My sentiments exactly. And throw in the NBA.

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Fuck the NFL.

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I have to wonder how many allegedly red-blooded, gun-owning, law-and-order-supporting, military-supporting, flag-respecting, patriotic Americans are still addicted to watching the sports that are infested with these people and their attitudes?

Well, I've never been addicted to major sports events--I will attend or watch a MLB game once in a great while, but no other sport. Considering the actions of the athletes in sports today, I'm glad I never got on board.

Several times a week, around 0458 local time, Fox News plays the National Anthem. If I'm awake and tuned to FNC, I immediately stand up, face the TV, and salute. (I'm a veteran--saluting is an accepted way to show honor.) I sometimes wonder what my cats think about it....

flashguy

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
I have to wonder how many allegedly red-blooded, gun-owning, law-and-order-supporting, military-supporting, flag-respecting, patriotic Americans are still addicted to watching the sports that are infested with these people and their attitudes?

Well, I've never been addicted to major sports events--I will attend or watch a MLB game once in a great while, but no other sport. Considering the actions of the athletes in sports today, I'm glad I never got on board.

Several times a week, around 0458 local time, Fox News plays the National Anthem. If I'm awake and tuned to FNC, I immediately stand up, face the TV, and salute. (I'm a veteran--saluting is an accepted way to show honor.) I sometimes wonder what my cats think about it....

flashguy

MLB suspended a player for a tweet criticizing BLM recently.

MLB is dead to me.

Only major sport I watch regularly is the National Hockey League. The vast majority of those players seem to be a very class act. Hardly ever hear about them in trouble with the law, or acting like an idiot, and they do quite a bit in the community. Probably has a lot to do with the character of a hockey player which is in stark contrast to the other sports. 99.9% of the players in the league are great role models for the youth. Hard work, respect, relentless dedication, and sacrifice are the hallmarks of what it takes to be an NHL player.

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Only major sport I watch regularly is the National Hockey League. The vast majority of those players seem to be a very class act. Hardly ever hear about them in trouble with the law, or acting like an idiot, and they do quite a bit in the community. Probably has a lot to do with the character of a hockey player which is in stark contrast to the other sports. 99.9% of the players in the league are great role models for the youth. Hard work, respect, relentless dedication, and sacrifice all the hallmarks of what it takes to be an NHL player.

HEAR, HEAR!!!!! [golf clap to you, sir!!]

Almost forgot:

GO STARS GO STARS

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Originally posted by Unishot:
Only major sport I watch regularly is the National Hockey League. The vast majority of those players seem to be a very class act. Hardly ever hear about them in trouble with the law, or acting like an idiot, and they do quite a bit in the community. Probably has a lot to do with the character of a hockey player which is in stark contrast to the other sports. 99.9% of the players in the league are great role models for the youth. Hard work, respect, relentless dedication, and sacrifice all the hallmarks of what it takes to be an NHL player.

HEAR, HEAR!!!!! [golf clap to you, sir!!]

This, so much this.

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Here’s a letter to the editor from the local IL Quad Cities (QC) paper that points out liberal hypocrisy. He wrote this after six high school football players imitated Kaepernick and were praised for their “courage.”

http://www.qconline.com/opinio...5a-35f46e52fbaf.html

Letter: Double-standard between protest, prayer in schools

If the young men who took a knee during the national anthem at the Rocky football game to protest racial injustice had instead took a knee, bowed their head to pray, and state they did this because they were protesting the worst attack by our government on religious freedom in the history of the United States, would the coach have allowed this protest, said they have freedom of speech, and were mature in asking the coaches before they did it?

Would the QC Empowerment Network have praised them for “a respectful way to draw attention to an issue that needs to be recognized and addressed. The courage and steadfastness of these young men is to be commended.”?

What if one of the football players had disagreed with the process?

Would it have been stopped like prayers are at graduation ceremonies because it offended one person?

