Posted on 09/25/2017 2:02:38 PM PDT by HarleyLady27
Two of the largest veterans organizations in the country are slamming National Football League (NFL) players who kneel during the national anthem.
Denise Rohan, national commander of the American Legion, said in a statement that professional athletes and others who do not respect the national anthem are “misguided and ungrateful.”
“Having a right to do something does not make it the right thing to do,” Rohan said. “There are many ways to protest, but the national anthem should be our moment to stand together as one UNITED States of America.”
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Which NFL teams have the most player arrests? Bengals, Broncos among longest rap sheets since 2000
Updated May 12, 2017
NFL players have been arrested 855 times since 2000. That includes 215 DUI charges, 99 drug charges, 96 domestic violence cases and 71 assaults. It even includes two murders.
But which teams have had their players arrested the most? The following list was compiled based on stats reported on USA Today, and goes in order from least to most arrests while a player was currently employed by the team.
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http://blog.masslive.com/patriots/2017/05/nfl_arrests_which_teams_have_t.html
This is called FIGHTING BACK
Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger says he “was unable to sleep last night” due to team’s anthem decision
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DKmD9QEW0AIOM1x.jpg
Matt Light “Ashamed” to be a Patriot as Team Protests National Anthem
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/09/matt-light-ashamed-patriot-team-protests-national-anthem/
I don’t care that much about the players who do this, they’re just a bunch of violent thugs who would be in jail for their violence if it weren’t for football making them into gladiators. It’s the billionaire owners and league management who make me sick by speaking against President Trump.
The blowback continues for the actions of yesterday.
They are neither, but they are Anti-American, Communist enabling fools of the very first order who deserve to be FIRED!!!
Our President opens curtains through out the week, if we pay attention...
He opened this curtain and look at what we are seeing...wow, who would have thought...
Now what are the Sports Organizations going to do now that we can see what is going on...globalists all of them...just what we are trying to get away from...
Yeah! Well there are thousands of American men and women who are sleeping the "Big Sleep" because they gave their lives so he could experience that night of insomnia. Moron! Un-American moron.
Amen!!!
As an old vet myself (Korean War) thank you guys. We have to stand up to these ignorant fools.
Time for all U. S. Citizens to go public on this.
The Girl Scouts will come out with a comment before McConnell, Ryan, and Congress do.
First World Problems.
He is the field general . . . he should be able to make it stop for his team - if he feels that strongly. He said it won’t happen again. We’ll see.
We stand to honor the bravery and sacrifice of the veterans who have served, and are presently serving to protect our freedoms, security, and our cherished way of life. We also stand to show respect and gratitude for the first responders who selflessly put their lives on the line for us every day.
Anyone who doesn’t get that is not an American.
Good start—now they need to call for their members to boycott the NFL until the Commissioner is fired.
Money talks, everybody else walks.
Their hatred for Trump has fuelled their disgusting behaviour towards our country's anthem, our flag and our fallen heroes...
Thank You Sir for your service...
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