitlock: Colin Kaepernick DISSES white parents for his black identity



Colin Kaepernick is openly complaining that his white adoptive parents couldn't prepare him for what it means to be black in America — but BlazeTV host Jason Whitlock says they're the reason he succeeded in the first place.

In an interview on "The Karen Hunter show," Hunter asked Kaepernick how he thought “about the term 'biracial' in relation to [his] black identity” and whether or not it resonated with him at all.

“I identify as a black man,” Kaepernick responded. “It’s how I show up in the world. It’s how I’m treated in the world. That’s politically how I approach the world. Biracial, my parents knew I was black and told me I was black at a young age.”

“But also how they operated was within a sense of color blindness. Like, hey, we’re all family, like, everybody’s going to be treated equal. And that’s what it is. But that’s not how the world is going to operate or treat me when I walk outside these doors,” he continued.


Kaepernick went on to explain that his white parents from Wisconsin never explained that to him.

“I think their exposure to blackness was also whatever was out in the media at a high level,” he said.

“He’s acting like, ‘Oh, what a disadvantage it was,’” Whitlock says, pointing out that statistically those raised in black families aren’t doing anywhere near as well as he is.

“Don’t you see how well these black parents are doing preparing their kids for success? Haven’t you looked at their SAT scores? Haven’t you looked at their graduation rates? Haven’t you looked at their marriage rates?” Whitlock asks.

“Now they treated him like they treated a kid that would have been their own. They wanted him to be colorblind. And he turned out, for the most part, for a good stretch, pretty successful. Stayed out of trouble, made it to college, made it to the NFL,” he continues.

“It almost feels like what they did worked,” he adds.

However, now that Kaepernick has turned his focus to his racial identity, he’s starting to fail.

“And then once Colin Kaepernick became obsessed with his blackness, that’s when all the trouble started and that’s where the career and everything started going a different direction,” Whitlock explains.

“This guy’s clueless,” he adds.

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Peyton Manning's nephew learns what the liberal media is all about — and it may change him forever



Star quarterback for the University of Texas Longhorns, Arch Manning, describing a video as "hilarious" was enough to change his public perception in the liberal media forever.

For his reaction, Manning seemingly became public enemy No. 1 and was immediately accused of supporting violence against women.

'Obviously f**k Arch Manning.'

The outrage came after Manning laughed at an AI video that showed his coach, Steve Sarkisian, slapping ESPN reporter Holly Rowe after a game.

The video was just six seconds. Manning's reaction lasted slightly longer when he asked media members if they had seen it.

"Him slapping Holly Rowe. Yeah, it's hilarious," Manning said. The entire room laughed along, but the laughter was short-lived.

From that point on, the air around Manning completely changed as the sports world seemed to turn on him.

"Obviously f**k Arch Manning," wrote Katy Duffy, senior producer at the Athletic. Duffy also called it "disgusting" that another reporter had asked Manning the question and shared his answer.

ESPN host Shae Cornette said Manning was "insensitive" and "immature" before adding, "Quite frankly, how dare he say that?"

MS NOW sports columnist Jason Page claimed Manning was showing people "who he really is."

Manning followed protocol and ignored the insults, apologized, and called his own comments "insensitive."

He even contacted Rowe, who accepted his apology. But the next time Manning spoke to the media, fans immediately noticed he was different.

Manning took less than a minute to answer almost 20 questions, barely smiled, and deadpanned most of his answers with the typical non-responses fans are used to hearing from athletes.

The 22-year-old's spark was gone.

Comparing press conferences before and after the ordeal, one college football page said the media fiasco had "just nuked Arch Manning's personality."

Others made similar observations.

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"This is what bogus media criticism creates, what incentive do athletes have to be honest? Zero," Clay Travis remarked.

Popular page ML Football screamed in all caps, "THIS IS AWFUL," in reaction to Manning's new, subdued nature.

Eli Manning, Arch's uncle, spoke with Front Office Sports and, perhaps shockingly, summarized what most seemed to be thinking: Treating the media as friends will come back to haunt you.

"You feel like they're your pal. You relax with them a little bit. You try to be funny, and then they can take it and run," Uncle Eli told host Baker Machado.

The former New York Giant advised his nephew to be careful and find moments where "you can be funny."

Eli's wisdom concluded with saying his nephew will figure things out and eventually "learn and deal with it."

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Redemption for Manning — which his uncle said will include "growing pains" — may be in lessons learned, but the backlash to some of his detractors may fill in the gaps of his newfound silence.

For example, the Post Millennial reported that Minnesota TV anchor Jana Shortal said that the entire room needed to apologize, along with Manning, for laughing at what she described as a violent depiction. After calling the whole situation a "huge issue," Shortal was taken off the air a few days later.

"Karma came fast," commentator Brandon Tatum wrote on X.

As well, former NFL wide receiver T.J. Moe replied to Rowe and told her that Manning had no reason to apologize to her and did nothing wrong.

"The proper response here would've been 'No need to apologize, Arch. You did nothing wrong.'"

At the same time, fans noted that the Atlantic's Katy Duffy, a harsh critic of Manning, had herself joked that an NFL player should be slapped "again," but in real life. Interestingly, Duffy replied by saying the post reminded her "how funny" she is.

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