Posted on 09/24/2017 1:01:12 PM PDT by abb
WOW Cafe & Wingery of St. Bernard in Chalmette took to Facebook on Sunday afternoon to say it won't televise the Saints vs. Panthers game after a group of players participated in a protest during the national anthem.
"I apologize to all of our guests but we will not be viewing the Saints game today in house," the post reads. "Some of our local players chose to sit during the National Anthem, which will not be supported or praised at WOW. Again, we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you."
Lindsey Manasco, a 31-year-old manager, waitress and bartender at the Chalmette-located wingery, confirmed the restaurant's decision.
"That’s disrespectful to the United States," she told The Advocate.
Manasco said that only the St. Bernard location was boycotting the game so far, and she hadn’t heard of any other nearby businesses following suite.
The decision was ultimately made by Brooke Anastasiadis, the owner of the St. Bernard restaurant, Manasco said.
Anastasiadis was motivated in part because she wanted to show solidarity with members of the military, police officers and firefighters, all of whom are given a 20 percent discount in the store when the dine in uniform.
Manasco added that the WOW restaurant in Chalmette would continue to boycott the game “any time the Saints kneel.”
“The Saints are from New Orleans and we are at Chalmette, and we want to support them, but if they kneel or sit we are not going to show the game,” Manasco said.
She reported that a couple of tables walked out when diners learned that the game wouldn’t be shown, but that most customers “are agreeing with us.”
Ten Saints sat on the bench during the national anthem, and four more players who stood near the group in a show of support before the team's game.
Rafael Bush, Kenny Vaccaro, Chris Banjo, Sheldon Rankins, Alex Okafor, Cameron Jordan, Adrian Peterson, Alvin Kamara, Brandon Coleman and Mark Ingram all sat. Thomas Morstead, Marshon Lattimore, Craig Robinson and Coby Fleener stood nearby with hands on teammates' shoulders.
The Saints and Pelicans organizations released a statement roughly half an hour before the start of Sunday's game, saying that the comments were "disappointing and inappropriate." The statement expressed support for the players, and also expressed the team's respect for the flag and the anthem.
The Saints' decision to sit during the anthem is part of a league-wide protest in backlash to comments made by President Donald Trump this weekend.
Staff writer Della Hasselle contributed to this report.
I think it more of an example of President Trump inadvertently sidetracking his own goals. Using Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders as an analogy. Rather then leading us up San Juan Hill and winning a big prize (tax reform, repeal of Obamacare, the revocation of Hillary’s Russian uranium deal, the investigation of Hillary, Bill, Obama, and the Clinton Foundation, the building of the wall) we are instead hooting and hollering as we ride willy nilly up Mouse Poop Mound (Making NFL players stand during the Pledge of Allegiance).
Black America is the biggest loser of our open borders; industries would work overtime to create a much-needed workforce from our population if they couldn’t simply open the border spigot whenever they wanted workers.
The NFL was already facing a demographic nightmare in this country (Hispanics and Asians, the “replacement Americans”, aren’t really fans); this is hastening an already inevitable demise. The league will survive, but will more resemble MLS or NHL in terms of ticket sales and such; the heyday of American football was already past when this BS erupted.
I for one am happy to see so many mutants in the public eye admit they aren’t Americans in any sense of the word.
“I for one am happy to see so many mutants in the public eye admit they aren’t Americans in any sense of the word.”
Maybe it will wake more people from their trances.
Yep - they have no idea and yesterday they made such a rousing statement of support for the ingrate race-bating America haters that they likely lost millions. I won’t tune any part of any game this season and tweeted Goodell to be sure he sees some of our message as he tries to commit business suicide.
Done.
Get a clue. It’s not about the player protests.
Definitely; they are also probably adding voters to Trump for 2020 as the left can’t hide how they’ve destroyed/we’ve lost our country.
People are beginning to burn their NFL items. Let the NFL go the way of disco.
Wise. I hadn’t thought of that.
Now this is what is called a respectful protest.
Sarita’s Grill & Cantina in Denham Springs: No NFL games on our TVs ‘until further notice’
Advocate staff report Sep 25, 2017 - 6:27 pm (0)
Sarita’s Grill & Cantina Denham, 151 Bass Pro Blvd., Denham Springs
Another Louisiana eatery, this one in Denham Springs, has announced it will no longer televise NFL football after many players staged a protest during the national anthem on Sunday.
Sarita’s Grill & Cantina Denham posted Monday on its Facebook page that the ban on NFL games and the NFL network is “until further notice.”
“We respect everyone’s right to freedom of speech,” the post says. “However, we do not support anyone that disrespects our Flag, our Country, and the people who have fought and/or died for the freedoms that we have.”
Dozens of initial comments attached to the post as of Monday evening expressed support for the decision. But others posted later in the evening took issue with the eatery.
On Sunday afternoon, WOW Cafe & Wingery of St. Bernard in Chalmette announced on Facebook it wouldn’t televise the Saints vs. Panthers game after a group of Saints players participated in a protest during the national anthem.
That decision was made by Brooke Anastasiadis, the owner of the St. Bernard restaurant, said Lindsey Manasco, a 31-year-old manager, waitress and bartender.
Anastasiadis was motivated in part because she wanted to show solidarity with members of the military, police officers and firefighters, all of whom are given a 20 percent discount in the store when the dine in uniform.
Manasco added that the WOW restaurant in Chalmette would continue to boycott the game “any time the Saints kneel.”
