Posted on 12/04/2017 4:44:20 AM PST by RoosterRedux
New York Giants defensive end Olivier Vernon ignited an outcry after telling fans if they don’t approve of his decision to kneel for the national anthem, “don’t come to the game.”
The retort came after Vernon, the only member of the Giants still regularly taking a knee, told reporters that he had been heckled by fans in response to his season-long protest.
“You hear ‘coward’ and ‘stand up’ and ‘disgrace,’” Vernon said. “It’s fine. As long as nobody comes on the field and touches me. You stay where you at, you’re going to be all right. They have a right. Oh yeah, I hear it all the time. If they don’t like it, don’t come to the game.”
His comments, which ran Thursday in the New York Post, stunned former NFL quarterback and CBS Sports commentator Boomer Esiason, who called them an “out-and-out disgrace.”
He pointed out that Vernon signed last year an $85 million, five-year contract with Giants owner John Mara, the richest for a defensive end in NFL history.
“Here is a guy you gave $80 million to basically telling your fans, ‘If you don’t like it, don’t come,’” said Esiason on WFAN radio in New York City. “It is the most egregious act of defiance. It just blows me away.”
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I already wasn’t going, but thanks for the advice Vernon.
Yes they are. I have nothing but total disdain for those that attend the games, buy merchandise or even watch on TV.
I get the same feeling when I talk to a liberal or anyone who is an O or Illary supporter. *Spit* Traitor. Not worth my time.
I agree with this entitled thug punk.
People, everyone; shouldn’t come to his or any NFL game.
He can then go back to high school and learn to read and write, and just maybe someday be skilled enough to work at McDonalds.
The Giants suck this year, going nowhere. If ever there was a time to say “enough is enough” it’s this time with this guy and with this team. Fine the hell out of him for whatever you can find in his contract to allow it and then cut his ass today. Send a message that this has gone far enough. Anything else is an endorsement of his claim that HE is the show.
WHere will Mara get the $80M, doofus?....................
You can’t fix stupid.
Hahahahahahaha! Could he get any more stupid.
No, but people can stop giving it time and/or money. And if that happens, we might have a whole lor less stupidity on display.
Though as a much as I like football, I wouldn’t have anything to do with the nfl, unless tax money was stolen from me for their stadiums.
They let this happen. Eff the nfl forever!
True. I haven’t watched one game this year.
Nah, not America haters, just sad little manlets whose masculinity is obtained vicariously through the performance of the players on the field. Pathetic, really.
This hard-core NY Giants fan boycotted the team and the league this year.
Looks like they didn’t miss me—it was mutual!
With Giants 2 - 10, giving fans the finger isn’t really a smart move. The G-Men should release him
Immediately.
BTTT
Kneeling NFL football players: physically big but mentally small.
Take it a step further. Do not even watch on TV.
“As long as nobody comes on the field and touches me. You stay where you at, you’re going to be all right. “
It seems that he wants to incite a riot.
What percentage of these kneelers are muslim? It should be an easy statistic for an any competent journalist to collect.
Do you have any strong feelings on the matter?
:)
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