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Stephen A. Smith<\/a> saying that NASCAR drivers are not athletes has been one of my favorite stories for quite some time.<\/p>\n

You’ve got someone giving a demonstrably incorrect hot take, and then just digging their heels in.<\/p>\n

It’s everything that’s both great and terrible about sports<\/a> media rolled up in a single package.<\/p>\n

NASCAR DRIVER WHO WAS LEFT BLOODIED FROM HORRIFYING DAYTONA CRASH HAS HARSH WORDS FOR STEPHEN A. SMITH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

But, I thought if there was one person who could break through to Stephen A. and point to the mountain of evidence why NASCAR drivers \u2014 and racing drivers in general \u2014 are not just athletes, but high-level, highly trained athletes, it would be Michael Jordan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But I would be mistaken.<\/p>\n

Stephen A. has been called out on this take by drivers like Joey Logano<\/a> and Kevin Harvick, who brought his own in-car fitness tracking info as proof. So, Smith, being the savvy media personality he is, took this to his show.<\/p>\n

That’s when, according to Awful Announcing<\/a>, he got a call from his Airness.<\/p>\n

ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Now, if you didn’t know, Jordan is a longtime NASCAR fan and co-owns one of the sport’s hottest teams right now, 23XI Racing, with current Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin.<\/p>\n

Surely, he could talk some sense into Stephen A.<\/p>\n

“You know who wanted to correct me about the NASCAR thing? Michael Jordan,” Smith said on his SiriusXM. “Michael Jordan. I argued with him! Because that\u2019s how I feel! I\u2019m being honest. That\u2019s how I feel. That\u2019s all, it\u2019s not a crime. That\u2019s what makes radio and sports talk.”<\/p>\n

All right, so not at all.<\/p>\n

I mean, people are entitled to their opinions, but when someone goes, “Here are several dozen reasons and examples why you’re wrong,” and you stick to your guns, you’re just being difficult.<\/p>\n

But remember, it is Stephen A. who is under attack through all of this.<\/p>\n

“Don\u2019t you notice what we call the gang mentality?” Smith asked. “Where everybody in my line of work jumps on popular opinion so they are lumped in with the vast majority of people who feel the way they feel? That\u2019s easy. The hard part is, \u2018this is where I stand, and I genuinely feel this way, and here\u2019s why.\u2019”<\/p>\n

NASCAR drivers being athletes isn’t a popular opinion.<\/p>\n

It just is.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/stephen-smith-says-argued-michael-jordan-whether-nascar-drivers-athletes <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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