Eddie DeBartolo Jr Pardoned by POTUS

Originally posted by Goatie:
What a strange law. You get extorted for a bunch of money and don't report it probably because you are scared of the consequences of dobbing in a rich well connected dodgy politician and you are guilty of a crime. Victim blaming at its worse.

Lying to officials is always worse than the crime. Clinton was impeached for lying about the BJ not for getting the BJ. I could never understand that because every guy I know would lie about an affair to keep his wife from knowing.

Originally posted by 16to87:

Originally posted by PopeyeJonesing:
As for Trump pardoning him, it's a dumb publicity stunt.

I believe Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott, and Jim Brown lobbied for this. It wasn't Trump.

I don't doubt that they lobbied for it, but it doesn't change my belief about why he did it.

Pardoning DeBartolo for a crime for which he served two months probation a couple decades ago IS a dumb publicity stunt.

I mean, I guess it's possible that DeBartolo is a major donor and it's just political favortism or something (which pardons get used for sometimes), but dollars to donuts I'd guess that Trump just wants three famous black athletes saying something nice about him in the media for a day.

A reality show host with a hard on for pardoning celebrities isn't that surprising IMO, but it doesn't make it anything more than a dumb publicity stunt either.

Originally posted by PopeyeJonesing:
I don't doubt that they lobbied for it, but it doesn't change my belief about why he did it.

Pardoning DeBartolo for a crime for which he served two months probation a couple decades ago IS a dumb publicity stunt.

I mean, I guess it's possible that DeBartolo is a major donor and it's just political favortism or something (which pardons get used for sometimes), but dollars to donuts I'd guess that Trump just wants three famous black athletes saying something nice about him in the media for a day.

A reality show host with a hard on for pardoning celebrities isn't that surprising IMO, but it doesn't make it anything more than a dumb publicity stunt either.

In Trump's world there is no such thing as good or bad publicity. To him, any publicity is good. He wants to have his name out there. I'm surprised he doesn't have his name in big letters across the front of the White House.

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:
In Trump's world there is no such thing as good or bad publicity. To him, any publicity is good. He wants to have his name out there. I'm surprised he doesn't have his name in big letters across the front of the White House.

Just like every narcissist

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:

Originally posted by PopeyeJonesing:

I don't doubt that they lobbied for it, but it doesn't change my belief about why he did it.

Pardoning DeBartolo for a crime for which he served two months probation a couple decades ago IS a dumb publicity stunt.

I mean, I guess it's possible that DeBartolo is a major donor and it's just political favortism or something (which pardons get used for sometimes), but dollars to donuts I'd guess that Trump just wants three famous black athletes saying something nice about him in the media for a day.

A reality show host with a hard on for pardoning celebrities isn't that surprising IMO, but it doesn't make it anything more than a dumb publicity stunt either.

In Trump's world there is no such thing as good or bad publicity. To him, any publicity is good. He wants to have his name out there. I'm surprised he doesn't have his name in big letters across the front of the White House.

1. DeBartolo is a donor
2. Black people came to visit WH
3. Eddie is a huge Ohio guy , Trump cares much more about Ohio than a blue state .

Originally posted by Niners99:

Originally posted by Psinex:

Don't want any kind of association with that impeached degenerate. This unnecessary pardon might drag the glory years through the mud. It was the freaking top headline. This off-season just keeps getting better.

lol wtf are you talking about?

Maybe you're too young to remember or just don't realize it yet. 45 pardons him alongside criminals like Rudy Blagojevich and Michael Milken. How do you think that makes the Niners look? Nobody was talking about Eddie D in a negative light but now this pardon brings the discussion about his Louisiana casino bribery and free spending to rent players like Deion Sanders and Chris Doleman into the spotlight again right after the Super Bowl. It's going to be a long off-season if we have to hear the media and people bringing up Eddie D's shady dealings since he is so connected to Niners history.

