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Report: All Patriots To Stand For National Anthem Against Panthers
CBS Boston ^ | 27 September 2017

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: anthem; football; newenglandpatriots; nfl; nflwaronfans; patriots; robertkraft; sports; toolate
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

No mas, no mas NFL; hell, I’ll watch the Mexican soccer league before I turn the NFL back on.


82 posted on 09/27/2017 6:31:29 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: All

at no point in Goodell’s original statement did he mention the fans.. The people who pay the bills. Now they’re worried? They turned away permanent, multi-generational customers for a few temporary employees..
let em burn..


83 posted on 09/27/2017 6:35:50 PM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

The toothpaste has already been squeezed out of the tube.


84 posted on 09/27/2017 6:38:53 PM PDT by TennTuxedo
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To: Timmy

“As long as they stop dissing the national anthem and flag, aren’t we good?”

No, we are not “good” . “The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.” T. S. Eliot


85 posted on 09/27/2017 6:39:25 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("We should fear the tyranny of the easily offended." Stossel)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Another Freeper and I were pondering if all this was done on purpose by Goodell and the anti-American leftist powers that be.

The agitation with the NFL connecting with BLM, is right out of the Alinksy playbook. It does make more sense now as they were trying to use the NFL and BLM to try to drive a wedge between President Trump and his supporters.

What was to be a slow-burn agitation got all blown up by President Trump calling them out on their BS. Now it has backfired bigly and rightfully so.

CGato


86 posted on 09/27/2017 6:39:38 PM PDT by Conservative Gato (There are NOW 4 kind of LIES; Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and the Media.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

This is how it will happen.

They’ll simply stop the practice of kneeling, and never admit it was an insult to the flag and the nation.

Yes,... it was.


87 posted on 09/27/2017 6:43:11 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (John McBane is the turd in the national puch-bowl.)
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To: Conservative Gato

“they were trying to use the NFL and BLM to try to drive a wedge between President Trump and his supporters.”

They must be politically tone deaf if they thought for one minute that Trump supporters would choose a game over the country.


88 posted on 09/27/2017 6:45:45 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ("We should fear the tyranny of the easily offended." Stossel)
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To: dhs12345

Great


89 posted on 09/27/2017 6:50:34 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (WINNING! !!)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Meanwhile, the Panthers (according to CBS Sports) wanted to do more last Sunday but were afraid of how North Carolinians might react. One Panther even went to Twitter to tell us how *hard* it was to take a knee.

Spitting in our faces is one thing. Tweeting about how *hard* it was to spit really takes the cake.


90 posted on 09/27/2017 6:53:30 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Let Trump Be Trump. Would you rather have Hillary?)
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To: MayflowerMadam
They must be politically tone deaf if they thought for one minute that Trump supporters would choose a game over the country.

I do believe those elitists running the NFL are that arrogant. The NFL has been so popular, nothing would affect it or so they thought, until they grossly miscalculated and crossed the line with American Patriots.

If we had a congress worth a crap, Roger Goodell and the leadership of the NFL should be investigated.

CGato

91 posted on 09/27/2017 6:54:20 PM PDT by Conservative Gato (There are NOW 4 kind of LIES; Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and the Media.)
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To: tomkat

Awesome..


92 posted on 09/27/2017 6:55:31 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (WINNING! !!)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Too late.


93 posted on 09/27/2017 7:02:11 PM PDT by BAW (I'm not tired of winning.)
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To: Conservative Gato

They’ll change their tune fast because — ta da! It’s now breast cancer month with everyone wearing pink shit and demanding you give to the Susan G Komen Foundation which gives money to Planned Parenthood which performs abortions which increases breast cancer so they can have more breast cancer victims for the Susan G Komen Foundation to exploit. Nice racket, eh?


94 posted on 09/27/2017 7:06:30 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Let Trump Be Trump. Would you rather have Hillary?)
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To: workerbee

Sorry boys, your “principles” stretch only as far as the balance in your checkbook.

Perhaps if you collectively show true support for our nation and those who defend her and keep her safe, I might tune in on Sunday afternoon.....next year!

Meanwhile, in solidarity with my fellow veterans and fellow law enforcement officers, I’ll continue to salute the flag and kneel at the cross.


95 posted on 09/27/2017 7:09:38 PM PDT by EODGUY ("If you know how much ammo you own...you don't own enough!")
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

These low life, useless human vermin/scum, better stand with their right hands resting on their hearts while they loudly sing out the National Anthem “Star Spangled Banner”!!! No locking arms...none!!!

And their owner, Robert Kraft & Quarterback,Tom Brady should come on the field, stand in front of the lined up team of deadbeats traitors & turncoats and apologize to Patriot Fans for insulting the flag, the anthem, the entire military, the American people and the entire country, itself!!! And most of all, apologize to President Trump for the trash remarks he, Kraft, personally made against POTUS, Trump. Anything less is waste of time!!!

Additional note: every NFL team better do exactly the same thing as outlined above!!!


96 posted on 09/27/2017 7:19:50 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX (Defeat both the Republican (e) & Democrat (e) political parties....Forever!!!)
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To: OrangeHoof
They’ll change their tune fast because — ta da! It’s now breast cancer month with everyone wearing pink shit and demanding you give to the Susan G Komen Foundation which gives money to Planned Parenthood which performs abortions which increases breast cancer so they can have more breast cancer victims for the Susan G Komen Foundation to exploit. Nice racket, eh?

It's making more sense now if they are funneling money back to Planned Parenthood and the radicalization of the NFL by the left.

And as a bonus, they can continue with the pussification of the American male with all the pink.

CGato

97 posted on 09/27/2017 7:24:39 PM PDT by Conservative Gato (There are NOW 4 kind of LIES; Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and the Media.)
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

and what lock arms...same as kneelin


98 posted on 09/27/2017 7:26:08 PM PDT by angelcindy ("If you follow the crowd...you get no further ,than the crowd")
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Sorry Pats too little too late


99 posted on 09/27/2017 7:28:02 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: BlackFemaleArmyCaptain

Have seen this quoted many times... “sons of bitches”

Trump did not say this.


100 posted on 09/27/2017 7:43:03 PM PDT by deks
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