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NFL will play black national anthem prior to Week 1 games, report says
Fox News ^ | July 2, 2020 | Daniel Canova

Posted on 07/02/2020 6:01:06 PM PDT by AAABEST

The NFL will reportedly play “Lift Ev’ry Voice And Sing,” which is also known as the black national anthem, before every Week 1 NFL game in the 2020 season, according to ESPN.

The decision to play the song comes following the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd, which led to nationwide protests over racial inequality and police brutality.

According to the ESPN report, the song will be played before “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

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To: AAABEST

Can I take a knee in protest because I am deemed racist only because I am White?


41 posted on 07/02/2020 6:20:09 PM PDT by greenishness
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To: Captain Compassion
"Think I’ll take a knee."

Me too!😎


42 posted on 07/02/2020 6:21:32 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: zeestephen

I’m retired. For 30 years prior I was self employed. Do your worse.


43 posted on 07/02/2020 6:21:44 PM PDT by Captain Compassion (I'm just sayin')
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To: AAABEST
I didn't know there was a "black" national anthem.

Me either.

The NFL seems determined to drive away all its fans. I'm gone.

44 posted on 07/02/2020 6:22:02 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: AAABEST
Can’t wait to see the ratings... 🙄
45 posted on 07/02/2020 6:22:04 PM PDT by DJ Frisat ( (optional, printed after my name on post))
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To: AAABEST

Since, I/we will not be watching, we could care less what they play!


46 posted on 07/02/2020 6:24:21 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Preserve the American way of life! All lives Matter, not Only BLACK CRIMINAL LIVES MATTER!!!!)
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To: AAABEST
Can the Not Football League get any more NOT?

Yes.

Week 2: The switch to the new special "pig" skin for kick-offs - the one with the cop face.

Week 3: Spike Lee in the booth.

Week 4: Cheer leaders released. Fear Leaders drafted.

Week 5: Touchdown towels OUT, night time shopping bricks IN.

Week 6: The half time riots.

Week 7: The first week where no teams score a single point - due to the chains on the Throwback jerseys.

Week 8: The shit hits the fans. When a kickoff first lands in the makeshift toilet of the Occupy Endzones mob.

Week 9: The Statue of Liberty play now allows usage of ropes, cable, saws and 47 players on the field.

Week 10: Both fans get the CoVid - on purpose. Games over.

47 posted on 07/02/2020 6:24:43 PM PDT by BuddhaBrown (Path to enlightenment: Four right turns, then go straight until you see the Light!)
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To: AAABEST

The BOOING will be EPIC. They won’t televise it.


48 posted on 07/02/2020 6:25:37 PM PDT by vladimir998 ( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: UnwashedPeasant

That’s exactly what it is. I wonder when BLM will start demanding territory for a black homeland?


49 posted on 07/02/2020 6:27:41 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: AAABEST
This has also been called the black national anthem.

After Hours--Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra (1940)

50 posted on 07/02/2020 6:28:48 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: AAABEST
I can bet that none of these players knew there was a "black" national anthem.

If someone told them "my ding-a-ling" by Chuck Berry was the "black national anthem", they wouldn't be any the wiser.

51 posted on 07/02/2020 6:30:45 PM PDT by PallMal
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To: AAABEST

The Marxists have beaten the NFL and the NFL will lose so much support because of it.


52 posted on 07/02/2020 6:32:00 PM PDT by ICE-FLYER (God bless and keep the United States of America)
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To: AAABEST

Apparently the N in NFL does not stand for National. They get major tax breaks from cities/states because they bring in a good bit of commerce, well at least they did.


53 posted on 07/02/2020 6:32:16 PM PDT by dblshot (I am John Galt.)
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To: AAABEST

What is this “NFL” of which you speak?


54 posted on 07/02/2020 6:32:42 PM PDT by utford
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To: tennmountainman

Why should there be fans in the stadium?


55 posted on 07/02/2020 6:33:35 PM PDT by utford
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To: elcid1970

Re: “We scoffed at the notion that a 13% minority can lord it over an 87% majority.”

Actually, the math is a lot more depressing than that.

European-Americans will dip below 60% in the 2020 Census.

Hispanics will be 19%, and Asians will be 6%.

Since Hispanics and Asians vote 65%-70% Democrat, America’s political future is looking rather grim at the moment.


56 posted on 07/02/2020 6:35:21 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: AAABEST

What black nation is this the anthem of?


57 posted on 07/02/2020 6:35:37 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Diognetes
Do the Antifa/BLM crowd realize that "Lift Every Voice and Sing" is anything but "woke"?

That hymn is in our church's hymnal. The first time I heard it, I thought it was inspired by World War I, and I still think about WWI whenever we sing it..

58 posted on 07/02/2020 6:36:42 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: AAABEST

“I didn’t know there was a “black” national anthem.”

I thought it was All That Chazz!


59 posted on 07/02/2020 6:39:42 PM PDT by Batman11 ( The USA is not an ATM!)
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To: AAABEST
FU

NFL!

(Just practicing from when the first NFL player chooses to kneel before his Marxist minders and to dishonor himself and to display publicly his hatred for the wonderful Country that made him a millionaire.

At this point, I'll exit NFL viewership forever, and work to boycott and help other Americans boycott every (EVERY) single NFL advertiser.)

.

The BIG NFL BOYCOTT will make history.

.

60 posted on 07/02/2020 6:41:19 PM PDT by Seaplaner
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