You know, like a sanity clause ...
Posted on 10/10/2017 9:26:19 AM PDT by monkapotamus
The owners of the NFL are reportedly considering a rule change that would make it mandatory for players to stand during the national anthem.
A league spokesman said that the owners would discuss the potential change during a meeting next week, Dow Jones reported...
In September, the president renewed discussion about the protests when he urged owners to "fire" the "son of a bitch" who kneels during the anthem.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...
You know, like a sanity clause ...
But at the rate they're going, they are going to be dealing with a LOWER salary cap after the next round of TV contracts is negotiated.
The owners are surely pushing this ... they are already feeling the hit in their pocketbook.
I think you’re wrong. I think they just have a chip on their shoulders.
I bet they want the police to leave them alone in their domestic situations.
The NFL is the new millennium’s version of the Dixie Chicks. They will eventually recover but they will never be as popular and as profitable as they were before they doubled down on stupid.
I was thinking their cry baby acts were more of a bargaining chip come contract time but that could also be in play.
What ?
Holding out for maybe a better option ?
More money ?
Maybe it'll all go away ?
What's an NFL anyway ?
Duh !!! Is there an adult owner in the room ? They work for the owners ,,, they’re employees , have them protest on their own time away from the sport . Duh!!!
Take the losses out of their pay.
When the League finds a cure for all forms of cancer I’ll come back.
[I’ll believe the players who enlist in the US military.]
Two year mandatory enlistment in the armed services should be required and would bring about a more disciplined NFL. :)
The real shame of this is you have to write a rule forcing Americans to stand for its own National Anthem!
How about:
Create a new league called the UNFL (the Un-National Football League) for “the disenfranchised”.
Then let the NFL bar all documented insulters of the Nation and also prohibit its teams any official interaction with the UNFL.
"Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! You can't fool me. There ain't no Santy Claus!"
You gonna include owners too?
Too late. FUNFL
Exactly.
He's parsing words - says they'll have to 'stand' but NO mention of hand on heart etc.
They 'stood" once before. and linked arms. That would be another slap in the face - thinking they could do just enough to make it ok -but not REALLY the right way. I pray that the people who have stopped watching - do it long enough to break the habit. After a few weeks, they'll find there's a lot of other things to do with time.
So now the owner’s oppose the first amendment? Didn’t they all tell us how proud they were of their players exercising their first amendment right?
“The NFL is the new millennium’s version of the Dixie Chicks. They will eventually recover but they will never be as popular and as profitable as they were before they doubled down on stupid.”
Too late. Destroyed their own brand. Owners were pathetic sniveling whimps.
Trump had to come to their rescue!
If they were they backfired big time.
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