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President Trump Blames National Anthem Protests on NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell
The New York Post ^ | September 27, 2017 | 10:34am | Mark Moore

Posted on 09/27/2017 1:50:23 PM PDT by drewh

President Trump told a gathering of the Republican Party’s richest donors at a Manhattan fundraiser that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell could have stopped players’ protests during the national anthem by suspending former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick when he first took a knee last year.

“All Goodell had to do was say there’s rules and you can’t do it, suspend him for a couple games, you would never have had this,” Trump said, citing an attendee. “Now you have this whole thing going and it’s a very dangerous thing ‘cause we cannot let anyone disrespect our country like that.”

Kaepernick began taking a knee during the singing of the “The Star-Spangled Banner” last year before San Francisco’s pre-season games, saying “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color.”

Trump told the crowd at Le Cirque, that the league has rules and should enforce them.

“They have a rule, you can’t dance in the end zone, you can’t wear pink socks, one guy’s mother had breast cancer and they wouldn’t let him, you can’t do anything! But you’re allowed to sit down for the national anthem,” Trump

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: goodell; nfl; trump; trumpgoodell; trumpnfl; trumpnflcomment
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To: drewh

Lynch should have stopped it.


21 posted on 09/27/2017 2:18:10 PM PDT by ex91B10
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To: drewh

‘I can’t spare this man; he fights.’


22 posted on 09/27/2017 2:18:25 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Verginius Rufus

Goodell makes $21 million a year to be a shill for the owners,who are his puppet masters.He’s worthless and weak.


23 posted on 09/27/2017 2:20:00 PM PDT by pawpawrick (I had a life once but my job ate it)
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To: drewh

The higher ups at the NFL are ivy-league educated elites and Manhattan socialites.

Most of them probably don’t know a single person that voted for Trump.


24 posted on 09/27/2017 2:20:30 PM PDT by Fido969 (IN!)
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To: drewh

Among others.


25 posted on 09/27/2017 2:23:52 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Only their self-aggrandizement matters.)
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To: drewh

Again, Trump is right.


26 posted on 09/27/2017 2:24:15 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: drewh

Here is my (incomplete) list of demands before I consider watching NFL football:

1. Public apology from Goodell.
2. Rules for respecting flag and national anthem strictly enforced.
3. Joe Lockhart replaced with nonpartisan spokesman.
4. No politicking by players/coaches on field. That includes BLM and calls for “Unity”.

Feel free to add your own.


27 posted on 09/27/2017 2:29:20 PM PDT by Atticus
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To: drewh

Roger Goodahell owns this 100%.


28 posted on 09/27/2017 2:31:17 PM PDT by PDGearhead (Obama's lack of citizenship)
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To: drewh
Goodell is allowing selective PC rule violations. Like to see some Pro-Life athletes ink “Cherish the unborn” on their uniforms and see just how much the NFL apologists will support their free speech.
29 posted on 09/27/2017 2:37:13 PM PDT by Shqipo (All this Winning is so MAGAnifocent!)
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To: lesko

Well I say, “If they take a knee, just give’em the FINGER!!”

And, bravo NRA, herein: https://youtu.be/z3j1ZKz7PWQ


30 posted on 09/27/2017 2:46:43 PM PDT by 2harddrive
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To: drewh

“President Trump told a gathering of the Republican Party’s richest donors”

It has to TOTALLY SUCK to be these swamp creatures and have to subject yourself to that neanderthal Trump...just to continue getting goodies from DC.

One can only imagine what they’re saying to each other...especially after the job Roy Moore did on their buddies in Alabama.


31 posted on 09/27/2017 2:49:44 PM PDT by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
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To: Atticus

5. The NFL puts its entire weight on the scales to put the kibosh on any further discussion of the issue by ESPN.


32 posted on 09/27/2017 3:10:34 PM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion (Presses can be 'associated,' or presses can be independent. Demand independent presses.)
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To: Enlightened1

He works for the owners. They own the league.


33 posted on 09/27/2017 3:20:02 PM PDT by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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To: pawpawrick

I think it’s 44 million ...


34 posted on 09/27/2017 3:23:44 PM PDT by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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To: Atticus

Roger Goodell resigns.
Replaced by Condaleeza Rice.


35 posted on 09/27/2017 3:48:36 PM PDT by mkleesma (`Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.')
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To: bankwalker

Goodell is the owners’ puppet.

That is why we need him fired.

That would be an admission by the owners that they are honoring their fans (not the radical black players), take responsibility for their stupidity and have taken action to remedy the situation.


36 posted on 09/27/2017 3:51:24 PM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: mkleesma

Condi would not lower herself to take that job. She is too classy.


37 posted on 09/27/2017 4:02:14 PM PDT by miserare ( Hillary--you lost! Get over it!!)
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To: BobL

You got something about “neanderthals.” asswipe?


38 posted on 09/27/2017 4:32:28 PM PDT by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: drewh

The almighty dollar will win on this one. NFL is all about money, when it slows down, they will start to rethink.


39 posted on 09/27/2017 4:34:50 PM PDT by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (Stay Calm and Carry.)
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To: Kozy

“Monica Goodell takes to his ER her knees”

Who’s Monica Goodell?

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40 posted on 09/27/2017 4:39:40 PM PDT by Mears
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