[HANG THE EXPENSE]

I disagree.Fire their ass the first time a knee touches the grass.They would have never tried this crap 20 years ago.I remember the 68 mexico olimpics with the black power fist in the air by black americans.They lost the gold medals right there and then.They didnt try that crap again.

[DoodleBob]

I’m not excusing them but it seems like nowadays EVERYONE feels compelled to break the old rule of not discussing religion or politics at work. I doubt many on FR go in to work and have spirited debates about abortion, gun control, or the Franco-Prussian Alliance of 1821. Yet we have maniacs in the US accosting co-workers and customers over MAGA hats, the border, etc. What ever happened to shutting up and singing?

[Buffalo Bob]

1968 Olympics Black Power salute

Time magazine on October 25, 1968, wrote: "'Faster, Higher, Stronger' is the motto of the Olympic Games. 'Angrier, nastier, uglier' better describes the scene in Mexico City last week. (imagine that)

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Avery Brundage deemed it to be a domestic political statement unfit for the apolitical, international forum the Olympic Games were intended to be. In response to their actions, he ordered Smith and Carlos suspended from the US team and banned from the Olympic Village. When the US Olympic Committee refused, Brundage threatened to ban the entire US track team. This threat led to the expulsion of the two athletes from the Games.

Damn Skippy!