The search engines went crazy this morning over Colleen Dominguez (here’s the Dominguez dossier). It was no doubt due to her sit-down with Russell Wilson in which he finally answered the allegations that he’s “not black enough.” Whatever that means or supposed to mean. His answer is of course very Russell Wilson. Meaning it’s something that was obviously run through and cleared by the Seattle Seahawks Public Relations team first.
Because everything Wilson says publicly sounds like it’s been tested on a focus group beforehand.
FOX Sports 1 reporter Colleen Dominguez sat down with Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl-winning quarterback Russell Wilson. Dominguez asked Wilson what he inferred following a rumor that some members of the team didn’t feel Wilson is ‘black enough.’
“I don’t really know what that means. For me, I’m an educated young individual that tries to lead his football team to victory every Sunday and that’s all I try to do. I’m not perfect by any means but I try to do things the right way. I try to help others and I try to make a difference in our community and also in our football team.”
I don’t know either.
Hall of Fame defensive end Michael Strahan backs up Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson. “One of the hardest things is to repeat [Super Bowl wins] because everyone feels they are the reason that they won. So the hardest thing is to keep everybody focused and feeling that they get enough credit. In this case, quarterbacks get most of the blame and most of the credit. It’s always been that way. From what I hear with the few guys that were saying that [Wilson isn’t ‘black enough’] it makes no sense. If the team is winning, you all win. Anybody in this league understands that if you’ve got a quarterback like Russell Wilson, you are appreciative.”
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