NFL...

The days of the left running roughshod over the country are over. The silent majority is no longer silent. And we are pissed!

Admittedly, for NHL games that are televised on NBC, sometimes...sometimes...commercials are played while the anthem(s) is going, but for some games, they do show the anthem. Even if BOTH are being sung if a Canadian team is playing a U.S. team. And guess what...EVERYONE stands and honors the flag(s).

What Fox is doing, though, is slitting their own throats here, as it has been TRADITION to honor the flag and play the anthem for as long as I can remember. As C.P. "Woody" Woodward told Brubaker, "Don't fuck with tradition".

I personally think these NFL shit-holes need to go a period or two with the Bruins. Maybe THEN they'll understand what being an athlete is instead of what they are...coddled, protected, prima donna thugs. Can't stand the NFL since Jones fired Tom Landry...no hair off my fat, dago butt if the whole enchilada folds like a cheap Walmart lawn chair. I kinda wish it would, actually...

3 Dolphins kneel 1 Oct 2017 in London



https://www.usatoday.com/story...s-london/720954001/#

Dolphins tight end Julius Thomas, safety Michael Thomas and wide receiver Kenny Stills kneeled at Wembley Stadium, while the rest of the Dolphins stood as Darius Rucker sang The Star-Spangled Banner.

We need to keep pounding the NFL. NO player kneels

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Originally posted by erj_pilot:
What Fox is doing, though, is slitting their own throats here, ...

Fox slits their own throat frequently, and still obtains.

This is a network that cancels quality shows like Firefly, yet keeps garbage like Family Guy and Bob's Burgers.

Gives you an idea of what their demographic is. Do you really think such a demographic is going to care that they've substituted commercials for the National Anthem?

I don't watch sports on TV. Did watch ice hockey for a while. As I recall, the Anthem would be carried. I didn't realize it was often (always?) cut with other pro sports. Substitute the National Anthem with commercials?!?! That, alone, would turn me off

They have bit the hand that feeds them. They get what they deserve. I think I need to go wash my car now.

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Originally posted by sdy:
http://www.breitbart.com/sport...-sunday-rest-season/

starting Sunday, the Cowboys will simply stand during the anthem for the rest of the season.

“We’re going to stand, we’re going to stand and going to put our hand over our heart and we’re going to do what we did before,” Bryant said. “You all know what that was, that was just a response to Trump and that’s all that that was.”

yeah they sure showed President Trump a thing or two. what ???

Bryant emphasized that he’s past all the issues stemming from President Trump’s comments and how to react to them. Instead, he and the Cowboys are ready to move on: “I’m going to leave that all in the past,” Bryant said. “You know, it is what it is. I’m focused on this week. I’m letting that … I don’t even want to think about it. I’m done with that.”

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oh we are so glad you are done with it. What a wise decision.

Get real. The owners laid down the law.

quote from Andy McCarthy:

"The protest is now about Trump because what it was originally about is too indefensible to explain forthrightly."

spot on

I read that article, and a couple of things - an attempt at damage control - stand out to me;

The title of it begins with "America's team again; ..." Pfft I say!

The last line of the article comes after the quotes from Dez Bryant about "being done with that."
The line says; "Good, because everyone else is done with it too."

I'm not "done with it".The damage has been done. Hypocrites!!

The smoke and mirrors ruse won't work with me, and I hope nobody else is fooled by this BS.

President Trump makes a passing remark in a speech and the NFL loses their shit, throws a huge tantrum and they now have to stew in the mess they've made. Oh, yeah, the NFL really showed that Trump. Great job. Smooth. Like a boss.

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“We do honor to the stars and stripes as the emblem of our country and the symbol of all that our patriotism means.

“We identify the flag with almost everything we hold dear on earth. It represents our peace and security, our civil and political liberty, our freedom of religious worship, our family, our friends, our home. We see it in the great multitude of blessings, of rights and privileges that make up our country.

“But when we look at our flag and behold it emblazoned with all our rights, we must remember that it is equally a symbol of our duties. Every glory that we associate with it is the result of duty done. A yearly contemplation of our flag strengthens and purifies the national conscience.”

Calvin Coolidge

Hopefully the photos keep showing up on social media even after the networks try to hide the reality of it.

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garbage like Family Guy and Bob's Burgers.

[eyeroll]

Will keep the TV off. Gives me more time to clean my weapons. Enough said!

