Who is Nick Bosa, and is he a dick?

I don't follow sports, but I do check in daily on the tweet-shit of the Asshat in Chief. So when I saw this one this morning, I immediately had questions.



Why is he congratulating the number two pick?  He didn't congratulate number one.  Why is he telling him to be true to himself?  He must be a dick.

So I checked.

Yep.

Aware he was going to have to answer for controversial social media posts he had made over the last six years, including one in which he called former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick a clown. Nick Bosa wanted to address the issue without assistance at his introductory Bay Area press conference, which came one night after the 49ers made him the second overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft.

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"I'm sorry if I hurt anybody. I definitely didn't intend for that to be the case. I think me being here (San Francisco) is even better for me as a person, because I don't think there's anywhere, any city, that you could really be in that would help you grow as much as this one will. I'm going to be surrounded with people of all different kinds, so I'm going to grow as a person. I'm going to be on my own. I'm going to grow up, I'm gonna learn a lot of new things. It's exciting."

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Does he still consider Kaepernick a clown, as he posted two-and-a-half years ago? "No," he said. "It wasn't directed toward that. It's not like I'm saying his stance and what he was doing -- that's not what I was talking about at all. It was just a specific thing that happened, and me, as a young kid, a thought popping into my head and, boom, decided to tweet it out. Bad decision. I respect what he's done. If it empowers anybody, then he's doing a good thing. I apologize for that."

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The picture that Bosa paints of himself on social media is that of an unapologetic conservative who stands firmly behind the President. But some of the controversy stems from his most critical posts being directed at high-profile blacks, including Beyonce, Jay-Z, Draymond Green and Kaepernick. (According to ESPN, these tweets were later deleted.)

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Team CEO Jed York offered beforehand to join him on the dais as a sign of support, but Bosa declined. Perhaps he didn't want to put that responsibility on anyone else. Perhaps he wanted to show he could be accountable for actions. More than anything, he wanted to clear the air and attempt to move forward.

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Not if the president has anything to say about it.

The 49ers believe that Bosa's posts -- some were six years old -- were the actions of a young, immature kid.

Young and immature do not automatically mean homophobic, racist and ignorant.

General manager John Lynch specifically asked Bosa about his social media posts, including "liking" one that contained homophobic and racist hashtags. But the organization, based on its research, felt comfortable with Bosa as a person because he was liked and respected by his teammates and coaches.

Who quite likely share his prejudices.

Let us hope Bosa does indeed grow. Lord knows Trump never will.