Belcher to Pioli, "I Love you bro"

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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

If it weren't for football, nobody would give a !@#$ about a random hot-head offing himself.

It is absolutely a football story because only through football is it a story at all.

People are trying to avoid discussing this in terms of what it means to our football team and I just don't understand why. The only reason we care at all is because of our football team. I have no problem at all with folks that ask if this will save Pioli's job or if it means we'll pursue Te'o now to replace Belcher. If not, how do we replace Belcher next season?

It's relevant to what we're all here to discuss.

And yeah, given Pioli's history as a callous shitheel and soulless self-promoter, I don't mind the 'how do we know he isn't making this up' line of thought either.

You don't get to spend 4 years being a cockholster to everyone and then be surprised when people aren't dying to throw sympathy your way.

Yes and no.

The reason we know/care about this is because it happened to someone who plays professional football in Kansas City, sure.

And it will affect the team (obviously. See: victory, yesterday). However, the turning of these events into a "Pioli won't get fired now" or "CHunt doesn't have the stones to can Crennel after this" is both pathetic and callous. It's a grotesque distortion ofa terrible tragedy, spinning it into a realm that people feel comfortable talking about.

I am confident that the victim's mother doesn't give a hot shit whether or not this extends Brian Daboll's contract.

This doesn't have nearly enough of a football impact to justify the way people are discussing it.