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Report: NFL To Bankroll ‘Social Activism Boot Camp’ For Pro Athletes
Daily Caller ^ | 10/16/17 | Peter Hasson

Posted on 10/16/2017 7:28:51 PM PDT by markomalley

The NFL is going to bankroll a “social activism boot camp” for professional athletes in February, according to a new report.

“The league has agreed to finance a social activism boot camp at Morehouse College in February,” ESPN’s Jim Trotter reported on Monday.

The boot camp will reportedly take place over two days and will include professional athletes from other leagues besides the NFL. “And then, the organizers of that curriculum will work with the players throughout the year to try and teach them to get their message out and be most effective with it,” Trotter added.

The NFL has also reportedly agreed to back criminal justice reform legislation recently introduced by a bipartisan group of senators.

The NFL’s reported moves follows players lobbying the league for more support for their political activism. Recent surveys have found that Americans want professional athletes to keep their political activism off the field.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: indoctrination; reeducationcamps
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The NFL needs to die. They're doing a good job:

Miami:

Atlanta:

San Francisco:

Jacksonville:

Baltimore:

Houston:


1 posted on 10/16/2017 7:28:51 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Truly pathetic.


2 posted on 10/16/2017 7:30:08 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: markomalley

Just like Jane Fonda used to do for actors and actresses in Hollywood. How generous!


3 posted on 10/16/2017 7:32:20 PM PDT by Interesting Times (WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
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To: markomalley

Oooofah...


4 posted on 10/16/2017 7:32:51 PM PDT by gathersnomoss
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To: markomalley

Actions have consequences


5 posted on 10/16/2017 7:33:25 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Wow.

We will fund leftists training camps on how to take down the United States.

Right...

That will make the fans happy!


6 posted on 10/16/2017 7:33:44 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: markomalley

Spreading treason.


7 posted on 10/16/2017 7:33:55 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: markomalley
(Voice of John Facenda if he were still alive today)

"In the autumn winds comes a liberal. Liberals who believe that athletes should virtue signal and disrespect the flag and national anthem."

(Background trumpets and music playing while NFL players kneel)

8 posted on 10/16/2017 7:34:32 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (We're right, you're wrong - that's the end of the argument.)
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To: markomalley

This horsesh*t should make the fans happy.


9 posted on 10/16/2017 7:37:15 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Has Sheila JACKSON LEE changed her name yet?)
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To: markomalley

Indoctrination camps in sports’ leagues now.

Oh boy.


10 posted on 10/16/2017 7:38:45 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff
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To: markomalley

This must be a woman’s idea backed up by Josephine Lockhart. Lol


11 posted on 10/16/2017 7:39:31 PM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: Interesting Times

FTC

Well, it will be the first time most of those athletes’ lives where they have been in an educational setting where they actually paid attention.

“blame whitey, blame america, take whitey’s money, blame whitey, blame america, take whitey’s money...”


12 posted on 10/16/2017 7:39:52 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

The NFL are tone deaf morons.


13 posted on 10/16/2017 7:41:40 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("You can't fix America without pissing off the people who broke it".....Bill Mitchell)
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To: markomalley
The NFL seems to agree there is freedom-of-speech within their stadia workplaces. It seems to me once they acknowledge FoS pertains, the league and its constituent teams are unable to cull for message. I would LOVE for fans who continue to go, to take along cloth placards voicing their own speech causes - maybe coordinated ones spanning several sections.

If the fan opinions were to ridicule kneeling players, tough stuff. If fan placards insulted sponsor business practices, tough stuff. And once the league cracked down on fan political opinions, I think it would be tough to find a sympathetic jury for the league in any likely resulting FoS lawsuit.

14 posted on 10/16/2017 7:43:20 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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To: markomalley

NFL needs to re-name their teams to comport with their all out leftist agenda.

Miami Marxists. Cincinnati communitarians. SF Satinists.


15 posted on 10/16/2017 7:44:05 PM PDT by grumpygresh (When will Soros be brought to justice? Crush the vermin, crush the Left.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

Training Camps....
On how to be a Loser?


16 posted on 10/16/2017 7:46:05 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: markomalley

Dayum. When are they going to start planting dummies in those empty seats?


17 posted on 10/16/2017 7:46:33 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Screw The NFL!!!!!! My family fought for the flag!)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks markomalley.
...at Morehouse College in February... over two days and will include professional athletes from other leagues besides the NFL.
And, I'm now all done with the NFL.
18 posted on 10/16/2017 7:46:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: markomalley
Mark, that looks like Nashville, not Miami, in the first pic. Look at the midfield logo and the Titans logo on the wall beyond the sideline

ff

19 posted on 10/16/2017 7:48:19 PM PDT by foreverfree
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To: grumpygresh

The Westboro Baptist Cowboys.


20 posted on 10/16/2017 7:49:11 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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