I think it's absolutely HILARIOUS that the NFL and the networks are colluding to hide this behavior all of a sudden. They were both so proud of it last week lol.

No NFL this afternoon, even the random channel scan. Headed to Wally World for my weekly online grocery order pickup, then maybe something on Apple TV.

So let me get this straight, if I am convicted of domestic violence, illegal drug use, felony crimes, I can't buy a gun but I can play for the NFL? Got it.

Interest peeked, went to lookup some of today's kneeling NFL players.... oops get in line.

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Players are kneeling over "feels". The stats and facts do not agree.

Really you think the police get up in the AM hoping to shoot someone. To take a sliver of statistics showing a minuscule population of police should not have become police, and then say "all police like this".

Same as saying hey "all blacks are like this". Crazy talk. "Feels" does not need the truth or cold hard facts.

scattered kneeling and fist raising. lot of ceremonial kneeling before the anthem

They need to be asked why they are kneeling

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/1...fl-trump-anthem.html

Six members of the Buffalo Bills knelt during the playing of the anthem before the team’s game against the Falcons in Atlanta: Kaelin Clay, Cedric Thornton, Mike Tolbert, Shareece Wright, Taiwan Jones, and Jerel Worthy. Atlanta’s players all stood, with some linking arms.

Two members of the Detroit Lions — Jalen Reeves-Maybin and Steve Longa — knelt during the national anthem before Detroit’s game against the Minnesota Vikings in Minneapolis. The Vikings stood with linked arms, except for kick returner Jerick McKinnon, who stood behind the sideline for a second straight week and did not participate in the demonstration.

All of the players for the Los Angeles Rams and Dallas Cowboys stood throughout the anthem, with a few Rams players, including Robert Quinn, raising their fists

The Cleveland Browns, who had a large group of kneeling players last week, stood together as a team before their game against the Cincinnati Bengals, but at least nine players raised their fists during the playing of the song.

the Jacksonville Jaguars knelt as a team before the anthem started, drawing some boos from the crowd in MetLife Stadium, but then stood as a team for the singing of the national anthem.

The New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers all stood during the anthem

The Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers, in a coordinated effort, briefly took a knee before the national anthem, but stood during the song. As both teams knelt, loud boos could be heard by the crowd in Baltimore.

http://www.breitbart.com/sport...-kneel-anthem-stand/

“Ravens players knelt before the national anthem began, and then rose. There was a clamoring of boos when the players knelt. Before the anthem, an announcement was made in the stadium for everyone to pray as a nation to embrace kindness, justice, unity and equality.”

We are still witnessing misdirection by the NFL. The kneelers aren't championing "kindness, justice, unity and equality”. The kneelers are championing Marilyn Mosby.

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not the worst scenario for the NFL, but the league will continue to bleed support if the kneeling and fist raising have become a standard part of the game.

What an astoundingly stupid way to destroy one of the previously most enjoyed sports events for so many people.

The big question is still on the table. Does the NFL believe police are murdering blacks?

If not, why are they supporting the players' protest?

"what it was originally about is too indefensible to explain forthrightly"

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attered kneeling and fist raising. lot of ceremonial kneeling before the anthem

They need to be asked why they are kneeling

They wouldn't be able to answer with anything but the BLM talking points. Most are participating because someone else on their team is doing it. This is just a stupid exercise in group think.

The NFL has always had support from the government. Anti-trust exemptions, exceptions for fantasy football on-line gambling, blocking money to further study chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in their players, money for stadiums from lower levels of government, the list goes on.

But MR. NFL, there's a new Sheriff in town named Trump. He sees right through the NFL crap. The gravy train is done.

Hands off my tax dollar for stadiums.

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Originally posted by radioman:
The NFL has always had support from the government. Anti-trust exemptions, exceptions for fantasy football on-line gambling, blocking money to further study chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in their players, money for stadiums from lower levels of government, the list goes on.

But MR. NFL, there's a new Sheriff in town named Trump. He sees right through the NFL crap. The gravy train is done.

Hands off my tax dollar for stadiums.

Seattle Kingdome is one such miserable example.

from wiki: The Kingdome was demolished by implosion on March 26, 2000; ... King County paid off the bonds used to build and repair the Kingdome in 2015, 15 years after its demolition.

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Originally posted by radioman:
Hands off my tax dollar for stadiums.

But! But! But, it's America's game!

I've never understood that. I always thought baseball was the game that went with "Mom and apple pie."