I listened to Dungy's post game interview on the radio on the way home from a Super Bowl. I found it very interesting that both he and the Colts' owner put a great deal of focus on God and faith in those interviews. In fact, Dungy mentioned that the opening return by Hester was something they talked about with his team--that sometimes the Lord doesn't take you straight to your goal, that sometimes you have to weather the storm. He gave thanks to God again. He then made sure to mention that not only was it important that he won the game as an African-American coach but that both he and Lovie Smith had shown you could win while still acting as Christians and doing things "the right way."
Now I'm not even one of those people who thinks that it's necessary to mention God every five minutes to be a good person, or that God actually influences the outcome of football games or anything like that. But I just found that cutting out all of Dungy's references to his faith to be misleading.
2007-02-04 14:58:18 · 7 answers · asked by Todd F 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
I thought Dungy's references to God were strange and inappropriate. Of course if he was talking to his church it would be totally appropriate and quite expected. If he was spouting democratic hate speech, I think that too would have been strange and inappropriate. Not that he is wrong to believe, I just think it's the wrong place for god talk.
2007-02-04 15:03:41 · answer #1 · answered by Big Brother 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I agree; even as a Christian, I find it irritating that some athletes thank God for helping them win a game or something like that, however, that was unnecessary to edit out that stuff.
What I like about Tony Dungy is that he's a Christian that can truly "walk the walk" and "talk the talk." It's evident in his coaching methods; he never raises his voice or barks at his players like some coaches (Marty Schottenheimer and Bill Cower as examples).
I think it has to do with keeping things from being "too religious."
2007-02-04 23:07:45 · answer #2 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well i didn't even know that until now. I did notice that Dungi was making references to God, but i didn't know it was being excluded in any way. I truely don't think that God really cares about a damn football game anyway when there's people dying from illnesses and warfare everyday by the friggin masses. However i don't think it's really necessary to exclude those comments or try to sensor them. I assume most people do belive in God anyways, so who are you offending? Let the stupid Atheists say whatever the hell they want, he said what he said.
2007-02-04 23:37:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Of course what do you expect from unsaved people they don't want anything to do with God and they want to cut Him out whenever they can. I like the fact that Tony gave credit to the Lord, that shows his faith in the Lord and it sends a positive message to the unsaved world. I think what Tony said was fine and that he didn't say or do anything wrong. God gave the players their ability and there is nothing wrong with giving Him thanks for that.
2007-02-04 23:17:01 · answer #4 · answered by Lids 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I guess they "didn't want to offend anybody", like is usually the case. The one thing that I did notice, was that both coaches(who are both Christians) didn't shake hands, they HUGGED each other!
2007-02-04 23:19:09 · answer #5 · answered by Tigger 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I saw the report on the Hal Lindsey report. Good stuff. the Colts owner gave GOD thanks after whats-his-face gave him the trophy. The Almighty always deserves thanks.
2007-02-11 02:04:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
everyone has there own personal opinion
2007-02-11 17:12:31 · answer #7 · answered by jerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