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NFL opening weekend sees more Star-Spangled Banner protests
Yahoo News ^ | September 10,2017

Posted on 09/10/2017 6:07:09 PM PDT by Hojczyk

Los Angeles (AFP) - Seattle's Michael Bennett and Oakland's Marshawn Lynch joined other NFL athletes Sunday in protesting the treatment of minorities by US law enforcement during the first weekend of the regular season.

Both Bennett and Lynch remained seated during The Star-Spangled Banner before the Seahawks and Raiders season-opening games as part of a continuing wave of protests that began last year with former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

Bennett sat as teammate Justin Britt stood next to him with his hand on his shoulder while another teammate, Thomas Rawls, stood on Bennett's other side before the game against the Green Bay Packers.

Bennett's brother, Martellus, who plays for the Packers, stood at the end of the Green Bay bench with his right fist in the air.

Two weeks ago, Bennett was detained on a Las Vegas street for about 10 minutes by police

Bennett has alleged that he had been the victim of racial discrimination after being threatened at gunpoint by the police. He said they "singled" him out for "nothing more than being a black man in the wrong place at the wrong time."

Police denied the charge and said Bennett was detained briefly because he was spotted running from the police before jumping over a wall. Bennett was handcuffed but police did not arrest or charge him.

Raiders runningback Lynch also sat during the anthem just like he did a number of times during the preseason. Lynch, unlike Bennett, has declined to discuss his reasons for doing so.

In Cleveland, players linked arms with police, military and firefighters during the anthem before the Browns' opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers. No players knelt during the song.

Philadelphia Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins and Los Angeles Rams linebacker Robert Quinn also raised their fists

(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...


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KEYWORDS: nationalanthem; nfl; oldglory; shutupandsing
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61 posted on 09/10/2017 9:12:42 PM PDT by Songcraft
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To: Flavious_Maximus

“People who actually work for a living would not be able to get away with this farce.”

there’s no other major U.S. corporation that would allow employees acting as official representatives to publicly and repeatedly express such anti-American views. Anyone attempting that would be immediately fired.

It’s beyond me why the NFL allows this.


62 posted on 09/10/2017 9:19:49 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: ealgeone

NFL: not on in my house yet this season. I don’t care to watch the crap on and off the field. It is not entertaining. If I want to see true athletic performance, I will go to the Ballet. The music is usually great too!


63 posted on 09/10/2017 9:20:37 PM PDT by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: Hojczyk

It really is so mixed a situation on this. The players of the NFL, having such notoriety and wealth, could do other things to do their “protest.” One which it appears no two of them no what it is, but insist upon standing on the backs of those hundreds of thousands of troops that gave their all for the right for these under educated, spoiled, brat children to do something stupid.

Well, children, here’s a message from a long time activist for race relations you might know:

Former Browns running back and NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown, a noted social activist during his time, said the players should stand during the anthem and not “disrespect the flag.”

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/cleveland-police-union-will-not-hold-flag-after-ignorant-browns-anthem-protest/

And this guy was around when it was really bad. I know. I was there. He left the NFL to do movies and in the middle of a contract for two years at $120,000. Maybe he could tell you something you over fed babies. But you are so in yourselves you wouldn’t listen. And not listening to other’s logic makes you half a man. Anda few steps down on the food chain.

rwood


64 posted on 09/10/2017 10:02:44 PM PDT by Redwood71
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To: dfwgator

Is that normal on opening weekend?


65 posted on 09/10/2017 10:03:11 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Mark

The Longest Yard...forever!


66 posted on 09/10/2017 10:04:30 PM PDT by xp38
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To: All

NFL Week 1 and I am “0’fer” (just saw about 5 minutes of the Pats/Chiefs game). Owners are going to get a wake up call when it is time renegotiate the TV contracts...that combined with empty seats is going to put a hurt on their revenue.
Empty seats: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3584842/posts


68 posted on 09/11/2017 12:47:56 AM PDT by Drago
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To: Hojczyk

With luck, in five years, NFL salaries will match the average for other college dropouts. That would be real social justice.


69 posted on 09/11/2017 2:14:00 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Hojczyk
And Bennett got ejected on a call that might not have normally caused it, along with some other calls against Seattle that may not normally be called - maybe the Refs are having a say in it.....

Looks like Seattle is now off my potential watch list for the season. Might end up watching under 5 games this year....

70 posted on 09/11/2017 3:38:21 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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The NFL coulda and shoulda stopped this the first time it happened.
Instead, they chose to insult their fans rather than the players....this will harm them in the long run.
A true boycott of WATCHING the games isn’t going to happen, the way to REALLY hit the league is to refuse to buy ANY merchandising and to boycott ALL outside programming (pregame, postgame, etc.).


71 posted on 09/11/2017 4:39:45 AM PDT by Maverick68
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And remember kiddies, this protest isn’t about the police, it’s about an idiot QB (anyone who thinks Castro is a hero is too stupid to be a QB) and his RACIST girlfriend trying to make themselves important by HATING WHITE PEOPLE and disguising it as a protest against the police.


72 posted on 09/11/2017 4:41:28 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Thanks.

I wonder if you can be arrested by bringing tomatoes and other veggies and tossing them at the players. Out of disrespect of course.


73 posted on 09/11/2017 9:01:35 AM PDT by dhs12345
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