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Privilege Loses: Twitter Drags NFL Reject Tim Tebow Over Comments On Not Paying College Athletes

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Source: Jared Wickerham / Getty Twitter Drags NFL Reject Tim Tebow Over Comments On Paying College Athletes College sports have preyed on underprivileged kids and their families since the beginning of time. Mainly African American kids, under the guise that if they can get to college, do good on the field, and stay out of trouble ,they’ll get to the NFL and make enough money to support their family for eternity. It’s no secret that the money aspect and providing for their family is the main driver of these kids playing college sports. LeBron James and his Undisputed platform have been some of the most vocal on how young adults playing sports in college should be paid for all the money they’re generating. When in college, kids cant receive money based on their skills, name, or likeness, per the NCAA rules. Thanks to LeBron and his platform, all eyes were on California recently as they voted on a bill to allow college players to profit . The bill passed in a unanimous vote of 72-0, stunning everyone. While everyone with common sense is happy that these children now have the opportunity to get paid for their hard work, there is one person not on the NCAA payroll saying differently. . @TimTebow passionately expresses his thoughts on the California Senate passing a bill allowing student-athletes to have endorsements. pic.twitter.com/W5uBW7ePNm — First Take (@FirstTake) September 13, 2019 Failed NFL quarterback Tim Tebow went on ESPN’s First Take to give a white privileged opinion. Tim expresses that he never wanted to be paid in college because it was only about his family members’ favorite college team winning. This might have been the worst take ever on live TV. He is essentially endorsing slavery and is 100% unaware that he’s doing so. Fortunately, Twitter wasted no time ripping him a new one and you can check out all of the damage below. Go on national TV endorsing slavery https://t.co/L08aofRGBf — Jason Maples (@JJMaples55_MST) September 14, 2019 You trippin Tim Tebow https://t.co/zYWyI51IEo pic.twitter.com/OFRc4DZINI — Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) September 13, 2019 Tim Tebow look at this birth certificate….these are reasons why these athletes should be getting paid.. I walk and talk for the ones who look like me…. pic.twitter.com/mn678HRMhn — Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) September 13, 2019 It's also not fair to imply that wanting to be paid for your likeness, means you're a selfish person. — Taylor Rooks (@TaylorRooks) September 13, 2019 I've known 5 college athletes who were homeless at some point prior to college. I learned from Tim Tebow today that those kids, and all like them, would be selfish for taking a small percentage of the billions of dollars earned off their talents. — Josh Moon (@Josh_Moon) September 14, 2019 Tim Tebow out here talking about how college athletes shouldn’t get paid when his parents could afford to send him beer money and he still never got laid — lindsey ok (@lindseyyok) September 14, 2019 Tim Tebow stop with the BS. Nobody trying to hear that when you got College coaches making 9-10 million a year for a decade and Universities making Millions of players! #Paytheathletes — Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) September 13, 2019 A couple of things the Tim Tebow story has showed me. A lot of people love capitalism except when it applies to 18-22 yr olds And some are really worried about “how would it even work?!?!” As if schools haven’t figured out how to build spaceships in their athletic depts. — Robert Flores (@RoFlo) September 14, 2019 Just in case anyone is curious, this is what “privilege” sounds like. I guarantee @TimTebow never missed a meal growing up because his parents didn’t have the means, nor does he understand what having to help your mother pay bills so the lights stay on feels like. https://t.co/lpOMu2RqMG — David Mulugheta (@DavidMulugheta) September 13, 2019 A separate point: the only reason Tim Tebow is employed right now is because of his college reputation. Tebow is, quite literally, making money off his college likeness — Jordan Zirm (@clevezirm) September 13, 2019 Florida sold roughly 35,000 Tim Tebow No. 15 jerseys. The royalty for Tebow on those jerseys, if he were able to split it with the school would have been around $50,000. pic.twitter.com/6pMyhohDAH — Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) September 13, 2019 This Tebow slander on the TL is so important. Thank you all. —

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Gabrielle Union & Dwyane Wade Launch T-Shirt Line Supporting The LGBTQ Community

