Posted on 10/13/2017 6:19:17 PM PDT by mtrott
The NFL said on Friday it has no plans to mandate players stand for the U.S. national anthem, but will rather present a possible solution on how to end the controversial protests when it meets with team owners next week. Jacksonville Jaguars players kneel before the national anthem before their NFL football game against the New York Jets in East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S. October 1, 2017. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Commissioner Roger Goodell, along with the head of the NFL Players Association, will meet with the owners from Oct. 17-18 in New York where the issue of player protests during the U.S. national anthem is expected to command much attention.
“(Goodell) has a plan that he is going to present to owners about how to use our platform to both raise awareness and make progress on issues of social justice and equality in this country,” NFL spokesman Joe Lockhart said on a conference call.
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They want to pretend that the reasons young black men come in contact with the police is solely because the police are racist and are "oppressing" them, which is nonsense.
Acronyms spoil all the fun.
The Not For Long said on Friday...
Fixed it.
>>NFL not seeking mandate for players to stand during anthem<<
A more accurate headline would be:
“NFL enters into suicide pact with players/owners”
Say goodnight, Irene.
Screw the NFL. Not gonna watch. College football until they stop standing up for America. Don’t think that will be a problem in the SEC.... But don’t know about Mizlo.
They just don’t understand that fans aren’t interested in being put on guilt trips by poorly informed multi-millionaire sports figures.
People don’t pay to go to movies, concerts and sports arenas to be lectured or watch political demonstrations.
Just look at all those Chickens! Chickens that go ‘Bock, bock, bock! as they run around in circles, afraid of all the little dung beetles.
Colleges are the factories turning out these air-headed libtard NFL players.
Boycott them too.
NFL: Negros, Felons, and Liberals.
I don’t care if they’re rolling around on the grass braying like a bunch of jackasses - oh, wait, they do. Never mind.
“The NFL said on Friday it has no plans to mandate players stand for the U.S. national anthem, but will rather present a possible solution on how to end the controversial protests”
Any “solution” that doesn’t unconditionally result in these pampered, overpaid thugs standing silently and reverently with hands moved hearts is not a solution, but a capitulation.
By Superbowl time the NFL will want a mandate to force businesses to buy Superbowl advertising.
It is a free market capitalist system we have here in the usa, right?
“Any “solution” that doesn’t unconditionally result in these pampered, overpaid thugs standing silently and reverently with hands moved hearts is not a solution, but a capitulation”.
Sorry, but that doesn’t work, either. They might stand there but they would not be sincere and certainly not reverently.
They spoiled NFL football and nothing will bring it back.
Dear Roger,
While you were dithering we’ve moved on. Sorry.
Say “Hey!” to Mama an’ ‘em.
Love,
White middle class former NFL fans.
>>They just don’t understand that fans aren’t interested in being put on guilt trips by poorly informed multi-millionaire sports figures.
People don’t pay to go to movies, concerts and sports arenas to be lectured or watch political demonstrations.<<
True, and true. But, the problem is that a very large percentage of NFL fans are such selfishly addicted spectators that they will choose to block out all the BS and pretend that it’s meaningless. The ones who live long enough are going to find out otherwise.
I don’t care if they stand or not. I already know how they feel and I already know how I feel.
I’m done with the NFL regardless of outcome or changes.
Well put.
Go Sooners!
“Any “solution” that doesn’t unconditionally result in these pampered, overpaid thugs standing silently and reverently with hands moved hearts is not a solution, but a capitulation.”
Even if they do that, many will be faking it. That’s why it doesn’t matter what they do now. Everyone knows how they really feel.
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