Posted on 10/02/2017 4:34:51 PM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: The NFL circumstance. What happened in Baltimore yesterday is not just what happened in Baltimore is what is fascinating, but the way the media its classic how they dont understand the average, ordinary American. Its classic! And well get to it eventually. Im gonna tell you what happened. Well, the players kneeled, and then they stood for the anthem, and the PA announcer had some the fans booed the PA announcer and the media doesnt understand why.
hey think the fans of Baltimore are reprobates for what they did. They havent the slightest idea why the fans booed the PA announcer. The media thinks the fans were booing prayer, and thats not what was happening. These are the same people that still to this day cannot understand why 10 people, much less 60 million, voted for Donald Trump. Its classic.
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Now, to the National Football League and particularly in Baltimore. Yesterday was rivalry day for the Steelers and the Ravens. It may be the best rivalry in the NFL at this moment in time. It has lost some of its fervor because the Ravens suck. Theyve had a lot of injuries. I said that trying to be funny. They dont suck. Theyre not the team that they have been the past couple years. The Steelers may not be, either; time will tell. It was still intense, however, and the pregame featured both teams I think both teams kneeling, some of the Ravens did, and then rising and standing for the national anthem, and yet the fans in the stadium booed!
And the sports media is beside itself. They dont understand. They think they know why and they think it was horrible. Now, I want to play for you the fans booing. This does not contain I dont believe its only maybe it does. They booed the PA announcer. That much the media understands, but they totally misunderstand why. So lets listen. Its 14 seconds here. Lets see what this actually is.
(playing of audio booing)
RUSH: Theres no PA in there, right?
PA ANNOUNCER: Thank you. (boing)
RUSH: (laughing) The PA announcer in Baltimore asked the crowd to pray for kindness, unity, equality, and justice. And thats when the crowd booed. And the sports Drive-Bys dont have any idea why. They think it is reprehensible. One sports Drive-By said the crowd booed players bowing their heads in prayer. No, they werent booing the players. They might have been booing the players if the players were kneeling at any point. They might have been booing the players if the players linked arms instead of hand over heart.
It reached peak hilarity Sunday in Baltimore when the PA announcer asked the crowd to pray for kindness, unity, equality and justice in America. The Ravens dropped to one knee and bowed their heads in prayer, and the audience started booing. This was before the anthem. Before they got to playing the anthem. And the sports Drive-Bys are beside themselves thinking, Oh, my God, this is horrible, this is horrible. Fans are just so in a frenzy here, they dont even know why theyre booing. But, boy, when you boo prayer, whoa, thats it.
Now, how many of you think, based on what Ive just told you, what youve heard, that the fans were booing prayer? You think so, Mr. Snerdley? Okay, I dont have anybody on the other side of the glass who thinks the fans were booing prayer. Remember, now, this is Baltimore. All I mean by that is Baltimore is not known for its right-wing conservative Republicanism. So if they werent booing prayer, what were the fans booing?
Folks, I happen to think that if youre at the football game and youre expecting some kind of controversy over the anthem and the flag and players kneeling or not, linking arms, showing respect for the flag or not. And when its time to play the anthem, when you expect the PA announcer to say, Please rise as we honor America, and heres so-and-so singing our national anthem, and instead what you hear is a bunch of left-wing tripe, Let us pray for kindness, unity, equality, and justice,
I mean, that is pure left-wing social justice warrior language. And I am convinced that thats what the fans were reacting to. They resent that intrusion into the game. But the sports Drive-Bys this proves my point that the media makes the mistake of thinking that everybody thinks like they do, that every intelligent person, that every reasonable person, that every educated person, that everybody who knows whats what thinks like they do. And so the PA announcer asking for people to pray for kindness and unity and quality and justice in America now, unity is a red flag anyway.
Unity has become a left-wing term just like diversity has, and it doesnt mean what they mean. Unity means you agree with them or else. Unity does not mean we are all unified in one patriotic belief. Unity means that you will agree with the left. You will agree with the social justice warrior types, and you will love it or else. Equality, they might as well throw in sustainability in there.
Now, its also possible that the fans were booing because there were some players kneeling. I dont know if there were or not. I didnt watch. The Steelers said they were gonna stand, but I dont know if they all kneeled before the anthem was played. But I think fans that are upset at all of this recognize that language as divisive language. Its not the language of unity. Lets all pray for kindness, unity, equality. Thats, in essence, a criticism. Thats how the left criticizes the country. There is no unity and there is no equality and there is no justice, and thats why all this stuff is happening, and people resent it. I dont think Im wrong about this.
