NFL new Anthem policy
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I think its stupid that this is an issue.
at least they are giving the players the option to stay in the locker room so they wont be fined |
I'm a veteran and I've never understood why they have to play the anthem before every sporting event. International events? Fine. Game falls on a holiday? Fine. It's just always seemed unnecessary to me.
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Seriously, the league needed to have left this one alone.
If players wanted to do so, they could stand or kneel, it is a free country. If a HC had an issue with that, he could choose to play or not play a player. If an owner or GM had an issue with that, he could choose to release or not release a player. Let grown men make their own decisions.......but also let them reap the conquences of their own actions. The part that I don't like is when Reid or Kappercorn whine on TV about it being "unfair" that no one will sign them. Sorry, you got to do your political protest but then you also get to reap the conquences of those actions and those conquences is that no one wants to employ you. In the real world, you don't get to have it both ways. But, mandating something like this? I think the NFL is dumb to do so. Just as stupid for not letting Peyton wear black hightops to honor Unitias or fining folks for wearing the wrong shade of pink on their shoes during TaTa Awareness Month. Walk Worthy, |
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Why is the NFL the only sport having this issue?
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The nfl is clueless
I hope no player comes out anymore. Easy solution is to play the anthem before the players come out. Everyone can sit down and then do some kind of special entry to get the crowd fired up The nfl always finds ways to complicate shit |
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They are a corporation, they care about profit and maintaining an image that continues to support that profit. A bunch of billionaires don't want a bunch of new money millionaires to rock the boat. |
The problem is this
The NFL fan base is largely Patriotic and Proud of the US... They see the utter disrespect shown the country by a pack of over paid left wing, lying sumbitches with no real cause They have the right to kneel at home, not to protest at your place of work. Owners have a right to not hire a cancer like copacock, an over privileged little punk. Owners know this idiotic bullshit hurts their revenue and have the right to protect their investment. The truly unpatriotic part is protesting the flag that lets the mental midgets the place to make millions. Half of which without the NFL and scholarships handed out like candy would be in prison Want to really protest the US? Move the fuck out... head to Somalia.. Show your true protest with some real skin in the game. Until you do that you're just a stupid fuck. I don't blame people for switching them off. They kneel I'm gone this year too. |
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If you own a place of business, don't you have a right to discipline employees who are making your business less profitable? Again, my original question; why aren't the NBA, MLB, NHL or NCAA having protests? |
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The nfl has a bunch of hillbilly racists that watch. They have a problem with the protesters more than the protest |
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http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nat...s/201511060140 |
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Leave it to the NFL to screw this up. They’ve gave in to Trump and I think it will embolden him even more. He doesnt give a damn what people do during the anthem. He wants to hurt the NFL. If he can play to his racist base at the same time even better. The NFL comes off bad in this and gives him a win. He’ll find another way to try to hurt them. |
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I guess I don’t understand patriotism. I thought that even though I disagree with you I’ll fight for your right to say it, if it’s done in a nonviolent way. This, to me, is not a patriotic move by the NFL. It is exactly the opposite of patriotism and furthermore is idiotic in that it brings MORE attention to those protesting. By the way they are not protesting our country but how they feel our country is not living up to it’s ideals. Agree or disagree it is a debate with having in my own opinion
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Forced patriotism isn’t patriotic and is not what this country was founded on. |
Next year they they should make the fans stand up and put their phones away or revoke their seat privileges.
I stand (at home even). My opinion changed on this when I went to the Cleveland game last year. A daughter and dad were in front of me and the daughter was on her phone. Should I have talked to Dad about how he needed to teach his daughter the proper respect, no. Once you get there you come to the conclusion that how any individual chooses to respect the anthem is no ones business at all. And the NFL didn't solve anything. They just moved the protest to the tunnel. |
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Simple solution...
Six game suspension for violating league rules first offense, season long second time. Permanent the third. You can kneel all you like... If you're truly committed to your cause, go for it. |
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They hurt the league and their lively hood.. nothing like a pack of over paid snowflakes whining about "unfairness" in the US. Want to really show your commitment? Leave the US if it's "unfair" Then I'd listen to your idiot views |
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When you start dissecting the "patriotism" of this, the league would not have done anything if there was not backlash from the public that cost them some revenue. Anyone who thinks Godell is addressing this because of his own personal sense of patriotism is a fool. Godell is addressing this because he wants more money. Whats worse... godell selling patriotism for money or a player exercising his 1st amendment rights? |
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Are you keeping an internal kneel count before you are fed up and had enough? The fact that you still watch football after two years of this scandal, you arent exactly eating your own soup: "If you're truly committed to your cause, go for it." |
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Chris Long sums it up pretty well:
“This is fear of a diminished bottom line. It’s also fear of a president turning his base against a corporation. This ¡s not patriotism. Don’t get it confused. These owners don’t love America more than the players demonstrating and taking real action to improve it. It also lets you, the fan, know where our league stands. I will continue to be committed to affecting change with my platform. I’m someone who’s always looked at the anthem as a declaration of ideals, including the right to peaceful protest. Our league continues to fall short on this issue.” |
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If you REALLY believe this country sucks, LEAVE for a better place. Don't stay and cash a huge paycheck while protesting "unfairness". it makes you look stupid. Life isn't fair to anyone, anywhere, anytime... stop whining while making millions playing a child's game |
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Fix it, cut the political bullshit I'll watch this year.. |
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Nothing none zilch |
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It’s safe to say you know absolutely nothing about what this country is supposed to stand for. The land of the free? As long as you or Trump approve I guess. Let me ask Testcase - have you served? |
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