Posted on 10/11/2017 11:13:06 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive lineman Gerald McCoy, speaking on Adam Schefter's Know Them From Adam podcast, said he thinks there might "be an uproar" if NFL players are forced to stand for the national anthem.
"I don't think guys are gonna like it," McCoy said, when asked about the possible reaction from players. "I think it's gonna be an uproar if that is to happen because you're basically taking away a constitutional right to freedom of speech. If guys wanna have a, I guess you would call it a peaceful protest, I don't think it's right to take that away."
McCoy, an eight-year veteran and one of the Bucs' defensive captains, said he does not plan on kneeling during the anthem.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell made it clear in a letter sent Tuesday to all 32 teams that he wants players to stand during the anthem. He did not provide specifics about how he intends to ensure it, but he wrote that it would "include such elements as an in-season platform to promote the work of our players on these core issues."
The issue will be discussed during the NFL's regularly scheduled fall meetings in New York next week.
President Donald Trump, who said last month that NFL owners should "fire" players who kneel during the anthem, tweeted early Wednesday morning:
It is about time that Roger Goodell of the NFL is finally demanding that all players STAND for our great National Anthem-RESPECT OUR COUNTRY
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Maybe they can just cancel the games and have the players kneeling for an hour and see how it goes from there.
They got 53 guys on the roster about 3/4 don't make shit in NFL terms. They will play both ways. I put the chance @ less than 0.
Why didn't he "take a knee" on the opening kickoff, or at a first and ten situation to make his point? Because he didn't want to put his skin into the game.
I don't care what the players say they're "protesting." The left has demanded that whoever is offended for whatever reason IS the aggrieved party. Well, the players offended the American people, and as we've seen repeatedly from the left, it doesn't matter what the reason is for doing it, and in fact, their reason doesn't matter. All that matters is that they offended us.
Screw them!
Mark
“”I don’t think guys are gonna like it,””
it’s called a JOB assholes! you’re not necessarily SUPPOSED to like it: you’re SUPPOSED to go to work, do what the boss says, and collect your paycheck for being a good little boy or girl. Most of us here have done that all our lives. Grow up and accept reality.
THAT makes sense.
Sure it is right, dumbass. If you want to protest DO IT ON YOUR OWN EFFING TIME!!
Dumbshit whining millionaires don’t see the irony of complaining about ‘systemic oppression’.
Cry me a freaking river.
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