But I don't think they had any real intention of starting a fight, Allen Barra
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![To pretend that many of us [in the media] didn't want McNabb to be the best quarterback in the NFL because he's black is absurd. To say that we shouldn't root for a quarterback to win because he's black is every bit as nonsensical as to say that we shouldn't have rooted for Jackie Robinson to succeed because he was black. (Please, I don't need to be reminded that McNabb's situation is not so difficult or important as Robinson's -- I'm talking about a principle.) Consequently, it is equally absurd to say that the sports media haven't overrated Donovan McNabb because he's black ... But the truth is that I and a great many other sportswriters have chosen for the past few years to see McNabb as a better player than he has been because we want him to be. - Allen Barra Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBBbGxlbiBCYXJyYSAgICA=&num=12 "To pretend that many of us [in the media] didn't want McNabb to be the best quarterback in the NFL because he's black is absurd. To say that we shouldn't root for a quarterback to win because he's black is every bit as nonsensical as to say that we shouldn't have rooted for Jackie Robinson to succeed because he was black. (Please, I don't need to be reminded that McNabb's situation is not so difficult or important as Robinson's -- I'm talking about a principle.) Consequently, it is equally absurd to say that the sports media haven't overrated Donovan McNabb because he's black ... But the truth is that I and a great many other sportswriters have chosen for the past few years to see McNabb as a better player than he has been because we want him to be. - Allen Barra Quotes")