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LOOK: Susan Sarandon joins more than 1,000 at Kaepernick rally at NFL offices
CBS Sports ^
| August 24, 2017
| Will Brinson
Posted on 08/24/2017 8:40:37 AM PDT by Zakeet
The fury surrounding the employment status of Colin Kaepernick has been taken to a new level, reaching full-blown froth on Wednesday night in the form of a rally at NFL headquarters attended by thousands to protest Kaepernick being unsigned by a team.
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According to Tim Rohan of TheMMQB.com, the group of activists who organized the rally -- The People's Consortium for Human and Civil Rights, led by president Reverend Stephen Green -- had three demands of the NFL.
- That the NFL institute a policy to protect players' rights to have freedom of speech, so they can kneel, raise a fist or express opinions on social issues, if they wish.
- That the NFL establish a review board to, Green says, "examine issues of social injustice." As Tamika Mallory, a social activist and co-organizer of the 2017 Women's March, put it in her speech, "The NFL, just like the NYPD, cannot police itself. Any organization that is only being looked at from within is a failing organization. There must be a unit of people internally and externally that look at racial and cultural sensitivity issues within the NFL."
- And that the NFL develop some sort of program to "reinvest into the communities in which they serve, where there are high rates of unemployment, high rates of mass incarceration. To re-invest those funds into the community," Green says.
Typically speaking, the noise surrounding an issue like this dies out once the games start being played. But this is not a typical situation: Kap doesn't have a job, which means with each week that passes and each horrific quarterback performance that we watch unfold, the noise could get louder.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: dopeydems; hollywood; kaepernick; nfl; protest; sarandon; shutupandsing; usefulidiots
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To: RayChuang88
As in all the payoffs, bribes and raw cash stacks of Benjamins.
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posted on
08/24/2017 8:50:45 AM PDT
by
dennisw
(Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it is enemy action.)
To: Zakeet
The 2017 football fan look.
To: Zakeet
I guess when Susan buys a team, she can hire all the black militants she wants.
Until then...STFU.
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posted on
08/24/2017 8:51:19 AM PDT
by
GnuThere
To: pepsionice
NFL is done...They should have stopped his the first week...
If you cannot stand for the National Anthem..stay in the locker room..til it is over..
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posted on
08/24/2017 8:51:27 AM PDT
by
Hojczyk
To: Zakeet
2.That the NFL establish a review board to, Green says, "examine issues of social injustice." Right. LMAO. As if the NFL is supposed to fixing every 'effing problem -- real or perceived -- Americans face.
There are more than 35,000 Americans losing their lives every year in motor vehicle crashes. Maybe the American Automobile Association should be picketing the NFL's headquarters, demanding that the league do something about it.
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posted on
08/24/2017 8:51:48 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
To: Zakeet
He exercised his free speech, but is not willing to pay the results. He needs to grow up and act like a man.
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posted on
08/24/2017 8:53:06 AM PDT
by
mulligan
To: Zakeet
That the NFL institute a policy to protect players' rights to have freedom of speech, so they can kneel, raise a fist or express opinions on social issues, if they wish. Will other players have the right to wear red MAGA caps on the sidelines, if they wish?
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posted on
08/24/2017 8:53:12 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
To: Zakeet
The NFL is dead. The retention of Roger Goodell guarantees it.
28
posted on
08/24/2017 8:54:33 AM PDT
by
60Gunner
(The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
To: JBW1949
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posted on
08/24/2017 8:54:46 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Zakeet
How about Krapperdick start his own football league...hopefully in North Korea.
30
posted on
08/24/2017 8:55:49 AM PDT
by
WKUHilltopper
(WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
To: All
Um, these people don’t watch football...
To: TLI
So won’t you smile for the camera
I know I’ll love you better
“I AM SpartaLEE”
To: Zakeet
Rule #1 in using public agitation to bring pressure to a major business establishment:
Don't picket their headquarters with a crowd of demonstrators who aren't your customers anyway.
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posted on
08/24/2017 8:57:28 AM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
To: Zakeet
The NFL has taken professional sports as entertainment and turned it into politics. As with everything else in politics, both sides will raise the stakes until the other side loses. As with everything else in politics, it is too late to withdraw from the game. No matter what they do, the NFL can no longer avoid offending a large fraction of their (soon to be former) viewers.
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posted on
08/24/2017 8:57:38 AM PDT
by
Pollster1
("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
To: JBW1949
This is political theater for her. Someone should ask her what position he plays and why she feels that, according to athletic ability, he should be on a team. Ask her how many games she watched last year. It’s all about show!
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posted on
08/24/2017 8:59:07 AM PDT
by
JWNM
To: Zakeet
Where was the support for Tim Tebow from the libtards?
To: Zakeet
All the ‘protesters’ in the whole world cannot make him a good QB. He sucks at it. He was a flash in the pan and now he’s toast............................
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posted on
08/24/2017 9:00:15 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: Zakeet
So these cretins “think” the NFL can force some team to sign that overrated malcontent?
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posted on
08/24/2017 9:00:55 AM PDT
by
ScottinVA
( Liberals, go find another country.)
To: pepsionice
He is the epitome of the Flash-In-The-Pan QB..........................
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posted on
08/24/2017 9:01:35 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
To: bgill
It is imperative that th e NFL be severely punished for this traitorous crap. . I suggest we take the field with our own protest and get on our knees in prayer until they carry us off.
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posted on
08/24/2017 9:01:56 AM PDT
by
raiderboy
( "...if we have to close down our government, we’re building that wall.”)
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