Originally posted by ninerjok:

Yes just another example of discrediting anything and everything Trump does like millions of other cucked liberals. Proving yet again there's no cure for TDS.

Hmmm. Kind of like how Trump discredits everyone else? Like claiming the best economy growth of any president? Like saying he added more jobs than any president? He probably added the 6th or 7th most out of presidents. Ps Obama added more jobs. And Trump has the same economy growth as Obama. A little research and you would know that. Ps I'm a registered republican. And now back to your regularly scheduled program. 9ner talk

Originally posted by PopeyeJonesing:

Originally posted by Niners_D:

He failed to report the extortion which is a crime.

Exactly.

The state was building a case against the governor for extortion, and in exchange for his testimony DeBartolo received a reduced sentence (a fine and two years probation).

Probably also worth reiterating is that DeBartolo didn't lose the 49ers directly because of this; the NFL just barred him from participating in active ownership for one year.

What happened was that Eddie and Denise were splitting their (inherited assets), and Denise took the 49ers and Eddie took the rest of the family businesses because Denise had independent wealth from her marriage to John York (who had founded and sold DeYor Laboratories), whereas Eddie didn't have assets independent of the family businesses.

As for Trump pardoning him, it's a dumb publicity stunt.

Now that was a well informed post.

Not sure why everyone keeps crying about Trump? Just get use to it. He'll be in office at another 4 years and 10 months.

Great news. Now he can be reinstated by the NFL. The felony is removed from his record. Transfer the team back to Eddie Debartolo.

You are NEVER going to win a Super Bowl under the Yorks.

Originally posted by Oakland-Niner:
Not sure why everyone keeps crying about Trump? Just get use to it. He'll be in office at another 4 years and 10 months.

Maybe he'll pardon Jimmy G for the last 2 drives in the SB.

If Trump is the answer then how stupid was the question.

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:

Originally posted by Oakland-Niner:

Not sure why everyone keeps crying about Trump? Just get use to it. He'll be in office at another 4 years and 10 months.

Maybe he'll pardon Jimmy G for the last 2 drives in the SB.

If Trump is the answer then how stupid was the question.

Well that's your opinion and you're entitled to it. Half the American population disagrees with you; probably even more if you disregard the messenger and focus on the message.

Originally posted by Oakland-Niner:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:

Originally posted by Oakland-Niner:

Not sure why everyone keeps crying about Trump? Just get use to it. He'll be in office at another 4 years and 10 months.

Maybe he'll pardon Jimmy G for the last 2 drives in the SB.

If Trump is the answer then how stupid was the question.

Well that's your opinion and you're entitled to it. Half the American population disagrees with you; probably even more if you disregard the messenger and focus on the message.

Trump would have ran the ball

Originally posted by blizzuntz:

Originally posted by Oakland-Niner:

Originally posted by CatchMaster80:

Originally posted by Oakland-Niner:

Not sure why everyone keeps crying about Trump? Just get use to it. He'll be in office at another 4 years and 10 months.

Maybe he'll pardon Jimmy G for the last 2 drives in the SB.

If Trump is the answer then how stupid was the question.

Well that's your opinion and you're entitled to it. Half the American population disagrees with you; probably even more if you disregard the messenger and focus on the message.

Trump would have ran the ball

And built a wall against the KC offense...

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:

Great news. Now he can be reinstated by the NFL. The felony is removed from his record. Transfer the team back to Eddie Debartolo.

You are NEVER going to win a Super Bowl under the Yorks.

You can't just transfer the ownership of a team. Surely you realise that? There has to be a willing buyer and seller. And I doubt we have either of those here.

There is no reason to postulate that we (apparently you now exclude yourself) are never going to win a Super Bowl under the Yorks. Jed has brought in a brilliant offensively minded coach and an ex player who has turned into an excellent GM, as well as some other top individuals including Paraag Marathe. Whilst the webzone is awash with misery and pessimism, this team has every opportunity to return and take it all over the next couple of years. Under the Yorks ownership.