Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

NFL players now taking their protests onto the field
New York Post ^ | September 17 | Anthony Barstow

Posted on 09/18/2017 6:07:42 AM PDT by EliRoom8

The NFL would prefer the players’ now-ubiquitous protests take a back seat to the action this season, but it looks like the league won’t get its wish.

If anything, the players seem ready to take their social critique beyond sitting during the national anthem.

Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett, who is among the ranks of NFL players to sit during the anthem, celebrated a sack Sunday afternoon with a single raised fist.

Bennett was the first Seattle player announced during pregame introductions before the home opener against the 49ers and ****received one of the loudest ovations.**** (NFL fans are becoming pretty much anti-American)

Then he took what’s become his usual seat on the bench during the national anthem.

Protesters supporting Bennett, who says he was subjected to racial profiling and excessive force when Las Vegas police detained him last month, gathered outside the stadium.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: dopeydems; michaelbennett; nfl; seahawks; seattle; shutupandsing
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 101-106 next last
To: Dixie Yooper

Now there you have some action BattleBots is the greatest.


41 posted on 09/18/2017 7:05:18 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: EliRoom8

the players all make way too much money. Eff the NFL!


42 posted on 09/18/2017 7:05:54 AM PDT by drypowder
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EliRoom8

43 posted on 09/18/2017 7:10:16 AM PDT by xp38
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: wardamneagle
Bennett and players union paid them to be there.

Nice to know unions are still anti-American.

Look for the union libel...

44 posted on 09/18/2017 7:11:02 AM PDT by null and void (I don't expect to live in a safe world. I expect to live in a free country. Respect the Constitution)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: ProtectOurFreedom

Imagine the Vikings with only big Nordic guys with beards.


45 posted on 09/18/2017 7:11:53 AM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: unread

Yep, it’s either Spanish broadcasts or having one of the butch announcers in the booth. Screw the nfl. For a lot more reasons than these 2.


46 posted on 09/18/2017 7:12:44 AM PDT by cweese
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 32 | View Replies]

To: Lionheartusa1

“,,,loudest ovations ,,,,,, perhaps there was some descent and disapproval in all that noise”

Seattle, One of the most leftist cities in America. It was cheers.


47 posted on 09/18/2017 7:12:48 AM PDT by DAC21
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: boycott

I wish the arab (muslim) slavers sold us slaves in the same condition as the ones sold in the middle east.


48 posted on 09/18/2017 7:13:06 AM PDT by null and void (I don't expect to live in a safe world. I expect to live in a free country. Respect the Constitution)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: EliRoom8

The quality of the NFL product isn’t too bad. The DC-LA was pretty good to watch. Too bad the can’t shut up and play.


49 posted on 09/18/2017 7:13:09 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EliRoom8

Unfortunately they won’t feel it until 2021/2022 when their owners have to renegotiate the television network contract. Hopefully their salaries will be cut in half about that time.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3586595/posts


50 posted on 09/18/2017 7:13:13 AM PDT by Rockitz (This is NOT rocket science - Follow the money and you'll find the truth.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: \/\/ayne

No, they are going to destroy the Alamo and turn it into a multicultural shrine courtesy of George P. Bush.


51 posted on 09/18/2017 7:15:08 AM PDT by Crucial
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Rockitz

But the major networks and advertisers are feeling it now. Praise the Lord!


52 posted on 09/18/2017 7:16:47 AM PDT by EliRoom8
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 50 | View Replies]

To: taildragger

Rush dodged a bullet.


53 posted on 09/18/2017 7:17:42 AM PDT by Crucial
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: EliRoom8

Yeah, and you sound like a BLM antifa member.


54 posted on 09/18/2017 7:18:24 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 40 | View Replies]

To: EliRoom8

Hope the NFL sets a new record for lowest superbowl TV ratings ever. And, I hope they double-down on their stupidity and teams take on heavy losses.

I’ve been a lifelong NFL fan, been to many games, etc. but my level of tolerance for anti-american, bigoted, overpaid thugs is wearing thin. High school football is more entertaining - and there’s not a damn commercial every 5 seconds!


55 posted on 09/18/2017 7:21:16 AM PDT by Made In The USA (Next thing you know, 'ol Jed's a millionaire)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Made In The USA

>>High school football is more entertaining - and there’s not a damn commercial every 5 seconds!<<

Worth repeating!


56 posted on 09/18/2017 7:24:20 AM PDT by EliRoom8
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 55 | View Replies]

To: Starboard

We should have picked our own cotton!!


57 posted on 09/18/2017 7:32:29 AM PDT by OregonRancher (Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: xp38

]]]]]Remember all the things we wanted
Now all our memories, they’re haunted
We were always meant to say goodbye
Even without fists held high, yeah
Never would have worked out right, yeah
We were never meant for do or die[[[

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xM6ibXV20Dk


58 posted on 09/18/2017 7:34:04 AM PDT by EliRoom8
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 43 | View Replies]

To: Neoliberalnot

We’re even?


59 posted on 09/18/2017 7:35:28 AM PDT by EliRoom8
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 54 | View Replies]

To: Neoliberalnot; nikos1121
He’s a white European who has the sense and decency to be grateful for the sacrifices of white Europeans that engineered and built the civilized world.

NO! The white guy, #68 center Justin Britt has his right hand on the shoulder of Bennett to show his support for the protest.

60 posted on 09/18/2017 7:49:25 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 37 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 101-106 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson