Posted on 09/25/2017 11:09:40 AM PDT by mandaladon
During the playing of the National Anthem prior to the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Chicago Bears game on Sunday, left tackle Alejandro Villanueva was the only Steeler to come out and stand.
According to Pennlive.com, Villanuevas action caught teammates by surprise as it had been voted on a day earlier, and decided by a slim majority that the team would remain in the locker room.
I was looking for 100 percent participation, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said during his post-game news conference. We were going to be respectful of our football team.
On that basis, Fox Sports 1s Skip Bayless agreed that Villanueva a former Army Ranger with a distinguished service record in Afghanistan should not have come out for the Anthem.
It didnt work for him to step out of the tunnel, Bayless said during Mondays edition of Undisputed. If, in fact, you had all agreed, you had voted whether a majority or unanimously, to do this as a team to stay up in the tunnel until the Anthem was done. And Mike Tomlin was clear.
Baylesss colleague, Shannon Sharpe, agreed.
Teams, they always take the military mentality, because its all for one, one for all. Whatever we decide to do thats what were going to do. He went on his own. I get it. He was in the military. I commend him for his service.
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Skip Bayless is a royal JACKASS..Hey Skip, since you obviously HATE America, LEAVE..only in America can a jackass like Skip get paid MILLIONS to run his fat trap
Why should I care what a guy named “ball-less” and his girlfriend, Shannon, have to say on patriotism?
Tribe first ... America far down the list.
RLTW.
Skip Bayless couldn’t hold Villanueva’s jock strap. Even of you let him borrow a forklift for the attempt.
He helped ruin ESPN and now wants to ruin Fox Sports...
It has always been thus with the fascist Left. Compromise is you moving off your position toward the liberal position. Bravery is you disrespecting what you hold dear while the Left cheers you on. A true man is one who looks and acts like a woman. Up is down. Bad is good.
The only time you are right is when you agree with the Left.
WHO CARES???
That's not the Army's National Anthem. It's OUR National Anthem. It's not the Army's Flag. It's OUR Flag. Every last one of us: civilian, military, veteran. We respect our Flag and our Anthem because we're Americans. Despite the left's efforts otherwise, America is still respectable.
These toads taking a knee should haul their sorry carcasses off to North Korea. Or Venezuela. Or Zimbabwe. Or Jihadistan. Perhaps they'd be more comfortable there. Or perhaps they'd learn some appreciation for this Great Republic.
Skippy, get back to us when you have shown 1/100th of the courage Major Villanueva has.
Until then, sit down and shut up.
Since they all think the flag is racist and football is racist, why don’t they just shut it all down. Who needs the NFL anyway? Cancel the rest of the games this year and inform the players that they will be paid next year, when and if the games begin again. In fact ban all white players from the NFL. The black players are all superior athletes anyway. In fact, ban all white players from the NBA as well. We know the blacks are superior there. Then there will be no white racists left. Only the black racists and the money they have left. Anyone that spends 75% of their time talking about race is a racist by definition. Regardless of the color of their skin..
Skip Ball-less.............
We were going to be respectful of our football team.
You f*ing crud basket.
True, it is not the them song or anthem of the Army. But as a veteran he honored tbis country. I thank him.
I guarantee you wouldn’t say that to his face, you POS! Hey Skippy... explain to the rest of the class the difference between Villanueva expressing his freedom of speech to those ignorant, America-hating POS like yourself who believe taking a knee.
NFL should have protected THE GAME instead falling for the phoney political agenda of a racist terrorist group!
NFL supports a racist terrorist organization called Black Lives Matter! Black Lives Matter promotes the killing of innocent police officers! Police officers who protect players sorry butts at games and in public!
Next time you jocks need help, do NOT call the po po! Call Obama!
“He went on his own.”
He did the right thing. That’s why he’s the # 1 jersey seller in the NFL beating turncoat Brady.
Troy Aikman was correct about him being a spineless POS back when mr. Ballless was a hack in the Dallas market.
We were going to be respectful of our football team. They show respect for the team by showing disrespect for the nation. These (many but not all) thugs make million playing a game. Working men and women buy tickets to see them play. This is more than a protest of police behavior. Kaepernick is a fan of Fidel Castro. It is all part of the left wing attack on traditional America.
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