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Originally posted by Tommydogg:
In my opinion [whether] they know it or not, linking arms in "unity" is still sending the original message "fuck the cops"

Exactly sir.....spot on!!! It comes down to "for what is one willing to sell his soul to the devil to justify watching pro football".

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Originally posted by Rightwire:

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And on a personal level, Delanie Walker, a tight end for the Tennesee Titans, wrote in a post on Instagram that he and his family had received death threats since he spoke in support of the anthem protests. “The racist and violent words directed at me and my son only serve as another reminder that our country remains divided and full of hateful rhetoric,” he wrote.

Typical of the NYT to make Delanie Walker out to be the victim. If you recall, this is the same guy who said this earlier in the week “And the fans that don’t want to come to the game? I mean, OK. Bye. I mean, if you feel that’s something, we’re disrespecting you, don’t come to the game. You don’t have to. No one’s telling you to come to the game. It’s your freedom of choice to do that.”

Granted death threats are a little extreme, but did he really think he could tell the fans to kiss his ass and not get some sort of response in this heated climate?

Ah yes, a story on ESPN website gives us a little perspective on Delanie.

"Delanie Walker did not shoot one of the assault weapons. Delanie Walker did shoot a handgun, and that was after gang members had already started shooting at Aldon's garage,"

Aldon Smith of San Fransisco 49ers Hit with Felony Gun Charges

We need to keep in mind the history of these thugs, why wouldn't they feel oppressed by the Police.

I find it very frustrating that I cannot boycott the NFL, since I never have watched that shit to begin with.

There's a long list of advertisers, Jim. I would think that just about every member of this forum can find some company on that list, with which they do business.

So my daughter's school had team spirit day yesterday. Basically the kids were encouraged to wear the jersey of their favorite sports team. My daughter wore her Arizona Archery Club Pro Staff jersey. I asked she saw anyone wearing an Arizona Cardinals jersey. Her response, "About 50 too many."

The linking arm thing was clever in that nobody was sure what the hell it meant. Were they honoring the anthem or not? It's as if they were asked that question directly, and replied in the tongue-click language of Khosa. --WTF??

But nobody linked arms in Lambeau stadium. They put their hands over their hearts and sang the National Anthem. As if to say, "We don't know what you are doing. But we know what we are doing."

I doubt the kneeling thing is over. Trouble makers got to make trouble, and you know they are frustrated with linking arms.

But whatever happens now, or doesn't happen, the NFL dealt itself a blow that will cost it billions of dollars, ultimately, and diminish the sport forever.

Nice going, Colin. You are out of work, and yet managed to severely damage the NFL that once employed you. Take a knee in the unemployment line, along with a whole bunch of other traitorous morons.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
There's a long list of advertisers, Jim. I would think that just about every member of this forum can find some company on that list, with which they do business.

I've been contemplating upgrading to an F450, I don't need one, but there are a variety of reasons it would be nice. I'll have to send a letter to someone at Fords explaining why.

Unfortunately that turd should still be flush with cash. His last contract had $19 million guaranteed.

Boycotting the league advertisers is a tough thing to do. Many company’s are umbrella company’s with hundreds of other brands under that umbrella. You may not buy Campbell soups any longer but there are dozens of other food brands that belong to Campbell’s that never see any advertising on the NFL. If you buy anything you are most likely supporting them indirectly.

Yeah, thanks for the words of encouragement. Someone beat you to the punch, though.

Don't worry. Our dreams come pre-crushed. It saves time.

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Originally posted by Leemur:
Unfortunately that turd should still be flush with cash. His last contract had $19 million guaranteed.

He opted out of his contract to become a free agent. He won't make any money this year from the NFL if he's not on a team.

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Originally posted by MikeinNC:

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Originally posted by chellim1:
Hit the poll:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YF_NFL_Poll

Done. Where can we go to see the results??

Survey Closed....Maybe the responses they were getting overwhelmingly didn't fit the narrative they were looking to push!

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Originally posted by Paten:

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Originally posted by Leemur:
Unfortunately that turd should still be flush with cash. His last contract had $19 million guaranteed.

He opted out of his contract to become a free agent. He won't make any money this year from the NFL if he's not on a team.

