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Time of India
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
'You still have time to delete it': Buffalo Bills fans react to Bills celebrating Pride Month
(Image via Getty) This Pride month, and always, we're proud to stand with the LGBTQ+ community. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ - read Buffalo Bills X post on June 1. Fans came up with innumerable reactions to this post. Some with support, some with concern, and others wanted the Buffalo Bills just to do football things. And some were worried about the comments section for the X post. One fan wrote, 'No doubt the comments here will be positive, peaceful, and respectful! I'm proud of you guys', another said, 'Lord help this comment section 🙏', and a third fan clearly commented, 'You still have time to delete it.' Buffalo Bills share resources for celebrating Pride Month but some fans don't appreciate it If one clicks on the resources mentioned in the official Buffalo Bills X post, it takes them to the official Buffalo Bills website. Under the 'Community' section, it shows CELEBRATING PRIDE. Under that main heading, the user can see four sub-headings: The Gender Unicorn from Trans Student Educational Resources, Gender Pronouns(TSER), The Coming Out Handbook (The Trevor Project), and the 2024 National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People (The Trevor Project). When the user clicks on any of those tabs, further information comes up. When the Bills shared this link with the X world, the X world reacted to it in the following ways - some comments were about Pride, some about comments, some about doing football things, and some were just reactions. Some sayings on the Buffalo Bills X post spoke about Pride Pride is a sin. Just sayin. A month to celebrate your sexual preference and one day to celebrate veterans who fought and died for our country. 🤦🏻♂️ Thank you for this ❤️ It matters ❤️💪 Love this! Way to go Bills! I'm so impressed with all the support today. Love not hate, always! 🌈 Some remarks displayed worry about comments on the Buffalo Bills X post I'm sure the comments will be rational this year. *Here for the man baby comments of people who can't deal with anyone not exactly like them* 🍿🍿🍿 Thank you for still posting this regardless of what the comment section looks like❤️🌈 You didn't turn off the comment section. Some comments directed the Buffalo Bills to do football things Stop the g*y mafia promotions Stick to football. What a retarded f**king month. Stop virtue signaling and stick to football you clowns. Can we please stop doing g*y and retarded sh*t? You're a football organization, how about we just do football things. I've been a fan since the 60s. Forget the politics. Just win a Super Bowl, OK? Stick to football. Let football be football. We don't care, stick to football. Proud of never going to the Super Bowl in 30 years? Some utterances were just reactions to the Buffalo Bills X post Disgusting. Pathetic. Unfollow. Super disappointing display of pandering, @BuffaloBills. Stop this nonsense. No one cares if you're a weirdo. Also Read: 'We going to shock y'all a**es this year': Dallas Cowboys legend Michael Irvin is over-the-top excited for the newly assembled Cowboys squad | NFL News - Times of India
Time of India
2 days ago
- Sport
- Time of India
'We going to shock y'all a**es this year': Dallas Cowboys legend Michael Irvin is over-the-top excited for the newly assembled Cowboys squad
(Image via Getty: Michael Irvin) Six months back, the Dallas Cowboys legend was so sore. So sore about his hopes from the fraternity of the Cowboys. He went on to say, 'They're snatching America's team off our backs. We're losing a generation, man. A whole generation. A third Cowboys generation right now will never know . How are they going to tell their kids about it?' What was he yawping about? The three-time Super Bowl Champion for the Dallas Cowboys, Michael Irvin , was not happy about the Cowboys choosing Brian Schottenheimer as their head coach over Deion Sanders. He said in 30 years, there's been no Super Bowl win for the Cowboys! And he was worried sick about the Cowboys' future? But now? How the turn tables - courtesy: The Office . Apologies. How the tables have turned! Michael Irvin is so, so, so over-the-top happy, excited, and hopeful about the newly formed Dallas Cowboys team! The Office: Well, well, well. How the turntables... [HD] 'Competition under pressure,' says Sportscaster Michael Irvin about the new Dallas Cowboys team Michael Irvin expressed his excitement through his self-named YouTube show, 'We have a new head coach. We have new things going on. I wanted to see how things are being implemented. Full speed in practice. I said competition under pressure. I'm telling you - I like what I saw. I like how he(Brian Schottenheimer) is handling it. I like how the coach goes about it. We had a great practice. We started off - it was crisp. Everybody was hyped. They were making all kinds of plays. We went on the field.' Michael Irvin Reacts to Dallas Cowboys Brian Schottenheimer 