Posted on 09/25/2017 7:20:30 PM PDT by BBell
Offended by New Orleans Saints players who protested by sitting during the national anthem Sunday (Sept. 24), state House Rep. Kenny Havard, R-Jackson, called for Louisiana's government to pull state funding, tax breaks and other support from the professional football franchise.
"Disrespecting our national anthem and flag in the name of social injustice is the highest form of hypocrisy," Havard said in a written statement Monday.
State Rep. Valarie Hodges, R-Denham Springs, has also requested the Saints' state benefits be reviewed by the Legislature's Senate and House budget committees as a result of the players' protest. Hodges is a member of the House Appropriations Committee, which oversees state finances.
About $165 million of the Saints' $1.5 billion value can be attributed to public funding, tax breaks and incentives given to Saints owner Tom Benson each year, according to an analysis The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com conducted in 2016. Benson, Louisiana's richest resident, owes a good portion of his estimated $2.2 billion fortune to his ownership of two professional sports franchises, the Saints and the New Orleans Pelicans, which are both supported with taxpayer money.
"I believe in the right to protest, but not at a taxpayer-subsidized sporting event. Do it on your own time. There are plenty of disabled children, elderly and veterans in this state that would appreciate the money," Havard said.
The Saints organization did not want to comment on Havard's statements when contacted by a reporter Monday afternoon.
The 10 Saints who protested were among 150 professional football players around the National Football League who refused to stand for the national anthem Sunday. Four other players also stood in solidarity near the 10 Saints players who sat out the national anthem, though they didn't sit down themselves.
These types of demonstrations initially started with former San Francisco 49ers
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State Rep. Kenny Havard, R-Jackson, has suggested Louisiana state government pull its support of the Saints professional football franchise because of players' protests during the national anthem. (Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)
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FINALLY a legislator who makes sense.
The owners sure must be glad they all got new stadiums before this happened. They will not be getting any more.
A very unattractive group of young men.
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That is the meme that ends the nonsense.
Any and all tax-payer funded public money needs to be pulled from the NFL.
They make millions.....let em fund their own selves. Why should America and her taxpayers fund them, especially when they diss they country the way they have. Cut it all off...nada....not one red penny.
Pull the anti-trust exemption.
Show this photograph everywhere and then ask them to their faces if they really want to stay kneeling after seeing that. Make them answer.
The funniest, most ironic thing is that these bozos feeeeeel that they are on the side of the angels. They’re mystified by the negative public reaction and I think they were expecting shout of encouragement, not boos.
Poor, simple-minded thugs.
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Yep - used to be the team I rooted for - now I won’t let an NFL game on my TV to boost their ratings - hope they dry up and disperse.
What city would be so desperate after all of this to actually provide a tax-payer subsidized soft landing if the Saints threaten to relocate after Louisiana pulls the subsidies?
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