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NFL starts new season sitting for National Anthem. Update Pg 91 (And it continues with 2018 Pre-Season games)
October 15, 2017, 10:15 AM
sdyNFL starts new season sitting for National Anthem. Update Pg 91 (And it continues with 2018 Pre-Season games)
http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/1...al-anthem/index.htmlFox said the network won't be showing the anthem live, but that the cameras "are always rolling so if something happens, we will be sure to cover it."
ESPN also said it would not air the anthem live Monday night.
CBS declined to comment and NBC did not respond.
The anthem is not usually aired live apart from major events, but networks broadcast them last month after President Trump publicly fumed about NFL players who took a knee during the "Star Spangled Banner" to protest treatment of black Americans, particularly by police.
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So the networks won't cover one of the events that has been front and center in the news and in discussion by tens of millions of Americans.
The NFL knows some players will continue to kneel. And further inflame some fans
So don't show it. Problem "solved" for NFL. (not really)
October 15, 2017, 10:21 AM
MG34_Danquote:
Originally posted by mbinky:
I'm actually astounded the NFL gets tax breaks. It really blows my mind. They are a billion dollar industry with million dollar employees. WHY do they get special tax breaks? Why are they special? That needs to stop NOW. If the federal government feels the need to hand out tax breaks at least hand them to people who could use it. How about a tax break for cops or firefighters, people who actually endanger themselves for their community while trying to raise a family on 50K a year? The tax breaks really bother me. Disgusting.
This is an example of the 'Corporate Welfare' dems have been screaming about.
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October 15, 2017, 10:34 AM
springnrI'm sure Trump never considered the fake news might become involved when their bottom line $$$$$$$$$$$$ became involved.
Who knew participating citizen customers might have sway in their countries path too.
October 15, 2017, 10:37 AM
2012BOSS302
(Edited from one we have seen for another problem)
Donald Trump is not a politician, he is a leader, politicians are a dime a dozen, leaders are priceless. October 15, 2017, 10:55 AM
gw3971quote:
Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
I actually don't recall the anthem being televised before this whole nonsense started. Was it always televised? Or did they only start showing it for the controversy surrounding it?
Yeah they didn't show them at all. The only Anthems they ever broadcasted were from play off game and the Super bowl. Occasionally, they would show a quick shot of players during the anthem generally when the military did the fly overs.
The NFL dug themselves a pretty deep hole and now they are desperate to get the networks to try and fill it in for them.
October 15, 2017, 11:06 AM
46and2The tax breaks are usually given based on the idea that the stadiums and games stimulate the local surrounding community with ancillary business it wouldn't otherwise have (restaurants, parking, shopping, etc), and, in theory, *their* taxes and incomes offset the incentives. I bet it rarely works as well as planned, but I don't have hard data to prove it.
October 15, 2017, 11:34 AM
radioman^^^ And it totally sucks when the team leaves town, like in St Louis. You end up with a stadium that's not paid for, and the best you can hope for are some minor concerts to use it now and again.
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October 15, 2017, 12:47 PM
Tuckerrnr1
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I may be a bad person, but at least I use my turn signal.
October 15, 2017, 02:37 PM
sdyRedskins playing 49ers today
6 active 49ers players kneeling during the anthem, seven total
no Redskins kneeled
Some fans at FedEx Field were booing at the sight of 49ers fans kneeling during the anthem.
http://www.breitbart.com/sport...nee-national-anthem/October 15, 2017, 03:47 PM
k5blazerThey should throw rotten tomatoes, eggs and dog poo at them. Boo them when ever they are seen.
October 15, 2017, 04:01 PM
CromGlanced at the TV just long enough to note the stadium about 50% empty this morning!
Keep up the Boycott.
Also: Budweiser and Verizon.
"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."
October 15, 2017, 04:20 PM
RHINOWSOquote:
Originally posted by mbinky:
I'm actually astounded the NFL gets tax breaks. It really blows my mind. They are a billion dollar industry with million dollar employees. WHY do they get special tax breaks? Why are they special? That needs to stop NOW. If the federal government feels the need to hand out tax breaks at least hand them to people who could use it. How about a tax break for cops or firefighters, people who actually endanger themselves for their community while trying to raise a family on 50K a year? The tax breaks really bother me. Disgusting.
The people must be entertained, lest they look at other things....
October 15, 2017, 05:10 PM
archermanHahahahaahaaaaaaa
He will now show everyone.
http://profootballtalk.nbcspor...ievance-against-nfl/Jerk
Archerman
October 15, 2017, 05:46 PM
ensigmaticquote:
Originally posted by archerman:
Hahahahaahaaaaaaa
He will now show everyone.
http://profootballtalk.nbcspor...ievance-against-nfl/Jerk
Man, this loser does not know when to stop digging
"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 October 15, 2017, 05:48 PM
erj_pilotOhhhhhh Colon.....put the shovel down. [JSMH]
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"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 October 15, 2017, 05:53 PM
radiomanI should do the same. NFL wouldn't take me either.
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October 15, 2017, 06:04 PM
83v45magnaIt'd be funny if millions of other dudes filed that same lawsuit virtually overnight. I wonder how much would that generally cost to do?
October 15, 2017, 06:14 PM
RHINOWSOquote:
Originally posted by ensigmatic:
quote:
Originally posted by archerman:
Hahahahaahaaaaaaa
He will now show everyone.
http://profootballtalk.nbcspor...ievance-against-nfl/Jerk
Man, this loser does not know when to stop digging
Fucking love it.
Let him burn the NFL to the ground - the owners should reap it and let social justice run through the veins of the organization. Maybe have a supreme leader who balances all the teams to make it "fair" and "equal".
FUCK.
THEM.
FOREVER.
October 15, 2017, 07:20 PM
mikeyspizzaquote:
Originally posted by sdy:
Redskins playing 49ers today
6 active 49ers players kneeling during the anthem, seven total
no Redskins kneeled
Some fans at FedEx Field were booing at the sight of 49ers fans kneeling during the anthem.
http://www.breitbart.com/sport...nee-national-anthem/
49ers and Browns both now 0-6. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch.
October 15, 2017, 07:23 PM
Scoutmasterquote:
Originally posted by sdy:
Redskins playing 49ers today
6 active 49ers players kneeling during the anthem, seven total
no Redskins kneeled...
Seems the 49ers came in second place today.
"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"
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