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Source: Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty From walking with him at the Miami Pride Parade to being clear that inclusivity matters to their family , Gabrielle Union and her husband Dwyane Wade have been staunch supporters of the LGBTQ community and their son Zion Wade . Now, to further that commitment, the Wade family has launched a limited T-shirt line with YNGDNA . “As a family, we believe inclusion and equality are two essential pillars needed to move towards growth and progressive thinking and action in our society,” she wrote in the caption on Friday. “We have created a Limited Edition T-shirt to help create a more inclusive space with our platform.” View this post on Instagram As a family, we believe inclusion and equality are two essential pillars needed to move towards growth and progressive thinking and action in our society. We have created a Limited Edition T shirt to help create a more inclusive space with our platform. The Wade family and @yngdna have decided to donate $50k and 50% of the proceeds of sales of the Pride shirts to The GLSEN organization whose mission strives to ensure safe schools for all students, regardless of sexual orientation as well as gender identity. For 25 years GLSEN has been the leading national organization focused on ensuring safe and affirming schools for LGBTQ+ students #StopKillingBlackTransWomen #StopKillingTransWomen #TransWomenAreWomen #SupportingEachOtherWithPride PS @kaaviajames has a very cool @yngdna Pride piece coming soon A post shared by Gabrielle Union-Wade (@gabunion) on Sep 13, 2019 at 11:35am PDT   The actress continued saying that The Wade family and “ @yngdna have decided to donate $50k and 50% of the proceeds of sales of the Pride shirts to The GLSEN organization whose mission strives to ensure safe schools for all students, regardless of sexual orientation as well as gender identity.” (If you’re not familiar with GLSEN, it’s a national organization that focuses on ensuring safe and affirming schools for LGBTQ+ students across the country.) She also ended her IG post with the hashtags, #StopKillingBlackTransWomen #StopKillingTransWomen #TransWomenAreWomen #SupportingEachOtherWithPride. The T-shirts come in sizes S-XXL and cost $35. View this post on Instagram E Q U A L I T Y #yngdna . . . #wesupport #pride #inclusive #dedicated #equality #gaypride #pride #transgender #bisexual #pride #pridemonth #genderequality #inclusivefashion #miamipride #miami #dadecounty #wadecounty #lifestyle #womensclothing #mensclothing #womensfashion #mensfashion #fashion A post shared by YnG DnA (@yngdna) on Sep 14, 2019 at 8:54am PDT   As we previously reported , back in April, the family attended the Miami Pride Parade with 11-year-old Zion.   View this post on Instagram #ZionWade had the support of his family, including his step-mom #GabrielleUnion and his older brother #ZaireWade, at the #MiamiBeachPride celebration on Sunday. _______ Though #DwyaneWade could not be at the parade to cheer on his son, the #NBA star supported his 11-year-old boy by posting photos from the event. In one photo, Zion and Gabrielle are posing together. Dwyane captioned, “We support each other with pride”. ____ MORE ON SITE. LINK IN BIO. DIRECT LINK IN INSTASTORIES #miamipride A post shared by BCK:Celeb Kids & More (@officialbck) on Apr 7, 2019 at 4:34pm PDT   Dwayne, who was playing in Toronto at the time, couldn’t attend the parade, but posted on his Instagram stories a series of pics, writing “We support each other with Pride,” over a photo of his son and his wife. Love. pic.twitter.com/e0Jf5DZQTN — Growin’ Up Gay (@growinupgay_) April 7, 2019 The Being Mary Jane  actress  told  Us Weekly back in April that attending the event with Zion “felt normal.” “My mom took me to my first pride at eight years old. We moved to San Francisco, and it’s kind of part of being a global citizen.” The 46-year-old added, “People talk a lot about diversity and inclusion, but they don’t actually mean it. In our household, we mean that, and that’s why the entire household went to pride.” Bravo to Gabrielle and Dwyane for leading the way. We need to continue to amplify the voices of Black parents like them and encourage others to follow in their footsteps because our Black LGBTQ children need love and support. Learn more about GLSEN here and shop the Pride T-shirt line here .  RELATED NEWS: Gabrielle Union Explains Why Her ‘Entire Household’ Went To Pride Parade To Support Zion Wade All The Times Angelica Ross Was The Epitome Of #BlackGirlsRock Indya Moore’s Keepsake Earrings Honor The Black Trans Women Murdered This Year [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”3025639″ overlay=”true”]

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Grand Closing: MoviePass Sets A Date For Its Official Closing, But Hopes To Return

