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Steelers' Alejandro Villanueva has top-selling jersey after standing for anthem
UPI ^ | 09/25/2017 | Alex Butler

Posted on 09/25/2017 11:44:20 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Left tackle Alejandro Villanueva surprised his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates Sunday when he stood in the tunnel for the national anthem at Soldier Field.

Several Steelers players told ESPN that they expected the entire team to stay in the locker room -- as planned -- for the pregame song.

But the former Army Ranger decided to walk out of the locker room and stand in the tunnel with his hand over his chest during the rendition. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin stood on his team's sideline during the song, without his team behind him.

Villanueva served multiple terms in Afghanistan.

His jersey has skyrocketed in sales since he took his stance on Sunday. His jersey sales trailed just Marshawn Lynch, Derek Carr, Carson Wentz, Antonio Brown and Aaron Rodgers as of 7:45 p.m. on Fanatics.com. according to 247 Sports.

His jersey was the top seller of any player as of Monday afternoon.

A spokesman for Fanatics told ESPN that Villanueva has been the most popular player in the NFL, when it comes to merchandise sales on the site, for the last 24 hours.

Tomlin revealed that his team would not participate in the national anthem on the field in an interview before the game.

(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; alejandrovillanueva; anthem; football; nfl; pittsburgh; searchworks; sports; steelers; thankyou
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To: SkyDancer
Gonna get one.

That was my first thought too until I realized that both the NFL and the Steelers will be the ultimate profiteers of the purchase...........Villanueva won't see a dime.

41 posted on 09/25/2017 3:42:59 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: Hot Tabasco

Yeah, pulled my order.


42 posted on 09/25/2017 3:49:36 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator)
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To: alstewartfan
Please trade this great patriot to the Lions, Rooney and Tomlin. We’ll take him!

To play with a team that has been crap for the past 40 years and another group of idiots who chose to take a knee yesterday?

My advice to him would be to leave football and take advantage of his college degree and join a company that would appreciate him for his military and academy education........

43 posted on 09/25/2017 3:49:46 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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To: SeekAndFind

Good man.


44 posted on 09/25/2017 3:59:56 PM PDT by wastedyears (Anime is real.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Don’t buy it.

It’s giving the NFL money.

Good for him, but I’m not giving them a dollar. Ever again.

They are corrupt communist leftist scum.


45 posted on 09/25/2017 4:14:22 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: SkyDancer

You buy this jersey, the NFL gets money.


46 posted on 09/25/2017 4:14:55 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Except that he folded like a cheap jersey. Not too late to cancel the order or return unopened and ask for your money back.


47 posted on 09/25/2017 4:16:16 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We Fix America)
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To: FreedomStar3028

Ya, was told that so I pulled my order.


48 posted on 09/25/2017 4:34:11 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator)
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To: Pride in the USA

So awesome. I love this guy.


49 posted on 09/25/2017 5:15:57 PM PDT by lonevoice (diagonally parked in a parallel universe)
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To: Hot Tabasco

At least I would be proud to root for someone on my perennially losing team. And it’s 50+ years of futility, not 40.


50 posted on 09/25/2017 5:29:26 PM PDT by alstewartfan (We have no money but we stay afloat. The Jellyfishes don't scare us. Al Stewart from Red Toupee)
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To: lonevoice

unfortunately he has “ apologized” for embarrassing his team etc....who the F got to him??!!! Such awful news !!!


51 posted on 09/25/2017 5:44:46 PM PDT by R.I.chopper
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To: R.I.chopper; All

Dennis Miller on this:

Watching Villanueva try to make nice is like watching Cool Hand Luke dive into the marsh for the turtle. Hope there’s an Act 3 where he scoops the Walkin’ Boss’s truck keys.


52 posted on 09/25/2017 7:01:53 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: R.I.chopper
unfortunately he has “ apologized” for embarrassing his team etc....who the F got to him??!!! Such awful news !!!

His black racist coach and his black racist team mates.


53 posted on 09/26/2017 2:59:10 AM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: SeekAndFind

I love this guy!


54 posted on 09/26/2017 10:13:06 AM PDT by miserare ( Hillary--you lost! Get over it!!)
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To: T-Bird45

Well said!


55 posted on 09/26/2017 10:15:00 AM PDT by miserare ( Hillary--you lost! Get over it!!)
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To: miserare

He apologized for doing it saying he was embarrassed.

He wasn’t embarrassed for his Teammates, which is what I hoped he meant, he caved. Must be his White Privilege.


56 posted on 09/26/2017 10:18:07 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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To: Kickass Conservative
He wasn’t embarrassed for his Teammates, which is what I hoped he meant, he caved. Must be his White Privilege.

You mean White Hispanic Privilege.

57 posted on 09/26/2017 10:19:00 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: LibFreeUSA

You’ll never see this fairy in a US military uniform. Yet he gets all his first amendment rights from the blood, sweat, and tears of guys like Villanueva.


58 posted on 09/26/2017 10:19:07 AM PDT by miserare ( Hillary--you lost! Get over it!!)
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To: dfwgator

Just another George Zimmerman.


59 posted on 09/26/2017 10:25:50 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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To: SeekAndFind

I say: “If they take a knee, give’em the FINGER!!”


60 posted on 09/26/2017 12:02:24 PM PDT by 2harddrive
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