Posted on 08/24/2018 5:36:05 PM PDT by Hojczyk
President Trump on Friday ripped ESPN and CBS for saying they won’t air the national anthem before professional football games, asking, “What the hell is the NFL doing?"
The president, speaking during a fundraiser in Columbus for the Ohio Republican Party, said CBS and ESPN won’t air the anthem because they are trying to avoid “controversy.”
“What are they doing?” Trump asked. “Do they not have a clue? It’s hurt them badly too. It’s continuing. They think they’re doing something smart by not broadcasting the national anthem.”
He added, “That’s CBS and ESPN folks. Enjoy your television.”
ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro said earlier this year they “generally” don’t broadcast the anthem.
“I don't think there’s going to be any change this year,” Pitaro said this month. “Our plan going into this year is to not broadcast the anthem.”
CBS also says it doesn’t plan to air the anthem, explaining their decision is "consistent with [their] past practices."
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What’s an “NFL”?
“CBS also says it doesn’t plan to air the anthem, explaining their decision is “consistent with [their] past practices.””
This is not the past.
The Rooskies have infiltrated the NFL to turn it into a Communist Conspiracy Sanctuary.
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The NFL is sacrificing itself on the alter of political correctness.
Actually excrpt for the conf playoffs andcthe Super Bowl tusually was played ten minutes before the game he antgem was rarely broadcast. It was played ten minutes before the game came on the air. So to me this is no biggie. Let it go.
Honestly, I don’t see how pro sports especially the high paid athletes who participate in them came to be associated with patriotism. Reserve it for events that celebrate pride in the U.S.
NFL has been a garbage product for years and years before this protest dog squeeze, come on. They could do one hour patriotic pre-games and every player could be waving sparklers and have an eagle perched on their shoulder pads during the anthem. It still would be hot crappola in my book. They should just hold celebration dancing and chest slapping display competitions instead, that’s what the players seem to be really into.
Freegards
The irony is that in the other three professional sports leagues, where a significant number of players are foreign-born, they are more respectful of our Anthem, than the NFL players who are almost all American.
This 'kneeling' business is being led mostly by BLACK football players and the NFL is treating this with kid gloves and letting them do WHATEVER THEY WANT for fear of ALIENATING THEIR BIGGEST MERCHANDISE BUYING DEMOGRAPHIC WHICH ARE THEIR BLACK FANS AND THEIR BLACK TV VIEWING AUDIENCE.
It's all about $$$$, not ethics or what is right.
NFL MANAGEMENT IS CAVING SO AS NOT TO OFFEND THEIR BLACK VIEWERSHIP BY APPEARING 'RACIST' IF THEY STOPPED THIS MADNESS!
BOYCOTT THE NFL!!!™
“What the hell is the NFL doing?’
National Felon League.
They are busily destroying their multi-billion dollar enterprise. All because they would not take a simple stand against a journeyman quarterback who decided to become a social justice warrior because his girlfriend had him wrapped around her finger and convinced the dumb jock that the US of A was a racist hellhole.
Trump keeps these peeps on edge. Ha!
We could shut down the NFL in a month if the Cuck fans who still support them would find a better use of their time on Sunday afternoons.
I’m at the point where I really don’t care what they do, I’m over it.
The NFL gave me a lot of joy over the years, but it’s time to move on.
Rip’em again, rip’em again, harder, harder...
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