[Ol' Sox]

"Each one of them has the right and the ability to say what they would like to say, and act the way they would like to act,” Popovich said. “They have our full support. No matter what they might want to do or not do. It is important to them to be respected by us, and there is no recrimination no matter what might take place unless it’s ridiculously egregious.”

To this, I reply with a quote sometimes attributed to Oliver Wendall Holmes.

"Your right to swing your fist ends where my nose begins."

The players have the right to act in the manner they have chosen, however, they have misjudged where the tip of my nose is located. My "nose" includes respect for my country and its symbols, both flag and anthem. If you bend my nose, I will surely break yours, metaphorically speaking, and the swinging of my own fist is economic in nature. No more NFL or its advertised products for me. This includes the NFL's mainstay advertisers: Visa Inc., Ford Motor Co., Nike Inc., Anheuser-Busch InBev, Microsoft Corp., McDonald’s Corp., PepsiCo Inc. and Bridgestone Corp. Damned shame, because I like a Pepsi on ice now and again.

[basalt]

what a white guilt cuck this guy is....these old , white basketball coaches crack me up...like those thugs actually listen to them..I think it was Danny Ainge, years ago, was drawing up this “play” during a time out..and Allen Iverson waited til he got finished then just said “shut up and give me the ball”...lol. They all down with the “struggle”...