NFL not seeking mandate for players to stand during anthem

Reuters ^ | 10/12/2017 | Frank Pingue

[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.

[laplata]

“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”.

BINGO!

[A_Former_Democrat]

Roger Goodell should send FatHarv Weinstein a thank you note

Or the twin sister of his blow up doll

[Sicon]

Is it even possible to quadruple down on stupid? Apparently, it is.

[Jarhead9297]

Exactly right! I don’t want them forced to stand. I want them to stand because they feel it and it’s real

[libertylover]

I wonder if Jerry Jones will stick to his guns.

[tennmountainman]

The NFL plans to buy them off.

[MtnClimber]

This is a leftist effort to co opt ignorant players to destroy their employers. All a part of destroying western civilization bit by bit.Very Saul Alinsky and part of the never ending work to start a race war and a gender war. And now gender identity wars.

[dr_lew]

Exactly again. There’s nothing to be done.

[gunsequalfreedom]

They have already lost their patriotic fans and not likely to get them back. Taking any action to respect the flag would risk fans that remain supportive.

[BobL]

So the idea is to TRICK white fans into thinking they’re not being lectured at by the NFL...while at the same time to TRICK ‘minority’ fans (the few they have) into thinking that Whitey is being lectured at.

...let’s see how that goes.

[Seruzawa]

Seruzawa not seeking to watch any more games.

[kingu]

We don’t believe Trump won, but we’re going to do everything in our power to ensure Trump wins.

Too little, too late, and honestly, I couldn’t be bothered to watch the Superbowl last year to see the commercials (a yearly thing for me up until last year) and I honestly can’t see much reason to do it this year either.

[Enchante]

"how to use our platform"

Damn these scumbags! Your "platform" is to play a sport for the entertainment of paying fans. Your "platform" was not created for you to badger and berate those fans with your left-wing SJW agenda. If you NFL clowns think all of the millions of fans will stick around to be demeaned, insulted, and treated with anti-American hostility, you have a BIG LESSON coming fast.

[Pining_4_TX]

Boomer! Sooner! Beat Texas! (Still a fan in spite of what happened last week.)

[cherry]

if they let it go this far, they should just continue...

I don't care anymore about them...

I just don't ever want them showing anymore half time full flag marching band farces....

let them go to hell...

[Pining_4_TX]

The whole thing is based on lies. All these morons should be forced to read Heather McDonald’s books about blacks and the police. A cop is much more likely to be shot by a black man than a black is to be shot by police.

And it is NOT a 1st Amendment issue! Nobody has freedom of speech to say whatever they want on the job. How long would somebody last if he showed up in a KKK shirt to work his shift at a major chain restaurant and then started spouting his opinions on race? People in this country are so poorly educated that they haven’t a clue what a right is and what that means in practice.

[laplata]

Win some, lose some. It’s more enjoyable than pro ball.

[EliRoom8]

Wonderful!!! The war rages and the NFL collapse is certain.

[trebb]

Sorry NFL - only way I will ever watch again is if you mandate they stand and act respectful, show every swinging d!@k on the screen, and any who aren’t on the screen don’t end up on the bench/field after the fact.

[GailA]

WILL AMERICANS CUT THE FAKE NEWS/NFL CABLE CORD?
America Fights Back: Record Number of Patriotic Cord-Cutters Tumble TV Stocks
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/10/13/america-fights-back-record-number-patriotic-cord-cutters-tumble-tv-stocks/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=daily&utm_content=links&utm_campaign=20171013

Sheriff David Clarke on National Anthem Protests: ‘They Get Paid to Play Football, Not to Protest’
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2017/10/13/sheriff-david-clarke-on-national-anthem-protests-they-get-paid-to-play-football-not-to-protest/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=daily&utm_content=links&utm_campaign=20171013

WE LIED WE JUST BLACKED OUT THE ANTHEM, SO YOU WOULD NOT SEE THE PROTEST, AND HALF EMPTY STANDS.
CBS Does Not Air Anthem Protests But TNF Ratings Nevertheless Slide from Last Week 5% FOR EAGLES/PANTHER’S GAME
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017/10/13/cbs-not-air-anthem-protests-tnf-ratings-nevertheless-slide-last-week/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=daily&utm_content=links&utm_campaign=20171013W