Posted on 10/23/2017 2:26:00 AM PDT by markomalley
An American flag in the shape of the U.S. was unveiled Sunday ahead of the San Francisco 49ers game against the Dallas Cowboys, the latest response to a controversy that has embroiled the entire NFL over how teams respond to protests during the national anthem.
The flag was unveiled at the San Francisco 49ers Levi's Stadium.
Some 49ers players kneeled during the national anthem, according to multiple reports.
All of the players on the Dallas Cowboys stood for the anthem, according to the Dallas Morning News. David Irving raised his fist at the end of the anthem.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has threatened to bench any players who are "disrespectful to the flag."
During a game last weekend, seven 49ers players knelt during the anthem.
The team has been at the forefront of the controversy over players who kneel during the anthem. Former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the anthem last season to protest racial inequality.
President Trump last week urged supporters to sign a petition in support of standing during the national anthem.
"The president has asked for a list of supporters who stand for the national anthem. Add your name below to show your patriotism and support," says the petition by the Trump Make America Great Again Committee, a fundraising group.
The petition came days after NFL team owners, executives and players met in New York, where they decided that the league would not implement a rule forcing players to stand for "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Some 49ers players kneeled during the national anthem, according to multiple reports.
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And they haven’t won a game all year.
Is David Irving still on the team?
Thought so.
Watch that the owners do, not what they say.
Boycott on!
Let’s put “racial inequality” in quotes since most don’t agree with the brainwashed idiot and his radicalized Muslim mentor
Before teams start to file for bankruptcy the NFL will take desperate moves to reverse the damage they have allowed these African half-wits to create.
Whatever they do to save their own butts will reek of false sincerity and fake patriotism.
They might even resort to requiring an American flag arm patch be worn by all players.
that wasn’t a flag. a flag is rectangle.
the 49ers are trying to pretend they love America. BS.
Is the other side the rainbow stripes?
The nfl is jumping the shark....people are seeing through the hyped up veneer of a childs game pumped up to get as many viewers and suckers to buy its advertisers products. I loved the game...it used to be a great physical and mental challenge before unlimited substitution but nowhere as tough as being a soldier or policeman in harms way.
The Flag was cut into a shape.
Isn’t that defacing the Flag? Isn’t that illegal?
San Francisco is still a PERFECT 0-7 record - no wins, no ties, and all losses for the games.
Maybe they should move to Bejing and became the Bejing Pandas.
Ha! Ha! Ha!
And how do we know they are not going out of they’re way to be 0-7?
The NFL rule book already states that players are supposed to stand during the national anthem.
I guess the owners and players have never read it.
I'm a black man who loves this country. Am I an African too?
No, Sir and thank you for calling this out.
EVERY DAY THEY PLAY IS BOYCOTT DAY! IN THIS MAN'S 20 YR CAREER NAVY RET. SCPO HOUSE. AND HUBBY IS A SPORTS NUT, BUT COUNTRY IS FIRST!
NATIONAL VETERAN'S DAY NFL BOYCOTT
NATIONAL VETERAN'S DAY NFL BOYCOTT
Maybe it’s the moderators or maybe it’s the posters, but FR sure seems to be infected by racists and anti-semites these days.
This type of division is exactly what the leftists desire. These idiots play right into their hands. At least with bigots, you know where they stand. All I can say is they’re not the majority. Conservatives value character over characteristics.
Do you hate whitey?
YOU ARE AN AMERICAN! I DON’T CARE WHAT COLOR YOUR SKIN IS I’D BE PROUD TO CALL YOU FRIEND. My Italian AMERICAN BORN dad who fought 5 major battles under Gen Mac Arthur in WW 2, was called a Whop, SPIC, and worse. Hate to think what my Scot, German, French, English, ancestors were called. The Scots called my English ancestors Sasanachs, as a means to demean them. The French were called Frogs. The tad of Cherokee to small to count, I’d be called a Squaw. WE ARE AMERICANS my Friend, regardless of skin color.
Time to stop using prefixes and just say we ARE AMERICANS! Regardless of the color of our skins or what our ancestry is What will my 3 Bi-Racial Great Grands be called? I just proudly call them mine!
GOD doesn’t care what your skin color is, just what is in your heart.
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” (Edmund Burke)
We are letting evil satan lovers tell us what we should do. REJECT IT.
Tacky.
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