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As usual, Salena has her finger right on the pulse of the issue. I loved the metaphor Mr. Parnell uses when he talks about the lone veteran Villenueva standing for the anthem and everyone deserts him and then equates it to less than .4 percent of America serving since 9/11 to defend our freedoms.
1 posted on 09/26/2017 10:11:37 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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Now, will they tune in next Sunday?

I think quite a few will not. My question is, will the media report it if they don't?

2 posted on 09/26/2017 10:16:22 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

Love not the world neither the things in the world...


3 posted on 09/26/2017 10:17:44 AM PDT by Lent
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NFL anthem protests leave Pittsburgh fans conflicted about game they love

Yes, so conflicted, some are burning their memorabilia now and may not buy any Stealer tickets in the future. LOL

4 posted on 09/26/2017 10:20:12 AM PDT by CptnObvious (uestion her now.)
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I despise the NFL.


6 posted on 09/26/2017 10:22:01 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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I had season tix for almost 40 years, sold the rights to buy about 10 years ago when they wouldn't allow smoking in your own seat {which I bought}. Glad I did.

Went to playoffs and superbowls, rarely missed a game, was a true Stillers fan.

No more. I may catch a game here and there but as far as being the center of my fall/winter weekend...it is over.

I knew the old man, Mr. Art Rooney, and he would never have put up with this, nor would have Coach Noll nor Coach Spittles.

7 posted on 09/26/2017 10:22:12 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Kill all mooselimb, terrorist savages, with extreme prejudice! Deus Vult!)
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What this is really about is how the left wants to get rid of the National Anthem..this has NOTHING to do with President Trump, they already got rid of the Confederate Flags, now they want to get rid of the National Anthem, the SYMBOL of America, what people are used to hearing before every game they want it gone because the left has shown what they really are, America hating a-holes


8 posted on 09/26/2017 10:25:41 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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The entire NFL should be shut down. What a bunch of bumbling, deadbeat, low life, losers, from the top down to the water boys these buffoons are. Trump has wrapped these retards around his finger and the entire nation is treating them as the traitors and turncoats they really are.

These elite, spoiled, criminal, womanizers and abusers are getting exactly what they deserve...universal, rejection, across the board. Not one Owner, Coach, Team Leader took this player, vermin and human scum to task!!!

Mocking the American Flag and national anthem in England, and, then standing, saluting the British Union Jack Flag and the British national anthem. SAD!!! They all should be banned from the USA and sent to England to live out the rest of their miserable Traitor, Turncoat lives.


9 posted on 09/26/2017 10:25:48 AM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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Or better:

“A bunch of Whiney, no-backbone Pittsburgh fans don’t know if they love America or not, or respect those who fought and died for her”.

The reality is - are we going to respect this nation - the one that makes it even possible to have a favorite team, or for a bunch of half-educated (at best in many cases) adults play a game for millions of dollars...

All while protesting some nebulous ghost of an issue that nearly none of those supposedly engaging in protest actually can articulate.

Is this about #BLM, which the original turkey, Kaepernick (you know, the guy who was fined multiple times by the NFL for using derogatory racist epithets towards black players on the field) said it was about - taking a stand for Mike Brown - even though it was proven he basically committed suicide by cop by attacking an officer after having already committing many crimes and hurting folks (and ripping off a store just moments before)...

And Travon Martin... who also apparently attacked someone and was shot for it...

And for so many others, the majority of which brought their own deaths on themselves.

Never mind that statistically, whites are killed more often than Blacks. And based on ratios of encounters vs. killing, blacks are less likely to be killed by police than whites.


10 posted on 09/26/2017 10:26:33 AM PDT by TheBattman (Gun control works - just ask Chicago...)
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The NFL, its corporate sponsors, and its broadcast partners are about to find out what happened to Target Corporation and Kellogg's, Incorporated when they took their unpopular political stances. It could be a very expensive "hit"--literally!
11 posted on 09/26/2017 10:26:55 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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Penguin season is almost here, they're in preseason now.

12 posted on 09/26/2017 10:29:12 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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https://www.nflpa.com/players/sponsors


13 posted on 09/26/2017 10:30:08 AM PDT by samtheman (As an oil exporter, why would the Russians prefer Trump to Hillary? (Get it or be stupid.))
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blablanfl66_copy

14 posted on 09/26/2017 10:30:53 AM PDT by timestax
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Yeah, I bleed black and gold but I’m done with these clowns. Not one of them could intelligently make a case for what they’re doing or what they hope to accomplish. Kapernick wears Che tshirts, loves Fidel, and thinks the police forces in the US were started just to round up runaway slaves. I’m out.


15 posted on 09/26/2017 10:31:32 AM PDT by hometoroost
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Rush said he is through backing the Steelers. He was their #1 fan.


17 posted on 09/26/2017 10:33:35 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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I lost 125 lbs through diet and exercise, I had a gray Steelers workout shirt I wore through it all.

I’m mailing it back to Art Rooney II.

As much as it meant to me measuring my accomplishment owning the logo on it is now an embarassment.


21 posted on 09/26/2017 10:39:18 AM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark (The American media: We do what the Soviet media did without the guns to our head.)
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High school football.

Pop Warner football

Hey, even college ball.

You can take the whole family out, and get eats, for just your ticket and parking at the pro sports palaces.


25 posted on 09/26/2017 10:41:39 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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If you love America more than football, then your choice should be obvious


27 posted on 09/26/2017 10:45:30 AM PDT by Angels27
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Grow up NFL ,,, these NFL players would never make it in another country but the USA . The least they could do is respect this countries flag and the good folks who served to protect and defend US .

The American flag we hold dear to our hearts ,,, for eight years I did not fly the flag during the 0bama regime . On Jan. 20 2017 I again began flying ole Glory and proud of it . US Army veteran 1966-69 .


28 posted on 09/26/2017 10:46:14 AM PDT by Lionheartusa1 ()-: There is nothing democratic about the democrat party :-()
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Not my husband!

I am proud to say my husband has put aside the Steeler obsession and come up with an idea....

...I’ve called it ANTHEM APPRECIATION DAY (but if anyone has better name, have at it!)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3589274/posts


29 posted on 09/26/2017 10:46:55 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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"The self-indulgent fallen angel aims to destroy, embarking on a vendetta against his creator...'s' in this case. He's the basis of evil..."


31 posted on 09/26/2017 10:49:28 AM PDT by yoe
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