This is the same NFL that said no to Dallas wearing a sticker to honor their slaughtered cops. This is the same NFL that had teams kneeling in London to our anthem and standing tall to the anthem of our Revolutionary War enemy. This is the same NFL that beats players down to severe mental illness for the sake of their billionaire owners. This is the same NFL that I despise and will never watch again. Now Mr President, please get the Dept of Defense out of the business of supporting the NFL. Why let our folks be insulted as they stand there?
I’ll show what I sent to the Seahawks. As usual not even an acknowledgement that they received my email. The NFL can bite my ass for keeps.
Good day,
I just watched KOMO news and feel compelled to respond to Doug Baldwin’s remarks. While I appreciate the players’ exercise of their First Amendment rights regarding kneeling during the National Anthem I vehemently disagree with them. I’ll admit my motives are very personal as a veteran and a Gold Star family member. I sent something to this website last year and asked for all to please find another avenue of protest.
I guess that many don’t share my views on the importance of the flag and anthem but yet many fans do ( these beliefs are shared by many though and a lot of those folks are NFL (or were) fans). Please understand that the kneeling and disrespecting the flag does cause pain to those that have lost loved ones. If that does not concern you then fine, I give up, I guess you beyond help.
I agree with you Coach Carroll, it’s a shame that this has become political. Sorry to say but it’s been political all along. But please ask your players to consider that free speech does affect others, even those that you claim to care about.
Anyway, on Monday I will do what I do every Memorial Day. I will go to the Iron Mike Statue on JBLM with my wife that misses her son. There will be tears and we will leave a flag, the flag that represents his sacrifice and that of so many others. We will not protest, we will not make political hay, we will only miss and honor a loved one.
I would just ask you to consider this: come and experience this ( or come and kneel at that flag if you wish because that is what I will do for a very different reason).. By the way, I don’t gripe anonymously so my phone number is attached and I welcome your dialogue. I also don’t gripe to the media or ask for their empathy or fanfare. I just ask that you consider the pain you cause those that have given. I guess that’s all I have to say.