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Obama Hits Violence in Football: ‘If I Had a Son’ I’m Not Sure If I Would ‘Let Him Play’

Jan. 27, 2013 1:21pm Billy Hallowell

WASHINGTON (TheBlaze/AP) — Football’s first fan isn’t sure he’d let his son play the game, in light of the impact it takes on its players. It is the violence inherent in the sport that he explicitly targets as problematic and a potential barrier to allowing a son partake (pending he actually had one).

“I’m a big football fan, but I have to tell you, if I had a son, I’d have to think long and hard before I let him play football,” President Barack Obama tells The New Republic.

President Barack Obama Isnt Sure Hed Let a Son Play Football | Violence

President Barack Obama tries to wave away a fly buzzing around his head as he speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013 (Photo Credit: AP)

“And I think that those of us who love the sport are going to have to wrestle with the fact that it will probably change gradually to try to reduce some of the violence,” Obama said. “In some cases, that may make it a little bit less exciting, but it will be a whole lot better for the players, and those of us who are fans maybe won’t have to examine our consciences quite as much.”

In an interview in the magazine’s Feb. 11 issue, Obama said he worries more about college players than he does about those in the NFL.

“The NFL players have a union, they’re grown men, they can make some of these decisions on their own, and most of them are well-compensated for the violence they do to their bodies,” Obama said. “You read some of these stories about college players who undergo some of these same problems with concussions and so forth and then have nothing to fall back on. That’s something that I’d like to see the NCAA think about.”

Read the entire interview here.

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righthanddrive
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 5:02pm
First thanks for clarifying that photo. I thought, given the halos etc., that he was blessing the crowd beneath the window….
But if Obama did have a son, he would have sent him to Havana or Venezuela or China to be indoctrinated.

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Jim in Houston
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 4:50pm
If he had a son he would name him Trevon and teach him to walk around with his pant below his crack spouting rap crap.

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fariasrr123
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 4:49pm
who cares what this punk thinks

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thegreatcarnac
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 4:43pm
If obama had a son.., obama would be in jail for molestation. Obama cannot be trusted around male children….that is why his handlers made him borrow two girls for the show….not a boy and girl. Obama is eeeeee-viiiiiilllll. (smile)

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deanks
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 4:20pm
Let me see if I’ve got this straight? Obama wouldn’t let his non-existent son (to the best of our public knowledge) play football but Putting real American women into combat (which theoretically could include his REAL daughters) is OKAY? –I just want to make sure my mind is not the one that is ~~t~w~i~s~t~e~d~~!!!

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concealled9mms
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 4:08pm
obamma we all saw how you threw a baseball remember your opening pitch at the ball game, im sure if you had a son the closest to sports he would be in is pocket pool

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- Jim in Houston
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 4:52pm
  You’re assuming he would be able to find his cue stick.
  
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Crazy Times
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 4:03pm
“And I think that those of us who love the sport are going to have to wrestle with the fact that it will probably change gradually to try to reduce some of the violence,” Obama said. “In some cases, that may make it a little bit less exciting, but it will be a whole lot better for the players, and those of us who are fans maybe won’t have to examine our consciences quite as much.”

- He will regulate it down to batmintion

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- Jim in Houston
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 4:53pm
  Just what the hell would he know about a conscience?
  
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pooterskooter
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 3:46pm
Well, if Obummer DID have a son (that looked like Travon Martin) that tried out for football…, and threw the the ball the”wimpy” way Obummer throws a baseball, than I’m sure he would not have a say in whether or not he would play football!

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MCLOVINIT
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 3:45pm
Longest running streak in NFL history: Every winning Superbowl quarterback has been White.

Black is beautiful.
Tan is grand.
White is the color of the big boss man. Go Ravens!

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BlasberryStrat
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 3:36pm
“If College level players get hurt, they have nothing to fall back on”. Not so – at least for another six month. The College players have their free ride Degrees to continue on with. After all, they ARE going to COLLEGE to get a Degree, and ‘most’ realize they are not going to fall within the single digit percentage that actually go on to become NFL “stars”. I say ‘most’ – because you know who I’m talking about. Aside from that, all College players (depending on level) get a huge scholarship (even in a Community College) and many get a full free ride. NOW – I say “six months” because Obama’s even going to make scholarships meaningless when he signs to forgive all College loans from “X” time to “X” time. This will give “everyone” (again, you know who I mean) the free ride to be what ever they dream of being, PLUS takes away all the reason for High School ages to push themselves in to being a better person by working toward a scholarship. It also boosts the “plain little fat boy” into not being bullied by the football team and cheerleaders. Nice “utopian concept” that WON’T work. I (uh..I mean) no ‘cool’ kid is going to stop popping the ‘nerds’ on the head with their class ring. Trying to ‘level the field’ will only make it worse.

