Posted on 05/22/2018 5:08:46 PM PDT by EdnaMode
On Tuesday, NFL owners put three hours aside for a privileged session to speakamongst themselves and family membersabout the most sensitive of topics.
One was how the league will handle players kneeling during the national anthem going forward. An idea being floated in the room goes like this: It would be up to the home team on whether both teams come out of the locker room for the anthem, and, should teams come out, 15-yard penalties could be assessed for kneeling.
The league is currently being sued by Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid, with the two unsigned free agents alleging that NFL teams colluded to keep them unemployed. Kaepernick was the first NFL player to kneel during the national anthem, to protest police brutality, starting a trend that swept across the league in 2016 and '17.
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Ratings must have been much worse than reported. Advertisers putting pressure on NFL
JUST ANNOUNCE NO POLITICS ON THE FIELD OR YOU ARE BENCHED
Geebus this is not even hard... And you didn’t have to -pay me $millions
When revenues fall, seats go unsold, and franchises pile up inventory that nobody wants, then the owners will learn to fear the fans. Then those behemoths on the field will be shown to capable of producing nothing except attitude.
They should hire you.
Forfeiture of play and pay for the game!
They must be noticing a significant drop in season ticket sales ... finally.
The NFL is headed the way of NASCAR and that is down the tubes.
Take it a step slower, it will never get past the union.
rwood
They could lose a 3rd round draft pick for the first offense, and a 1st round pick for the second. That affects the TEAM for years.
Indeed. Hammer them. When they kneel during the National Anthem they are spitting on the flag. And that means spitting on the country. We, The People, should have no patience with their insults!
NFLIDTM
The nfl literally HATES and habitually denegrates its own former fan base. Who needs em? NOBODY!
Far too late. As fans forget about football, their children and families also forget about it.
The NFL hates Americans, so we hate them back.
I hereby give to you, your Official - NON-OFFICIAL Barrel Fishing License via lead poisoning at sub sonic speeds. This Barrel Fishing License is limited to the use of 22 Cal. or less. And is only valid on February 30th & February 31st of each year, in accordance with the laws of Un-attain-able.
Anyone kneeling during the national anthem should be penslized five thousand miles and loss of citizenship.
Players who fail to stand and give proper respect to the Flag of the USA , should be,
immediately after the National Anthem , should be then #1-physically escorted out of the stadium , #2-suspended entirely from being allowed to play in that game, and #3fined a cash amout equal to their commensurate pay for that game ... also the team which “OWNS” said player will also be required to pay a cash fine of $5000 for the first offense and additional payment of $10,000 for each additional player who fails to stand. Payments of fines will be donated to the nearest Veterans Retirement Home.
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