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Redskins' Sellers apologizes for throwing American flag to turf
CBS Sports.com ^
| 08-29-09
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Posted on 08/29/2009 1:48:24 PM PDT by OrangeHoof
ASHBURN, Va. -- Washington Redskins fullback Mike Sellers apologized Saturday for throwing the American flag to the ground during lineup introductions before an exhibition game against the New England Patriots.
"I meant no disrespect," he said.
The Redskins last year began a routine in which the last person introduced before a game runs out of the tunnel hoisting the American flag. Sellers carried the flag to midfield, then flung it down near the 50-yard line before joining his teammates in a midfield huddle. Linebacker Robert Henson removed the flag from the turf.
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TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: apology; flag; oldglory; redskins; sellers
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"I made a mistake by setting it down the way I did, and I apologize if I offended anybody out there," Sellers said. "I was asked to bring it out, last minute, didn't know who to give it to. I got hyped up and put the flag down. It was in the heat of the moment."
Without seeing the incident, it is hard to judge but, man, who doesn't know to treat the American flag with more respect than that??
To: OrangeHoof
Where’s Rick Monday when we need him?
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posted on
08/29/2009 1:49:13 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: OrangeHoof
To: OrangeHoof
Idiot. OTOH, I can’t stand Dan Snyder and I’m sure carrying the flag out on the field is just another one of his marketing gimmicks. Go, ‘skins! Kick Dallass!
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posted on
08/29/2009 1:54:24 PM PDT
by
rabidralph
(http://www.thealaskafundtrust.com/ http://www.sarahpac.com)
To: OrangeHoof
I’ll wager Chad Hennings, Napoleon McCallum, Pat Tillman and Roger the Dodger knew better...
There are more important things than playing a sport well...
Colonel, USAFR
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posted on
08/29/2009 1:54:28 PM PDT
by
jagusafr
(Kill the red lizard, Lord! - nod to C.S. Lewis)
To: dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Hero Rick Monday:
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posted on
08/29/2009 1:55:06 PM PDT
by
HighWheeler
(The higher the concentration of libs, the bigger the tragedy that follows.)
To: HighWheeler
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posted on
08/29/2009 1:55:38 PM PDT
by
HighWheeler
(The higher the concentration of libs, the bigger the tragedy that follows.)
To: OrangeHoof
Robert Henson
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posted on
08/29/2009 1:59:43 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Bender2
Give me five minutes with this clown...
Figures it was a Deadskin.
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posted on
08/29/2009 2:00:05 PM PDT
by
big'ol_freeper
("Anyone pushing Romney must love socialism...Piss on Romney and his enablers!!" ~ Jim Robinson)
To: rabidralph
Go, 'skins! Kick Dallass! Ain't gonna happen, baby.
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posted on
08/29/2009 2:01:31 PM PDT
by
BuckeyeTexan
(Integrity, Character, Leadership, and Loyalty matter - Be an example, no matter the cost.)
To: OrangeHoof
I’m just trying to visualize this and I’m guessing he runs out to the middle of the field holding a U.S. flag with the rest of his teammates and, seeing nobody to hand the flag to, simply flings it to the ground so he can run to the sideline with the rest of his teammates. Horrific behavior but could have just been a brain fart and not some political comment.
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posted on
08/29/2009 2:03:09 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(YES WE CAN have a Depression.)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
08/29/2009 2:03:19 PM PDT
by
Eaker
(If you have a problem and If explosives are an option then explosives are THE answer.)
To: jagusafr
"Chad Hennings" How he fit into an A-10, must be a feat of incredible physical contortion, not to mention incredible discomfort.
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posted on
08/29/2009 2:05:43 PM PDT
by
OldDeckHand
(No Socialized Medicine, No Way, No How, No Time)
To: BuckeyeTexan
Neither is a Dallas playoff victory this or next decade
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posted on
08/29/2009 2:06:21 PM PDT
by
MadIsh32
(In order to be pro-market, sometimes you must be anti-big business)
To: HighWheeler
Moooslums are EVIL!!!!! On April 25, 1976 at Dodger Stadium, Rick Monday of the Chicago Cubs, grabbed and secured the American flag from two muslims attempting to burn our flag in the middle of the playing field. It was an outstanding display of American Patriotism.
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posted on
08/29/2009 2:11:37 PM PDT
by
newfreep
("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
To: OrangeHoof
.....and I apologize if I offended anybody out there""If" I offended anyone?
Of course you offended people you jackass.
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posted on
08/29/2009 2:14:22 PM PDT
by
Joiseydude
(I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees. Live free or die.)
To: OrangeHoof
A player carries out the flag, shouldn’t there be someone else to take it from them and carry it off the field?
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posted on
08/29/2009 2:19:10 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Liberalism: The gift that keeps on taking)
To: OrangeHoof
"I meant no disrespect," he said. I do not believe him!
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posted on
08/29/2009 2:23:14 PM PDT
by
rawhide
To: GeronL
A player carries out the flag, shouldn’t there be someone else to take it from them and carry it off the field? I would expect one. And I'd expect somebody should have told Sellers who that was.
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posted on
08/29/2009 2:28:10 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(YES WE CAN have a Depression.)
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