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Punt in the Time of Corona: 66 NFL Players Decline Playing Over Covid Concerns
Townhall.com ^ | August 8, 2020 | Brad Slager

Posted on 08/08/2020 4:07:57 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 08/08/2020 4:07:57 AM PDT by Kaslin
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Watch for a bump up in claimed injuries by players once the season starts. This way they’ll be fully paid while not playing. Hopefully it kills the league.


2 posted on 08/08/2020 4:14:16 AM PDT by JonPreston (Covid19 is communist Chinese bioweapon)
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I think most of the COVID restrictions are ridiculous, but these guys are smart. Having constant close physical contact with others during the course of your work is not necessarily a good idea.


3 posted on 08/08/2020 4:16:48 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("We're human beings ... we're not f#%&ing animals." -- Dennis Rodman, 6/1/2020)
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66 players will likely be followed by more imo. This along with their kneeling and praising BLM, flying BLM flags under or over the US flag, the constant referencing of BLM by the play by play twirps (this is a gimme) and the lack of energy without attendance should seal their fate.


4 posted on 08/08/2020 4:17:42 AM PDT by albie
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I’m not interested enough to find how many are white, but it would be an easy way for them to avoid the BLM pressure to kneel without looking like their disrespecting the flag and anthem. After that quarter back was allowed by his teammates to be injured when he didn’t kneel last year, they know it can be dangerous to disagree.


5 posted on 08/08/2020 4:18:43 AM PDT by Betty Jane
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Now they can kneel all the time.


6 posted on 08/08/2020 4:27:23 AM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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The author doesn’t mention the colors of the players, so why you bring it up is beyond me.


7 posted on 08/08/2020 4:28:43 AM PDT by Kaslin
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They should just cancel the season without pay. They are nonessential workers, and no one wants to watch a bunch of kneeling crybabies anyway.


8 posted on 08/08/2020 4:29:40 AM PDT by MountainWalker
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Ditto for all sports, is anyone really even watching Baseball or Basketball?


9 posted on 08/08/2020 4:30:58 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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If teachers can get paid for not showing up...


10 posted on 08/08/2020 4:35:02 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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BOYCOTT THE NFL!™


11 posted on 08/08/2020 4:35:13 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT The NFL, MLB & NASCAR! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper!)
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Good, let them collect the 600$ a week instead. Football is a declining sport anyhow.


12 posted on 08/08/2020 4:37:11 AM PDT by inchworm (al)
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https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2020/08/03/get-woke-ratings-choke-nba-mlb-slide-openers/


13 posted on 08/08/2020 4:37:36 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (BOYCOTT The NFL, MLB & NASCAR! Molon Labe! Oathkeeper!)
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I have yet to watch or listen to any MLB but do check the Covid cancellations. They’re up to 21 cancelled games. With ratings crashing and MLB’s blm self inflicted wound, you’d think ownership would write off this season. These players who are opting out, are they locked up, hiding at home? Are they really that terrified of the sniffles? Someone should explain to these brainiacs that the virus doesn’t age you fifty years which would make having it dangerous.


14 posted on 08/08/2020 4:46:47 AM PDT by hardspunned (MAGA, now more than ever)
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Oh no! Who will kneel during the national anthem now?


15 posted on 08/08/2020 4:51:06 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Assange)
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I think the mentality of these players is no different than the people that took advantage of $600 p/w unemployment. Why work when you can whine Covid, stay home and collect.

Covid is the new “the dog ate my homework” excuse for wriggling out of just about anything.


16 posted on 08/08/2020 4:53:30 AM PDT by albie
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Funny how the Kraft team has the most. Any connection to whom is buddy with?


17 posted on 08/08/2020 4:56:20 AM PDT by Mouton (The media is the enemy of the people.)
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These players will not receive their full salary for 2020 if they don’t play. I believe they will get a $150,000 payment that is an advance against their 2021 salary.


18 posted on 08/08/2020 4:59:22 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("We're human beings ... we're not f#%&ing animals." -- Dennis Rodman, 6/1/2020)
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Those who refuse to play dont pay


19 posted on 08/08/2020 5:08:15 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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“They are nonessential workers, and no one wants to watch a bunch of kneeling crybabies anyway.”

The FR Sunday NFL thread would cry over that.


20 posted on 08/08/2020 5:11:40 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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