Posted on 09/27/2017 1:10:31 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Just one week after many members of the Patriots kneeled during the national anthem, a new report indicates that they will all stand together as a team next time out.
A league source told CSNNE’s Gary Tanguay on Tuesday that all Patriots players will stand during the national anthem before next Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers at Gillette Stadium. Many stood and interlocked their arms during the anthem last Sunday before the game against the Texans, while a large portion kneeled.
Teams across the league had similar demonstrations last Sunday, which were mostly a response to controversial comments made by President Donald Trump about NFL players who sit or kneel during the national anthem. The president described such players as ‘sons of bitches’ during a rally in Alabama last Friday, also declaring that they should be fired for doing so.
Patriots owner Robert Kraft was among many executives across the league to respond to Trump’s comments, saying he was “deeply disappointed” by his remarks. Quarterback Tom Brady also said he “disagrees” with what Trump said, supporting his teammates’ right to choose what to do during the anthem. Both Kraft and Brady stood during the anthem last Sunday, while Brady locked arms with Patriots receiver Phillip Dorsett.
The decision of many players to kneel during the national anthem in Foxboro drew a wide range of reactions, some negative. Former Patriots tackle Matt Light said he felt “ashamed” to be a Patriot for the first time in his life. Fans appeared split on the issue of players protesting the anthem.
If the Patriots do end up standing as a collective group during the national anthem next Sunday, it will send the message of unity that the players were trying to send last weekend.
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The locked arm formation they can say is protest and say they were standing, forbidding anyone to put their hand over their heart though.
This locked arm thing they are doing we should call the Chain Gang.
Call it doing the Chain Gang.
Too little, too late
No Fans Left, but don't lose hope
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Until the NFL demonstrates they will not PERMIT a single player to take a knee during the anthem, for any reason, I’ll not watch any NFL.
Not pre-game, not highlights.
Right now they are allowing all players to make their own decision, and then supporting them.
While they piss on the graves of dead heroes.
Too late, they can’t put the bullet back in the barrel.
WE THE PEOPLE.
Deleted the NFL channel, channel 212 on DirecTV today. Saw where DirecTV is giving refunds to those who wish to cancel their NFL Sunday Ticket of all the games. I got it about 4 years ago. It was a waste of money.
Meh. Not gonna watch any more. Didn’t really watch much anyway.
Not a single knee! They are a bunch of sock puppets anyway. Knee socks!
Cause, it ain't over till the POTUS says its over.
Put that together NFL, and I'll reconsider. In the meantime....GFY.
NO organization I ever worked for allowed employees to engage publicly in political speech or other expression while on company time, or at any company function.
This IS NOT ABOUT ‘FREE SPEECH’; it’s ALL about the organizational policy question: Is this a football team or a political organization?
If anyone ever saw the Missing Rings episode on the NFL Network about the 1969 Minnesota Vikings. Bud Grant the coach actually had the team line up on the sideline during national anthem with helmet under arm. What a contrast to todays NFL.
I wouldn’t watch them again if they crawled on their hands and knees from Dog Red Beach all the way to the Normandy cemetery. Which they should do.
The New England Traitors need to change their helmet again and stick Benedict Arnold on it this time.
Too little, too late, Gaytriots.. and that linking arms crap isn’t a patriotic gesture.
At Attention with hands over heart or that linked arms BS ?
Exactly. Linked arms is still a political statement in this context. If it was after a blue lives matter moment of silence I wouldn’t have a problem. But the Black Supremacists would never allow that of course.
Too late is an understatement. These wealthy celebrity sob’s have defecated on America, our traditions, ceremonies and national anthem. Never forget these overpaid AH’s.
Spit*
Too late for me. They’re attacking the President and showed their true colors last week.
The NFL is dead to me.
No NFL for me. Thank you very much. They did me a favor. I have a life to live. Time to break up the NFL monopoly. Break it up!
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