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Source: Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty End Of The Road: MoviePass Sets Date For Its Official Closing In the beginning, MoviePass started off looking very promising. Seeing multiple movies a week–or even multiple movies a day–for one small fee, even including new releases. Millions flocked to sign up for this offering that seemed too good to be true, and then the bulls**t started. If you’ll recall from the headlines, there was one time MoviePass didn’t pay their vendors and didn’t email users, so they showed up and were turned away from theaters. Even more recently, the same thing happened in July. After that, their business made some more headlines for how much they owed and the debts they just kept racking up. Now, according to The Verge , the end of the road is officially here. MoviePass will join the trend of companies going out business in 2019 as the service announced its last day of operation will be September 14th . The company says it will still seek funding to bring MoviePass back, but it is “unable to predict if or when the MoviePass service will continue.” It also says “there can be no assurance that any such financing will be obtained or available on terms acceptable to the committee.” The committee in question is a new “strategic review committee” made up of Helios and Matheson board directors to “identify, review, and explore all strategic and financial alternatives” for salvaging the firm. Other options for avid movie goers still exist, such AMC’s Stubs  reward program. Hopefully, this whole MoviePass fiasco is an eye opener to more hopeful entrepreneurs wanting to do similar things in the future. That eye opener being: KNOW WHEN TO GET OUT. Lingering in trouble just makes everything worse, and the outcome is the same, which is that you’ll probably end up going out of business like MoviePass.

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School Of Smollett: Ex-NFL Player Charged After Allegedly Staging Fake Hate Crime At His Business

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Source: dan thornberg / Getty Former NFL Star Allegedly Stages Fake Hate Crime Former Washington Redskins player, Edawn Louis Coughman , was arrested on Thursday after police say he staged a racially-motivated burglary inside his Georgia restaurant. One day prior to the arrest, police were dispatched to “Create and Bake Restaurant” and “Coughman’s Creamery”, after a maintenance worker at the shopping plaza where Coughman’s establishment is located called about someone burglarizing the restaurant around 9:30 p.m. NEW: Former NFL player turned business owner Edawn Coughman was arrested for allegedly vandalizing his own business, staging a hate crime possibly for insurance money. Gwinnett Police say they found spray paint in his truck, a crow bar, and the spraypainted slurs were still wet. pic.twitter.com/a5UUFdNsTY — Hayley Mason (@HayleyMasonTV) September 13, 2019 Once officers entered the former NFL star’s spot, they found several racially-motivated words and symbols spray-painted on the walls and doors including the word “MAGA”. Police also found several booth cushions sliced open, broken mirrors, cut wires and damaged surveillance system. Shortly after, local police spotted a black truck without a license plate and pulled it over thinking it could be a possible suspect — turns out, it was Coughman driving the vehicle. He told them he noticed the damage and called his insurance company but did not call 911. Upon further investigation, the lead detective on the case sensed that something was suspicious about Coughman, so they arrested him and impounded his vehicle. In the truck, police found a crow bar used to pry open the back door of his business as well as several cans of black spray paint. According to Gwinnett County Police, Coughman conjured a premeditated plan to collect insurance money from his damaged business, disguising it as a hate crime, and selling off the undamaged electronics found in his truck. Coughman has been charged with false report of a crime, insurance fraud and concealing a license plate. He bonded out of jail shortly after, but is expected to appear in court sometime soon.

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Amber Portwood: FINALLY Being Fired from Teen Mom OG After Abuse Scandal?!

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Remember when Amber Portwood got out of prison and everyone thought there was a chance that she'd changed and was going to turn her life around? Boy, she proved that wrong, huh? Things got very, very bad with Matt Baier, who she started dating a few minutes after she got out of prison, but her relationship with Andrew Glennon? Well, we keep getting more and more proof about what a disaster that really was. It looks like Amber never changed her awful, abusive ways … and now, according to a new report from The Ashley's Reality Roundup, she might lose her job over it. 1. What a Summer Amber’s whole entire life has been falling apart for the past few months, but it’s really pretty much 100% her own fault. 2. Truth And that’s because she’s an abusive, nasty person. 3. Memories We saw this when she was with Gary back in the day on Teen Mom — she punched him, grabbed at him, once she kicked him in the back while he was walking down some stairs. 4. Consequences Domestic violence was a big part of why she went to prison — she was charged with felony domestic violence for what happened with Gary, placed on probation, had some drug charges a little later, violated probation … just a lot of bad things, but the abuse was definitely part of it. 5. Hmm … History does seem to repeat itself, huh? 6. Oh, Matt Her next serious relationship after Gary was with Matt Baier, who she met online after being released from prison. Their relationship was definitely toxic, but hey, at least she never physically abused him on camera, right? View Slideshow

