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‘We’re not going to play politics’: Steelers’ Mike Tomlin says team won’t take the field for anthem
NFLonCBS ^ | 09/24/2017 | Jamie Erdahl

Posted on 09/24/2017 6:08:25 PM PDT by Delta 21

The specific rule pertaining to the national anthem is found on pages A62-63 of the league’s game operations manual, according to a league source. It states:

“The National Anthem must be played prior to every NFL game, and all players must be on the sideline for the National Anthem.

“During the National Anthem, players on the field and bench area should stand at attention, face the flag, hold helmets in their left hand, and refrain from talking. The home team should ensure that the American flag is in good condition. It should be pointed out to players and coaches that we continue to be judged by the public in this area of respect for the flag and our country. Failure to be on the field by the start of the National Anthem may result in discipline, such as fines, suspensions, and/or the forfeiture of draft choice(s) for violations of the above, including first offenses.”

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TOPICS: Local News; Military/Veterans; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: football; kaepernick; nationalanthem; nflleaguemanual; nflleaguemanualp; nflmanual; nflrules; pittsburgh; protest; steelers
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To: TBP

The NFL is dead to me, I don’t need to watch football. I hope they go bankrupt.


41 posted on 09/24/2017 7:12:08 PM PDT by Do the math (Doug)
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To: smokingfrog
Baby, oh BABY !! smokingfrog finds the needle in the haystack!

The reference I posted in #1 is bogus but this one isnt.
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Rule 5, Section 4:
ARTICLE 8. PERSONAL MESSAGES. Throughout the period on game-day that a player is visible to the stadium and television audience...........

The League will not grant permission for any club or player to wear, display, or otherwise convey messages, through helmet decals, arm bands, jersey patches, or other items affixed to game uniforms or equipment, which relate to political activities or causes, other non-football events, causes or campaigns, or charitable causes or campaigns.

Page 23, 2017 OFFICIAL PLAYING RULES OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

I hope the NFL goes down in flames for trying to place themselves and their hoodlums above the flag of the United States.

42 posted on 09/24/2017 7:14:15 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Delta 21

Tomlin, you idiot. That’s exactly what you’re doing.


43 posted on 09/24/2017 7:17:58 PM PDT by Vinnie
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To: Delta 21

Rush’s team.


44 posted on 09/24/2017 7:24:11 PM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: Delta 21

This nonsense won’t stop until the shoe is on the other foot and the America haters have to eat their peas. IF only we could take a knee for Americans killed by illegal aliens, aborted babies, etc.


45 posted on 09/24/2017 7:30:30 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: Delta 21
The sun will come up tomorrow and lib democrats can take solace in the fact that NFL Political Sunday will be followed by...... Carlos Danger Monday.
46 posted on 09/24/2017 7:31:05 PM PDT by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: Delta 21

“‘We’re not going to play politics’: Steelers’ Mike Tomlin says team won’t take the field for anthem”

Does he truly think (by what imaginable rationale) that asking the whole team to not participate in the national anthem IS NOT “playing politics”???

Who does he think he is fooling???


47 posted on 09/24/2017 7:34:56 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: Delta 21

wow, interesting


48 posted on 09/24/2017 7:37:34 PM PDT by dila813 (Voting for Trump to Punish Trumpets!)
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To: dila813
Ping to post #33 and #42.
49 posted on 09/24/2017 7:43:30 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Delta 21

You just did.

They’re circling the wagons,aren’t they?


50 posted on 09/24/2017 7:46:00 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (luke 6:38)
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To: Lions Gate

They’re on company time and in theater.....whoever pays them makes the rules.... They don’t get to choose.


51 posted on 09/24/2017 7:47:05 PM PDT by caww
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To: Wuli

The Trump troll train rolls on.


52 posted on 09/24/2017 7:51:24 PM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Progressivism is 2 year olds in a poop fight.)
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To: Delta 21

Mean Joe Greene and Jack Lambert...where are you when we need you? Guarantee NONE OF THIS bs would fly under their watch.


53 posted on 09/24/2017 7:52:28 PM PDT by longsufferingjetsfan
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To: Delta 21

That choice was playing politics....globalist politics, trying to destroy people caring for their country so they can be enslaved under a global rule.


54 posted on 09/24/2017 7:55:25 PM PDT by Lady Heron
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To: Delta 21

I view it simply. You either stand under the Stars and Stripes or you stand under the hammer and sickle.


55 posted on 09/24/2017 7:59:40 PM PDT by Molon Labbie (Destroying the vestiges of the First Civil War is ensuring the Second.)
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To: Delta 21

Excuse me, Mr. Tomlin, but I know I’m a teen, but isn’t not being on the sidelines playing politics?


56 posted on 09/24/2017 8:07:54 PM PDT by ConservaTeen (Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
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To: Delta 21

it all comes back to 2 or 3 versions of this story but the NFL rule reference it what got me. Is there such a thing?<<

I believe those rules are “Sealed”..for good reason of course..kinda a Union thing i think...../s


57 posted on 09/24/2017 8:29:28 PM PDT by M-cubed
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To: M-cubed

http://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/2017-nfl-rulebook/

The only one I could find with help from smokingfrog.


58 posted on 09/24/2017 8:36:47 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Delta 21
There IS this story in the Washing comPost which says the same thing and cites the NFL manual...

‘We’re not going to play politics’: Steelers’ Mike Tomlin

59 posted on 09/24/2017 10:00:02 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: Delta 21

Poll: 72 Percent See Kaepernick’s National Anthem Antics As ‘Unpatriotic’
http://www.townhallmail.com/cqprtsngrrjftgrgfgtpnfkllmfllgmnqqpsztjmqctjjd_ozttqkmmmql.html?a=&b=

NFL Broadcasting Stocks Slump As Protests Rise And TV Ratings Fall
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2017/09/23/nfl-broadcasting-stocks-slump-as-protests-rise-and-tv-ratings-slump/#64ff61ce4eec


60 posted on 09/25/2017 5:06:14 AM PDT by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
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