I Think I'm Done With The NFL After This!
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I find it funny how people can be choosy on what constitutional rights they are gun-ho for. As 2nd amendment believers, all other amendments should be fought for also. I do feel the other players and owners are only on the bandwagon to get back at Trump. Billionaires don't like to be told what to do. It's clearly an ego thing. Nothing at all related to the original concept of the kneeling.
Fritz609,
What makes you believe that Colin K******** had enough brains to HAVE a "concept"?
(I saw an interview with him on cable TV about a week ago & he sounds like a DUNCE, FIRST CLASS.)
yours, satx
TreyG-20,
Inasmuch as the latest national polls say that only about 25-30% of adults support "the protestors", I don't think that it's the sort of attention that the moron left/the protestors desire.
yours, satx
I disagree. Have you ever met a trouble maker? I mean one those hardcore desperate for attention (no matter what kind) seekers? They are all well paid and could get by if fired today. They are fueling the pot of hate and the ultimate goal is to divide us. I'd say so far it's working well. Best thing to do is to look right past their BS altogether. Ignore it.
I could make comments and could say things but most of them have already been said. With that Taya Kyle has already paid a higher price for the flag and freedom that I ever will for the over 1,000 days that her husband was gone and then losing him while trying to save other service men and women who came home with PTSD.
Her words are better than any I could state: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/09/26/american-snipers-wife-taya-kyle-open-letter-to-nfl.html
Her words are better than any I could state: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/09/26/american-snipers-wife-taya-kyle-open-letter-to-nfl.html
Well, could be their grandkids....
How many pro football players are on this forum? Is giving my thoughts here giving them attention? I am ignoring them by not watching or buying anything to do with them. Unless you are speaking for yourself as one that I should be ignoring.
Lunyfringe
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I haven't read the entire thread, because I don't need to take up that much of my time on a non-issue... I look at it this way:
The NFL owners, leadership and the players are showing everyone just how they feel- they ARE disrespecting the flag, because they don't respect it. They are showing just how out of touch they are from the average American- it's that simple.
I've never had an interest in the NFL, and only a passing interest in other football.... so not much would change for me if the NFL ceased to exist.
The NFL owners, leadership and the players are showing everyone just how they feel- they ARE disrespecting the flag, because they don't respect it. They are showing just how out of touch they are from the average American- it's that simple.
I've never had an interest in the NFL, and only a passing interest in other football.... so not much would change for me if the NFL ceased to exist.
motorcarman
Compulsive Collector
In an unprecedented move, DirecTV is now offering subscribers a cancellation and refund of the NFL Sunday Ticket package if the customer is unhappy with the national anthem protests sweeping the NFL, ESPN confirmed via a source.
"Once the season starts, fans usually cannot cancel their subscriptions, but AT&T, which owns DirecTV, decided to change the policy due to the sensitivity of the issue. The price of the package, which allows fans to get out-of-market games, is about $280," reports ESPN.
http://www.dailywire.com/news/21589...tm_content=092717-news&utm_campaign=position1
"Once the season starts, fans usually cannot cancel their subscriptions, but AT&T, which owns DirecTV, decided to change the policy due to the sensitivity of the issue. The price of the package, which allows fans to get out-of-market games, is about $280," reports ESPN.
http://www.dailywire.com/news/21589...tm_content=092717-news&utm_campaign=position1
As a U.S Marine Corps Veteran and a defender of the U.S Constitution, I support the actions of every person that kneels during the anthem for the protest in regards to police brutality against blacks.
I see a lot of people are saying that it is disrespectful to the flag and while I am in agreement, I feel the Flag is not as important has the U.S Constitution. The very act of kneeling and disrespecting the flag is a freedom granted by the First Amendment of the U.S Constitution.
I served to Defend the U.S Constitution and not the flag.
This is basically a Black vs White issue, imo. Blacks have just has much right to freedom of speech has whites do. They are In Fact Citizens of United States of America.
I see a lot of people are saying that it is disrespectful to the flag and while I am in agreement, I feel the Flag is not as important has the U.S Constitution. The very act of kneeling and disrespecting the flag is a freedom granted by the First Amendment of the U.S Constitution.
I served to Defend the U.S Constitution and not the flag.
This is basically a Black vs White issue, imo. Blacks have just has much right to freedom of speech has whites do. They are In Fact Citizens of United States of America.
Unless you can point to anyone saying these men should be incarcerated for what they're doing, this isn't a constitutional issue, it's a workplace issue.
This is why I get so upset when people keep saying they have a right to do this. It's propagating a false notion that this is somehow a protected action. It's only protected from being made illegal. Nobody is saying arrest them. They're saying fire them. The Constitution does not protect people from the consequences of their actions, it only protects them from laws abridging their right to perform those actions that may/should get them fired.
Exactly what does the flag have to do with police brutality? When I salute the flag (stand, hand over heart), I do so out of respect to our country and those that fought and died for it. Not once did I do that in support of police brutality or even had that come to mind.
As for the sporting events, it has been a tradition for over 150 years. When it was one person I felt it was in very bad taste. Now it's epidemic and gone beyond bad taste. It's disrespectful to those who care and I am one who cares. I am not telling anyone who feels differently how they should feel about it, but I now have no respect for the NFL.
Even if the facts do not back up their allegations of police brutality (which they do not, by the way)?
They have the right to be disrespectful. I have the right to disagree with them. To boycott the NFL and the sponsors. What is your problem with me exercising MY rights?
Race issue? Garbage. I have had friends of all ethnic groups since I was a kid. Hired and promoted based on merit without ever considering race (hired and promoted a number of minorities, sometimes minorities were actually a majority in my organization). Are you accusing me of being a racist? Sure sounds like it. Are you among the liberals who accuse anyone with whom they disagree of being racist? Your post could indicate such.
