A psychological disorder in which an athlete is an excellent player on a team that fails to find any scrap of success. Named after Barry Sanders, an NFL running back who played his entire 10-year career with the woefully horrible atrocious Detroit Lions.
Example: Josh Gordon of the Cleveland Browns may be suffering from Barry Sanders Syndrome, as he is the only player on that team with a clue!
by Alaskan Pollock February 18, 2014
When you ignore bigotry targeted at your community from your friends/aquantences in order to further your own goals.
“I though Sean was gay, why is he hanging out with homophobes?”
“Oh Sean doesn’t care about that, he’s got a bad case of Sanders Syndrome.”
“Oh Sean doesn’t care about that, he’s got a bad case of Sanders Syndrome.”
by thedeadneighbor July 31, 2019