Posted on 09/10/2016 5:07:09 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Two police union leaders are so outraged that the NFL denied Titan Avery Williamson wearing a patriotic pair of cleats honoring those who died on 9/11, that they promised to pay his fine if he wears them in Sunday’s game anyway.
Williamson had hoped to wear a pair of specially-designed cleats at his team’s home opener Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings on the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, but he backed off when a league rep vowed to fine him for violating the league’s uniform code.
The left cleat says 9-11-01, with the 11 in the outline of the Twin Towers, while the right one says Never Forget.
“I don’t want to draw negative attention, so I’m just going to focus on playing the game,”Williamson told the Tennessean newspaper, on Friday.
The news outraged Paul Nunziato, head of the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association.
Nunziato has teamed up with Patrick Colligan, president of the 33,000 member New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association, who was equally upset about the threatened fine.
Both union leaders say they’re urging Williamson to reconsider and wear the cleats – and the two unions will pay his fine.
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But they won’t fine players that sit or kneel during the national anthem because THAT is free speech?
FUNFL!
If there was just someway Americans can kick back at the NFL liberalLSD people. They’re a disgrace to America and Americans.
The long march through the institutions continues.
The left has taken over the NFL, National Review, and BlazeTV.
The mental disease of liberalism is everywhere nowadays.
Screw you Goodall.
America-hating, unpatriotic bastards. Plantation owner, Roger Goodell can kiss my red, white and blue @$$. Haters gonna hate, right Rog?
The only way to make them pay is to stop watching. And let the sponsors know you have stopped watching.
Cancel cable & use streaming services.
I’m in the midst of figuring out how to make it work.
What sort of STUPID is going on with the NFL? It’s cool to dis the anthem, but wear a cleat no one can see warrants a fine?
Doing my part, don’t watch NFL
I know it’s easy for many of you guys to not watch the games, as you dont like them anyway.
I LOVE them and wait part of winter, all of spring and most of summer for the game to begin.
CAN’T WATCH IT. CAN’T DISHONOR MY DEAD FIREFIGHTER FRIENDS, CAN’T DISHONOR MY DAD, who would die again if I watched the games again.
Somce hockey coach with an italian last name, (i forgot it already), is sticking to his conviction to bench any player who kneels during the national anthem, no matter the price he pays.
How can I (we) do less.
I have emailed the whole family to do the right thing.
One man will not affect the ad revenue almost at all. 10 million could.
My niece emailed me this: The pledge of allegiance is so much more than a platform for your own agenda...
SHE MADE ME SO PROUD!!!!!!!!!
lost Vietnam vet father four years ago and is making him proud!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And soon, they’ll all be pretty in pink.
Is this a BLM thing or are there any white boys participating in the racism...other than Kaepernick?
if not..All hell should be to p..errrr never mind...
Why don’t they just dismantle the business now? They sure are committing suicide. Quitting the business will be cheaper is cheaper ultimately than bankruptcy.
The NFL seems to be fullasheet this year.
I’m not watching any football games.
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