Level playing field for all – Everyone gets a chance at bat – Everyone gets a ribbon for participation. Oh…and everyone gets a wholesome bean sprout pita during the “health break”. NERDS!

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zoro51
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 3:30pm
obama said IF he had a son hed look like trayvon martin.. REALLY??? not like he n michell?? INTERESTINg now the SOCIALIST hates football.. .. hes rather his son be a muslum socialist than a real american… INTERESTING thank CHRIST hes got no sons…. now IMPEACH N REMOVE OBAMA NOW… americas NOT a socialist nation

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Outlaw_Josey_Wales
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 3:27pm
If Obama had his way, The NFL would be a bunch of gay men playing touch football.

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- Jim in Houston
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 4:55pm
  Nude touch football.
  
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oxycontinxx
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 3:25pm
burrak…………you re a poosey !!!!

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welovetheUSA
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 3:23pm
Idoit…….you have no sone and never will if your vain wife has any say in it…….and like all sports head injurys will happen and soccer is one of the worst..but no one talks about that.

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50211bs
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 3:19pm
His daughters has got to be getting a complex of some sort, he is always saying “if i had a son”, kind of like saying to your daughters I wished i would have a son instead of a daughter.

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Enchanted
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 3:17pm
it is quite obvious that michelle has the cojones in your family barry.

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- oxycontinxx
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 3:26pm
  yeah…………thats why burrak has valerie jarrett around all the time. she takes care of relieving his stress and tension when moochelle is OTR.
  
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bigbear_awake
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 3:10pm
who and where is the NEW REPUBLIC?

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- UNALIEN
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 3:32pm
  excellent question,,
  
  it is a “modern liberal” publication recently purchased by facebook cofounder Chris Hughes
  
  Hughes was the coordinator of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign on My.BarackObama.com, the campaign’s online social networking website. He was the subject of an April 2009 cover story in Fast Company magazine under the headline, “The Kid Who Made Obama President; How Facebook Cofounder Chris Hughes Unleashed Barack’s Base – and Changed Politics and Marketing Forever.”
  
  Hughes is openly gay and in 2009 attended President Barack Obama’s first state dinner with his then boyfriend Sean Eldridge, Political Director of Freedom to Marry.
  
  Ex-Obama Aide Buys The New Republic
  
  http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/09/former-obama-aide-and-facebook-pioneer-buys-the-new-republic.html
  
  “The not-so-good news is that Hughes worked for the Obama campaign. Does that mean the venerated liberal magazine will turn into a pro-Obama vehicle?
  
  In its heyday, The New Republic was a left-leaning magazine that challenged some of the tenets of Democratic liberalism and included more conservative voices. (Indeed, our own Andrew Sullivan edited the magazine during the ’90s.) It faced a problem under owner Marty Peretz during the 2000 campaign, because Peretz was so close to Al Gore. But Peretz has been at odds with the Democratic establishment on some issues, especially in foreign policy.”
  
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bigbear_awake
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 3:07pm
bho has been hit 1 to many times

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loafer4952
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 3:05pm
Don’t think he would have much to say about it if his son was over 18. OH wait we don’t have any say anymore the govenment knows best.

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RJJinGadsden
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 2:57pm
Damn ENCINOM, sounds like your are talking about all of these idiots who use illegal drugs and narcotics all of the time. You know the ones I mean, you hang around with many all day.

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- rbolt
  Posted on January 28, 2013 at 6:50am
  Well, Obama does not have a son and he needs to let parents that do have sons make their own decisions. I didn’t play football but it was because my mother and father said no, not the government.
  If they were both still alive, this is probably the only thing in the universe they and Obama would agree on.
  
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ExtremeRight
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 2:52pm
Barry’s son would play in the lingerie league.

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- 50211bs
  Posted on January 27, 2013 at 4:18pm
  No he would be too much of a wuss to play that game.
  
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MisterSarcastic
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 2:50pm
This movie, Rollerball with James Caan, will give you an idea of what sports and life in general will be like in the new ‘Corporate State’. If you don’t want to watch the entire 2 hr movie you’ll get an idea of the sports in the first 12 minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62xmKPMZOPw

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RinkyDink34
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 2:49pm
Forgetaboutit Obama If you had a son it would be a sissy like you smoking pot in gay bars.

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pushinginto
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 2:48pm
Haha, love the picture.

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MCLOVINIT
Posted on January 27, 2013 at 2:43pm
Obama: ‘If I Had a Son’ I’m Not Sure If I Would ‘Let Him be the ambassador to Libya’.

“Four dead in Ben-gha-zi”. (Sing to the tune of Neil Young’s “Ohio”…”Four dead in Ohio”)
R.I.P. Ambassador Stevens & three brave American patriots
“What difference does it make?” – Hillary Clinton

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