Posted on 09/23/2017 5:33:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
President Donald Trump's comments on Friday in Alabama that NFL teams should cut any player who protests during the national anthem left a bad taste in the mouths of many players, and it turns out multiple ownership groups took issue with his speech as well.
"Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a b---- off the field right now," Trump said to a cheering crowd in Huntsville. "Out. He's fired. He's fired."
Commissioner Roger Goodell called out the president for his remarks, and players from Richard Sherman to LeSean McCoy and more shared their responses on Twitter. But they weren't alone in criticizing the president for his comments.
Giants owners John Mara and Steve Tisch released a statement Saturday:
"Comments like we heard last night from the president are inappropriate, offensive and divisive. We are proud of our players, the vast majority of whom use their NFL platform to make a positive difference in our society."(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at cbssports.com ...
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No one cares except Mark LaMont the racist Hill
You would’ve thought by now the lefatrds would’ve figured out they can’t take on the Donald and not bleed.
He keeps baiting them and they keep swallowing the hook.
Love it.
Hey! Team Owners:
DON’T BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU!
total idiots they are.
Yet another reason to hate the Packers.
I wonder if the democrats will take the bait also.
The NFL is apparently being run by commies and America haters.
This is hilarious, we’re watching the NFL commit suicide.
A BBC article says ...
Trump under growing pressure over NFL player comments
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41376317
Jocks and owners are pressure? They don’t know Trump.
They haven’t quite decided yet, they are in conference which is why we haven’t heard much
The wheels are coming off. The NFL had their chance to quell this mutiny early on and failed.
Nope. Better to have remained silent. Now, there are more targets.
Time to pick your sides.
How many protesters will show there asses on the field in front of all the cameras tomorrow?
I hope every last one of them. Make the coup de gras quick
The NFL is determined to keep digging.
How does this make any sense?
I’m sure some team will now sign up this Colin POS just to spite the president.
The only “divisive” thing I saw were players kneeling during the National Anthem. Libtards projecting once again.
NFL owners: Who needs fans? We have enough money, We don’t need yours. We do this for the love of the game.
These @ssholes never uttered a peep when Colin Kaepernick was sitting down for post-game interviews with Che Guevara or Fidel Castro T-shirts, and never uttered a peep when he was showing up for practice wearing socks adorned with images of pigs dressed in police uniforms.
I'll tell you what's got these owners so upset about President Trump's comments last night, as I said on another thread a short while ago. They're not upset because his comments were "divisive" or "offensive." They're absolutely alarmed about his suggestion that maybe NFL fans should just walk out of the stadium if players don't stand for the national anthem.
Really crazy. I guess we all have to hate this country, that’s all that’s acceptable.
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