Now, there is a related story. Ravens linebacker C. J. Mosley was not surprised when the hometown fans booed at M&T Bank Stadium. He said he wasnt surprised while the Ravens took a knee Sunday before the national anthem, but the actions of the crowd he said did show him something. Quote, Even though it was supposed to be a silent prayer, it was mainly boos. But it goes to show that it has nothing to do with the anthem. We stood up for the anthem because we respect the flag and respect the veterans and everything that got misconstrued with us taking a knee last week.
Now, Mr. Mosley, I know that you are an intelligent man, but you have to understand the fans are not as dumb as you think. The fans know what these kneelings and the lack of respect is. It is to support Colin Kaepernick, and Colin was very clear about why he was not going to stand and salute the flag and do the anthem, because he doesnt think this country treats minorities fairly and equally. It was an anti-America position that he took. The players now trying to say that this is not about the flag, its not about the anthem. It most certainly is. Kaepernick made it about that, and the fans are very much aware of this.
And one other bit of news that I want to repeat. Of all people, John King, somebody at CNN, announced on his Sunday show on CNN yesterday that he knows that the owners and the league know that they are losing viewers and attendance is down because of these protests. The league publicly will not admit that. The league has tried to say, well, it was the election and the Trump campaign. Then they tried to say it was Hurricane Irma and theyve tried to say it was Christmas shopping and it was climate change and it was anything other than that.
They still havent admitted why. And attendance was down, ratings were down this past weekend, too. According to preliminary numbers, it was down again. Now, the thing to watch. Weve already had some sponsors pull out, but theyre regional. The next thing to watch is to see if any of the highfalutin national sponsors of NFL telecasts or of the NFL enterprise, the NFL Network, the NFL website, if they begin, if one pull out or if two pull out, and people are looking at it because theyve heard rumblings, cause this is far more serious than people in the middle of it want to acknowledge. The owners, however, according to John King at CNN and I think this is true only because I think its true. Not because CNNs credibility, fake news all over the place.
But this I think is right. I think they know. And even though they know, they are siding with the players. Theyre making a calculation. Do not doubt me when I tell you theyre scared over the choice that they have to make. But they are choosing to be seen siding with the players. How many NFL owners endorsed Barack Obama in 2008? There were a few. Why do you think that is?
If your locker room is 75% African-American, and you publicly are holding fundraisers for, who was it, Romney, or if you are donating to Romney but if youre out there supporting Obama, isnt it gonna make you that much more popular in your own locker room if youre the owner? Im just asking it. Im throwing it out there as a think piece.
But, I mean, it makes sense to me that that would happen. In this case theyre siding with the players because theyre judging that if some fans tune out and dont show up, thats temporary, but if the players all unify and dont show up on a Sunday, then theres no product, and then theres nothing to sell, and then theres no TV money, and then theres trouble. And I know thats the decision theyre making. But they know.
Now, note what none of them think is an option. These people are all employees. This is workplace. And apparently I could be wrong about this. I may not be fully informed, but apparently there isnt well, that I know of there isnt an owner or an organization which will tell his players, Youre standing. For the sake of this team, for the sake of this league, for the sake of our business enterprise here, you are standing. And if youve got a problem well deal with it some other way. Ive had bosses tell me what I can and cant do all the years of my life, except the last 29 cause I havent had one.
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RUSH: Okay. So the Ravens PA announcer asked for the audience to pray for justice, peace, equality, and unity. How many fans remember that this league pretty much kicked Tim Tebow out of it because he prayed in public? Remember that? Tim Tebow would take a knee after a touchdown or after a good play or something and remember how the league got nervous, TV announcers got nervous at this public display of worship? And now look. Now look. Were asking the fans to pray for not God, no, pray for justice, peace, equality, unity. Why dont you throw climate change in there? Cover every base.
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RUSH: The left outside linebacker the Baltimore Ravens, number 55, Terrell Suggs his nickname is T-Sizzle and he said after the game yesterday, We dont want anybody to lose the narrative of why we are doing it. We dont want people to think that were disrespecting the flag or the military or anything like that. Mr. Suggs, thats exactly what Colin Kaepernick said he was doing, and it is unity with Colin Kaepernick that is driving the actions of the players who are taking a knee or linking arms or not standing for the national anthem.
If youre not disrespecting the flag or the military or anything like that, what are you doing? Why are you doing it? And this is what I say constitutes everybody backtracking now. I mean, it started out full bore, unity, solidarity with Kaepernick. And then it didnt go the way the left thought it was gonna go. The left thinks everybody thinks like they do, which means everybody supports the players. Everybody thinks Americas racist. Everybody thinks the cops kill people indiscriminately. Everybody thinks the cops are racists. Everybody thinks hands up, dont shoot happened.
