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NFL owners to consider rule change that would require players to stand for national anthem: Report
CNBC ^ | October 10, 2017 | Christine Wang

Posted on 10/10/2017 9:26:19 AM PDT by monkapotamus

The owners of the NFL are reportedly considering a rule change that would make it mandatory for players to stand during the national anthem.

A league spokesman said that the owners would discuss the potential change during a meeting next week, Dow Jones reported...

In September, the president renewed discussion about the protests when he urged owners to "fire" the "son of a bitch" who kneels during the anthem.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anthem; boycottnfl; chatforum; football; nationalanthem; nfl; nflprotest; nflrules; nofansleft; sports
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To: B.O. Plenty
"I bet every player contract contains a clause ..."

You know, like a sanity clause ...


21 posted on 10/10/2017 9:43:17 AM PDT by BlueLancer (ANTIFA - The new and improved SturmAbteilung)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
That's definitely a possibility.

But at the rate they're going, they are going to be dealing with a LOWER salary cap after the next round of TV contracts is negotiated.

22 posted on 10/10/2017 9:44:30 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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To: monkapotamus

The owners are surely pushing this ... they are already feeling the hit in their pocketbook.


23 posted on 10/10/2017 9:45:24 AM PDT by dartuser
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

I think you’re wrong. I think they just have a chip on their shoulders.


24 posted on 10/10/2017 9:45:25 AM PDT by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
I still think there’s an ulterior motive to these anthem tantrums, that being the players wants some type of concession to behave.

I bet they want the police to leave them alone in their domestic situations.

25 posted on 10/10/2017 9:46:31 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: monkapotamus

The NFL is the new millennium’s version of the Dixie Chicks. They will eventually recover but they will never be as popular and as profitable as they were before they doubled down on stupid.


26 posted on 10/10/2017 9:48:07 AM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: ealgeone

I was thinking their cry baby acts were more of a bargaining chip come contract time but that could also be in play.


27 posted on 10/10/2017 9:48:49 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: monkapotamus
TO consider ?

What ?

Holding out for maybe a better option ?

More money ?

Maybe it'll all go away ?


What's an NFL anyway ?

28 posted on 10/10/2017 9:48:53 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: monkapotamus

Duh !!! Is there an adult owner in the room ? They work for the owners ,,, they’re employees , have them protest on their own time away from the sport . Duh!!!


29 posted on 10/10/2017 9:49:24 AM PDT by Lionheartusa1 ()-: There is nothing democratic about the democrat party :-()
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To: monkapotamus
Proving that.....it's all about money.

Take the losses out of their pay.

30 posted on 10/10/2017 9:49:27 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: monkapotamus

When the League finds a cure for all forms of cancer I’ll come back.


31 posted on 10/10/2017 9:52:32 AM PDT by Portcall24
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To: Lexington Green

[I’ll believe the players who enlist in the US military.]

Two year mandatory enlistment in the armed services should be required and would bring about a more disciplined NFL. :)


32 posted on 10/10/2017 9:54:36 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: monkapotamus

The real shame of this is you have to write a rule forcing Americans to stand for its own National Anthem!


33 posted on 10/10/2017 9:56:08 AM PDT by Yorlik803
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To: Flick Lives

How about:

Create a new league called the UNFL (the Un-National Football League) for “the disenfranchised”.

Then let the NFL bar all documented insulters of the Nation and also prohibit its teams any official interaction with the UNFL.


34 posted on 10/10/2017 9:57:05 AM PDT by Repent and Believe (The Son of Man, when He cometh, shall He find, think you, faith on earth? Jesus Christ (Luke 18:8))
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To: BlueLancer
You know, like a sanity clause ...

"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! You can't fool me. There ain't no Santy Claus!"

35 posted on 10/10/2017 9:58:00 AM PDT by Jonah Hex
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To: monkapotamus

You gonna include owners too?

Too late. FUNFL


36 posted on 10/10/2017 9:58:09 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: Genoa
It’s not enough just to make them stand, but stand properly at attention with hand on heart and eyes on flag. And no protest antics before or after.

Exactly.

He's parsing words - says they'll have to 'stand' but NO mention of hand on heart etc.

They 'stood" once before. and linked arms. That would be another slap in the face - thinking they could do just enough to make it ok -but not REALLY the right way. I pray that the people who have stopped watching - do it long enough to break the habit. After a few weeks, they'll find there's a lot of other things to do with time.

37 posted on 10/10/2017 9:58:45 AM PDT by maine-iac7 ( Christian is as Christian does mt-h)
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To: monkapotamus

So now the owner’s oppose the first amendment? Didn’t they all tell us how proud they were of their players exercising their first amendment right?


38 posted on 10/10/2017 10:01:40 AM PDT by Yogafist
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To: Mad Dawgg

“The NFL is the new millennium’s version of the Dixie Chicks. They will eventually recover but they will never be as popular and as profitable as they were before they doubled down on stupid.”

Too late. Destroyed their own brand. Owners were pathetic sniveling whimps.

Trump had to come to their rescue!


39 posted on 10/10/2017 10:01:54 AM PDT by blackberry1
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

If they were they backfired big time.


40 posted on 10/10/2017 10:03:21 AM PDT by ealgeone
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