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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Lynch should have stopped it.
‘I can’t spare this man; he fights.’
Goodell makes $21 million a year to be a shill for the owners,who are his puppet masters.He’s worthless and weak.
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.
Among others.
Again, Trump is right.
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.
Roger Goodahell owns this 100%.
Well I say, “If they take a knee, just give’em the FINGER!!”
And, bravo NRA, herein: https://youtu.be/z3j1ZKz7PWQ
“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.
5. The NFL puts its entire weight on the scales to put the kibosh on any further discussion of the issue by ESPN.
He works for the owners. They own the league.
I think it’s 44 million ...
Roger Goodell resigns.
Replaced by Condaleeza Rice.
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.
Condi would not lower herself to take that job. She is too classy.
You got something about “neanderthals.” asswipe?
The almighty dollar will win on this one. NFL is all about money, when it slows down, they will start to rethink.
“Monica Goodell takes to his ER her knees”
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Who’s Monica Goodell?
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