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Sharks player could bring anthem protests to NHL
NY Post ^ | September 27, 2017

Posted on 09/27/2017 9:11:25 AM PDT by maggief

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sharks forward Joel Ward tells The Mercury News he might take a knee during the national anthem at an upcoming game, becoming the first NHL player to join the protests that started in the NFL and drew criticism from President Donald Trump.

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To: maggief

Clarity is your friend.


21 posted on 09/27/2017 9:24:53 AM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: pnz1

Hits and fights are still expected in the NHL, good luck with that Joey...

22 posted on 09/27/2017 9:26:19 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: maggief

he’ll be fired


23 posted on 09/27/2017 9:28:48 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: maggief

Oh, really? Will the protest O Canada?


24 posted on 09/27/2017 9:30:12 AM PDT by Antoninus ("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
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To: maggief

Someone should have a talk with this “player”.


25 posted on 09/27/2017 9:31:11 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Islam delenda est.)
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To: maggief

Canadian media and the Canadians I hear (sports talk and the like) tell a story about how wonderful Canada is and America is evil. So I’d be surprised if he knelt for “O Canada”.


26 posted on 09/27/2017 9:32:29 AM PDT by Varda
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To: mrsmel

I think the end result is that they will ultimately be famous for throwing away their fortunes.

Decades from now they will be mocked even in the nursing home or hospice when people find out who they were and remember how much they squandered.


27 posted on 09/27/2017 9:34:20 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: maggief
The NHL has a choice: Their league can die too, or one player's career can die. Let's see if they choose wisely. As for the NFL Commissioner:


28 posted on 09/27/2017 9:37:24 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: robroys woman

> This is getting comical. <

More like a tragicomedy , but yeah, you’re right. I wonder what’s next. Maybe pro golfers will start taking the knee. Then those beach volleyball girls.

At that point, athletes should just go ahead and protest anything that bothers them. Too much salt in soups. The speed limit in Idaho. Clouds that are not fluffy enough. Go for it!
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29 posted on 09/27/2017 9:38:22 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: maggief

Do it.

Go ahead and end all professional sports in America.

Do college to.

Knock yourselves out.


30 posted on 09/27/2017 9:38:30 AM PDT by chris37 (Mr. Kraft, fvck the NFL, fvck the New England Patriots, fvck football, and fvck you.)
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To: littleharbour
Might be a high stick in this guy’s future. Accidental of course.

I'm not a hockey fan, but I assume a "high stick" means he'll be singing the National Anthem . . . as a soprano.

31 posted on 09/27/2017 9:38:46 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Snickering Hound

32 posted on 09/27/2017 9:39:53 AM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

I swear... If I was in the arena and this puke did that, I would pick up my popcorn and drink and walk straight out the door booing loudly all the way.... and encouraging everyone else to do exactly the same thing. The only way this is going to end is if everyone stands up and screams “enough!” and takes action in a way that absolutely can’t be ignored.


33 posted on 09/27/2017 9:40:21 AM PDT by hecticskeptic
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To: maggief

Ohhh me too me too!! I am suddenly a social justice whore when the cameras are on MEEEE.


34 posted on 09/27/2017 9:41:03 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: Leaning Right
Don't leave White House interns out of it. One of them started this fad twenty years ago.


35 posted on 09/27/2017 9:41:21 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: maggief
Parents immigrants to Canada from the Barbados. As an immigrant to Canada myself I would advise self righteous Joel.

Mind your own business.

S'nuffin to do wit chou.

36 posted on 09/27/2017 9:42:47 AM PDT by Peter Libra
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To: littleharbour

A high stick...and a check...and a trip...and definitely some “unnecessary roughness”.


37 posted on 09/27/2017 9:43:11 AM PDT by hoagy62 ("It's not the whole world gone Imad. Just the people in it." Oh start)
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To: maggief

Damit , there goes my last sport to watch. I guess I will have to keep my eye on the Washington ball .


38 posted on 09/27/2017 9:44:16 AM PDT by spincaster (Spincaster)
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To: spincaster

I was going to suggest perhaps high diving, but then I remembered how the sodomites injected themselves (so to speak) into that.


39 posted on 09/27/2017 9:55:02 AM PDT by mrsmel (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: maggief

Sports are nothing but a distraction ,so the masses don’t pay attention to what the Government is doing too them.


40 posted on 09/27/2017 9:58:16 AM PDT by spincaster (Spincaster)
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