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Eagles players plan protest during anthem Monday
Philly.com ^ | 9/16/2016

Posted on 09/18/2016 3:27:26 AM PDT by Altura Ct.

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1 posted on 09/18/2016 3:27:26 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Altura Ct.

He can do all the protesting he wants on his own time.


2 posted on 09/18/2016 3:29:14 AM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: Altura Ct.
Cool.....I guess I'll read about it on Tuesday because I sure as hell won't be watching.
3 posted on 09/18/2016 3:30:59 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Proud Member Of The "Basket Of Deplorables")
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I’d like to see an owner say “Protest on your own time. When you are on the field you are on company time. If you do this yo will be immediately suspended without pay and will not play until you issue an absolute apology.”


4 posted on 09/18/2016 3:31:34 AM PDT by Fai Mao
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Owners are a wittle skeeeerd of the tantrum boys. All men should enmasse boycott NFL, sponsors, etc. That would shut all this crap down. Bottom line always does.


5 posted on 09/18/2016 3:35:56 AM PDT by Cats Pajamas
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To: Altura Ct.
Barack Obama was campaigning in Philadelphia last week. This is all about fabricating a bullsh!t issue to motivate blacks in that city to get out to vote.

I'm guessing everyone in the Democrat Party knows that the rest of Pennsylvania is a complete disaster for Hillary Clinton.

6 posted on 09/18/2016 3:38:13 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Sometimes I feel like I've been tied to the whipping post.")
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To: Gay State Conservative

Same here. Sponsors, are you listening?


7 posted on 09/18/2016 3:42:21 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: Altura Ct.

Mr righteous should be knocked down so he can be an equal to his soical justice buddies in da hood


8 posted on 09/18/2016 3:45:25 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Altura Ct.

I have my own form of protest against multimillionaire athlete SJW wannabes disrespecting the USA

I only hope millions and millions of Americans share the same
Refuse to purchase the products of any sponsors of these games for a month


9 posted on 09/18/2016 3:47:11 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Gay State Conservative

They really want to kill the NFL, don’t they?

If the NFL cannot or will not stop this unending disrespect of the American spirit, in the name of some “social justice” which is a totally false expression of “equality”, then the rest of America is also justified in “shunning”. The NFL is TOTALLY dependent on the entertainment value they provide, and the advertising revenue it brings in.

Football as a sport is only now hanging by a thread, and it would take little more to simply snap it. The ratio of foot ball players, at the professional level, who have suffered long-term damage of their extremities, skeletal structure, or head trauma, is fast becoming legion, and several major lawsuits against the management of the teams have become a new and quite lucrative source of income for a special breed of lawyers. Their dissent with the way football is played is being taken up by a certain minority of persons whose sensibilities have been assaulted by the very existence of a competitive sport like football, thinking it is not “fair” that some teams win and other teams lose, and besides, many aspects of football resemble warlike combat.

And war is bad, doncha know.


10 posted on 09/18/2016 3:48:50 AM PDT by alloysteel (Of course you will live in interesting times, Nobody has a choice, now.)
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To: Altura Ct.
Weren't 2 officers just shot in filthadelphia, one of them killed, by a negro?

They might want to rethink this.

11 posted on 09/18/2016 3:50:19 AM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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I’m not a sports person in any way, but aren’t there a lot of Italian Americans in the Philly area? Seems they’re some of the most patriotic people in the country. Would they tolerate the team disrespecting the Anthem and the flag? (I truly don’t know; just asking.)


12 posted on 09/18/2016 3:52:30 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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"For me, it has nothing to do with this country, or the flag or the anthem itself - really, it's just to continue to push forward the conversation about social injustice .

...hey asshole, how about the people paying premium prices to WATCH FOOTBALL?

13 posted on 09/18/2016 3:55:40 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailandd..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Altura Ct.

They don’t know Philadelphia sports fans too well, their antics won’t go over too well there.


14 posted on 09/18/2016 3:56:13 AM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking.)
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To: Altura Ct.

You do have to give Colin Kaepernick some slack on all of this. whoever named him decided to name him after an unflattering body part and then didn’t even spell it correctly, so he’s been dealing with issues all of his life.


15 posted on 09/18/2016 3:59:14 AM PDT by Bernard (The Road To Hell Is Not Paved With Good Results)
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To: Altura Ct.

Stop paying attention to the children when they throw a tantrum.

They are throwing out red meat to a lot of people. No one is going to do anything about this. But getting worked up will achieve nothing.

When “they” can articulate what they are protesting, we can listen. But to date they haven’t.


16 posted on 09/18/2016 4:01:00 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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Same here. Sponsors, are you listening?

IIRC Laura Ingraham wrote a book discussing showbiz types in politics called "Shut Up And Sing".I think we need a followup called "Shut Up And Play".

17 posted on 09/18/2016 4:03:34 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Proud Member Of The "Basket Of Deplorables")
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To: Cats Pajamas; Fai Mao

Your two posts contain the two key points. IF ticket sales and/or tv audience share is significantly impacted, THEN owners or the league will stop this.


18 posted on 09/18/2016 4:04:15 AM PDT by Tax-chick (The coming of a Cthulhu presidency will be heralded by a worldwide wave of madness.)
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To: Altura Ct.

I would have some respect for the SJW jocks if their “symbolic gestures” were based on genuine, wide-spread, government-sanctioned social and political oppression. Instead, they’ve decided to advance and embrace BLM lies. Let them forfeit their cushy, well-paid “jobs”.


19 posted on 09/18/2016 4:08:08 AM PDT by windsorknot
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Your two posts contain the two key points. IF ticket sales and/or tv audience share is significantly impacted, THEN owners or the league will stop this.

It's a shitty game

ESPN and NFL need Boycotting Monday Night

20 posted on 09/18/2016 4:10:08 AM PDT by scooby321 (o even lower)
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