'Really excited about this season,' says NFL Analyst Michael Irvin about the fresh squad of Dallas Cowboys 'We are working on the right stuff. I'm telling you - I walked out of there really excited about this season. And I'm going to tell you, a lot of people going to be sleeping. Going to be sleeping like I don't know what. You going to sleep, and then we going to creep,' Irvin vouched and declared. Michael Irvin at Dallas Cowboys Practice 'Fear and anxiety? That sh*t ain't gonna work,' says 3-time Super Bowl Champion Michael Irvin about the nascent Dallas Cowboys crew The NFL legend mentions the hype around Washington Commanders and Philadelphia Eagles. Irvin shared, 'Everybody talking about Washington. Everybody telling about Philadelphia. And the Cowboys got the hardest edge we've ever seen - oh my god, oh my god, oh my god - No. No. No. What you all are trying to do when you're saying all of that - is create this fear and anxiety. But what I saw today was what I needed to see. So I can tell you - that sh*t ain't gonna work because I saw a man(Brian Schottenheimer) that's trying to grab all of this opportunity that he has. And he's changing that culture. And he's done one thing that I hold true - you must make people comfortable. Two things: competing like a mother, brother, and then pressure. And why I didn't put talent in here for you guys is - to understand that talent's going to vary. And talent matters when we're the freshest.' 'We gonna shock some of you jokers,' says 5-time Pro Bowler Michael Irvin Concluding on a confident note, the Cowboys legend said, 'You know, I was worried - going into this year after coming out of last year, saying we need to do things to bring hope back to the Cowboys, back to the fanbase. I'm telling you - it's hope. It is here. And we gonna shock some of you jokers. I'm telling you - If they continue like this and hold on to what I saw today, I can real damn tell you: we will shock the world because they got the talent. I always told you they have the skill and the intensity now, and the players together now, creating every situation as a competition under pressure. Competition under pressure. That's how we create the collective. We going to shock y'all a**es this year!' Also Read: Craig Woodson is called The Eraser, and veteran safety Jabrill Peppers calls Craig Woodson smart and savvy | NFL News - Times of India
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Union sues Tailgate N' Tallboys organizers over labor agreement
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) is taking action againstthe organizers of Tailgate N' Tallboys, alleging USA Concerts and Events breached a labor agreement and refused to hire local stagehands in multiple cities, the union has announced in a news release. USA Concerts and Events signed a collective bargaining agreement with Davenport, Iowa-based IATSE Local 85 in 2023. From rigging and forklift operation to spotlighting and camera work, union members have ensured safe, efficient, and professional execution of the event's technical needs. Similarly, Local 193 of central Illinois has covered the festival's operations for nearly a decade, the release says. 'Our Local has safely and flawlessly serviced the Tailgate N' Tallboys Festival in Clinton since itsinception,' said IATSE Local 85 Business Agent Joe Goodall. 'This event is a vital source of income for many area workers and their families. It's deeply disappointing that the organizers are forcing us to pursue legal action simply to ensure fair treatment for the local workers that have helped make this festival possible.' 'After almost ten years of IATSE Local 193 members serving as the dedicated workforce for Tailgate N' Tallboys, organizers want to abandon the workers and community that made it into the large and successful event it is today in favor of an out-of-state labor company. It's extremely disheartening,' said IATSE Local 193 Business Agent Michael Irvin. In the release, USA Concerts' decision to bypass union crews in favor of an out-of-state, non-union labor provider not only undermines standards for live event workers in the Midwest but also attempts to violate an established Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The contract contains a clear Evergreen clause, which automatically renews the deal unless terminated by written notice, but no such notice was given. The situation is further aggravated by the festival's actions in Bloomington, Illinois, where Tailgate N' Tallboys also refused to hire area IATSE workers from Local 193. This pattern of bypassing local union labor undermines prevailing wage standards and deprives professionals of vital work in their own communities, according to the release. The Locals involved, with support from International union, are pursuing legal remedies and have issued a formal notice to USA Concerts, reinforcing their contractual obligations. The IATSE continues to call on the organizers of Tailgate N' Tallboys to honor their signed agreement and support the local communities they operate in by hiring qualified, area union labor. Our Quad Cities News has reached out to Clinton Parks & Recreation, USA Concerts & Events, and Clinton Mayor Scott Maddasion, and has not received a response as of 5 p.m. Thursday., International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees or IATSE (full name: International Alliance ofTheatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada), is a labor union representing over 170,000 technicians, artisans and craftspersons in the entertainment industry, including live events, motion picture and television production, broadcast, and trade shows in the United States and Canada. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Union condemn Tailgate N' Tallboys for allegedly not hiring local stagehands
