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NFL: Players' message is lost in political firestorm over anthem
nydailynews.com ^ | 9/28/17 | ap

Posted on 09/29/2017 12:21:42 PM PDT by ColdOne

The NFL says the message players and teams are trying to express is being lost in a political firestorm.

The issues have been "overtaken by political forces," NFL spokesman Joe Lockhart said Thursday, referring to President Trump's criticism of the league, team owners and players for kneeling during the national anthem.

More than 200 players either knelt or used other means as expressions of unity last weekend. Lockhart said such actions are not a protest against the anthem or the flag.

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To: DesertRhino

I DON’T WANT TO HEAR ANY MESSAGE FROM AN OVERPAID THUG PLAYING A GAME.....LOVE THE USA OR LEAVE IT.....SEE WHO LEAVES IT!!


21 posted on 09/29/2017 12:34:03 PM PDT by mastertex
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To: ColdOne

Yes, that is the message.


22 posted on 09/29/2017 12:34:58 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: ColdOne

MORE FAKE NEWS!


23 posted on 09/29/2017 12:35:04 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: ColdOne
Their message of social injustice = racist cops.

"That's it. You're nothing to me now."


24 posted on 09/29/2017 12:35:10 PM PDT by CASchack
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To: ColdOne

The message is not lost.
They are white hating bigots who have no respect for the American Armed Forces and veterans.
Going down to a one knee position then standing is just more in your face America hating.


25 posted on 09/29/2017 12:35:36 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (Men stand up for freedom; slaves kneel before their masters.)
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To: ColdOne

I confess that I had to ask on a thread yesterday, because I had completely lost track of why they were doing it.


26 posted on 09/29/2017 12:36:07 PM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm male.)
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To: ColdOne

Even if you accept that they have a grievance about police brutality, they went about this totally wrong. Using the national anthem as the time to express their views is an insult to millions of Americans, many of whom might have otherwise agree wit them. Really stupid. But then we’re not talking about a group of brain surgeons here.

Hell, for all most of us care they can protest whenever they want to and the NFL lets them, as long as it’s not during the anthem! Maybe the NFL will give them the whole halftime to piss and moan, who cares? That’s up to the NFL. Of course they have every right to protest during the anthem if they wish, it’s just counterproductive to their own interests. The owners and NFL are either idiots or ideologues of they fail to see that and correct it.


27 posted on 09/29/2017 12:37:34 PM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: ColdOne
More than 200 players either knelt or used other means as expressions of unity last weekend. Lockhart said such actions are not a protest against the anthem or the flag.

Clearly, to the NFL and players, political grievances and activism are MORE important than playing football. Sad for all the fans who invested in tickets and gear.

28 posted on 09/29/2017 12:37:38 PM PDT by olezip
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To: ColdOne

The protests from the millionaire athletes is about CK not getting to play and about black jobs in the league and about a lot of other non-police issues.

And the NFL wrnt slong with the knee stunt because for months now black athletes and activists were threatening to boycott the season.

So because the NFL surrendered to the whims of one political class ghey got a boycott from another political class.


29 posted on 09/29/2017 12:38:30 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Did Barack Obama denounce Communism and dictatorships when he visited Cuba as a puppet of the State?)
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To: ColdOne


I always was lead to believe by standing and placing my
right hand over my heart I was showing allegiance and unity
with all my fellow patriotic Americans? Who knew I've been
doing it wrong 50-plus years


30 posted on 09/29/2017 12:38:33 PM PDT by John 3_19-21 (Democrats are using the past to divide us now because America rejected their plan for our future.)
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To: ColdOne

“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” Kaepernick told NFL Media in an exclusive interview after the game


31 posted on 09/29/2017 12:39:24 PM PDT by reardensteel
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To: Lysandru

and then when they throw a fit over what Trump says - it blows up in their face and just makes them madder when he says the next thing. But what he says, rational people, not people drunk on some kind of illogical ideology, totally agree with it.


32 posted on 09/29/2017 12:40:04 PM PDT by Jimmy The Snake
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To: ColdOne

Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. Gentlemen!

33 posted on 09/29/2017 12:40:15 PM PDT by BlueLancer (ANTIFA - The new and improved SturmAbteilung)
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To: Billthedrill

Agree. And the arm-linking and whatever other variations on the theme they may try as an alternative to kneeling are just as disrespectful if they are done during the anthem, because that is what they are intended to be.

Standing quietly, arms at the side, or preferably saluting the flag are the only two postures that signify respect during the national anthem. Anything else - disrespect. Because that is exactly why they do it.


34 posted on 09/29/2017 12:41:19 PM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: ColdOne

Oh, I get it.....they hate the COPS, not the TROOPS.

Thanks, Mr. Lockhart, for setting me straight on that.


35 posted on 09/29/2017 12:41:47 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: ConservativeDude

still lying after the wh he can’t help himself


36 posted on 09/29/2017 12:44:22 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Imprison Obama, Clintons, Holder, lynch now.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I do not know what the owners are thinking Jerry Jones for one...kneeling like that. Was going to watch the Cowboys until he did that.

Maybe they are like those in congress...surrounded by everything but reality?


37 posted on 09/29/2017 12:45:48 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever! It is offical, we are at war!)
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To: BuffaloJack

Don’t forget this started out as an anti cop sentiment.


38 posted on 09/29/2017 12:46:47 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: euram

Wow...thanks for that info!


39 posted on 09/29/2017 12:51:28 PM PDT by ColdOne ((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever! It is offical, we are at war!)
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To: ColdOne

They can’t take responsibility of not committing crimes. They can’t take responsibility for their babies by multiple baby mamas. What makes anyone think they will take responsibility for a clear and concise message? The flag they’re disrespecting gives them the freedom to express any message they want, just not on my time. I am free to take the Titan’s, Delanie Walker’s advice to tell them bye! America’s great like that, huh.


40 posted on 09/29/2017 12:52:43 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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