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To: GailA
One FReeper mentioned that this is all about getting rid of the National Anthem and military from the NFL. This is what the Left does. I bet you're going to hear sports commentators say that the National Anthem is a distraction and shouldn't be played.

Liberals have been trying to kill football since the Teddy Roosevelt days.

8 posted on 09/10/2016 6:08:45 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (TRUMP THAT BEYOTCH!)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Before then actually, at least before Roosevelt got into the White House. In 1894 professors Woodrow Wilson of Princeton and Burt Wilder of Cornell formally debated the topic “Ought the Game of Foot Ball to Be Encouraged?" Wilder's answer was "NO!"

In 1898 the Brown Conference Committee Report sought to prevent college athletics “from interfering with the mental and moral training of the students.”

This is from 1983:


40 posted on 09/10/2016 6:37:13 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
One FReeper mentioned that this is all about getting rid of the National Anthem and military from the NFL. This is what the Left does. I bet you're going to hear sports commentators say that the National Anthem is a distraction and shouldn't be played.

And sadly most Conservatives will still tune in every Sunday

44 posted on 09/10/2016 6:40:27 AM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Surely the People can beat this. There are more us than them.


115 posted on 09/10/2016 9:09:37 AM PDT by Karoo
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