“Get a clue. It’s not about the player protests.”
Title of article:
WOW wing bar in Chalmette won’t show Saints-Panthers game after ‘disrespectful’ player protest
Except that that wasn’t in your post I was responding to:
“I think it more of an example of President Trump inadvertently sidetracking his own goals. Using Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders as an analogy. Rather then leading us up San Juan Hill and winning a big prize (tax reform, repeal of Obamacare, the revocation of Hillary’s Russian uranium deal, the investigation of Hillary, Bill, Obama, and the Clinton Foundation, the building of the wall) we are instead hooting and hollering as we ride willy nilly up Mouse Poop Mound (Making NFL players stand during the Pledge of Allegiance).”
This is going to be a very big - mountain sized - pile of mouse poop by the end of the week.
Trump will have accomplish his goal of hurting the lamestream media - in the revenue stream.
Well, actually it is. Instead of focusing on what’s important, some of which I listed, we are sidetracked on the issue of player’s protests. In the meantime the last feeble attempt to even just modify Obamacare is going down in flames in the Senate.
http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2017/09/wow_cafe_nfl_kneeling_chalmett.html#incart_river_home
Wow Cafe in Chalmette takes ‘a risk’ with anti-NFL post, but it paid off
September 27, 2017 at 1:44 PM
By Chelsea Brasted
cbrasted@nola.com,
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
Brook Songy Anastasiadis’ Facebook post was a short one, but it was to the point: Her restaurant, a franchise of Wow Cafe and Wingery in Chalmette, would not be showing the New Orleans Saints game. Why? Because some players had chosen to sit during the National Anthem.
Anastasiadis’ PR representative called the post “a risk,” but response to it was immediate and almost overwhelming.
In the days since the Facebook post went online Sunday (Sept. 24), the restaurant has received thousands of messages and posts, emails, phone calls and even flower deliveries sent by people as far away as Alaska, said Ray Sutherland, the PR representative. Several well-wishers have even offered to donate money to the restaurant and its staff, he said, but those offers have been declined.
Since some members of the Saints chose to sit during the anthem, a move that was part of a larger protest over the weekend after President Donald Trump chastised the NFL for not handling those who would sit or kneel during the anthem with a firmer hand, a debate has sprung up over one of the country’s greatest pastimes: Watching football.
But there was no debate for Anastasiadis, according to Sutherland, who said he’s worked with the Wow franchise owner’s family for about a decade. She was a Saints fan, but the athletes who sat out the national anthem in protest of racial injustices in this country crossed a line for her.
“She had been seeing other city’s teams (kneeling or sitting) for awhile, but it was just something about the team that you grew up loving with all your heart, and you see them do something that you’re steadfastly against — that was her reaction,” Sutherland said. “And when she did that last Sunday morning right before kickoff, I can assure you she did not have any clue what was about to happen.”
The reaction to the post, which has since been shared nearly 3,000 times and reacted to on Facebook about 5,500 times, even prompted some patrons to drive in from as far away as Hattiesburg, Miss., or Shreveport just so they could financially support Anastasiadis’ restaurant.
Youtube: Pittsburgh fan, viral "Done with NFL, 3:18"............... Pittsburgh Steelers fan—who said his name is Robert L. Williams, a master electrician from Texas, said he’s “done with the NFL.”Worth repeating online message:He took out “a $450 leather jacket” with the Steelers logo on the back. “Watch me burn it,” Williams stated. He also took out his hats and sweaters.
“My great uncle’s bones are lying in the bones of Pearl Harbor,” Williams added. “You do not disrespect the flag and the country, and the Constitution, and why we have our freedoms,” he said. “So watch this stuff burn.”?.............
When my president lied to me and claimed 4 of my comrades were murdered because of a video insulting Muslims...I didn't take a knee.When my president shipped pallets of cash to my sworn enemy...I didn't take a knee.
When my president failed to identify Muslims as terrorists and Islam as an enemy of the state...I didn't take a knee.
When my president claimed that a man who tried to kill another man who lawfully defended himself could be his son...I didn't take a knee.
When my president defended a thug who bum rushed law enforcement...I didn't take a knee.
When my president ordered businesses to spend unnecessary funds to appease a minority of people who need mental intervention far more than they need their own toilet...I didn't take a knee.
When my president ordered that words 'one nation under God' be removed from the pledge of allegiance...I didn't take a knee.
When my president lied to me and said I could keep my doctors and my premiums would go down...I didn't take a knee.
When my president spent my tax dollars in foreign lands to interfere in their elections...I didn't take a knee.
While my president sat by passively and enabled ISIS to emerge as a stronger force dedicated to spreading Islamic ideals by committing murder, rape and torture...I didn't take a knee.
When my president allowed dictators and murderers to violate his red lines and continue to murder women and children with chemical gas...I didn't take a knee.
When my president chastised law enforcement for their actions but ignored the violence in our streets...I didn't take a knee.
When my president identified the weather as the greatest threat to America's safety while Muslims worldwide are murdering innocent people...I didn't take a knee.
While my president's insistence that pacifism and reform in numerous areas of the globe would bring peace but instead led to the strengthening of those that seek to destroy us...I didn't take a knee.
When the election of my president broke barriers never thought possible in America ended up being the high point of his eight years in office...I didn't take a knee.
In all that time I never disrespected our Country, our Armed Forces and Veterans, or our Nation. I remained vigilant. And I got a new president...... #maga
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