No one is saying these players do not have a right to express their unhappiness with the treatment of black persons at the hands of police. There is a time and a place.
The whole country is not guilty.
Can NFL owners fire players for hurting the bottom line? Or must they continue to pay them until their contract runs out?
If you can’t fire them, put them on the bench. Football is entertainment. It is not entertaining to watch someone spit on you.
Even if a team can’t get out of paying a player (contract) they can certainly bench a player, or even keep the player out of uniform and out of the stadium.
Even if a team can’t get out of paying a player (contract) they can certainly bench a player, or even keep the player out of uniform and out of the stadium.
Time and place is correct. Few of us can go to a job and say/do just anything we please. If you are paid by an employer you are there for their purposes and they can set conditions. Pro athletes can do all the free speech and demonstrations they like on their own time, their own dime. But when they are in uniform for a TEAM the organization has every right to set professional expectations.
I fully support their right to write articles and attend protests. What I reject is the idea that if I pay to see a game, I must first be subjected to their hatred for our country - and their racism!
I’d boycott the NFL, but I started doing that in the 90s.
The whole country is not guilty.
Damn straight.
As far as I'm concerned, if the league, the broadcasters, etc., want to allow players to vent or opine in post game interviews, sports shows, on You Tube, and so on, fine. We'll see what happens to the viewership.
During the playing of the National Anthem is NOT the time or place, nor even relevant.