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NFL will play black national anthem prior to Week 1 games, report says
Fox News ^ | July 2, 2020 | Daniel Canova

Posted on 07/02/2020 6:01:06 PM PDT by AAABEST

The NFL will reportedly play “Lift Ev’ry Voice And Sing,” which is also known as the black national anthem, before every Week 1 NFL game in the 2020 season, according to ESPN.

The decision to play the song comes following the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd, which led to nationwide protests over racial inequality and police brutality.

According to the ESPN report, the song will be played before “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


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To: ocrp1982

I was done with it after what the Ravens did in London a few years ago.


81 posted on 07/02/2020 6:53:49 PM PDT by sauropod (Quarantine is when you restrict sick people, tyranny is when you restrict healthy people.)
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To: noiseman

I like the Burger King Sponge Bob version of it.


82 posted on 07/02/2020 6:55:09 PM PDT by sauropod (Quarantine is when you restrict sick people, tyranny is when you restrict healthy people.)
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To: caww

“I checked the lyrics...”

I see the lyrics mention Goodell several times, although abbreviated as ‘God’.


83 posted on 07/02/2020 6:56:33 PM PDT by BuddhaBrown (Path to enlightenment: Four right turns, then go straight until you see the Light!)
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To: jch10

Yup! Until the NFL stops catering to racists and disavows association with the ultra-racist BLM I’m done with it!


84 posted on 07/02/2020 6:56:51 PM PDT by glennaro (Mask-wearing maintains the illusion of a "health crisis" ... and drives irrational fear)
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To: AAABEST

“I didn’t know there was a “black” national anthem.”

There isn’t. The ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ didn’t become the U.S. national anthem until March 3, 1931. On this day in 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed the bill designating “The Star-Spangled Banner” as the official national anthem of the United States. No such bill of any other anthem for the US has been recognized or signed into being. They can play what ever it is all they want unless the facility they are using says no. That is private property. But as a retail product, they will also have to reap the backlash of public opinion even for only 2 games.

This is what can happen, and I hope it does:

https://www.fresnobee.com/sports/high-school/article211991974.html

rwood


85 posted on 07/02/2020 6:57:23 PM PDT by Redwood71
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To: dynachrome
The good guys won!😃
86 posted on 07/02/2020 6:57:55 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: cherry

Why attend? My guess is they will play without a crowd or pipe crowd noise in from the internetz. Don’t attend.


87 posted on 07/02/2020 6:58:19 PM PDT by dynachrome (The panic will end, the tyranny will not)
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To: acapesket

Jay-Z pretty much runs the NFL now, anyway. Goodell should just step aside and make it official.


88 posted on 07/02/2020 6:58:31 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: AAABEST

If I were not already boycotting, this would cause me to.


89 posted on 07/02/2020 6:59:14 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Workers)
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To: elcid1970

87% majority? Sounds like the country I was born in, not the one we live in today.


90 posted on 07/02/2020 6:59:17 PM PDT by cdcdawg ("Racist" is just a slur against white people.)
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To: Paal Gulli

‘What black nation is this the anthem of?’

“Wakanda. Report to your re-education center.”


91 posted on 07/02/2020 6:59:53 PM PDT by dynachrome (The panic will end, the tyranny will not)
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To: dynachrome

The left has destroyed everything...sports,movies,comedy, music,tv,news,.education at all levels..

now the whole country...Cuba in twenty years unless people wake up...


92 posted on 07/02/2020 7:05:23 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Redwood71
blablanfl66-copy
93 posted on 07/02/2020 7:05:23 PM PDT by timestax
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To: AAABEST

I wasn’t going to be watching anyway.


94 posted on 07/02/2020 7:11:41 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Rummyfan

I admit I never heard of a black national anthem. I do know the American national anthem.
It appears to me if this is a true story and not the Onion, Roger Goodell and the NFL owners want to separate all of us into black or white tribes. This is the seperatism preached by Louis Farrakkan and Malcolm X. Following this train of thought to a logical conclusion it seems the current NFL owners will soon be replaced by black owners. Perhaps it will be part of the white owners reparations to the new black owners. Football stadiums will be filled with blacks only.
Is this really an appealing proposition?


95 posted on 07/02/2020 7:16:30 PM PDT by Yolanda (Jussie Smollett hoax)
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To: SkyDancer

I won’t be hearing it.


96 posted on 07/02/2020 7:21:50 PM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: AAABEST

There is no nation of blacks much less an anthem.


97 posted on 07/02/2020 7:25:30 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: SkyDancer

No one’s watching anyway because teams are declaring they will not have fans in the stadiums


98 posted on 07/02/2020 7:29:48 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: AAABEST
It was a topic on here way back in 2012.

Students Made to Stand for Black National Anthem

Posted on 12/8/2012, 1:20:16 AM by Mozilla

OLD ARTICLE
99 posted on 07/02/2020 7:32:35 PM PDT by justme4now (Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it)
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To: AAABEST

The lyrics...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lift_Every_Voice_and_Sing#Lyrics

Not bad, but we already have a national anthem for all. Our nation is based on equality, not the generalizing “equity” (linguistic tool of fascism).


100 posted on 07/02/2020 7:42:27 PM PDT by familyop ( "Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy".)
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