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You're leaving out the 30 to 60 minutes prior to the game where the sports professionals speak about what may happen during the game. Then the game itself. And afterwords, another 30 to 60 minutes summarizing what just occurred. | |||
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Lighten up and laugh |
From Adam Scheftler's Facebook page
Yahoo has it as well https://sports.yahoo.com/roger...rding-174259696.html | |||
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Too little, too late, Roger. That bridge is a roaring fire behind you and it's moving faster. F/U. Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark. “If in winning a race, you lose the respect of your fellow competitors, then you have won nothing” - Paul Elvstrom "The Great Dane" 1928 - 2016 | |||
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The guy behind the guy |
WTF does that mean? Has this dolt not realized that politics is cancerous? Politics poisons everything it touches....except for politics itself. Jamele Hill is suspended for engaging in politics, and Al is going to protest outside of their offices as a result. It's a lose/lose to get into politics unless your core revenue stream is politics itself. By definition, you annoy half the country when you make your business a political one. If Rodger tries to promote some political platform, he's dumber than I thought. The league isn't in the business of creating social platforms. If they try to, it will result in more politics in their game...and continue the backlash. They should be running as fast as they can from "platforms" and focus on selling football. If 'ol Rodger can't wrap his head around this concept, I'm guessing the owners will show him the door. | |||
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Official Space Nerd |
nfl is still trying to appease to the leftists (players and public) while ignoring the effect that all this political activism is having on their core conservative fan base. Instead of saying "we will focus on what we are here for - playing games," they seem to be doubling down and emphasizing the rights of their players to turn the nfl into a venue for leftist political activism. They just don't get it. They continue to hemhorage fans, and instead of applying a torniquet (cutting off the activism), they are trying to polish their public image. Idiots. Fear God and Dread Nought Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher | |||
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I take it as the President just won. It's not over, there are still a lot of reasons to be upset, but it seems as though the players will be forced to stand. | |||
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| wishing we were congress |
Goodell is following the lead of the owner of the Lions. Bribe the activists. Pay the ransom. Get them to stand and the NFL will push their activist agenda. This could be even more disastrous for the NFL. I don't think some of the activist players will listen to the owners or the league. *************** only about 1.6% of college football players get to the NFL. There are a lot of people out there who would like to get a shot at making pro football kind of money. ***************** "Sports, and especially the NFL, brings people together and lets them set aside those divisions, at least for a few hours" that is what you have allowed to be destroyed Roger I hear this over and over, just play football. | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
FIFY, Rog. "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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| So let it be written, so let it be done...  |
More info on new NFL policy from OAN "The league reportedly added the new rules to its game manual, which will punish players who refuse to stand. The penalties include fines, suspensions, and forfeiting of draft choices." NFL Revises National Anthem Policy 'veritas non verba magistri' | |||
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+1000 "Crom is strong! If I die, I have to go before him, and he will ask me, 'What is the riddle of steel?' If I don't know it, he will cast me out of Valhalla and laugh at me." | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
And now, the fun begins. | |||
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Tinker Sailor Soldier Pie |
Yeah, seriously. This coward had the chance to squash this whole mess within two seconds of it starting by immediately setting the standard of which we all expect out of professional player when the National Anthem and the Flag are at the forefront. From the very beginning, starting with that idiot Kapernick, this crap should have been halted immediately and dealt with. But, now we have this. Nice job, genius. ~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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| Lighten up and laugh |
Does the game manual say anything about the fist in the air protest? | |||
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| Nullus Anxietas |
Almost enough to persuade me to re-activate my FB account just to watch the ballistic histrionics  "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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| Peace through superior firepower |
I anticipate open defiance. One can only hope.  | |||
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| wishing we were congress |
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...standing-anthem.html NFL owners are prepared to meet next week to discuss unilateral changes to league policy concerning players protesting during the national anthem. In a conference call on Tuesday, chief NFL spokesman Joe Lockhart said owners will consider allowing the players to give their input on the decision, but said the league would not need union approval to implement a change 'I don’t believe that the anthem, per se, is something that needs to be collectively bargained,' Lockhart said. such a way w words As it currently reads, the policy says players 'should stand at attention, face the flag, hold helmets in their hand, and refrain from talking' during the anthem. However, it stops short of saying players 'must' stand. Beyond the possibility of any overt rule changes, the NFL may have quietly altered the wording of its current policy to give teams the incentive and power to punish protesting players who sit or kneel during the 'The Star-Spangled Banner.' new language was put in the NFL's game operations manual: '[Players' f]ailure to be on the field by the start of the National Anthem may result in discipline, such as fines, suspensions, and/or the forfeiture of draft choice(s) for violations of the above, including first offenses.' The policy previously read that failure to be on the field by the start of the national anthem may 'result in disciplinary action from the League office.'  | |||
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| No double standards |
I imagine the NFL is looking only at the money aspect, not anything to do with patriotism or honor. "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it" - Judge Learned Hand, May 1944 | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
At this point, I would say that you may very well be correct. | |||
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Stangosaurus Rex |
Good! I'm glad i can go back to NOT watching nfl! ___________________________ "I Get It Now" Beth Greene | |||
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Normality Contraindicated |
Getting my popcorn ready to watch Al Sharpton get involved if the players are forced to stand, and getting involved in Jemelle Hill thing if she gets fired. ESPN and NFL aren't having a very good year, are they?  ------------------------------------------------------ Though we choose between reality and madness It's either sadness or euphoria | |||
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