Posted on 09/27/2017 11:45:26 AM PDT by Cecily
FLOWERY BRANCH — Falcons coach Dan Quinn said the team will lock arms during the national anthem and will encourage the fans to do the same before they play the Bills on Sunday.
“For us, we will lock arms together during that time, and we would encourage our fans to do the same,” Quinn said Wednesday. “I think that would be kind of a nice tribute as we’re getting started. It’s an important time in our world. There are a lot of issues that are really important to talk about, and we’ll spend some time and we have as a team talking through some of those.”
Most of the Falcons, along with owner Arthur Blank, stood and locked arms during the singing of the national anthem before they played the Lions in Detroit on Sunday.
Defensive tackles Grady Jarrett and Dontari Poe knelt. Several other players stood alone off to the right at attention.
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But now that they've seen the uproar, and how angry many of their longtime fans are, they are now trying to come up with these compromises that somehow appease their players and their fans.
Just based on the number of statements by owners, executives, players, sponsors and they league, they must be feeling an incredible blowback. They are scared, and we can't let them off the hook now.
“BA speaks revolution”
What is BA?
How about they explain first WHY they’re not honoring our country and flag the way it has always been done?
If they have a problem with AMERICA say have the guts to say it. Otherwise, stop disrespecting it.
This locking arms BS is a cowardly way claim they’re protesting without protesting. It’s NOT working, and NOT appreciated.
What these fools do not understand is the NFL has jumped the megalodon shark of no return.
The NFL screwed up by politicizing sports!
Fu*k those disrespectful Anti-American trash!
Stand with your hand over your heart or you are part of the problem!
How to you “link arms” with a chicken wing?
Never mind. Found the information. Bob Avakian, radical from Berkeley.
Cowboys did it on national TV Monday night so the feedback must have been positive for the other teams to plan it
Wow the BLM/NFL thugs really think a lot of them selves don’t they.
Uh no.
Who would be at an nfl game but islamidemocommucrats and their sympathizers?
Oh and BTW. Judging from the SJW/Anti-Trump spew coming from the NFL, the Media, and the ‘Rats the ONLY way we can fight back is to turn the TV off and not watch the games. Period.
Robert Bruce Avakian and Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. Apparently they like to lock arms.
Willing to bet that NFL offices have gotten the word out that they’re taking a beating from advertisers, fans and other proud Americans. They’re scrambling to appease with this locked arms BS.
SCREW that.
Screw the NFL. I was a life-long fan, and even if they fix this today - I’m not coming back to it for a LONG time.
The hell we will.
Just like the Green Bay Packers.
Cram it.
What the heck is this locking arms thing????
The only race relations problem in this country is AGAINST whites,but whites don’t riot,block highways,burn stores,and stone cops.
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Rugby coming soon
Oh come on now, don’t blame females for the collective stupidity of males.
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