“Philadelphia Eagles rookie linebacker Myke Tavarres said Monday he plans to sit during the national anthem in a preseason game later this week. Racial injustice is too important to ignore, he told ESPN.”
Myke Tavarres will now stand for national anthem Thursday
Philadelphia Eagles rookie linebacker Myke Tavarres has reversed course and will now stand for the national anthem Thursday after earlier saying he would sit it out in protest.
“He plans on standing for the National Anthem,” Tavarres’ agent, Corey Williams, said in a statement Monday. “Myke does not want to be a distraction to the Philadelphia Eagles organization. Myke’s goal is and will always be to make the Eagles 53-man roster and help the team win a Super Bowl.”
Asked if he advised Tavarres to change his stance, Williams replied: “Yes, I did.
they will set him on fire in Philly if he did this...
Someone talked sense into Myke Tavarres. That is good enough for me. I will give him a pass so long as he does not make a mockery of standing for the national anthem.
Asked if he advised Tavarres to change his stance, Williams replied: "Yes, I did."
Of course he did. His agent knows better than anyone else that a marginal player has no leverage to make stupid political statements.
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““Myke does not want to be a distraction to the Philadelphia Eagles organization.”
Wow. . .thinking of someone else other than himself. . .wow.
[ Racial injustice ]
Would that be Polar Beat Hunting, White girl bleed a lot or The Knockout Game?
Now how f'n stupid does an (aspiring) NFL player have to be to outdo Colin Kapernick for stupidity and arrogance?
This here is the answer to that question, and yes it is possible to be even more stupid and arrogant: Pull the same hsit but be some rookie who hasn't even made the team yet.
No, the fans in Philly won't mind a bit, and your agent, remember the dude who negotiated your contract for you and who stands to either lose or gain according to how you comport yourself, oh yeah he be down with it too.
Somehow I think this guy's going to get a visit from The Turk during this week of practice.
Some other NFL team will be really impressed with his principled stand and pick him up though. /s, cracking myself up this afternoon.
Been to Philadelphia recently?
:) I see-he didn’t make the team yet.I was gonna look it up.See you later Alligator.