‘Champion’ DVD at Seahawks game was misleading
Oct 16, 2013, 5:42 PM | Updated: 9:06 pm
Taken from Wednesday’s edition of The Ron and Don Show.
Ron reacts to the the DVDs distributed to 30,000 Seahawks fans after Sunday’s game. “The Making of a Champion,” led by long-snapper Clint Gresham, features players and coaches detailing their Christian faith, all with endorsement of the team:
“There are two things that bother me, and they’re very specific. Number one, you pitched me about a football related DVD that’s not about football. It’s actually about religion.
Whenever I get bait and switched or when someone has an ulterior motive when they want me to be a part of something, that really bothers me.
The other thing is because it’s a publicly funded stadium, $300 million worth, I do have a problem with someone spouting one specific brand of religion on the field … and then using the game of football to then hand out your DVD.
What they should have done is set up a booth that says ‘How Russell Wilson found God’ and here’s a free DVD. And if someone wants to walk over there, down in Pioneer Square, good for them.
But to give a DVD and say here’s a DVD about Russell Wilson being a champion – it’s not about Russell Wilson being a champion. It’s about Russell Wilson’s relationship with God.
The way the video plays out, and I watched all 15 minutes … it seems like the narrative is if you really want to be a true champion, you need to follow this religion and I don’t agree with that message either. It works for them, but to insinuate that that’s the way you need to do it, I think is disingenuous.
The documentary that I would actually watch is Russell Wilson, a quarterback and a person of faith. I would be interested in watching that documentary.”
Taken from Wednesday’s edition of The Ron and Don Show.
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