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Nas Is (Still) Like: 8 Lyrics By The G.O.A.T. That Are Still Relevant Today

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Business Hottie: Megan Thee Stallion Signs Management Deal With Roc Nation

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Source: Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Megan Thee Stallion Signs With Roc Nation Management Hot Girl Meg has her own bag, but now she’s in Jay-Z’s too! The Houston rapper just announced she’s now a part of the Roc Nation family. Last week, Megan was seen hanging with Jigga at a Puma event in NYC and now we know they were probably sorting out their business dealings. “I would like to announce that I am officially a part of the @rocnation fam,” Meg revealed on Instagram. “The grind don’t stop!” View this post on Instagram I would like to announce that I am officially apart of the @rocnation fam!!! The grind don’t stop ! #realhotgirlshit A post shared by Hot Girl Meg (@theestallion) on Sep 13, 2019 at 1:18pm PDT According to Complex , Meg will continue to release her music through 1501 Certified Ent/300, but Roc will give her a huge push as part of their management team. Shortly after the deal was revealed, Megan reflected on her career and her late mother. “After my mom passed I promised myself I was going to keep going hard bc not only is music my dream but it was her dream for me too,” she wrote. “I have days where I want to go hide and cry bc she’s not here but i kno that ain’t what she would want me to do! I kno she’s proud of me !” After my mom passed I promised myself I was going to keep going hard bc not only is music my dream but it was her dream for me too. I have days where I want to go hide and cry bc she’s not here but i kno that ain’t what she would want me to do! I kno she’s proud of me ! — HOT GIRL MEG (@theestallion) September 13, 2019 It’s been a huge year for Thee Stallion already. Congratulations to her!

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Flexing On Camera: Odell Beckham Jr. Discusses The Items He Can’t Live Without [Video]

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Source: Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) / Odell Beckham In Browns uniform Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images) Odell Beckham Jr. Lists The Items He Can’t Live Without Odell Beckham Jr. recently had his long-awaited Cleveland Browns debut in the NFL . Although that first game didn’t end with a W, the flashy baller was able to turn heads and make headlines when he took the field wearing a $400k Richard Mille watch. A choice that many criticized and paired it with their opinion that he isn’t focused on the game. Around the same time, OBJ sat down with GQ to discuss items he can’t live without and the watch was right there with him and on his list. Odell is a real life socialite, so hearing him talk items he cant live without is a must-see. See all of the items Odell Beckham Jr. can’t live without down below: View this post on Instagram OJ & JUICE…. A post shared by Odell Beckham Jr (@obj) on Aug 31, 2019 at 2:00pm PDT

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For Your Viewing Pleasure: HBO Releases The “Official Trailer” For The Highly-Anticipated New Series ‘Watchmen’ [Video]

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Source: Jeff Kravitz / Getty HBO Releases ‘Watchmen’ Official Trailer Watchmen is about to be HBO’s hottest new franchise series and we couldn’t be more excited for the premiere. The comic book adaptation is sure to fulfill the nerdiest dreams, not to mention it stars one of our personal faves, Regina King . Today, we get our first “official” look at the series with a full trailer. You’re gonna wanna see this. Press play below. HYPE!!!!

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It Be Your Own Kids: Teenage Girl Charged After Trying To Hire Hitman To Kill Her Parents

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Source: LukaTDB / Getty Florida Teen Charged With Trying To Put A Hit Out On Her Own Parents According to CBS Miami , a Florida teen was arrested this week and charged with attempting to have her parents killed. Alyssa Michelle Hatcher,17, allegedly stole nearly $1,500 from her parents’ bank account to pay for the murder-for-hire plot. According to the place records, Hatcher used $400 to pay a close friend to have her parents killed, and when the friend failed to carry out the attack, she paid another person $900 to do it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The girl’s boyfriend reported to investigators that he had seen her at “a known drug house” where she told him she wanted to kill her parents. When an investigator at her home interviewed her, Hatcher said that in addition to paying two people to kill her parents, she also used the money she had stolen from her parents to buy cocaine. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Hatcher has been officially charged as a juvenile with two counts of criminal solicitation for murder.

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