No, most people dont think any of that and resent having it jammed down their throats when they dont want any of this kind of politicization of the game they love. So now backtracking, saying, We dont want people to think were disrespecting the flag or the military. Why do it, then? With whom are you in solidarity if it isnt Kaepernick? What are you doing? Cause Mr. Suggs Terrell Suggs, by the way, is a great player. And hes an intimidating guy. Hes had two Achilles injuries, and hes come back from em.
But all this is doing is hurting the National Football League, which is the objective of the people who support this. Im not saying the players are trying to hurt the league. They may. Hell, I dont know. I dont know what they know and dont, but Im telling you, this is hurting the NFL, and thats the objective. The objective is not to change the cops. The objective is not to raise consciousness. Its to hurt the NFL.
The left sees the NFL as a problem. It stands in opposition to what the left wants this country to be and known for. The NFL contains all these things that on college campuses are trying to be weeded out. Masculinity, white privilege, in terms of the ownership, patriotism, rugged individualism, men being men. All of these things that the left is trying to scrub and erase as identifying factors for the United States. And whether the players know it or not, theyre unwittingly helping this along.
Yahoo Sports. Yahoo News, Yahoo Sports, dont ever confuse them with people like Ronald Reagan or me. Exclusive poll, Yahoo Finance poll, suggests the NFL has an enduring problem on its hands, not a temporary, but enduring. They interviewed 9,000 people at Yahoo Sports. They found that nearly 62% of 9,056 people told them they plan to watch less pro football in response to the anthem controversy.
In addition to 62% saying theyre gonna watch less, 36% said theyre gonna spend less. Theyre gonna buy less NFL merchandise. Thirty-two percent have chosen not to attend a game that they otherwise would have gone to. So those people show up disguised as empty seats. Do you think that its wrong for players to kneel during the anthem? Seventy-seven percent, yes. And yet the left and the sports Drive-Bys and others think the country agrees with the players. If the anthem controversy caused NFL owners and players lasting financial harm, 10% say it would bum them out, 30% say they wouldnt care, 48% said they would be pleased, if the anthem controversy caused the owners and players lasting financial harm.
Guys, this isnt tracking in your direction. And your substitute here of kneeling while linking and then standing in time for the entire anthem, it isnt the solution. All the people in the sports Drive-Bys and some of the player management, the ownership, Oh, we got a great idea. We can do both. You can, but it isnt gonna work.
If they protest the police tonight it will not go over well
Just read that the Raiders completely threw their game against the Redskins because Carr didn’t kneel.
They did not boo the PA. In fact there was applause. They booed as soon as the Ravens “took a knee”.
Mixing sports and politics is not good. The Nika riots ruined chariot racing for everyone.
They didn't make a mistake. They intentionally distorted why the crowd booed so they could make the crowd look bad. Pure Left-Wing media propaganda.
I am upset that Rush even knew about this. I am not watching any NFL games, why is he?
Rush DIDN’T WATCH the game if you listened to him. He was TOLD about it and then played audio!!!!!
Dumb asses boo’ed instead of demanding a full REFUND.
Chuck down a few $10 beer/$7 hotdog, the players and city are getting theirs, thanks to the continued patronage.
Pleebs may be miffed, but keep up the bread and circuses and they’ll forget about it next game they attend...
Unity has become a left-wing term just like diversity has, and it doesnt mean what they mean. Unity means you agree with them or else. Unity does not mean we are all unified in one patriotic belief. Unity means that you will agree with the left. You will agree with the social justice warrior types, and you will love it or else.Thanks Kaslin.
does anyone know what happened in the MNF game tonight?
Did ESPN broadcast?
Did they do the stupid kneeling thing before the anthem>
Rush totally gets it... the idiots wanted us to unite behind every silly liberal buzz phrase they could come up with... pure lift wing drivel...
does anyone know what happened in the MNF game tonight?
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KC Chiefs’ corner back #22 Perry sat on the bench during the anthem. Got burned for two Redskin’s TD passes.
>>Let us pray for kindness, unity, equality, and justice,
Tim Tebow prayed and the Left booed.
Oh the irony of Leftists “praying”....
Go ahead, players. Alienate the customers. Send NFL revenues down into the toilet.
But, guess what? People are keeping track of who had been pushing this, and in February and March 2018, when contracts are up for renewal, the team negotiators are going to have lists of the players who contributed the most to the revenue decline.
And it won’t matter HOW good a player you were, if your off-field antics cost the League money.
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