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ELEVEN Cleveland Browns kneel during the National Anthem
ESPN ^ | 8/21/2017 | Peter McManamon

Posted on 08/21/2017 8:13:50 PM PDT by longsufferingjetsfan

CLEVELAND -- Eleven Cleveland Browns players knelt in a circle during the national anthem prior to Monday's preseason game against the New York Giants.

While the group knelt behind the Cleveland bench in front of the Gatorade buckets, several other players stood nearby and put their hands on a kneeling teammate's shoulder in support.

Those who took a knee were tight end Seth DeValve, running backs Duke Johnson Jr. and Terrence Magee, safeties Jabrill Peppers and Calvin Pryor, cornerback Jamar Taylor, receivers Kenny Britt and Ricardo Louis, linebackers Chris Kirksey and Jamie Collins, and running back Isaiah Crowell (who was not in uniform).

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To: Berlin_Freeper

Soccer does? Strange that the ultimate snowflake sport actually has that rule


161 posted on 08/21/2017 10:01:57 PM PDT by longsufferingjetsfan
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To: Berlin_Freeper

http://nypost.com/2017/03/04/us-soccer-bans-kneeling-during-national-anthem/amp/


162 posted on 08/21/2017 10:04:35 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

Watched a soccer game recently where a player fractured a leg.


163 posted on 08/21/2017 10:06:00 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

Lost interest in football awhile ago but this just gives reason to ignore it now.


164 posted on 08/21/2017 10:06:15 PM PDT by Karliner (Jeremiah29:11,Romans8:28 Isa 17, Damascus has fallen)
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To: Terry Mross
Jimmy the Greek was right.

I wouldn't go that far, but he certainly got a bum deal. The man's name is almost an ethnic slur: What did they expect him to say? I don't think he went to high school. It's absurd to expect him to discuss genetic variation of Europeans vs. Africans in a scientifically and/or politically correct manner.

165 posted on 08/21/2017 10:11:18 PM PDT by j. earl carter
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To: Enchante

But it’s not really reported anymore, because they don’t show it on camera.

FR yeah, cause people are on top of things here.

I WOULDN’T have known about it except for this site.

I didn’t see the beginning of the game though so i dont know if they showed it or not.

Only watched a quarter and regret it very much now

we have to let EvERYONE know they’re not showing it on tv.


166 posted on 08/21/2017 10:13:22 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: boycott

I hope a pissed off cop encounters Cromwell on a dark deserted street some night.

Cromwell’s a piece of garbage zero IQ loser.


167 posted on 08/21/2017 10:13:58 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation ("You can't fix America without pissing off the people who broke it".....Bill Mitchell)
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To: Snickering Hound

Okay, so reading and adjusting to what the defense is doing. But why does that take more intelligence than a DL? The DL has to read and adjust to what the offense is doing, right? What’s the difference?


168 posted on 08/21/2017 10:17:57 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: TBP

Yes.

The Peoples’ Cultural Revolt is on.

Tearing down statues??

The whole damn world has torn down virtually EVERY ‘old’ stadium. The arenas of record and memory and youth have been torn down EVERYWHERE. Wembley? Gone. Yankee Stadium? Gone. et al

Accept “change”, your “memories” of how things “used to be” are a thing of the past.


169 posted on 08/21/2017 10:18:29 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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just pray that Tom Brady wins it all again...the league and all the left hates his guts..and we all know why. Classic example of why the great QB’S are ....


170 posted on 08/21/2017 10:25:19 PM PDT by basalt
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

This is outrageous! I wonder how many folks would keep their jobs if they posted this on twitter! :(


171 posted on 08/21/2017 10:29:30 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out - D. Horowitz)
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To: Pride in the USA; Stillwaters

After Michael Bennett and Marshawn Lynch last week, and now this, I may be done.


172 posted on 08/21/2017 10:33:03 PM PDT by lonevoice (diagonally parked in a parallel universe)
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To: dowcaet

blacks hate each other....they are obsessed with how light skinned they are...look at the killings in these cities...their movies and tv shows, all they do is insult each other...the rappers kill each other...kill each other over shoes..it goes on and on. Most bizarre, most violent race on earth...you cant help but stare in disbelief...


173 posted on 08/21/2017 10:34:15 PM PDT by basalt
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I don't know WTF the NFL just doesn't STOP this nonsense by stating if you don't stand for the Pledge, you're out of the NFL!

The NBA has that rule!

174 posted on 08/21/2017 10:34:22 PM PDT by KavMan
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To: longsufferingjetsfan
I guess the Cleveland Browns already have so few fans that losing a few more won't make much difference.

F-ck the Cleveland Browns and every player who disrespected the national anthem; f-ck their cuck coaches who can't instill any team discipline; and f-ck the NFL commissioner for not doing anything about this.

I definitely won't be watching any Cleveland Browns games this year, and, of course, they'll end up at the bottom of their division rankings—which they will richly deserve, at this point.

At this rate, the NFL will see yuge fan attrition again this year—probably worse than last year.

When I'm watching an entertainment product, I don't need spoiled millionaire players injecting their ignorant political views into the product. It tends to greatly detract from the whole "entertainment" thing. Furthermore, why do they insult and anger the fans—who can do precisely jack sh-t about what these dumbasses are supposedly b-tching about?

The NFL is cutting its own throat "big league", and I'll just be content to watch it bleed out. I'll avoid teams that make such shameful displays, and I'll go out of my way to avoid the advertisers who are sponsoring this hateful disrespect.

I hope the NFL and its sponsors are reading this...

175 posted on 08/21/2017 10:43:22 PM PDT by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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To: RightGeek

Good one Geek!!!!!!!!!! Jenner: “Screw this game Howard....guess what though....30 years from now in 2016, I’ll be a tranny! O.J.: “That’s nothing Bruce....I’m outta the can in 4 months to look for the REAL killers of my ex wife!!” Howard: “look at that little monkey run!!!”...........(Fellow sports fans might remember HC getting roasted, (in 1982 iirc), by the PC police for that harmless line even though he was regarded by blacks AND whites, from the 1940’s thru his passing, as the most unprejudiced person ever on the national sports casting scene.


176 posted on 08/21/2017 10:43:48 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a great life!)
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To: longsufferingjetsfan
Cannot recall watching a Browns game back when I paid attention to the NFL. Probably for the same reason I do not watch Philthadelphis, Barfamore, Detroit, etc. games. The Patriots are another level, not nearly as NBA as the inner city oriented teams.

After last year, I have watched nothing, including the Super Bowl.

177 posted on 08/21/2017 10:44:05 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: ilgipper
Cancelling my Sunday ticket tomorrow. Had enough.

A great idea. Pass it on...

178 posted on 08/21/2017 10:44:14 PM PDT by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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To: TBP
Are tehy trying to get people to stop watching the NFL?

When I gave up TV, I gave up watching football. I don't miss it a bit. Sorry to hear the bottom is falling out of the sport for the fans' sake.

179 posted on 08/21/2017 10:47:17 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

Good to know. So many teams to not watch.


180 posted on 08/21/2017 10:48:06 PM PDT by Yaelle (We have a Crisis of Information in this country. Our enemies hold the megaphone.)
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