I strongly suspect that the answer to all three of these questions would have been NO, even though freedom of speech and freedom of religion are constitutionally protected. Where is the consistency here?

Jim Robinson,
Silvis

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
I have to wonder how many allegedly red-blooded, gun-owning, law-and-order-supporting, military-supporting, flag-respecting, patriotic Americans are still addicted to watching the sports that are infested with these people and their attitudes?

As a young man I was a sports enthusiast. I was on the field and court myself mostly, but when at rest, I was glued to pro sports broadcasts. Then something changed.

Even more so as a youth ~ sports was our whole life.
EVERY day we did something ~ football, baseball, bike racing, whiffle ball, hell we even staged our own little tack meets!

What happens was the money.
I do believe in capitalism but the media focuses on it and the amounts they get paid make them feel entitled and different from the everyday man.
We never heard how much they made or salary caps or multi-multi $$ contracts ~ it was all about what they did on the field.

Now enter politics and race into the equation ~ it just makes it worse.

A recent exception ~ take the passing of Arnold Palmer ~ one who did well but truly was one with the people.

I don't blame those who have soured ~ it is too bad though.
My interest today is now only Golf and Football.
Golf because you have to perform to play and football because of the team competition.

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Originally posted by flashguy:
Several times a week, around 0458 local time, Fox News plays the National Anthem. If I'm awake and tuned to FNC, I immediately stand up, face the TV, and salute. (I'm a veteran--saluting is an accepted way to show honor.) I sometimes wonder what my cats think about it....

flashguy

...ask them, it's very likely these days that you might get a response, nothing would surprise me more!

49'ers announce that Kaeperdick will start the next game for them.

If he scores, his TD move will be to flip off any nearby cops and wipe his butt with a flag.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/...chip-kelly/91853220/



Colin Kaepernick replaces Blaine Gabbert as 49ers starting quarterback

Colin Kaepernick is getting his shot.

San Francisco 49ers coach Chip Kelly said Tuesday that the quarterback will start Sunday against the Buffalo Bills, replacing Blaine Gabbert.

Kaepernick has made headlines since the preseason by sitting, then kneeling, during the national anthem to protest social injustice and police brutality.

The 49ers need a spark after losing four in a row following their Week 1 win in Kelly’s debut as their coach.

Tuesday was the players’ first day back to work after Thursday’s 33-21 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. Kelly said maximizing reps for Kaepernick, who missed much of the offseason while recovering from several surgeries, was a factor in making the move now.

“I think we were very analytical and sat down as a staff and watched tape and went over everything,” Kelly told reporters. “We’ve had a couple days to kind of digest everything, where we are.

“I think offensively, we need to be better and we need to just make a move. It’s not Blaine’s fault. I think it’s just as a group, offensively, we need to be better in a lot of ways, so we’re going to see what we can do to make a move here.

"It’s really one of the only maneuvers we can make based on our depth, where we are, and what we’re doing.”

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Colin Kaepernick is getting his shot.

I got a feeling the Bills will getting their shot at Kaepernick.

I forsee large openings in his offensive line.

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Colin Kaepernick is getting his shot.

I got a feeling the Bills will getting their shot at Kaepernick.

And the 49ers just restructured his contract this week that, among other things, removed the injury guarantee. Meaning if he gets hurt this year, they're not on the hook for $15M next year as they were previously.

Smart. Because people are going to knock the shit out of him.

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Smart. Because people are going to knock the shit out of him.

And some people might just move out of position and let them

A clothesline to the fucker will do him some good. I know it will make me feel better.

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A clothesline to the fucker will do him some good. I know it will make me feel better.

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Great Movie!!

It would not surprise me one bit if he is on his back several times.

Well, apparently, Kaepernick was mouthing off support for Castro and in today's SanFran & Miami game, not only did 49rs lose again, but he got stopped in the last play of the game by Kiko Alons, son of a Cuban immigrant!

http://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/...end-the-game-finsup/