Roger Goodell tells NFL owners ‘everyone should stand for the national anthem’

Kansas City Star ^ | 10-10-2017 | Pete Grathoff

[fortheDeclaration]

I think the NFL is feeling the damage of fans leaving them.

[uncbob]

Let them do what ever they want

The die has been cast and can’t be ‘Instant Replayed”

Forcing them to stand etc would be a phony gesture

The viewers and seat holders can then do what they want

[Ambrosia]

It is about time Goodall takes a stand, too little too late!

First: Our Flag, VETS, Anthem represent the fact that soldiers died for right of ALL to play football or protest....black, white or whatever! So to insult VETS and flag/anthem they represent is ignorant! If they object to social justice, go to Congress and protest laws that allow things they don’t want, but leave anything that insults our men/women who serve out of it! Time to grow up on the field and act like you appreciate the freedom you have, no matter what color you are. The soldiers died for all colors!

Second: We can live without football, but we cannot live without freedom. NFL is waste of time.

Third: These jerks are overpaid, and really have no clue as to what it takes to run a country, and one that gives them an economic advantage... other nations do not have. Their protest of ‘taketheknee’ makes them look dumb...because they are doing it against those who make their plush lives possible! How stupid, reminds me of ‘bite the hand that feeds you’.

Apologies, forcing the idiots to stand, or threats....won’t change their politics or ignorance. No longer interested in NFL...or football.

[SkyPilot]

Only took you a year to get around to that dumpster fire.

Exactly.

Joe Lockhart, Clinton's former press secretary, is now the NFL Vice President of Communications and Strategy (a post he was hired into only days after Trump's inauguration).

Lockhart rented, and then sold, the creepy Washington DC mansion to the Obamas which is now Deep State Central Headquarters.

Lockhart has been the chief architect and strategist for the NFL response to President Trump calling them on their BS.

If anyone doesn't think this is all a coordinated effort between the Deep State, George Soros, Obama, and the rest against Trump, I have a bridge to sell them.

NFL players’ union teamed up with Soros to fund leftist advocacy groups

[blu]

How about they just follow the league rules about standing?

[SkyPilot]

How about suspending players that give a black power salute after tackling a white player?

Yup - that is no joke.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og2GPrTV9Cs

And that player, Michael Bennett, is a BLM terrorist member and spokesman.

Michael Bennett discusses the 'Black Lives Matter' movement

[uncbob]

Oh, the libs and the BLM crew are NOT happy about this! They are calling for a mass player wildcat strike in response.

I am sure those players are men of principal and will gladly strike and give up their salaries

[SaveFerris]

[ ..the Greek word does make it clearer doesn’t it?.. ]

Yes it does. We’re watching the pre-Tribulation events happen in real-time. We always knew it would come - I can’t believe so many useful idiots are making it happen.

The MSM wants to sell tickets to this coming disaster. Reminds me of the James Bond “Tomorrow Never Dies” - which almost fits with the left making excuses for the dictator in North Korea threatening nuclear war and firing missiles over other countries.

The leftists blame the President for not cowering to this monster. Shaking my head.

[ZULU]

In the letter, which Schefter shared on his Facebook page, Goodell wrote that the “current dispute over the National Anthem is threatening to erode the unifying power of our game, and is now dividing us, and our players, from many fans across the country.”

Translation:

We are loosing money.

Hey, Goodell and all the thugs in the NFL, how many fingers am I holding up?

Wrong. Two. I am using BOTH hands.

[Cowboy Bob]

LOL! These guys don’t know what hit them.

[SaveFerris]

Looks like a fine dumpster for Hillary’s “What Happened” and “Hard Choices” books. Especially on cold nights.

[5th MEB]

“It is time for all to grow up and act like informed and intelligent individuals”.

You have to begin with the IMPLIED “informed and intelligent”, I truly don’t believe it exists among the NFL players, management, or owners.

[Rebelbase]

Too late. The ship has already left port.

[Rebelbase]

Too late. The ship has already left port.

[Bigg Red]

Too late. Die, NFL!

[Bigg Red]

How about not supporting the NFL by going to their games, tuning in their games, or buying their overpriced gear?

[Bigg Red]

Well said.

[Bigg Red]

+1

[Impala64ssa]

As the Trump haters said after the President commented on the Charlottesville incident, IT DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH!!!!

[KC Burke]

The Gravy Train has already left the station.

Roger relied upon bad thinking and bad advice. The NFL, as a league body, that was not a person, could have taken every Owner off the hook on this issue by enforcing the rules they had. But, no, they wanted to be PC and they wanted to be liked by the thug crowd. So the NFL made no action to prohibit Colin and the followers.

Boom, game over. Roger saw the train was leaving, but it is now too late.

Don’t malign my Nation and then say, just kidding — we weren’t serious.

Die. I have spent tens of thousands of dollars and thousands of hours. No more interest.

When I see someone I know watching a game, I ask them why they are being such a wimp — turn it off.