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I agree. This is just like any business. You have a right to protest all you want on your own time. When you're on the clock for me, you have no such right and you'll represent my business properly, the way I expect, or you'll be looking for another job. The NFL is no different. Go ahead and fire everybody protesting on NFL time. It'll be a shitstorm, but maybe it'll get the point across. ------------- $ | |||
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Get Off My Lawn |
I love it. Let's see more stupid shit, pile it on. And by the way, the "stupid shit" is not just a product of the players only. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
See: I don't get that. If somebody does something I find sufficiently offensive, I simply cannot enjoy their performance any longer. E.g.: Barbara Streisand has one of the best singing voices there ever was, but I will not buy her music. I can still appreciate her talent, but cannot get the echos of "leftist loon" out of my head. My wife and I loved the Bourne Identity franchise. At least the first three films. Have them on DVD. Ever since Matt Damon's outspoken anti-gun position: Won't watch anything with Matt Damon in it, any more. Incl. the three we own. I see Matt Damon and all I can think is HYPOCRITE! You can't boycott every entertainer with whom you disagree politically, otherwise there'd be precious little entertainment left to watch. I get that. But I think I'd be hard-pressed to root for a sports team with membership that clearly did not share some of my most fundamental values. For Hollyweird types you can mitigate the problem by remaining blissfully unaware. But sports team members are shoving it right in their fans' faces. That's the egregious part, IMO. JMHO. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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Chip away the stone |
Teams should fine the players who refuse to stand. On top of everything else it represents, showing respect during the Anthem is a team activity, for the good of the business, and should be treated as such. Owners and coaches probably won't be able to to change what's in some players' hearts and minds, but they damned sure should be able to address game-day behavior that's bad for the business. | |||
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| Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. |
Like the owners who are giving Rodger an extension? The inept commissioner who could end all this stupid shit by COB today - if he really wanted to? | |||
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If this insanity keeps up and spreads I would cancel the season and not pay the players. Let's see how the thugs feel about that! Officers lives matter! | |||
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thin skin can't win |
 Idiots. You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
Uh, unless we're looking at a still for a remake, HaraKiri was shot in B&W. What are we looking at? A production still? | |||
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Ammoholic |
For me Redskins football is so ingrained in my life, there is no walking away, it would take some serious shit for me to do that. My favorite memories as a boy with my dad was at skin's games. I can watch without contributing a cent to the NFL or team (if need be). As it is I have not bought a jersey or other merchandise, not have I attended a game in the last two years. This is more based on the shitty product than any counter protest. The stadium sucks and I don't have any jerseys I want currently. Also I don't want to put money in our douchbag owner's hands. Luckily we aren't dealing with this shit, I hope I don't have to cross that bridge. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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| Gloom, despair and agony on me.  |
Looks like a 2011 remake. http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1728196/ | |||
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I'm down to watching the BEARS & whomever they play. I remember the League fining McMahon 5 grand every time he sported the Adidas headband. Adidas most likely paid the dough for that kind of advertising. I wonder what Rocky Bleier thinks of these shenanigans? | |||
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| As Extraordinary as Everyone Else  |
Sort of like Reagan with the Air Traffic Controllers...Love it! ------------------ Eddie Our Founding Fathers were men who understood that the right thing is not necessarily the written thing. -kkina | |||
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Info Guru |
The commissioner works for the owners. The owners would have to agree to any change in policy or rules regarding the anthem. Each individual owner could put an end to it whenever they wanted to. As others have pointed out Jerry Jones has told his team that if they kneel they are fired. Nothing stopping any other owner from doing the same thing. I can't stand Dallas, but I do agree with Jones and wish other owners would take the same position. “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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Peripheral Visionary |
Haven't watched NFL since Elway retired. "I wouldn't say I've been... 'missing it,' Bob."   | |||
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chickenshit |
I would really rather see the NFL tank than what will probably happen. I predict that they will stop playing the anthem before games. I won't watch a single NFL game this year. I can tell you that. Then again, I couldn't tell you the last time I watched an entire professional sports game of any sort. ____________________________ Yes, Para does appreciate humor. | |||
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always with a hat or sunscreen |
Fuck all these spoiled, ungrateful, rich thugs. For me NFL = Not Following Losers! Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
So if the whole team or even just most of them disrespected the flag of your country, thereby disrespecting the men and women who died for it and you, that's not serious enough for you to walk away from them? That's sad.
You contribute when you watch whether you like it or not. The advertisers are what bring in the big bucks. Rationalize it all you want, but you are supporting these anti-American fools, who hate you and me by the way, whenever you watch them play. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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Member |
Come on man! I know it's popular to rag on the Browns but if all the best college players were put on the same team they still wouldn't beat any NFL team. On average, most college players who are drafted washout within 3 years and the majority of the ones who stay are just getting used to the systems, conditioning and speed of the game. It's not typical for any drafted player to step in on day one without the support of the game plan and veteran players. To all this nonsense about standing/kneeling/sitting the NFL screwed this one up big time. If they nipped it in the bud and issued a memo stating that as any representative of the NFL is required to stand for the anthem or face suspension without pay until a public apology including the importance of honoring and respecting the anthem is made publicly. The NFL is not a launchpad for the players' personal opinions or political statements. If the NFL is strict about what color gloves or shoes are allowed on the field, this was an obvious fumble (pun intended) by the league office for not controlling this dumpster fire. __________________________________________________________________ Beware the man who has one gun because he probably knows how to use it. | |||
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Part of me thinks these bums don't deserve the Anthem. So, if you cannot show proper reverence, best for you to go away. | |||
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| Nullus Anxietas |
I think you need to re-think that one. This isn't about the Redskins or politics, this is about his dad and his memories of his time with his dad. I don't understand the watching sports addiction, don't have much in the way of "doing things with dad" memories like that, and I've never been real good at empathy, but even I understand this. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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