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) — A theatrical union is taking action to condemn an event organizer for allegedly not hiring local stagehands. The Iowa-based International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 85 and Local 193 of Central Illinois have been impacted by USA Concerts and Events, the organizers of Tailgate N' Tallboys in Bloomington and Clinton, Iowa, for allegedly not hiring local stagehands for their events, according to a union news release. USA Concerts and Events allegedly signed a Collective Bargaining Agreement with Local 85 in 2023. Local 193 had covered the festival operation for Tailgate N' Tallboys in Illinois for almost a decade. 'After almost ten years of IATSE Local 193 members serving as the dedicated workforce for Tailgate N' Tallboys, organizers want to abandon the workers and community that made it into the large and successful event it is today in favor of an out-of-state labor company. It's extremely disheartening,' said IATSE Local 193 Business Agent Michael Irvin. UPDATED: Tailgate N' Tallboys canceled Thursday night due to severe weather The union claims that USA Concerts and Events bypassed union crews in favor of an out-of-state, non-union labor provider for their Clinton event. They said this undermines a Collective Bargaining Agreement that contains an Evergreen clause, which automatically renews the deal unless terminated by written notice. USA Concerts and Events also allegedly refused to hire area IATSE workers from Local 193 for the Tailgate N' Tallboys event in Bloomington, according to the news release. The unions issued a formal notice to USA Concerts and Events and said they are pursuing other legal options. We have reached out to USA Concerts and Events for comments on this issue and still await a response. This story will be updated when more information becomes available. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Time of India
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Michael Irvin stuns fans with bold three word message to MLB star during unexpected NBA appearance
Michael Irvin stuns fans with bold three word message to MLB star during unexpected NBA appearance (Image Source: Getty Images) Michael Irvin, the all-time great NFL wide receiver, has taken many by surprise by becoming a boisterous courtside attendee at NBA playoff games but his in-your-face message was directed at a Major League Baseball icon. With only three-pointed words, Michael Irvin riled up MLB fans and generated headlines, jumping from football and basketball to rocking the baseball universe. Operation Sindoor Op Sindoor: IC-814 hijackers, Pulwama plotters among over 100 terrorists killed 'We lost 5 soldiers in Operation Sindoor,' says DGMO 'Pak Army lost 35 to 40 personnel': Takeaways from armed forces' briefing on Op Sindoor Micheal Irvin's message to MLB star shakes sports world As he watched the NBA playoffs , Micheal Irvin allegedly aimed a blunt three-word remark at a prominent MLB legend. The actual words haven't been completely disclosed, but they allegedly were loud, assertive, and intended to elicit a response. It doesn't often happen that an NFL Hall of Famer weighs in on a baseball discussion during a game of basketball, but Irvin did so and fans are abuzz. His message was not arbitrary. It reflected Michael Irvin's great love for sports outside the NFL. Whether he was sticking up for a favorite basketball team or tossing good-natured shade, Michael Irvin's words were heard loud and clear. Baseball fans immediately picked up on it and began debating whether it was fun trash talk or something more serious. MLB fans dividend on Micheal Irvin's courtside comments Some of the baseball fans were upset by the remark. They thought Irvin had gone too far in bringing MLB into the limelight of another sport. Others, however, regarded it as all part of the fun, just a fervent athlete cheering on and making sports interesting. This is the moment that has caused controversy: Should retired athletes criticize stars in other sports? Or should they mind their own business? Michael Irvin believes in speaking his mind wherever he may be. For MLB, his words remind fans how all sports are intertwined and how fast words can spread in today's world of sports. Also Read: NFL Legend Michael Irvin Defends Shedeur Sanders After NFL Draft Snub: "This Sh*T Is Shady"
