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Back to protesting! Players from five teams including the Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | August 10, 2018 | Chris Pleasance and Rory Tingle

Posted on 08/10/2018 5:18:56 AM PDT by C19fan

NFL players resumed protesting during the national anthem on Thursday night as the majority of teams played their first preseason games.

In total 15 players from five teams including the Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle Seahawks, Jacksonville Jaguars and Baltimore Ravens chose to make a statement during the playing of The Star-Spangled Banner.

Two players knelt, three raised their fists, eight either walked from the field or stayed in the locker room, one placed his arm on a protesting teammate's shoulder and another stood with his back to the field as a statement against inequality.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Society; Sports
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#Boycott NFL. They talk about using a platform so I will not give them a platform by not watching them.
1 posted on 08/10/2018 5:18:56 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

OK then. Another Fall with Sunday afternoons cleared for whatever else.

Going to re-skin the work shed I think.


2 posted on 08/10/2018 5:22:13 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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To: C19fan

I love to watch stupidity in action.

How has that kneeling worked out for them so far?
This year will be worse because people will not have the tickets bought before the protesting started.


3 posted on 08/10/2018 5:27:32 AM PDT by JayGalt (You can't teach a donkey how to tap dance.)
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‘...a statement against inequality...’

What exactly is equal in this life?


4 posted on 08/10/2018 5:29:39 AM PDT by abclily
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To: C19fan

FOX this morning said they’re trying to resolve the ruling. Easy, just fire anyone who doesn’t stand.


5 posted on 08/10/2018 5:29:53 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: C19fan

Take a knee,
Raise a Fist,
Change Your Diaper
And Suck on This!


6 posted on 08/10/2018 5:30:25 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY)
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To: C19fan

They made a statement alright. Their statement is “I’m an idiot.”


7 posted on 08/10/2018 5:30:42 AM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: C19fan

Football is entertainment. There are other forms of entertainment not resented for taking a knee.


8 posted on 08/10/2018 5:32:23 AM PDT by FreedBird (E)
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This nonsense is built on the #BLM movement, which is in turn built on the lie of “Hands up, don’t shoot”, the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, MO, which was richly deserved. And cops don’t shoot blacks out of proportion to their criminal acts, and it is the black community that is hurt the most when police stop policing because of #BLM-related pressure.

For good writing on the subject seek out Heather Mac Donald. Here is a series of articles she wrote for The Volokh Conspiracy.

Police Shootings and Race
https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/police-shootings-and-race-9080.html

Academic Research on Police Shootings and Race
https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/academic-research-police-shootings-and-race-9085.html

The Ferguson Effect
https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/ferguson-effect-9089.html

More on the ‘Ferguson Effect,’ and Responses to Critics
https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/more-ferguson-effect-and-responses-critics-9092.html

An Urgent Desire for More Policing
https://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/urgent-desire-more-policing-9098.html


9 posted on 08/10/2018 5:40:35 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Only a FOOL cut his own throat....these thugs are paid big bucks to entertain not protest....if you want to protest get a sign and walk around the field.
10 posted on 08/10/2018 5:42:44 AM PDT by mastertex
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To: C19fan

Trade the boycotting players to Canada.

I was a football addict for over 60 years but I gave up on the NFL when they backed and/or allowed these protests, mostly fueled by false narratives, against our country. I would strongly suggest that these protesters go to another country and stay long enough to realize how blessed America is. The more I travel, the more I realize how much we take for granted that people in other countries are literally dying for. I am further angered by the media which has chosen to make an issue of these protests and send the message that America is broken. If the media chooses to participate, let’s see them produce a documentary backed by objective data and let the public make an educated choice.


11 posted on 08/10/2018 5:43:56 AM PDT by Boomer One ( ToUsesn)
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Note to NCAAF players: Guys, better get a real degree. Yer gonna need it.


12 posted on 08/10/2018 5:47:19 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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So much for the NFL.

If they’d come back and refrained from hating on me and my beloved country they had a chance for me to view again sometime.

oh well


13 posted on 08/10/2018 5:52:58 AM PDT by Principled (No one will conquer America, from within or without, until its citizenry are disarmed.)
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Unconstitutional race based AA, quotas, multi-$T in transfer
payments and still Whitey / Law abiding Americans / Cinservatives
have to get a kick in the nuts.


14 posted on 08/10/2018 5:58:01 AM PDT by Phil DiBasquette
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To: C19fan

I love it when overpaid muscle heads blow up their source of income like suicide bombers. Look for NFL TV ratings and ticket sales to take another big tumble. In another couple of years, the value of their contracts are going to start coming down.That is when they are going to start screaming “this is racist”. Won’t do them any good though.
On another front, expect President Trump to make an issue of it in his campaign stops, and use this to motivate his base to turn out in November.


15 posted on 08/10/2018 6:00:55 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: abclily

What is supposed to be equal is the opportunity to work towards your goals.


16 posted on 08/10/2018 6:03:51 AM PDT by JayGalt (You can't teach a donkey how to tap dance.)
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To: FreedomPoster
Honoring Officers Killed in 2018

So far this year, 92 lost.

Paging the NFL.

17 posted on 08/10/2018 6:03:54 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: C19fan
Raised their fists? The black power salute?

So is it alright now for whites to give the OK sign? Or is that still considered racist? And if so, why isn't the black power salute racist?

18 posted on 08/10/2018 6:05:37 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: C19fan

Was there football on last night? Who knew?


19 posted on 08/10/2018 6:06:41 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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I love to watch stupidity in action.

A bunch of MBA's from America's top-tier institutions being led around by the nose by a bunch of guys who would not have gotten out of eighth-grade were it not for somebody's overwhelming lust to win a trophy. It is quite remarkable.


20 posted on 08/10/2018 6:07:16 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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