NEW ORLEANS, LA – JANUARY 28: San Francisco 49ers head coach, Jim Harbaugh, speaks with the media during a media availability session for Super Bowl XLVII at the New Orleans Marriot on January 28, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Credit: Getty Images
In a recent interview with The New Republic, President Barack Obama told one of his former staffers that he wasn’t sure whether he would let his fictional son play football due to his safety concerns.
When asked by a reporter about the remarks on Monday, San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh issued a witty response to the president, saying if Obama feels that way, “then there will be a little less competition” for his own son.
“If President Obama feels that way, then there will be a little less competition for Jack Harbaugh when he gets older,” Harbaugh said, prompting laughter. ”That’s the first thing that jumps into my mind, if other parents are thinking that way.”
A reporter later asked Harbaugh jokingly what his 4-month-old son’s 40 time was.
“We don’t have a time on him yet, but his wingspan is a plus one,” he said. “As soon as he grows into that head he’s going to be something. It’s early, but expectations are high for young Jack.”
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perry1980
Jan. 29, 2013 at 10:08amEnjoy your football now because it might be gone in 20 years
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chips1
Jan. 29, 2013 at 1:36pmFirst, dodgeball. Then football. He appears to be taking the balls away from males.
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whatsallthisthen
Jan. 29, 2013 at 9:44amGet ready, this is not about injury to players. First, this is to make it easier for lawyers to make money off more football players than they already do. Second, a statement in passing I heard yesterday about college football is they don’t have union representation. When govt. lawyers and politicians start talking about helping any group, know they could give a rat’s a## about them. It’s about the money!!!
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scrapadapolis
Jan. 29, 2013 at 9:43amIf Obama had a son he’d look like Trevon Martin.Hence your kid would not be playing Football now would he?
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ThankYouFounders
Jan. 29, 2013 at 9:13amIt’s an entirely false premise as Obama has already told us if he had a son he would look just like Trayvon Martin. Gold teeth and tats.
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scrapadapolis
Jan. 29, 2013 at 9:44amBeat me to it.
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Tom K
Jan. 29, 2013 at 9:02amIf Obama had a son, he would look like Trayvon and be a little gangsta’ – NOT on the Football Team or the Baseball Team or the Heterosexual Boy Scouts or in the American Armed Forces.
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MrKnowItAll
Jan. 29, 2013 at 8:57amGetting Up in the Morning is Dangerous Too!
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jas7751
Jan. 29, 2013 at 8:36amMore evidence why females should not be allowed in NFL press conferences.
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jas7751
Jan. 29, 2013 at 8:34amBarry “Food Stamp” Soetoro’s injecting himself into the issue is a seemingly innocent prelude to Govt involvement in how the NFL goes about its business. Remember, Government knows best and you don’t.
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jteagle
Jan. 29, 2013 at 8:32amGo ravens!!!
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loveoursoldiers
Jan. 29, 2013 at 7:59amwait.. Obama’s bros won’t have multi-million contracts when he bans football ( he will say)because.. like smoking… these injuries cost taxpayers money.. isn’t basketball dangerous.. these guys don’t wear any protection and they fall and hit their heads too.. just saying.. if he had a son… sounds like he wants one.. anyone up for that job?
what? 9 hour flight to Lostwages costs how much to taxpayers?
oh.. I guess that is different.. it is different because the king is worth every million we spend to cart his a** around the world to make ridiculous speeches he could make from DC..
Could it be.he gets hard at the sound of his own voice and needs an adoring audience for his ultimate pleasure
( sorry for that disturing visual.. .. someone used to say that about a guy I knew. and it fits here… except for the grandpa jeans)
ewwwwwwwwwww
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nilo
Jan. 29, 2013 at 7:58amYes, football is a violent sport. Anyone who would dare deny that is not rational. Would I let my son play? Not if I could help it. Would I legislate the game into oblivion> No. Making the choice to play is the right of every boy or girl in conjunction with the decision they make along with their parents. I would not interefere. I don’t see any different outcome with trying to prohibit football and the past attempt of trying to prohibit alcohol. People will do what they want to do about such things. I won’t stand in their way unless it will affect me and mine personally. I will warn them that if they get injured or maimed permanently, they should have understood that before entering into the game. It is a matter of personal responsibility to make good decisions, Trying to blame someone else for the outcome of your decisions is irresponsible.. I do want as much safety for the players as is possible, but their personal safety is ultimately in their hands. Thats rational.
