Steelers' Alejandro Villanueva has top-selling jersey after standing for anthem

UPI ^ | 09/25/2017 | Alex Butler

[knarf]

One jersey “shot up” and the rest in the burn barrel is a net loss of about a billion.

[M Kehoe]

Thank you soldier. Makes me proud to have served.

5.56mm

[Hotmetal]

You can get one of those jerseys with #82 on it but they call it “82nd Airborne Tribute Limited Football jersey”.
http://shop.goarmysports.com/Army_Black_Knights_Mens_Football_Jerseys

[jagusafr]

My dad did the same for me 34 years ago. He’s since retired from the practice of law, but at 86 years old, he’s still a fighter pilot.

Colonel, USAFR (Ret)

[TBP]

#BoycottNFLAdvertisers #BoycottTheNFL #BoycottNFLSponsors #KickThemInTheWallet

[rktman]

🛩. Nice.

[LibFreeUSA]

"UPI and their reporter can’t write their way out of a paper bag. Villanueva didn’t serve “terms” in Afghanistan. He served “tours of duty” in that craphole. Politicians are elected to serve “terms”, convicted criminals serve “terms” in prison.."

Alex Butler - UPI

[conservative98]

Save your money.

[lightman]

I’m glad you grew up.

Most of us have a lefist stage...its something that you go through, like the anal stage.

[Eleutheria5]

By the time I hit thirty, I was voting Republican. As for the anal stage, I’m still working on it.

[Eleutheria5]

By the time I hit thirty, I was voting Republican. As for the anal stage, I’m still working on it.

[JBW1949]

I noticed, as a youngster, my dad would get a tear in his eyes whenever the National Anthem was played...He served with Patton’s Third Army in WWII...

I realized why he got this tear when I returned from Vietnam in 1969 because I followed right along with the tears...

The swelling of pride in my chest and the overwhelming feeling of love for the country and flag does things to patriots all....

[GnuThere]

His teammates are total d!cks for letting him stand there by himself.
I hope he asks to be traded to the Cowboys.

[American Quilter]

I ordered a T-shirt. I wonder how many of his teammates secretly regret what they did and wish they’d had his courage and patriotism.

[ammomajor]

Went to West Point football site...no Villanueva jersey available...even checked with whoever was at other end of customer service live chat...so it goes

[dsc]

I know there are better people than that who would love to be reporters. But they can’t get a job, because the people doing the hiring are moral lepers.

[mware]

They have a football jersey with an 82 on it. That was HIS number at Army.

[alstewartfan]

Please trade this great patriot to the Lions, Rooney and Tomlin. We’ll take him!

[StAnDeliver]

Talk about your silver lining. I have no love for the Steelers, but this guy Villanueva is a total patriot, so much so he might just single-handedly save the NFL's ass if Jones et al can get Goodell out of there now.

And it wasn't just that Villanueva looks both sad, and determined, and alone, and yet, clearly not alone!

And he embarrassed his pos community organizer, er, 'coach', and doubly embarrassed a true Hall of Famer in Rottenburger, who should have known better.

Someone make Villanueva an Honorary FReeper. Do we have a certificate or some such? Like a Kentucky Colonel? You know, we really should have something like that, even if it's only one a year, this is the right man as the inaugural member.

[StAnDeliver]

And kudos to that security bro behind Villanueva. This ain’t about Amish, this is about Shitlock & the moral lepers at ESPN and their absolute comrades inside the NFL (a whole silo of ‘vice’-prezs representin’ diversituh).