Free speech activist: NFL, NFLPA meetings a 'rejection' of Trump's divisiveness

CBS Sports ^ | October 17, 2017 | Cody Benjamin

[tbpiper]

NFL owners expressed "unconditional" support to work with players in addressing social issues

So the NFL is now an official Social Justice organization.

[xp38]

Respecting the flag and anthem is now divisive....right gotcha..../sarc

[xp38]

I dare say a classic case of projection here

[Tallguy]

The NFL & NFLPA can virtue-signal all the way into bankruptcy for all I care.

[catnipman]

“identified “common issues” and engaged in “productive” conversation about how to “work together to promote positive social change and address inequality””

F**k ya’ll: the only thing you should be engaged in conversation about is football.

[Fireone]

In order to address inequality, the NFL must purge over 20 percent of its Negro players, and hire White players. Equality would be 50-50, correct?

[siberianheat]

At the Cardinals’ last game of the season, a player came out about 45 minutes before the first pitch, stood at attention with his hand over his heart. Other players came out to put an umbrella over him, put a police officer’s vest on him. He didn’t move until the first pitch. When the Milwaukee club saw what was going on, they sent one of theirs out as well. Of course the whole thing did not make the news.

Cardinals fan here. I looked this up online and learned something new about baseball. Apparently it is not that unusual for players to stand after the national anthem is done and try to face off against opposing players. Not sure how starting 45 minutes before game time factors in, but it may not have been related to the protests at all.

Apparently this tradition happens a lot more in the minors.

Thanks for showing me something new!

[Eagles6]

Yep and trayvon martin who was shot while attacking a neighborhood watch volunteer.

Maybe they're protesting all of the blacks murdered in Chicongo.

In reality they are just trying to shift the blame for problems of they're own making onto White society and it's not working.

[Nifster]

We’ll see what the fans say and do

[SoFloFreeper]

oh, it’ll be a meeting....and in the end, the owners will have their billions in other investments. And the players will have....nothing.

no matter to me. I have found better things to do on Sunday. Much better things.

[hanamizu]

This was long before the national anthem. We were puzzled about it. They did show the player (I don’t know who he was) on the big screen and it all had the appearance of something that wasn’t expected. Don’t know if it was related to the protests or not.

[Loud Mime]

I believe I’m a baseball fan now.

[Gene Eric]

>> And ESPN’s Jim Trotter reported that NFL owners expressed “unconditional” support to work with players in addressing social issues

Blatant pretense obvious to everyone paying attention. Perhaps they could throw in sex-addiction therapy.

[Maverick68]

Democrats, Hollywood and the NFL never learned the first rule of holes....

[RedMonqey]

See my post Number 56