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exfire
Jan. 29, 2013 at 7:47amIt doesn’t get much more manly than this…http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-757p4I_4BL0/T5qSIjhdGBI/AAAAAAAAASE/4Xfh51PAcRA/s1600/Obama+Bike+Riding.jpg
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Flashydave
Jan. 29, 2013 at 7:30amHeck Moochelle and the daughters are big enough to play the offensive line. BHO not so much. But he does throw like a girl.
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edie1945
Jan. 29, 2013 at 7:05amJust what is needed, a President with really NO SPORTS KNOWLEDGE…..is telling other parents what to do. Oh, by the way the President “skeet shoot” HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
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chips1
Jan. 29, 2013 at 1:51pmA President that has no knowledge of America and he is telling us what to do. It’s just stupid.
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BHOMustFail
Jan. 29, 2013 at 6:36amThe two comments are just SO indicative of the mentality of the two men and the Lib vs. Con:
Oblamea: Protect, guard, care-for, I’ll decide for my son what is right, he, the State, needs to decide what risk you can take…
Harbaugh: Competition, opportunity, risk, reward.
As they say…all in a nutshell.
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dont-care-anymore
Jan. 29, 2013 at 6:08amwait a minute here ….. didnt obozo have a 19 year old illegitimate son that helped him with his campaign???
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jst1425
Jan. 29, 2013 at 5:31amThe main difference between these two is that Harbaugh is good at football….and obama is good at…well…nothing…!
Ok…your right not sure if the comparison is correct…but the point is well made! LOL
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bigbear_awake
Jan. 29, 2013 at 5:18amhttp://freedomoutpost.com/2013/01/none-dare-call-it-treason/
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SPOT_OF_TEA
Jan. 29, 2013 at 5:05amI dont think Harbaugh’s son would have anything to worry about…..unless the kid took after Moochelle.
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ALL-IN
Jan. 29, 2013 at 4:57amTo SPITFIRE 1938
You nailed it Most of the people that post here will have many cute little jokes to tell eachother while starving in FEMA camps somewhere. Little manchilds that care more about football than their country. They buy a gun, a couple boxes of ammo and a few cans of food and think they have it covered. They will probably end up shooting eachother.
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SPOT_OF_TEA
Jan. 29, 2013 at 5:08amHappiness is a dilusion of those whose emotions are superficial…..Is that what you are trying to tell us?
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calmandcents
Jan. 29, 2013 at 4:50amGo Niners! Jim, the Niners (and sourdough bread) are the only things left about San Francisco that are pleasurable, sane, and decent. We applaud you!!!!!!!!!
Besides everyone knows that half-breed — Russian/African cronies — don’t play football anymore than they really shoot guns. The POTUS is a self-inflated, anti-American f@g. While we’re watching the HarvaBowl, Obuma will be scripting another whopper or excuse or . . . whatever.
He was a mommies boy and not allowed to get his sacred rags dirty.
It is serious time to defund Congress and rid America of the trash.
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betterpart
Jan. 29, 2013 at 4:12amThere is no doubt that obama is an exceedingly stupid man, a guy who went to Harvard and ended up an educated fool. His pretentiousness is just way too obvious with no credit to that Chicago newspaperman Axelrod.
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Daddymac10
Jan. 29, 2013 at 2:58amOf course he thinks that way. Everyone knows the man in the White House is a coward…
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pwatkins
Jan. 29, 2013 at 2:41amFootball? If Obama had a son anything like himself he better worry about basketball too. Of course coming from a man that only pictures his son as being a dead son like Trayvon I wouldn’t think his worries of injury would be that bothersome.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-obama-12-stitches-lip-injury-playing-basketball/story?id=12250876
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Slowman101
Jan. 29, 2013 at 1:53amHmmmmmmmmmmm, Obama might want to try and get a couple of big strapping NFL players into a Chicago bathhouse with Rahm Emanuel.
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