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Mike Tomlin Steelers Coach Didn’t Want Army Vet To Stand For Anthem
YouTube ^ | Sep 24, 2017 | Coke Studio

Posted on 09/24/2017 10:02:44 PM PDT by Leaning Right

Coach Tomlin says that he respects the decision of his players to not appear for the national anthem. Yet he expresses clear disappointment with the decision Villanueva made to appear. So I guess player decisions are respected only when they fit the PC narrative.

The relevant comments start at the 3:13 mark.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: alejandrovillanueva; allforalie; liberalagenda; nfhell; nfl; steelers; tomlin; villanueva
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To: Kartographer
Yes he almost did, but that is what makes up so much of our American History someone always steps forward and STANDS THE GAP!

So many on the right talk a good game. It took a pro football player to actually take the risk.

21 posted on 09/24/2017 10:51:35 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: Paladin2
The Steelers shoulda just forfeited their game.

Didn’t they loose anyway? What was the point of the game?

The Steelers didn't loose the game. But they did lose the game.

22 posted on 09/24/2017 10:52:43 PM PDT by ytrebil
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To: DoughtyOne

6’9”, 320 lbs. I have a feeling Mr. Villanueva does whatever he wants to do. Good on him.
He’s the kind of player I, uh, looked up to when I played pee wee football. The rest? meh


23 posted on 09/24/2017 10:54:15 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: ytrebil

That’s how lose is spelled here, ya noobian wonder.
Welcome to FR. Now, get us all sammiches!
And move your beeber.


24 posted on 09/24/2017 10:56:21 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: the_daug
The black friend apologized later and said he had to do it his bros were there too. Tribal think!

More like baboon tribe think. There is no "think", it is primitive animal behavior.

Wild animals should be dealt with in "human" interactions the same as in the wild. Kill without prejudice or hesitation. They WILL kill you when in packs.

Sad it has come to this, sixty years ago, pre- "Great Society" it was not so bad. Our HS football game at negro high schools were dodgy, but not open warfare as now.

25 posted on 09/24/2017 11:11:24 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: tumblindice

Your post gave me cnacer of the covfefe.


26 posted on 09/24/2017 11:16:03 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: Leaning Right
"The present-day Pittsburgh Steelers exist as a paradox. They have been lead, for the last 11 years, by a black coach who was considered for the position in large part because of the Rooney Rule — a policy requiring NFL teams to interview minority candidates for coaching and upper-management positions. The rule is named after Dan Rooney — the now deceased long-time chairman of the Steelers — who was chairman of the NFL’s diversity committee when it was enacted. Rooney was also a staunch supporter of President Obama, and Obama named him ambassador to Ireland in 2009."

From VSB.com (Language)

27 posted on 09/24/2017 11:20:51 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: ExGeeEye; tumblindice

stuned the heck out of me.

I had to check if I was logged on.

And not undead.

I mean, NNNgggg!!


28 posted on 09/24/2017 11:35:16 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (The UK has no death penalty, unless you are an 11 month old infant with no arrest history)
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To: Leaning Right

Tomlin was trying to have it be a team thing, that whatever they did they all had to do. They couldn’t agree on what that should be so he decided to keep ALL the players off the field, apparently not realizing that this would be just as much a statement as anything else they might have done.

I don’t know what motivated Villanueva to go against that, I doubt he’s a Trump supporter so I don’t think he was trying to be political. I choose to believe he stood and honored the flag because (a) he’s been shot at while wearing it on his shoulder and (b) he’s seen other men die because they were wearing it on theirs. And Sunday was Gold Star Mothers Day.


29 posted on 09/24/2017 11:40:26 PM PDT by Saije
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To: Enchante

that’s okay, United States is going to be involved in a big war with North Korea and Iran soon, and all of this small-time BS will be like nothing. At which time those that do not stand with their country, well they will have a rather difficult time in their lives. We true American Patriot can guarantee that. As for now let them have their fun. They probably won’t be around long.


30 posted on 09/24/2017 11:47:59 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse (America First !)
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To: Leaning Right

They’re circling the wagons; reminiscent of the OJ verdict when they cheered.


31 posted on 09/24/2017 11:52:44 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (luke 6:38)
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To: Leaning Right

Just made it a point of not watching, got better things to do, like home improvements.


32 posted on 09/24/2017 11:56:58 PM PDT by Herakles (Diversity is a globalist scam for power!)
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To: Finalapproach29er
They’re circling the wagons;


33 posted on 09/24/2017 11:56:59 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

lol
Yep


34 posted on 09/25/2017 12:15:38 AM PDT by Finalapproach29er (luke 6:38)
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To: Leaning Right
The NFL logo incorporates the elements of the American flag into it. Maybe they should protest the league itself and remove the logo from their uniforms. Let’s see how long it takes the league to shut that down. My guess?...about a millisecond.

This whole thing is at its core just an extension of the Hollywood celebrity social activism: A bunch of otherwise unemployable nitwits subconsciously aware that their chosen profession is of zero real world value, so they attempt to compensate by inventing causes to make themselves feel relevant and important.

35 posted on 09/25/2017 12:27:19 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Leaning Right

Villanueva is more of man than all of the steeler pussies put together, including the coaching staff.

Are we going to let a bunch of overpaid punk thugs bully us, or are going to stand up for America and say enough is enough?

#boycottNFL


36 posted on 09/25/2017 12:38:51 AM PDT by Bullish (Whatever it takes to MAGA)
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To: Paladin2

We should call the Pittsburgh Steelers that “Pittsburgh Rusterbelt”. Hope they lose all their games. It is time for all decent Americans to stand UP for their country, not take a coward’s knee for diversity crap.


37 posted on 09/25/2017 12:41:25 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Leaning Right

Never put the unity of your team over the unity of the nation where there are no time-outs. Freedom isn’t a game.


38 posted on 09/25/2017 12:41:51 AM PDT by Theophilus (Repent)
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To: ytrebil
The Steelers didn't loose the game. But they did lose the game.

At a time like this maybe the spelling police could take a break and go get a donut or something?

People make that mistake all the time. Why not just ignore it and focus on something important?

Since you had nothing at all to add to the thread but criticism over a slight misspelling it makes you look like a jerk.

39 posted on 09/25/2017 1:05:52 AM PDT by Bullish (Whatever it takes to MAGA)
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To: doorgunner69

Of course he was. But his owner was even a bigger one. The late lamented Dan Jr. was Obama’s ambassador to Ireland. You gotta kiss some serious ass for a post like that.


40 posted on 09/25/2017 2:43:51 AM PDT by SargeK
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