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NFL owners struggled to retain control after Trump's attacks, rise of player protests
http://www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/20865444/inside-story-happened-players-took-control-nfl-national-anthem ^

Posted on 10/01/2017 8:55:00 AM PDT by Bigtigermike

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Exclusive poll: 62% of NFL fans plan to watch less football
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-poll-62-nfl-fans-plan-watch-less-football-163908368.html

After London Game, Fox Sports Will Not Air National Anthem
https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/10/01/fox-sports-anthem-coverage

HAIL MARY WE ARE GOING TO FAKE YOU OUT!!!!

NFL broadcasters hint at JAW-DROPPING solution for anthem protests DON’T BROADCAST THE PROTEST!Sunday’s Patriots-Panthers game.
https://www.allenbwest.com/2017/09/30/nfl-broadcasters-hint-jaw-dropping-solution-anthem-protests/


81 posted on 10/01/2017 1:38:43 PM PDT by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
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To: KC Burke
National NFL BOYCOTT


82 posted on 10/01/2017 1:41:15 PM PDT by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
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To: Conservative Gato

And you know Roger Goodell and the owners know this that real freedom of speech does not apply here.

Lying about it, you know they are complicit in helping spread the BLM lies to try to undermine this nation and our President.

CGato


83 posted on 10/01/2017 1:45:11 PM PDT by Conservative Gato (There are NOW 4 kind of LIES; Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and the Media.)
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To: Bigtigermike

Just say NO!


84 posted on 10/01/2017 1:59:42 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Arm_Bears

“There is no room for me to snap my fingers and tell our players, ‘It’s time for you to give up a freedom.’ Just the idea offends me.”

utter bullshit. players are contract employees whose behaviors both on and off the field are governed by hundreds of pages of rules and contractual language.

the owners are simply more terrified of their employees than their customers. can’t wait to see how that works out for them.


85 posted on 10/01/2017 2:03:32 PM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Arm_Bears

All of the owners thought they could spit on Trump supporters and the U.S. and we wouldn’t care.


86 posted on 10/01/2017 2:42:29 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: headstamp 2
So the NBA is abusing the players freedom of speech?

Where is the ACLU lawsuit?

87 posted on 10/01/2017 2:44:06 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Bigtigermike

In the end they may end up being grateful to Trump, though they would never say so.

Trump saw a festering problem and his bringing it to the forefront multiplied the issues public exposure and is forcing the owners and league to confront it when they would prefer to continue ignoring it as it grew and grew.


88 posted on 10/01/2017 4:02:16 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Goodell should figure out how to make the "protests" stop, then resign. Or, if he can't figure it out, he should just resign. If he won't resign, he should be fired. Thanks Bigtigermike.

89 posted on 10/01/2017 4:25:19 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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90 posted on 10/01/2017 5:38:24 PM PDT by Tawiskaro
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To: Bigtigermike
usually when you fight a war there's a clear goal and when you achieve that goal you can declare victory

what on earth can they claim is their goal and how will they know they've achieved it let alone be able to declare victory and stop their silly little black tantrums?

seems to me they have started an everlasting war with no victory possible or end in sight

91 posted on 10/01/2017 8:21:23 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Bigtigermike

Families should boycott the NFL permanently.


92 posted on 10/01/2017 8:46:06 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: KC Burke

Yes the NFL lost my husband and several others we know last year.


93 posted on 10/01/2017 8:55:56 PM PDT by Tammy8 (Please be a regular supporter of Free Republic !)
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To: SaxxonWoods

At 75% black - the NFL is a minstrel show for whites who identify with pimp culture and hate their own race. Pussies


94 posted on 10/02/2017 4:03:08 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: Bigtigermike
'I don't have the power to tell our players what to do.'

But you DO have the 'power' to say, "You are no longer a player."


95 posted on 10/02/2017 4:44:49 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Bigtigermike

WEEK 4 RESULTS - STANDERS VS KNEELERS

STANDERS - 9
KNEELERS - 4

The NFL Standers came of a great Week 3, where they went 11/1 against the NFL Kneelers, and maintained their winning ways, going 9/4 in Week 4.

Of games where there was a difference in the Anthem Ritual between the two teams, the team with the more traditional and patriotic approach won 9 and lost 4 in Week 4.

The Anthem Rituals were ranked by the following criteria, from patriotic to not patriotic:

1. Traditional Standing
2. Standing with Linked Arms
3. Coordinated Kneeling with Traditional Standing
4. Coordinated Kneeling with Standing with Linked Arms
5. Hid in Locker Room/Tunnel
6. Linked Arm Standing with Some Raised Fists
7. Linked Arm Standing with Some Sitting
8. Linked Arm Standing with Some Kneeling

Surprising wins by Standing Teams: NY Jets over Jacksonville, LA Rams over Dallas and Houston Texans over Tennessee.

Many NFL team owner seem willing to lose in order to maintain this protest. Sad!


96 posted on 10/02/2017 7:15:49 AM PDT by Haiku Guy (eliminate perverse incentives)
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To: Steely Tom
Was it when they fired Rush Limbaugh?

They also blocked him from buying into a franchise.

97 posted on 10/02/2017 10:45:27 AM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: Bigtigermike

It’s an NFL rule that requires the players to stand during the National anthem. All this BS about they don’t have the power to tell them what to do it’s just that BS. What they really afraid of is being called racist by the black players, who make up over 70% of the league.


98 posted on 10/03/2017 7:33:33 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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I think that are just left-wingers.


99 posted on 10/03/2017 7:38:04 PM PDT by apocalypto
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