Pretty powerful. I admire his friend a thousand times more than some NFL ingrate.
Great article!
Everyone, please boycott all NFL games in stadiums and on TV this weekend to honor our veterans
I met friends for breakfast at a local casino/sports bar this morning. I noticed that they had 9 big screen boob-toobs within my sight of my table and footsball was only playing on one of them - and no one was watching it.
I spoke with the manager and he said that patronage had plummeted in the wake of the kneelers and it had them leery of losing additional business. As a consequence they’ve cancelled several footsball-centric special events and are highlighting other sports (ANY other sports) instead.
It would seem that footsball is becoming a business-killer!
However here is my solution to the problem. Let the players take the knee WHEN THEY ARE ON THE SIDELINES DURING THE GAME. And salute the flag and National Anthem during the pregame events. That way they can show patriotism and respect for the military and also show support for those who state there are problems with the police and discrimination.
But I know what the answer to this will be. We cannot be uncomfortable during the game. Our tushes are too fragile not to allow them a place to sit.
Compare that to a typical NFL free agent who makes a team's roster at the same age I was in 1974 (24). “The 4-year minimum base salaries for players in this year's draft are as follows: $465,000 (Year 1), $540,000 (Year 2), $615,000 (Year 3), $690,000 (Year 4)” (per Forbes.com). No or little college debt. How many entry level, 24 somethings can say they made $1M in the first 2 years of working?
But again, let's compare our lives again ....
I am 66 now. In the 42 years since I first started working, I married and had a child. When my daughter was just 6 months old, I lost my job of 13 years. I was out of work in my occupation for 15 months (yet I worked at any thing I could to keep the wheels on the cart). Both wife and daughter had braces and college educations - paid for by me. I've owned 2 houses. My debt is relatively low. Three years ago, I was treated for prostate cancer (am clean today). At my retirement, I was a product line sales manager. How did I do this? They would say “white privilege”. I call it working my fat Polish butt off
So tell me again, young 24 year-old NFL player who knows so much and lectures me now every time you get in front of a camera - how god damn tough have you had it or will have it?
I started my boycott at the beginning of the season. I only hope the advertisers pull their ads from the NFL and that the fans stop watching / going. The NFL deserves this treatment for the anti-American shenanigans they are allowing.