yup

a Viking for seven seasons, then a Raider, and then a Patriot, then I believe a Viking again.....he moved around a bit toward the end of his career.

Just kidding, I know what you mean. He was a bit of a problem child when he first started his football career, but blossomed into a wonderful human being, a great humanitarian, and yes, a true patriot.

that sports aren't political. Perhaps in an ideal world. But in the real world, the platform that athletes have been given -- and a wacky president who takes potshots -- put sports front and center in the political realm.

Good for Randy.

They need to google Muhammad Ali's refusal to be drafted during Vietnam

Muhammad Ali - April 28, 1967 :
“My conscience won’t let me go shoot my brother, or some darker people, or some poor hungry people in the mud for big powerful America,” he had explained two years earlier. “And shoot them for what? They never called me nigger, they never lynched me, they didn’t put no dogs on me, they didn’t rob me of my nationality, rape and kill my mother and father. … Shoot them for what? How can I shoot them poor people? Just take me to jail.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/06/15/shoot-them-for-what-how-muhammad-ali-won-his-greatest-fight/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f5a6347ba95e

Always

of his adulthood.

Clearly you don’t know a god damn thing about Randy Moss. Try digging a little deeper next time. Your charecterization of him is very 1999.

change my mind.

Randy Moss, NFL

The prima donna wide receiver, who could astonish fans with his deep-threat speed and infuriate them with his petulance, started two charities in 2009, the Foundation for Children and Links for Learning. While neither wasted donations, because there were none, the charities fizzled after an initial spate of publicity and distribution of several thousand dollars provided by Moss.

By 2011, ESPN reported that both were out of money. Links to Learning was defunct and the Foundation for Children was still in business, albeit barely. ESPN said a phone number listed on IRS forms was answered by a woman in Canada who said she didn’t know who Moss was.

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2013/04/15/6-bad-athlete-charities/?slreturn=20180705204327

with the law, but on a scale of 1-10 he was a solid 8 throughout his life. He was falsely accused in a couple of incidents that got a lot of press, but his off-the-field humanitarian acts never got any press at all. He started off a little suspect, had a few altercations in High School, one in College that I know of, and one in the Pros, but ended up a fine overall football player, human being, and American.

What you stated is a false narrative, totally undeserved, that the press and some football "fans" spread for unknown reasons. He was nowhere near as problematic as most people think.

Oh, and that time he faked pulling his jersey pants down and pooped in Green Bay’s endzone......

it was a police officer attempting to block him from going the wrong way down a one way street. He bumped her with his car and she fell down. No injuries. He paid a hefty fine and did 70 hrs. community service for that stunt. I said he got in a few altercations, didn't I? As for faking pulling his pants down in the end zone, he was sending a message to the Green Bay fans who actually DO pull their pants down and moon the visiting team! Just a little payback.

No matter what I say it's going to fall on deaf ears because you're determined to make Randy Moss out to be John Dillinger. Did you see anything in my post that made Moss out to be an angel? No, you didn't. Chill out.

Without being attacked. Oh no, wait we don’t.

..."being attacked" and "someone else has a different opinion than mine..."

My family is Herd crazy.

In high school some idiot dropped the N-Word on him and Moss kicked his ass. Notre Dame couldn't touch him anymore

Failed a drug test - even Bobbie Bowden had to let him go

Hello Marshall!

One of the games I saw him play was against Ohio U. Man amongst boys. 4 TDs.
On one he caught crossing route and the safety took an angle at least 30 yards downfield. Never touched him.
Another was a punt return. There was a straight line between me in spine stands and him. As I saw a little opening start I couldn't even think "if he gets through that gap" before he was through the gap. I counted from the 40 to the 20 his feet touched the ground four times. Four steps to cover 20 yards. Never seen anything like it.

Marshall U grad here, Lifelong Herd Lover. I live between Huntington and Charleston, 30 minutes for each.

I have known Randy Moss since his High School days. A good guy, not afraid to take a stand, and honest. So I have an issue with this statement that he's never been an adult. But full disclosure I have been in fist fights over the N word myself, though I'm white I can't abide overt racism and I won't silently let them pass. Also I smoked pot myself, started in high school.

Randy Moss is a.good guy, always has been.

I don't live there but I'm one of the few people in my family (including those who've married in) that didn't go to Marshall.

but then reneged on that promise. Moss grew up being a Cowboys fan and wanted dearly to be drafted by them. I think the first time the Vikings played the Cowboys Moss had over 200 yds. receiving and 3 touchdowns in the Vikings' win. He dedicated that game to Jones.

how could the Vikings do that to him. What a Ball Game.

As I've read that was why he stuck to his guns and drafted Dez Bryant when everyone in House was telling him not too.

Rec

NFL General Manager: "How do you want to be paid your money Randy?"
Randy Moss: "Straight cash homey!"

Another favorite was Rasheed Wallace's comment caught on the backboard mic after an opponent airballed a free throw "BALL DON'T LIE!"

I am very proud of this action and salute him for it.