Actual heroes kneeling...just sayin'
Posted on 10/18/2017 10:30:17 PM PDT by ForYourChildren
Like many Americans, I find it distressing to see multi-millionaire athletes kneeling during the playing of our national anthem before professional football games. In my lifetime, football has been a big part of our image as Americans.
In my working-class Cleveland, Ohio family, Sunday football was always a big event. One of my cousins was married to Lenny Dawson who would become a Hall of Fame quarterback. It was a rare Sunday during football season when we weren’t gathered around our TV or radio for the Cleveland Browns or the Kansas City Chiefs game (both if possible).
As we watched those games, I had no idea the political affiliation of any of the players and I certainly don’t recall any political discussions during the games (a rarity). We ate, the adults drank, some smoked, and we all felt a part of something both exciting and uniquely American.
I came to love the game. Seeing Jim Brown run down the field is as much a part of my youth as JFK’s inaugural address. I’m not equating their historical relevance. But, both inspired and encouraged my generation regardless of your race, religion or political affiliation. They were simply uplifting.
"Employees have no constitutional right to alienate a business’ customer base, damaging the business that employs both them and their co-workers, not to mention the owners who have taken the financial risks to create that business."
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Actual heroes kneeling...just sayin'
I’m done with NFL until they start suspending kneelers, so I didn’t hear the Giants actually won. Throwing the game? Given the score, it makes sense, but that would kill the league forever if proven. The Raiders letting Carr get hurt was just as sick.
Sorry, NFL, but you won’t get me back...
“...once the habit is broken and other activities take its place, many will not come back.”
So true. I was a die-hard Bengals fan until Paul Brown died and his greedy idiot son took over the team. He did everything to maximize profit instead of putting a winning team on the field. He demanded, and still demands, weak “yes” men as head coaches (Dave Shula!?!). In the `90s the Bengals sucked and made no legitimate effort to improve (turning down the entire Saints draft pick lot so they could draft Akili Smith!?!) I gave up on them and moved my loyalty 90 miles un Interstate 71 to Ohio State.
My theory then is the same as now, why should I care more about whether or not the Bengals won than they man who owned them? Made no sense to me. Likewise, why should I care more about the National Anthem than the players who make millions playng a kid’s game in America, the true land of opportunity?
http://andmagazine.com/us/1328981382.html
“Will the NFL? I think the fans will come back. “
It goes further than just the anti-white anti-American protesting. All kinds of nonsense has been happening that has reduced the enjoying watching football. For instance, it now takes 4+ hours to get through a game.
“ESPECIALLY if the customer leaves pissed off.”
and even ore so if they drop cable TV because they only kept it for football.
The author of this post was the CEO of a fast food chain. I never cease to be amazed that franchisees will spend millions of dollars to build a restaurant and then turn it over to a bunch of idiots to run. The NFL owners have done the same thing with Roger Goodell. Till now every NFL team made money regardless of how poorly they were managed. Perhaps this is about to change if the tv revenue takes a significant decline.
This means that the NFL DOES sanction the disrespect of the flag, and the American public.
Mark
There are such things as contracts and rules/regulations
which the NFL failed at and the NBA didn’t.
Thanks for posting this:
Former Carl’s Jr. CEO: NFL could have prevented protest mess, as any competent employer would!
Fox News ^ | 10/18/2017 | Andy Puzder
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Remember how the NFL had a hissy over Tim Tebow?
I email FOX, Budweiser, and the NFL on Sundays and tell them I’m not watching anymore. Budweiser actually responded.
Same with my Giants; I've followed them since the 1950s. From miserable to champions, to contenders, to Super Bowl champs and back. We're now in the miserable stage again.
“and even more so if they drop cable TV because they only kept it for football.”
indeed.
“Throwing the game?”
had to see it to believe it: 3 short field-goals missed, interceptions, fumbles, zero running game, zero pass-blocking, terrible defense - number one in the league against the run let the Giants run wild, AT HOME against the lowly giants the Broncs got whipped in every phase of the game. by the end the stands were completely empty so no one left to even boo. the whole thing was just mind-boggling.
“I didn’t see race when pulling for my teams. Now they’ve made me see it.”
I didn’t see race either. I saw a bunch of finely tuned athletes honed as a team by coaches. Watching a perfect play being executed is as a “A well regulated team, being necessary to the security of the football carrier, to gain yards” was a real pleasure.
But now, I don’t see that perfectly executed play.
Now, they make me see black and white; and I also see players standing down, letting their quarterbacks get injured. This is a shame.
And this, because the NFL was gutless.
The more I think about it the more I believe encouraging people to drop cable TV is one of the most powerful actions that could be taken. Cable TV props up the major media companies and major media companies push leftest ideas in general and the Democratic party in particular.
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