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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: grania

That’s right! Unsportsmanlike conduct. Hit them with a fine.


241 posted on 08/22/2017 5:00:43 AM PDT by poconopundit (CNN is... Corruption News Neglected)
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

Jamie Collins, a tremendous talent in a league of tremendous talent, acted up to get out of New England and was rewarded with $50 million dollars. The notion that he’d have a complaint with the USA or its National Anthem or its capitalist system is absurd. He has a specialized, narrow talent and has been rewarded for honing it. Without an American system with an NFL and capitalist specialization, he’d be doing something else. And be poor.


242 posted on 08/22/2017 5:01:40 AM PDT by major-pelham
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

I hear selling crack in Chicago is a happening profession.


243 posted on 08/22/2017 5:06:42 AM PDT by windowdude
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

I guess I’ll have several TV free Sunday afternoons, evenings, Monday nights, Thursday nights.....These a-holes aught to go take the place of our military fighting for them to be a-holes.


244 posted on 08/22/2017 5:10:45 AM PDT by southernindymom
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

At least they’re praying.....


245 posted on 08/22/2017 5:11:47 AM PDT by windowdude
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To: Pray All Day

I think your BOYCOTT banner would be much more effective if you reversed the blue field for red and the red cross for blue. It’ll piss `em off more.


246 posted on 08/22/2017 5:11:58 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (Beer! Because you can't drink bacon!)
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

I would say I will now stop watching the Browns, but I would have to start first.

Funny thing is I am looking forward to my Sunday afternoons being free now. I don’t miss the NFL anymore.


247 posted on 08/22/2017 5:14:38 AM PDT by redgolum
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To: SkyPilot

hahahahaha, I was thinking the same thing! Kind of like Key & Peel’s NFL skit. Too funny and they capture the “blank stares” perfectly.


248 posted on 08/22/2017 5:16:41 AM PDT by southernindymom
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

Never forget. Africans think Obama ceded the country to them.


249 posted on 08/22/2017 5:18:18 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed)
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To: Mears

Because of two reasons

1. They are betting that the fans won’t care.

2. Many of the owners agree with the players who refuse to stand for the anthem.

Between the concussion scandal and now this, the pipeline for the NFL is getting squeezed off.


250 posted on 08/22/2017 5:20:53 AM PDT by redgolum
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To: budj

Negro
Felon
League


251 posted on 08/22/2017 5:29:53 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: EdnaMode

Love it.


252 posted on 08/22/2017 5:37:51 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

I boycotted last year and didn’t miss it. Guess I’m now completely done with the NFL.


253 posted on 08/22/2017 5:41:57 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
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To: timestax

Attention-seeking. Just more “look at me”. Don’t worry - in a couple of years they’ll be unemployed and broke and drinking MD 20-20. They are useless if the field.

“According to a 2009 Sports Illustrated article, 78% of National Football League (NFL) players are either bankrupt or are under financial stress within two years of retirement and an estimated 60% of National Basketball Association players go bankrupt within five years after leaving their sport.
Personal finances of professional American athletes - Wikipedia


254 posted on 08/22/2017 5:42:33 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

To me it’s a simple situation that applies to anyone who works for a company or organization. Keep the politics out of work. Do what you want on your free time. They are on the job. They need to act accordingly.


255 posted on 08/22/2017 5:53:30 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: longsufferingjetsfan
I will continue the boycott of the NFL that I started, and stayed with, last year!

BOYCOTT THE NFL!

256 posted on 08/22/2017 5:54:21 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: j. earl carter

Well, something in the genes made ‘em fast. It was his stab at the theory of evolution.


257 posted on 08/22/2017 6:01:19 AM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners.)
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To: juggernaut

September 16th


258 posted on 08/22/2017 6:06:50 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: longsufferingjetsfan

I wonder what would happen if thousands of fans actually got up and left the stadium when this cr@p is pulled.

There’s a protest I’d tune in to see.


259 posted on 08/22/2017 6:09:07 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: DOC44

Go Gators!


260 posted on 08/22/2017 6:09:25 AM PDT by EEGator
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