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Cowboys players plan anthem protest over Trump’s comments
Star-Telegram ^ | September 25, 2017 | Clarence E. Hill Jr.

Posted on 09/25/2017 2:58:01 PM PDT by monkapotamus

The Dallas Cowboys plan to protest during the national anthem before Monday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals, per multiple sources.

Nothing has been firmed up and they will likely come to some decision in the locker room. It may not be a coordinated effort. It may just be a few individuals.

One player said, “We have to do something.”

Said another, “It’s not going to be business as usual. He crossed a line. Something will be done...” 

The majority of the NFL’s owners and/or teams issued statements in response to Trump’s comments over the weekend.

The Cowboys and owner Jerry Jones have yet to do so...

Garrett, however, has made it clear that he likes how his team has stood for the anthem.

That stance may change Monday night.

(Excerpt) Read more at star-telegram.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: cowboys; cowboystakeaknee; dallascowboys; jerryjones; mnf; nfl; nflprotest
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To: monkapotamus

They just don’t get it, do they?


41 posted on 09/25/2017 3:19:04 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: PJBankard

That is something that would get me to watch a ballgame.

Streaming reruns would be better. I wouldn’t want to break my long time pattern of not watching sports.


42 posted on 09/25/2017 3:19:31 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: monkapotamus

It’s so much better for America to destroy itself over drummed up fake racist crap coming out of the NFL than let everyone know how the Clinton’s enabled North Korea to obtain THERMONUCLEAR ICBMs that will probably remove American cities from the face of the earth.


43 posted on 09/25/2017 3:19:33 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Jerusalem is the city of The Great King!)
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To: monkapotamus

I had hoped that there would be at least one team that wasn’t made up of anti-American homos, but the infection/STD (SportsTardedDemoncrapitis) seems to have spread too far.


44 posted on 09/25/2017 3:20:16 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We Fix America)
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To: NJRighty

Wasn’t it just last year that black lives matter killed 5 Dallas cops and the Cowboys wanted to put a sticker commemorating those officers and the nfl refused?
Sounds like the players need to look beyond words and stand for respect for what is RIGHT.


45 posted on 09/25/2017 3:21:53 PM PDT by princess leah
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To: monkapotamus

Let the worm turn.


46 posted on 09/25/2017 3:22:42 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: monkapotamus
Hundreds of players, coaches and even owners from nearly every team in the NFL offered some sort of silent protest on Sunday after President Donald Trump slammed players for protesting against social injustice and racism during the national anthem.

No left wing bias there, huh? They were not protesting "social injustice and racism". They are just America-hating leftists.

47 posted on 09/25/2017 3:23:13 PM PDT by NJRighty ("It's sick out there and getting sicker" - Bob Grant)
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To: monkapotamus

Fire anyone that “does something”.


48 posted on 09/25/2017 3:24:26 PM PDT by setha (It is past time for the United States to take back what the world took away.)
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To: monkapotamus
One player said, “We have to do something.” Here's a suggestion . . how bout standing at sincere attention, with your hand over your heart and sing to the best of your ability The Star Spangled Banner? Said another, “It’s not going to be business as usual. He crossed a line. Something will be done...”  Yes, Kaepernick did. So nice to see you callin out a traitorous "Brotha"
49 posted on 09/25/2017 3:26:30 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("I am SpartaLee" Hey, NFL, why didn't you any of you bold guys hire Kaepernick? #GoodbyeGoodell)
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To: dragnet2
They can all stand in the locker room and sing the North Korean national anthem for all I care.

To assist the players in this, here is the North Korean national anthem

50 posted on 09/25/2017 3:26:46 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: hadaclueonce

If JJ really never said what has been reported.....over and over......why did he take until hours before the game to dispute it? Probably because that puke, Dez, is going to disrespect the country & there is no way JJ will call him on it. Much less fire him!


51 posted on 09/25/2017 3:26:53 PM PDT by Jrabbit
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To: dfwgator

The F in NFL stands for Felon’.


52 posted on 09/25/2017 3:27:24 PM PDT by beergarden
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To: monkapotamus

53 posted on 09/25/2017 3:28:15 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: NJRighty

Yeah, Kaepernick has been photographed wearing a pro Castro T Shirt

So that isn’t about “social injustic and ‘racism””

It’s about a hate America, racist Communist

So stick, brainwashed MFers


54 posted on 09/25/2017 3:29:09 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("I am SpartaLee" Hey, NFL, why didn't you any of you bold guys hire Kaepernick? #GoodbyeGoodell)
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To: monkapotamus

What a bunch of ‘prima donnas’. And some say don’t mess with Texas.. hahaha.


55 posted on 09/25/2017 3:29:12 PM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: setha

This is the NFL that charges ad time to the US Army for half time shows.
Naah, I am taking a knee by not watching.
They killed the golden goose.


56 posted on 09/25/2017 3:30:09 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (This time I am Deplorable)
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To: monkapotamus

Let’s just see what Texans do when this happens. What’s more important, their nation or that damn corporate welfare recipient that employs otherwise useless jugheads and hoodrats.

If they sit in those seats and watch the game like a bunch of dopes, then they deserve to have these people do whatever they want in front of them.


57 posted on 09/25/2017 3:30:14 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: henkster

“Trump has also flushed them out for what they really are.”

That’s right. We’ve got names and faces now. No longer just a cretinous, hateful blob of humanity.


58 posted on 09/25/2017 3:30:46 PM PDT by moovova
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To: monkapotamus

I thought Jones said he wasn’t going to have that. Sadly, he’ll cave and pander to his team of thugs. Landry would have personally kicked each one’s butt out of the stadium.

When the kids were little, they’d hear cheering and come running in to yell, “Cowboys!” and run back out to play. Those days are long past in more than one way.


59 posted on 09/25/2017 3:31:50 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: moovova
I was going to watch to Honor Jerry Jones

Glad I saw this before I did

60 posted on 09/25/2017 3:32:19 PM PDT by scooby321 (o even lower)
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