Posted on 09/28/2017 2:07:31 PM PDT by ForYourChildren
Sports teams ask a lot of their fans, especially in places like Green Bay. Where, depending on the time of year, a fan could get hypothermia while just sitting in his seat. However, one recent request the team has made of the Pack faithful has left fans feeling a little hot. The Packers players, led by their quarterback Aaron Rodgers, issued a call to their fans to join them in interlocking arms during the national anthem. However, some fans have not taken kindly to the request. According to the Green Bay Press-Gazette, Packers Director of Public Affairs, Aaron Popkey, says fan reaction has been intense.
“We’ve had a steady stream of feedback beginning Monday morning and it continued into Wednesday. We’ve heard on both sides of the matter. We take note of their concerns.”
The fact that Popkey alludes to the “concerns” of the fans, would certainly lead one to believe that the “steady stream” of fan feedback has definitely tacked more negative, than positive.
The issue of anthem protests, already a hot-button issue, became an even bigger story after President Trump’s comments in Alabama last Friday night. Where, he referred to players who protested the anthem as “SOB’s,” and said he wished their team owners would fire them.
Those comments, led to a backlash from the league last weekend. All told, more than 200 players from all 32 teams protested the president’s comments in some form, or fashion. The Packers stood with interlocking arms, in their game against the Bengals. With the exception of three players who remained on the bench.
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actually there were 4 dumb-asses in the first row - and the camera was on them for about 5 seconds.
The rows behind them had folks not protesting.
They CBS crew had to find the few folks that would satisfy their narrative.
Maybe that’s what usage of “should” and “may” indicate.
How about if half the crowd yells “a$$” and the other side responds with “holes”. Chants and cheers are part of the football tradition, right?
They could learn a few chants from English soccer fans.
Yep - they asked the fans to unite with them against cops and the Nation for the thugs that hate it when one of them gets taken to task by cops for breaking laws....not a winning formula.
Well, the REAL problem is that Americans know that the protest is based on a lie and is simply a way to get “whitey”.
This protest has ALWAYS been about spitting in white people’s face.
Intertwine arms just like the Rockettes.
We now have the Packettes!
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