HA HA!
The 49ers would've cut Colin Kaepernick if he hadn't opted out of his contract
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/...out-of-his-contract/

Keep squeezing

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Originally posted by lastmanstanding:
Boycotting the league advertisers is a tough thing to do. Many company’s are umbrella company’s with hundreds of other brands under that umbrella. You may not buy Campbell soups any longer but there are dozens of other food brands that belong to Campbell’s that never see any advertising on the NFL. If you buy anything you are most likely supporting them indirectly.

I'm disgusted with them for supporting the NFL and I no longer want to purchase their products. Hopefully, we'll have an impact on their bottom line and things will change, but either way I still feel good about avoiding their products.

A new poll shows that the favorability rating of the NFL among Donald Trump supporters was nearly cut in half after more than 200 players kneeled during the national anthem last week.

Morning Consult conducted the survey, and the results are a very bad sign for the NFL.

They released the following data in a press release to The Daily Caller:

NFL’s Brand Favorability Drops To Lowest Point Since Morning Consult Started Tracking: The NFL’s net favorability has dropped from 30% on September 21 to 17% on September 28. On September 21, 25% of Trump supporters said they had a very favorable view of the NFL and 11% had a very unfavorable view. As of Sept 28, those numbers have dramatically changed with 33% of Trump supporters say they have a very unfavorable view of the NFL and 16% report having a very favorable view.
Dropping from 30 percent to only 17 percent in a week is a massive red flag for NFL management. Any smart businessman can look at those numbers and realize the league is now in full crisis mode.

The longer these protests go on the worse things are going get for the NFL, unless something changes. It’s also proof that Trump supporters are more likely to side with the president than the NFL, given the massive protests came after comments he made during an Alabama rally.

Link

And of course, all of this shit is now slithering into the classroom. The rare instant the elementary school teacher did the right thing.
Boy, 6, takes a knee for school Pledge of Allegiance—and Mom isn’t pleased about what happened next

Rush Limbaugh: The left has hijacked the game of football

Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh weighed in Thursday on the ongoing furor over NFL players kneeling during "The Star-Spangled Banner," telling Fox News' "Hannity" that "the left has hijacked this game."

Previously a devoted pro football fan, Limbaugh told Sean Hannity that he did not watch Sunday's slate of games after hearing of the planned protests by players and vowed "I'm going to be playing golf on Sundays now."

The act of taking a knee during the pregame playing of the national anthem was started by then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick last year. Kaepernick said his action was a protest of racial inequality and police brutality.

President Trump brought the protests back into the national spotlight Friday when he asked the crowd at an Alabama rally, "Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say 'get that son of a b---- off the field right now, out, he's fired?'"

Those comments were condemned by NFL owners and dozens of players took a knee prior to the weekend's games, which in turn brought a backlash from some fans.

On Thursday night, Limbaugh told Hannity that the league's owners "have to be scared to death" by the protests and their fallout.

"I don’t think they understand what’s happening to them. I don’t think they understand what’s going on," the veteran radio host said. "They think they’re relating to the majority of their fan base, they’re not! They’re driving them away.

"And I hate it," Limbaugh continued. "I don’t want the NFL to get smaller, I don’t want it to become insignificant, I don’t want it to be taken over by a bunch of wusses. I don’t want it to be taken over by left-wing social justice causes.

Addressing the player protesters, Limbaugh concluded, "Use something besides the NFL sideline, use something besides the flag, use something besides something that people use to escape."



http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017...acked-this-game.html

need to make a retraction see end of post

JALLEN,

I think the authors of the article way underestimated the impact of the survey.

they said "The NFL’s net favorability has dropped from 30% on September 21 to 17% on September 28. "

that implies there was still an overall positive favorability

but that is not what the data showed.

NFL went from 25-11 = 14 % favoravility

to 33-16 = 17 % unfavorability

It indeed was a 31% swing, but it moved from positive to negative

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so having said that, I was wrong.

I assumed they defined favorability as the diff between very fav and very unfav (some other polls do it that way)

But I tracked down the source data at

http://view.e.morningconsult.c...6f03d9c816b351a02146



They ask the question "Do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of the following? NFL"

And in that plot "Favorability" did drop from 30% to 17%

sorry for the confusion

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Originally posted by oddball:
And of course, all of this shit is now slithering into the classroom. The rare instant the elementary school teacher did the right thing.
Boy, 6, takes a knee for school Pledge of Allegiance—and Mom isn’t pleased about what happened next

And, as usual, the administration doesn't back her up. Kid gets transferred to a different class where I'm sure he'll be allowed to do his kneeling thing, and admin. straddles the fence.