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Posted on 10/10/2017 7:58:01 AM PDT by EdnaMode
Mike Ditka may want to stick to football after his most recent interview.
The legendary Bears coach, who was a guest of NBC’s Jim Gray during the Bears-Vikings game on “Monday Night Football,” was asked little about Chicago rookie quarterback Mitch Trubisky but instead weighed in on anthem protests going in the NFL.
Ditka isn’t a fan and doesn’t see a reason for them either.
"There has been no oppression in the last 100 years that I know of,” Ditka said. “Now maybe I’m not watching it as carefully as other people. I think the opportunity is there for everybody — race, religion, creed, color, nationality. If you want to work, if you want to try, if you want to put effort in, you can accomplish anything.”
As for the players who decide to bring awareness to issues they believe are important by kneeling for “The Star-Spangled Banner” before a game, Ditka said that is not the time or the place to invoke their right to protest.
“I’m not condemning anybody or criticizing anybody. Respect the game. Play the game,” Ditka said. “When you want to protest, protest when the game is over. Football has been so good to these guys. Enjoy it. Have fun with it.
“I don’t think it’s the stage for protests, I’m sorry.”
The Super Bowl-winning coach, who is a supporter of President Trump, added that if he still were coaching, he would not tolerate his players protesting during the national anthem.
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It is the NFL that needs to stick to football, not Ditka!
Mike Ditka says football players should still to football instead of protesting during the national anthem.
Author says Mike Ditka may want to stick to football after his most recent interview.
Author doesn’t see the irony.
stick to football, I mean.
Exactly!
Vince would also require that any player who had a penalty called on them would have to run the stadium stairs. 1 lap per each yard penalized!
Talk about hard core!
at 77 and millions in the bank he is probably not too worried about working. I am 3 years from retirement and having to be careful what I say at work.
He had a regular job on ESPN during the campaign. He said he was a Trump supporter and he was fired.
You should have heard ESPN leftys Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman raising hell this morning about Dikka and his thoughts on the anthem and his support of Trump. They did the same thing to Jerry Jones. It would be great to see this anti-American leftist network disappear.
Hmmm.......
Maybe this shoulda been a thread by itself, not the jock thing...
But then...the problem of logging in WTF ever that is!???
Never mind......
“The left doesn’t want to discuss what’s happening in the black community”
That’s because O.J. did it.
Ditka for President-— after Trump’s 2 terms of course.
Proud of you, Coach!
Iron Mike is right....
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Hey journalist, do you use your bias all the time, or just when you are talking about us Deplorables? You should stick with scatology which your writing is!!
What you say is true. I know that. Ditka is a patriot.
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