Posted on 09/23/2017 11:07:53 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
(Note: Strong language in paragraphs 2 and 5)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s call for National Football League owners to fire players who protest during the U.S. national anthem revealed an “unfortunate lack of respect” for the NFL and its players, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Saturday.
Goodell, in a statement released a day after Trump suggested any protesting football player was a “son of a bitch” and should lose his job, never mentioned the president by name but made a clear reference to his remarks at a political rally.
“Divisive comments like these demonstrate an unfortunate lack of respect for the NFL, our great game and all of our players, and a failure to understand the overwhelming force for good our clubs and players represent in our communities,” Goodell said in the statement.....
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The NFL is going to find out REALLY fast what happens when their ratings end up being down 30% or more from their 2015 season peak. Literal pandering to the social justice warrior crowd will result in massive TV ratings losses and likely lower attendance--all within the next month. And that could be the end of Roger Goodell and his lieutenants at the NFL league offices.
President Trump just took a knee.
Goodell is a fool.
To HELL with the NFL.
I kicked them to the curb a year ago. A lot of other folks did, too. I welcome Mr. Trump to our ranks.
Ring number six on the way.
BLITZ FOR SIX!
LMAO!
The NFL, nothing more than a bunch of leftist boobs who pay morons millions of dollars to disrespect America and throw a football around..move to Kenya or Uganda they will see what REAL oppression looks like
MLB won’t take the bait. I think right now they’re the best run professional sports league in America.
Dead League walking.
How ironic is it that MLB has managed to shield itself from this idiocy by having rosters filled with immigrants from Latin America who have no doubts about just how great this country is?
Roger Badhell and the slowly sinking ship of fools.
There is absolutely nothing to respect about people who make millions playing a game while publicly scorning the only country in the world where miscreants like them could be millionaires.
And MLB has hired dozens of Japanese players over the last 15 years———but they are NEVER counted as minorities.
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Actually, Monica was 22 when her name became synonymous with an oral sex act, thanks to Slick Willy Clinton, his cigars, and the Oval Office sink.
since when is the NFL due any respect?
I loves it when idiots double down on stupid.
Did they expect the President to praise these over-paid athletes as they display publicly their contempt for our flag and country when they have received millions for just playing a game?
What about lack of respect for the flag or your fans? Keep the boycott going.
Respect for NFL Players or the flag that people gave their lives under to protect the very lives of these NFL Players
Deranged people
The NFL could have worked to clean up its act, but they didn’t.
Funny - no mention of respect for fans. Good luck with that.
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