A suggestion; if the NFL players feel that kneeling will bring notiice to their agenda, I suggest they kneel Before the playing of the National Anthem. But they need to stand when the Anthem starts and throughout the playing, without any fists in the air or anything that could be disrespectful to our Flag, our Veterens and our Nation. I believe that this would satisfy all involved.
Originally posted by: David Miller
A suggestion; if the NFL players feel that kneeling will bring notiice to their agenda, I suggest they kneel Before the playing of the National Anthem. But they need to stand when the Anthem starts and throughout the playing, without any fists in the air or anything that could be disrespectful to our Flag, our Veterens and our Nation. I believe that this would satisfy all involved.
Wow - glad you have found another dead horse to beat, doc!
The horse is still kicking with Colon Kaeperdick being named "citizen of the year" over people like JJ Watt who rasied in excess if $30 million for people in his town hurricane suffering. The left keeps kicking the dead horse and the NFL golden goose is laying less eggs this year. Roger Goodell has to go!
The problem with the NFL is two fold. 1. The offenses are overly reliant on the passing game and there aren't enough QBs to go around that are capable of effectively executing a modern NFL offense. Plus the size and speed of today's defensive players mean the handful of good QBs are more prone to injury. Nobody wants to watch slop.
2. The NFL used to rely on its blue collar fan base. Prices have gone up so much that a regular working person cannot afford to attend a game, and high rollers have plenty other entertainment options.
The much spammed attempt to boycott games this last weekend was pretty much a dismal failure.
Giants may only make 150 million profit this year, down from 158 three years ago. The horror.
Tickets for the Giants are about $150 a game. It's 8-10 games a year. It's not a cheap hobby, but to say its priced so the average person can't go is not really accurate. Maybe a PT Mcdonalds worker can't afford it, but most working people can spring for it.
The confederate flag waivers are trying to complain about Football players disrespecting America. And so is the draft-dodging president who openly ridicules John McCain's Vietnam experience and the family of a Gold Star casualty in our current wars.
And nobody cares.
"The confederate flag waivers are trying to complain about Football players disrespecting America. And so is the draft-dodging president who openly ridicules John McCain's Vietnam experience and the family of a Gold Star casualty in our current wars.
And nobody cares" ------ Pretty lame, P J , but keep trolling.....
As a 23 year season ticket holder, I would discontinue my tickets in a heartbeat if my team disrespected veterans and the flag. Most people don't get the luxury to make political protests in their place of employment - thank God dealers and pit bosses don't take a knee during shuffles. If the NFL players had any respect for those who sacrificed for their country and their freedom, they wouldn't be conducting their protests during the National Anthem. Before is fine with me, after is OK, hell even during the coin toss. But don't be a colon and disrepect those who sacrificed for YOUR freedom.
Originally posted by: jphelan
As a 23 year season ticket holder, I would discontinue my tickets in a heartbeat if my team disrespected veterans and the flag. Most people don't get the luxury to make political protests in their place of employment - thank God dealers and pit bosses don't take a knee during shuffles. If the NFL players had any respect for those who sacrificed for their country and their freedom, they wouldn't be conducting their protests during the National Anthem. Before is fine with me, after is OK, hell even during the coin toss. But don't be a colon and disrepect those who sacrificed for YOUR freedom.
Let’s try this. How many people that make more than $450,000 a year aren’t free to excise some political speech at their place of employment?
NFL players work under a contract. Their employer could have easily bargained for a must stand for the pledge clause (like the NBA) but the chose not to.
And yet you enthusiastically voted for A man who said this about a POW in Vietnam ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/us/politics/trump-belittles-mccains-war-record.html
and who said this about the family of a man who died for our country in the war on Terror...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/07/31/trumps-temper-tantrum-freaks-out-u-s-allies/?utm_term=.0577703b9750
I’m not offended by football players protesting police violence. I’m offended by draft dodging cowards who have the nerve to spit in the face of people who have sacrificed far more than they ever will.
