Posted on 10/11/2017 6:15:33 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, accompanied by three Miami Dolphins players, visited a middle school in North Miami to lead a discussion on anti-bullying and community policing...
....Goodell, who spoke out against NFL players protesting during the national anthem, was joined by the Dolphins players, all of whom who have either kneeled during the anthem or skipped the singing of the anthem....
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So he goes to Miami and sucks up by hanging with some of the protesting players. The players hang around with cops who they claim are racist.
Anyone else buying this?
Did the school take down and hide the US flags as to not trigger the NFL thugs? A PC discussion on bullying would include triggering.
Lipstick, meet pig.
Pathetic posturing only makes them look worse. These amoral, thugs, that get paid for pounding people, are now telling young people to be nice and kind.
Fraud and desperation are the words which come to mind.
Wait, where is Joe Lockhart, the NFL spokesman??? Why isn’t their hard-Leftist Obama guy dealing with the issue by ridiculing and disdaining conservatives, which was his MO in the WH??
Can it be that the NFL has finally figured out that hiring a rabidly partisan Leftist as their spokesman was a finger in the eye of their fans *that did not go unnoticed*? ?
Oh, I think Joe has been told to find another job. But they’ll never admit the same.
The funny thing is, they’ve lost me anyway. Bigots against Christians, conservatives, etc.
Were these men accomoanied by real heros? The police - to teacb these boys to respect authority
I’d like to think you’re right. But it’s more likely they just told Lockhart to lay low until what Goodell thinks is a tempest in a teapot blows over.
HA!
Goodell doesn’t know it yet but he will be fired and become infamous as a verb.
Goodell—to fail, self-destruct, commit suicide by stupid acts, to insult your customers and anger them, lie and get caught
Goodell: The Man Who Broke the NFL
The blame rests with the owners, who proved too weak to fire this jerk and save their business.
Fire Goodell? It never entered the owners’ minds. Back in August they were putting the finishing touches on a five year extension of Goodell’s contract.
Then Trump tweeted.
A very LOOOOOOONG hard way to gain back the good will of the people.
Good luck with them.
Lie.
Bullsh*t! This whole friggin' thing could have been stopped LAST YEAR if the Comish and owners had stepped in. But, noooooo! They, the players, have a right to protest! Again, bullsh*t!
BOYCOTT THE NFL!!!
Yo NFL, will we be talking to children about the travesty of impregnating women then abandoning the children?
So, were the players paid extra to visit this school? Otherwise, how could they be expected to do something outside of their job description? Truly they are being viewed as nothing more than slaves by their white masters.
That is a wimpy comment, just a bit stronger than, "I hope everyone stands," or, "I suggest..," or "It would be nice if...."
Kind of like, "I hope that the defensive players don't blind side the QB helmet to helmet and helmet to knees, and I hope they don't hit punters in the leg while it is extended."
Just say it, "man!" How about, "All players and other employees MUST stand?"
I guess he doesn't want to look like he's toxicly masculine.
Even Stephen A. Smith (black leftist ESPN commentator) admits Trump has won in an article out today:
“In the end, what it really, really comes down to is the president has successfully hijacked this issue,” Smith said on “First Take,” explaining that the original purpose of the anthem protests - highlighting racial inequality and police brutality - has been lost. “He’s turned it into an issue about patriotism and beyond. He’s catering to his base in the process,” Smith said. “He is the one that’s winning because he’s turned this into something that the players didn’t intend to. So they’re going to have to find a different mechanism to make their voices heard, because Trump has won this round.”
Even if they stand and it’s a League rule you’ll have a couple not stand. MSM will make them out to be Rosa Parks and Ghandi rolled into one. More controversy. Protests about them not being able to protest. NAACP calling for a boycott and target sponsors.
The game is POLITICAL now. Once one idiot was allowed to do that and not be corrected immediately the cat is out of the bag.
Plus, some (myself included) know the players are standing because they’re being forced to and have moved on from watching the NFL. Will take years to recover from this PR disaster.
For decades Leftists tried to kill the NFL. They hated it. Flags, cheerleaders, competition, Red State sport. They figured out the weak link - the players. When they threatened to strike at Mizzou two years ago that set the template. Go after the players. Tell them not to be Uncle Tom sellouts and copt them to SJW purposes.
Leftists are laughing over all this. It’s their dream scenario - football fans killing football because of the idiot players. Break out the popcorn.
Just like us enjoying seeing Hollywood imploding this week. Break out the popcorn.
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