NFL players' union expresses support for Muslim players in wake of Trump's travel ban

Chicago Tribune ^ | 2/2/17 | Mark Maske

[SoFloFreeper]

The NFL Players Association expressed its support Thursday for Muslim players in the league amid the controversy generated by President Donald Trump's immigration order.

NFLPA officials said the union reached out to the families of Muslim players in the NFL at the behest of Eric Winston, the veteran offensive lineman for the Cincinnati Bengals who serves as the union's president. About 15 players and their families were contacted, a union official said.

[SoFloFreeper]

Like I needed an excuse to ignore the Stupor Bowl.

Morons.

[donozark]

Another reason to hate unions.

[tomkat]

Yet ANOTHER reason !

NFL > KMA

[pinkandgreenmom]

They just won’t learn, will they?

[pissant]

Stupid, meaningless drivel from an effed up league of morons.

[House Atreides]

Just when I thought I was ready to go back to watching the NFL.

F ‘em all!

[mewzilla]

Really wondering now if playing ability had anything to do with Tim Tebow leaving the league...

[linear]

I’ve never had less interest in a Super Bowl than this year. Every indication is that it will be a huge PC love fest with a football game thrown in.

[pfflier]

Any NFL players affected by "extreme vetting"? Some should be for reasons like criminal behavior.

The libs running to the northern border are finding they don't meet the standards for entry into Canada because of moral or criminal issues in their backgrounds LOL....

[mlo]

I looked and there seemed to be an essential fact missing from the story. Were there actually any players, or families of players, that are immigrants from one of the seven countries, that might possibly be affected by the order?

If not, what exactly is the point?

[GreyFriar]

So how many of these Moslem players are natives of the 7 countries that are on the temporary suspension list? And how many are at those home countries right now and theoretically will be kept from re-entering the country to play in Sunday’s football game?

My uneducated guess is: ZERO

[Spruce]

I used to be a huge football fan. The 21st century version of American football sucks. It’s nothing but a means to keep people slightly interested between advertisements.

Also, the game has been thoroughly pussified.

And now,this year, they’ve gone full-on retard.

I can honestly say that I will never watch another NFL game.

[Professional]

NFL on perma ban....

A once avid NFL fan, gone...

[manc]

Another reason why I never bother with the NFL anymore.
Add that to who they have dong Super bowl half time too.

[dowcaet]

The NFL is making me appreciate baseball even more now.

[WKUHilltopper]

So take your game over to the middle east...and GTFO.

[Sir Napsalot]

What mooooslim player(s) impacted by the temporary travel ban?

In other words, which player(s) hail from those 7 countries? Their families?

I think this is only ‘moral posturing’. Useless idiots.....

[NormsRevenge]

They sure aren’t going out of their way to avoid the pitfalls of mixing politics and athletes on a misguided mission.

I haven’t watched much of the last few SBs anyway so .. missing one more ain’t gonna hurt at all. I got a heckuva weed crop to pull since the rains came..

[NormsRevenge]

You think this is bad,, Wait ‘til Nascar has ‘Kumbaya’ breaks during the race segments.. new format and all.

[b4its2late]

After every game a whole bunch of players from both teams meet at mid field to pray. If the Moslems want to do that too, go for it. Just don’t throw it in our faces like Capernick did.