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NAACP calling for boycott of NFL, Atlanta Falcons
Fox 5, Atlanta ^ | AUG 18 2017 | Aungelique Proctor

Posted on 08/18/2017 6:27:40 PM PDT by Lonely Bull

ATLANTA - The NAACP has called for a boycott of the NFL. The organization says the league treated free agent Colin Kaepernick unfairly for his headline grabbing protest during the national anthem.

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Kaepernick has not been signed by an NFL team. This boycott is not just here in Georgia. It is nationwide. The NAACP says they are planning to send a strong message to not only commissioner Rodger Goodell, but NFL owners like Arthur Blank.

(Excerpt) Read more at fox5atlanta.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: atlanta; atlantafalcons; boycott; colinkaepernick; falcons; kaepernick; naacp; nfl
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To: mewzilla

Maybe not football. But the NFL.


21 posted on 08/18/2017 6:39:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: ladyjane

I support this boycott.

I do too.


22 posted on 08/18/2017 6:40:21 PM PDT by boycott
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To: dp0622
Are those who are protesting football here doing ANY shopping at Target Walmart or Amazon? Buying ANY Apple products? Using Microsoft when the Gates are so high on contraceptives?

So the only way to be "pure" is to live in a mud hut in Kenyan?

23 posted on 08/18/2017 6:41:04 PM PDT by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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To: Lonely Bull

Yeah, so how about a boycott of the NAACP. Racist bigots put “Colored” in their name. So non-PC.


24 posted on 08/18/2017 6:41:20 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: mewzilla; All

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3578672/posts

“Report: NFL launches LGBT initiative, NFL Pride”


25 posted on 08/18/2017 6:41:28 PM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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To: Lonely Bull

I used to enjoy football but a certain group of people ruin everything. I will be boycotting the NFL this year. And once I do, it will be a long time before I ever care to watch again.


26 posted on 08/18/2017 6:41:30 PM PDT by boycott
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To: BenLurkin

We still watch college, high school.

Pro fans need a new league.


27 posted on 08/18/2017 6:41:30 PM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: Lonely Bull

It’s a problem of his own making.

Hope he saved his millions, or whatever he made.

OTOH.... ;)

Anyway, I may be wrong, because I don’t watch sports that much, but it seems like it’s made up of a bunch of overpaid, ego-inflated jerks and it just costs too darn much to attend games anymore.

When my kids played baseball, we went to a minor league game with their teams and parents. It was fun, high-quality and cost a fraction of the price. We also went to a minor-league hockey game; same story.


28 posted on 08/18/2017 6:41:31 PM PDT by proud American in Canada
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To: Lonely Bull

Good idea, guys, since the 70% of the NFL players are black. If your stunt is successful, you just put your brothers on the unemployment line.


29 posted on 08/18/2017 6:42:30 PM PDT by econjack
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To: ladyjane

Maybe the NFL will die a quick dismal death over their idiocy (Goodell) for stepping into politics.

Now that 80% of their fans of morbidly obese drunks it may just happen.


30 posted on 08/18/2017 6:44:28 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Americans are modern day Amorites ripe for destruction)
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To: dynachrome
“Report: NFL launches LGBT initiative, NFL Pride”

Now that's the way to draw in middle America. /s

31 posted on 08/18/2017 6:45:11 PM PDT by proud American in Canada
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To: Lonely Bull

How many other football players did they not hire?


32 posted on 08/18/2017 6:45:38 PM PDT by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: Lonely Bull

USA > NFL

Support Our Flag!

Boycott The NFL!!


33 posted on 08/18/2017 6:47:02 PM PDT by KyCats
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To: Lonely Bull

Good. Put all those black people out of work. Tha’tl show em.


34 posted on 08/18/2017 6:47:24 PM PDT by brianr10
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To: Lonely Bull

Been boycotting since last year.


35 posted on 08/18/2017 6:47:31 PM PDT by CodeToad (Victorious warriors WIN first, then go to war! Go TRUMP!!!)
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To: ladyjane

I’m on board!

C ya, Roger !!


36 posted on 08/18/2017 6:47:31 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Search "Vice Mayor Wes Bellamy tweets" and pass those links on to all you know)
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To: Lonely Bull

Wow! How many patriots are boycotting because of the traitor?

Maybe the stands will be empty this year!

Thank you for supporting us, dear NAACP!

ROFL


37 posted on 08/18/2017 6:48:08 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Note to all foreigners: Please.....GET OUT and STAY OUT!)
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To: Lonely Bull

NFL = America Hating Racists!

Boycott The NFL!!


38 posted on 08/18/2017 6:48:48 PM PDT by KyCats
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To: bk1000

Let’s not forget Michael Sam.....


39 posted on 08/18/2017 6:49:03 PM PDT by cincinnati65
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To: Lonely Bull

Please please please tell me this is true!!!


40 posted on 08/18/2017 6:49:38 PM PDT by Strac6 ("Mrs. Strac, Pilatus, and Sig Sauer: All the fun things in my life are Swiss!")
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