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NFL sponsors unconcerned about national anthem protests: Official
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Posted on 09/25/2017 11:12:06 AM PDT by janetjanet998

The NFL’s top corporate sponsors haven’t expressed any concern about the unprecedented wave of player national anthem protests this weekend, a league spokesman said Monday.

NFL players engaged in widespread demonstrations on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump called on the league’s owners to fire ‘son of a [expletive]’ who kneel during the pregame national anthem. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the vast majority of the league’s 32 owners issued statements in solidarity with players and condemned Trump for engaging in divisive rhetoric.

“We talk to our sponsors all the time, whether it’s raining or the sun is out. We’ve talked to them, we keep them informed. I haven’t heard of a single issue of a sponsor that is worried or has raised particular issue about the weekend,” NFL spokesman Joe Lockhart told reporters during a conference call Monday.


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KEYWORDS: chicago; football; illinois; kneel; nfl; nflsponsors; police; sports
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To: janetjanet998

Drive McDonalds’ per-ticket transaction average down to $1.13, and believe me, that will grab the attention of senior management.


41 posted on 09/25/2017 11:32:42 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: KeyLargo

I wonder how many times they’ve knelt in protest of all the kids who are killed in gang shootings.


42 posted on 09/25/2017 11:32:54 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Trump: Greatest POTUS of all time solely for preventing Satan taking office.)
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To: Nevadan; All

Is there a list yet of NFL sponsors?


Why, yes...there IS!!

Here is the posted thread, with list....

NFL Players Association - Sponsors
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3588793/posts

Now, keep in mind that the cocky, globalist, leftist NFL is now saying that their sponsors don’t really give a flip if we boycott...

NFL sponsors unconcerned about national anthem protests: Official

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3588910/posts


43 posted on 09/25/2017 11:32:55 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

And not all of the black males who watch the NFL are cop-hating Leftist America Haters either.


44 posted on 09/25/2017 11:33:52 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: janetjanet998

#BoycottNFLAdvertisers #BoycottTheNFL #BoycottNFLSponsors #KickThemInTheWallet


45 posted on 09/25/2017 11:34:06 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Only their self-aggrandizement matters.)
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To: blueunicorn6

> The NFL should donate all of this year’s tv revenues to the NAACP.

Screw the NAACP. Send the money to Puerto Rico to help American Citizens in need.


46 posted on 09/25/2017 11:34:21 AM PDT by BuffaloJack ( Merit Based Immigration not Illegal Colonizers)
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To: janetjanet998

Remains to be seen, if they will be able to sell any of those multi-mill superbawl ads.


47 posted on 09/25/2017 11:35:15 AM PDT by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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To: janetjanet998

Lockhart is flat out lying. This is the greatest boycott in US history. The sponsors have to be calling non stop.


48 posted on 09/25/2017 11:36:16 AM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: MNlurker
The Nail in the NFL’s Coffin
49 posted on 09/25/2017 11:37:39 AM PDT by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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To: HarleyLady27

Well done Harley Lady! Well done!


50 posted on 09/25/2017 11:39:07 AM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
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To: janetjanet998

Oh yeah?

A local large car dealer in Colorado (Phil Long Ford) just dropped Von Miller from being used in its commercials.


51 posted on 09/25/2017 11:41:31 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (CNN IS ISIS.)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor
That speaks volumes about why the NFL is down in the sh!tter right now.

Hiring a propagandist for a sexual predator as their spokesman is no better than hiring criminals to play the game.

52 posted on 09/25/2017 11:43:15 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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To: janetjanet998
The NFL’s top corporate sponsors haven’t expressed any concern about the unprecedented wave of player national anthem protests this weekend, a league spokesman said Monday.

Sears didn't care much about customers either. Neither did JC Penney's, Target, Macy's ....

53 posted on 09/25/2017 11:45:56 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

And sit in line while you explain to the cashier why you are cancelling the order you placed at the outside box.

Not sure if there is a ‘contract’ once you punch your order in but the courts will fill up fast AND hope the misdemeanor judge is PRO PRO American.


54 posted on 09/25/2017 11:46:11 AM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)""If the earth were flat, cats would have pushed everything over the edge by now")
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To: janetjanet998

Players have no right to use the NFL events to protest what ever it is that they think they are protesting. In fact League rules prohibit it and demand respect for out precious anthem and flag https://news.grabien.com/story-roger-goodell-ignoring-leagues-own-rule-book-letting-players.
Take any entertainment venue as an example. If you are an actor or entertainer , you have no right to stop your performance and launch into a political protest— NEVER!! That is grounds for firing.
Goodell was a stickler for rules on the inflated ball issue but here he ditches the clearly stated rule. Is he afraid to stand up.
Rush is right. Trump has whipped their ass. America stands with our President . They are all a bunch of SOBs!!


55 posted on 09/25/2017 11:47:52 AM PDT by raiderboy ( "...if we have to close down our government, we’re building that wall.”)
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To: FatherofFive

Remember he who controls the remote controls the NFL and ESPN. Keep it simple people we own them.


56 posted on 09/25/2017 11:48:05 AM PDT by magua
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To: HarleyLady27

Yes!!! Now, blacks and the left have declared the National Anthem and our flag are white supremacist symbols. This division is irreparable and patriotic expression is unacceptable. Colin Kapernick is a hero somehow.


57 posted on 09/25/2017 11:48:56 AM PDT by JimSEA
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To: morphing libertarian
In the name of social justice and in support of affirmative action, I am boycotting the NFL till 55% of the players are white, 30% Hispanic, 12% black and 1% native american and 2% asian.

AND 52% women!

58 posted on 09/25/2017 11:49:39 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: janetjanet998

Nothing is going to change as long as the sponsors keep writing checks to the TV Networks.

Looks like the NFL, the TV Networks and their sponsors are going to hunker down and try to ride out this protest. I think the boycott will work but it is going to take awhile.

Me? I don’t care. I’m never watching the NFL again. Now I will start to work on boycotting their sponsors.


59 posted on 09/25/2017 11:49:58 AM PDT by Ticonderoga34
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Yep, the NFL just committed professional suicide, they really did. Did you see this yet? Steelers fans burning their gear.......

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/09/25/angry-steelers-fans-burn-gear-over-national-anthem/


60 posted on 09/25/2017 11:50:22 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Trump: Greatest POTUS of all time solely for preventing Satan taking office.)
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