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Watch: Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars players kneel during anthem after Trump criticism
washington examiner ^ | September 24, 2017

Posted on 09/24/2017 6:54:10 AM PDT by SMGFan

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To: SMGFan

This is good. Now when entire teams are doing it, fan anger will be much worse than just 3 or 4 random jerks doing it. It will hasten the end of this crap.

Either the league and players will get their financial leash jerked...or the league will go out of business. Either is fine with me.


41 posted on 09/24/2017 7:07:17 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: SMGFan

This is how “sports multi-millionaires” act when they are told they should show some respect for living in a society and country where they are able to be awarded such wealth for doing so little for it.


42 posted on 09/24/2017 7:07:54 AM PDT by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: GSWarrior

WEAK.


43 posted on 09/24/2017 7:08:29 AM PDT by EliRoom8
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To: SMGFan

National Felon League.
Nothing else....


44 posted on 09/24/2017 7:08:57 AM PDT by 9422WMR
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To: SMGFan
We have seen individual players fighting the fans, usually opposing fans.

We have seen teams fighting the fans, usually opposing fans but sometimes the home team fans.

These protests are usually short lived because, in the end, the fans are paying the players.

I have never seen an entire league at war with a majority of its fan base. Since the fans pay the salaries, this is a war the players will not win. The NFL is committing suicide.

45 posted on 09/24/2017 7:08:59 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Islam delenda est.)
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To: SMGFan
ESPN/NFL/Disney no longer make a penny from this cable cutting family! (cut our cable in June)

How to use Sling TV Blue to slice the $’s from ESPN and Disney.

When anyone cuts their cable, Sling is a reasonable alternative for streaming via the internet.

We had both the Sling Orange and Sling Blue. One of our relatives, who hates ESPN/NFL gave us a great heads up.

Sling Blue doesn't carry any ESPN or Disney channels.

We didn't watch ESPN or Disney, however, they were getting money from us by our subscribing to Sling Orange each month when we paid our Sling bill. The same happens with your standard cable contract. ESPN and Disney get paid each month from your subscription if you watch them or not.

I got that info from my our relative, Friday. A few minutes later I had cancelled Sling Orange. So ESPN and Disney get zero money from my Sling Blue monthly subscription payment.

What Is Sling Blue?:(from their site)

Sling Blue costs $25 per month and gives you access to 43 live channels. However,

Blue does not include every Orange channel by default; there’s no Disney and no ESPN, for starters.

46 posted on 09/24/2017 7:08:59 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Did voting for Trump for President, make 62+ million of us into Deplorable Racists/Nazis? NO! NADA!)
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To: SMGFan

Trump has ‘unmasked’ them all!


47 posted on 09/24/2017 7:09:04 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
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To: HarleyLady27

And Tebow was drummed outta the league.


48 posted on 09/24/2017 7:09:19 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: boycott
Their collective IQs may not exceed 80.

I remember reading somewhere that an IQ of 80 is the "center of the sweet spot for criminal behavior."

While I can't find the exact quote using Google, I did find this, on Quora. I won't use the person's name, but it's easy to find if you want:

"Texas gives every new prisoner an IQ test, and publishes the average of everyone in the system in a report each year. Typically the average score runs around 91 - 93."

Smarter, and the person doesn't need to be a criminal to survive in the modern world.

Dumber, and the person is too stupid to survive even as a criminal much past teenage years, and gets taken out of the game early.

49 posted on 09/24/2017 7:09:36 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: bray

Yes they like to “dis” us but they won’t put up with dissing.

Notice the common thread with all the haters of Trump
Rich players, Rich comedians, Rich politicians, Rich Actors, Rich singers, Rich executives, Rich democrats supporting ANTIFA and BLM

Well I want to see what the Dallas Cowboys do with Jerry Jones in charge. But if they kneel NFL is off for me.

What Trump has done is really great he is linking all of the above together, so there is clear choice between dems and MAGA. He is hanging this behavior around their collective necks.

Personally I will never watch late night tv again. Early on I realized that I do not have to watch people constantly being vicious about my way of life


50 posted on 09/24/2017 7:09:53 AM PDT by Hang'emAll (If guns kill people, do pencils misspell words?)
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To: unixfox

>>I only watch the Cowboys or Texans. So far neither team has pulled this crap.

If they do, I am done.<<

And therefore you support the NFL.


51 posted on 09/24/2017 7:10:31 AM PDT by EliRoom8
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To: SMGFan
I don't know what they did...I ain't watching 'em.

But I know what's gonna happen.

The networks and broadcast types will simply quit televising the NA ceremonies and not mention it, hoping it will go away and their revenue will come back up.

Still makes no difference.

I ain't watching.

52 posted on 09/24/2017 7:10:57 AM PDT by OldSmaj (The only thing washed on a filthy liberal is their damned brains.)
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To: SMGFan; All

Bastards! Trump should instruct the TSA to profile them at airports for pat-downs and further interviews kneeling at the feet of FBI and/or DHS agents.


53 posted on 09/24/2017 7:11:03 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
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To: SMGFan

I don’t know about ya’ll but I am “race carded out.”

It has been over-played. Obama made it 100x worse by dividing the nation. My give a damn about these sorry ass poor victims has long run out.


54 posted on 09/24/2017 7:11:28 AM PDT by boycott
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To: GSWarrior

“I only care what players do after the clock has started”

Disgusting. They are openly flipping the finger to the flag, and you only care about the child’s game they play? Shameful.


55 posted on 09/24/2017 7:11:44 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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To: OneVike

If YOUR Vikings...? Sorry mate, the entire NFL needs to crash and burn for this treasonous behavior.


56 posted on 09/24/2017 7:11:55 AM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
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To: sirchtruth
Really? Do you actually think the NFL is going to be hurt by this? You've got half the country who will applaud these heroic acts of these players and it appears most of you don't get Trump knows exactly what he is doing. He is a biz man, not a politician, this will look so good for the NFL it's not even funny.

Watch for the NFL's bottom line to increase. Watch the absolute positive bounce the NFL gets from all the people who hate Trump just to see the players kneel.

There'll be large crowds and a spike in ratings this week. However, the bulk of the true NFL fans either love Trump or don't like politics in the game.

The only group left will be low-testosterone femme-boys (who hate violent sports like football, checkers, etc.), and man-hating baby-killing lesbo Progladykes....neither one's a winning graphic for the NFL.

57 posted on 09/24/2017 7:12:29 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Yes, Liberals, I question your patriotism)
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To: GSWarrior

Your sign in name says all we need to know.


58 posted on 09/24/2017 7:12:50 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Did voting for Trump for President, make 62+ million of us into Deplorable Racists/Nazis? NO! NADA!)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

What if by Presidential degree Donald Trump issued an edict that no more games would play the National Anthem?


59 posted on 09/24/2017 7:12:54 AM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: Steely Tom

When they push in the 75-80 range, they’re challenged. Scary how close so many are.


60 posted on 09/24/2017 7:13:35 AM PDT by boycott
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