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Home Front: Culture Wars
Political Correctness takes down an amazingly successful athlete - Hope Solo
2016-08-25
[For The Win] With one swing of the axe, Hope Solo’s trophy-laden international career has come to an end. At least for now, and probably forever.

Citing her comments following the U.S.'s loss to Sweden earlier this month, the U.S. Soccer Federation handed down a six month suspension to Solo, who was suspended for 30 days for a separate incident last year.
Posted by:Besoeker

#8  Mom always said "Don't play ball in the house."
Posted by: Bobby Brady   2016-08-25 19:19  

#7  Yep, accumulation of incidents is no accident. It was a lame, PC excuse but it was all they needed.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2016-08-25 18:04  

#6  Athletic, crazy, and drunk are no way to go....wait, pretty successful career actually.

Looking for a reason, she gave them one.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2016-08-25 17:16  

#5  Bet Napoleon is annoyed with his baby.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-08-25 16:11  

#4  It wasn't political correctness that got her canned. It was bad sportsmanship.

She has a history of running her mouth at the wrong time - like when being arrested, not just when losing at the Olympics. That makes her toxic to organized sports and sponsors.
Posted by: SteveS   2016-08-25 15:25  

#3  Frank G nails it - she's been a tolerable pain in the ass (world's best goaler), and now that she's 35 and opened up her mouth yet again, she's expendable.
Posted by: Raj   2016-08-25 13:39  

#2  People should be less easily offended.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-08-25 13:33  

#1  yeah yeah yeah..but it's also an accumulation of life choices and actions. Check out the arrest record and history of her and her hubs Jerramy Stevens. Seems like they said "ENOUGH!"
Posted by: Frank G   2016-08-25 13:02  

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