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Take-a-knee protests at NFL games drop dramatically after backlash
The Washington Times ^ | October 1, 2017 | Valerie Richardson

Posted on 10/01/2017 4:35:02 PM PDT by jazusamo

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As long as anyone in the NFL takes a knee during the National Anthem or raises a fist in protest the NFL will be dead to me.
1 posted on 10/01/2017 4:35:02 PM PDT by jazusamo
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League leadership, team owners and coaches have let this get out of hand, loss of revenue will solve it.


2 posted on 10/01/2017 4:38:10 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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So it’s finally beginning to penetrate their thick skulls that a backlash would eventually hurt them in the wallet.

Too late.


3 posted on 10/01/2017 4:39:55 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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You and about 30 million other (former) fans.

What the NFL doesn't understand is that people have had enough. They will not settle for anything less than 100% participation of every player standing erect and still for the anthem. No kneeling, no locking arms, no stretching, no nonsense.

The league doesn't have the smarts to enforce its own rules and the players don't have the brains to get back in line, play the game, and cash the checks. The league will start to bleed cash and the game will never be what it once was.

4 posted on 10/01/2017 4:40:48 PM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Islam delenda est.)
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The NFL and Roger Goodell refuse to put a stake through the heart of their crybaby, out of control players, and until they do many fans are simply not coming back.

People have to understand that at black colleges, in Black Studies curriculum, and in conversations in many black households, the repeat the lie that American history is nothing by oppression, rape, and enslavement of blacks. They refuse to see that it was this country who ended slavery (and it was Christians who led the charge). They refuse to see God's plan for America, the goodness of our Constitution, and the incredible blessing is it to live here.

They want it both ways. They want to hate America, and yet they want to personally profit from it. They want all the luxury, and none of the sacrifice and respect that accompanies being an American.

This is what the black racists believe:

Out of Darkness (A Film by Δ+)


5 posted on 10/01/2017 4:43:20 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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During the anthem, Carolina Panthers’ Julius Peppers stood by the team bench while the rest of his team stood, hand over heart.

Traitorous pig.


6 posted on 10/01/2017 4:44:23 PM PDT by moovova (When I was young Racist was a bad thing.... Now it just means you disagree with a Liberal.)
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The league doesn't have the smarts to enforce its own rules and the players don't have the brains to get back in line, play the game, and cash the checks.

Over 70% of the NFL is comprised of black males. Over 95% of the defense players in the NFL are black males.

The owners are terrified of having to stand up to their own players, because they don't want to be called "racists." Trump knows this. He tweeted the owners are afraid of their players.

7 posted on 10/01/2017 4:46:35 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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The owners could take one positive step by firing that leftist idiot Goodell. By throwing him completely under the bus they could at least get my attention again.


8 posted on 10/01/2017 4:47:16 PM PDT by hardspunned
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Most of the players are really stupid and will be making less than $15 per hour flipping burgers unless they live in Seattle.


9 posted on 10/01/2017 4:48:13 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Agreed...Goodell should be gone.


10 posted on 10/01/2017 4:49:16 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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Too little too late, besides, we already know how the kneelers feel about out anthem, our flag and us.


11 posted on 10/01/2017 4:51:00 PM PDT by umgud
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Lets git ‘er done, folks!

Please bump the Freepathon or click above to donate or become a monthly donor!

12 posted on 10/01/2017 4:51:04 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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Never again, they showed their lousy Marxist hearts.


13 posted on 10/01/2017 4:52:46 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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Over 70% of the NFL is comprised of black males. Over 95% of the defense players in the NFL are black males. The owners are terrified of having to stand up to their own players, because they don't want to be called "racists." Trump knows this. He tweeted the owners are afraid of their players

Probably time to finish the segregation that is almost complete with the 70%/95% figures. NegroFootballLeague and a separate AmericanFootballLeague would work. Seems that's the end goal looking at player ratios.
14 posted on 10/01/2017 4:53:06 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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TOO LATE!
15 posted on 10/01/2017 4:54:07 PM PDT by ExSES (the "bottom-line")
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in some cases linking arms with teammates and coaches

Aaron Rodgers gay link-a-thon is just as bad.

Same message to the patriotic fans -- FU.

16 posted on 10/01/2017 4:54:39 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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Paging the Boo Hoo girl


17 posted on 10/01/2017 4:54:49 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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Yep. Will Never Watch Again.

Millionaire thugs want us to applaud their criminal culture.

Cowardly cuck owners.


18 posted on 10/01/2017 4:56:09 PM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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It’s dead to me even if they all stop protesting.

They hate white people and America.

Eff them.


19 posted on 10/01/2017 5:01:11 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (CNN IS ISIS.)
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They are not fooling anyone.

They are still protesting and still going to lose viewers.


20 posted on 10/01/2017 5:01:14 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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