Roy Wood Jr.
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See, you have to understand, when you're missing shots, what you're doing is creating opportunities for other people to rebound the ball.
Politicians, it bounces off of them.
But with fan bases, you could tweet right now something about
Pick an issue.
I'm not even saying issue.
You could tweet about a divisive political issue.
And then your next tweet could be the Cowboys will not make the playoffs.
You tell me which tweet is going to be more just visceral, just anger.
Even if one tweet gets more replies.
I think sports fans like they're the ones to me that will actually show up to fight.
God bless them.
And I think part of that is also because sports brings you joy.
So when you're insulting a team to a degree, you're insulting the fabric of someone's being.
And I think they take that a little bit more personally than they do you criticizing whatever politician represents their party.
How dare you smile while doing any of this?
You can't even smile while playing sports half the time.
They'll say that you're an asshole.
I mean, when you look at,
The marriage of those two industries, how often does that even happen?
You had Sport Night on ABC back in the day, which was like an ESPN 30 rockish type show.