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Originally posted by snoris:
When these spoiled multimillionaire athletes stop spending their riches on huge mansions, outrageously expensive cars and jewelry, and entourages, and start putting it into meaningful education, job training, and business investment programs for the communities they've turned their backs on....

Don't forget drugs and booze - absolutely destroying the neighborhoods many escaped from. They have chosen our flag to protest, over many worthwhile topics they could have picked.

For the first time in a looooooooong time I’m not wearing any Browns gear on an NFL Sunday.

I also am not watching a single game.

I think I am finally done with the NFL. I’m tired of this. Good riddance to these assholes. I want to see them broke and unemployed.

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Originally posted by 41:
Seattle’s Pete Carroll was the first NFL head coach to issue a statement about the matter, posting on Facebook and Twitter that “there’s no longer a place to sit silently. It’s time to take a stand.”

Let's not forget why these un-educated dummies in sports uniforms are protesting the National Anthem; they support Black Lives Matter and believe the U.S. is utterly racist, and that Law Enforcement is a vile, racist institution. And coaches, owners are going to align themselves with this?

Wow.

The NFL may follow the blueprint of the Steelers and force all players to stay in the locker room during the anthem. Honestly, I can't see them eliminating it without even more backlash and they won't take a stand against their players. It is cowardly.

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Originally posted by 41:

This will be interesting on how this plays out. I would love to see some of the fans start to leave the game when they failed to stand for the National Anthem. Then as others watched, they decided to get involved as well and started to leave.

So let the owners stand by and do nothing. Once this reaches critical mass, there will be a lot of damage done and someone will lose their shirt long term.

I would love for them to just not show up, intead of enriching the team by buying tickets, then leaving.

hard to predict exactly how this plays out, but it would seem the NFL will continue to take a public relations hit. Perhaps a massive one.

how that translates to lost revenue will remain to be seen. (the only thing the NFL cares about is revenue)

A real irony here is that many of these kneelers may hurt themselves financially if the NFL does suffer a fan revolt.

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And to think we have overpaid spoiled "children" playing at various sport activities who think they are making a "Social Justice Warrior" statement by "taking a knee" as a form of protest against perceived "injustices".

.... and these perceived "injustices" are based solely on the color of their skin.

Yet, over 70% of the overpaid spoiled "children" playing in the NFL are black.

They are only hurting themselves...

September 24, 2017
NFL may lose bigly with social justice antics
By Brian C. Joondeph

See also: A modest proposal for NFL fans: Be a flash mob

It's DEFCON 1 this weekend – not between the U.S. and North Korea, despite the battle of insults between "Dotard" President Donald Trump and "Rocket Man" Kim Jong-un. Instead, the war is between the president and the sports world, specifically the NFL and NBA. It led the Drudge Report on Saturday.



Since when have professional sports become political? Long before Trump moved into the White House. The NFL is famous for its activism. Support for Black Lives Matter after Ferguson. Solidarity with Trayvon Martin. Lectures from Bob Costas – not on the upcoming game, but on gun control or global warming. Now it's disrespecting the National Anthem by taking a knee or sitting down. Colin Kaepernick popularized this before Trump was president. It's activism is spreading through the NFL and beyond, even to eight-year-old football players in Illinois.

NFL TV ratings are down. The 49ers and Rams played to a half-empty stadium, despite selling tickets for $14, less than the price of a hot dog and a beer. Declining advertising revenue is predicted to cost networks $200 million, a number likely to increase. As Rick Moran wrote recently in American Thinker, "Have we ever seen a pro sports league self-destruct? Stay tuned."

President Trump, true to form, demonstrating why he was elected, is taking on the NFL in the same aggressive manner as the way he is going after Rocket Man and North Korea. Realizing that most American adults disapprove of recent NFL antics, Trump is effectively utilizing several of Saul Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals." Specifically, "ridicule is man's most potent weapon." And "a good tactic is one your people enjoy."

In his recent speech in Huntsville, Alabama, Trump said, "Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners? When somebody disrespects our flag, you'd say, 'Get that son of a b---- off the field right now. Out! He's fired." Boom. Ridicule. His supporters, tired of the unpatriotic, virtue-signaling NFL, cheer someone verbalizing what they have been feeling. Trump is forcing already unpopular NFL commissioner Roger Goodell into zone defense, whining about Trump's "divisive comments."

Divisive? Really? Most Americans already disapprove of the NFL's posturing and preening. Instead, the NFL is doubling down on its losing formula, hastening its self-destruction.

The media, the left, and #NeverTrumps are predictably and perpetually outraged. Here is Trump the rube, once again venturing into something he knows nothing about. Is that so? They likely don't remember that Donald Trump owned a USFL football team, the New Jersey Generals, for a few years in the 1980s. Did anyone else running for president in 2016 own a professional football team? Hillary Clinton's only professional football experience was pushing the Washington Redskins to change their name.

Trump understands who his supporters are – and who NFL fans are. Apparently, Roger Goodell does not. NFL fans happen to mirror Trump supporters quite closely. Note the Scarborough Research chart below.



NFL fans lean Republican and turn out to vote, just like Trump supporters. Is it any wonder Trump's comments are resonating among his base? Seems most NFL fans are among Mrs. Clinton's "deplorables." Further alienating them is bad business for the NFL.

The Democrat-leaning NBA may fare better going to war with President Trump. Stephen Curry, not wanting to visit the White House, was disinvited by Trump, followed by the entire team disinviting themselves. Time will tell if such posturing hurts the NBA as it will the NFL.

The NFL is learning that its right-leaning fan base will find other weekend activities that are far less expensive than overpriced NFL tickets. There is plenty to watch on TV besides NFL games: Netflix. Amazon Prime. A good book. A walk through the neighborhood. Tuning out Roger Goodell and his league of malcontents will not be difficult.

College football is even more right-leaning, as are the Olympics. Ditto for MLB and the NHL. It will be interesting to see if they have the sense to stick to sports rather than social justice.

Brian C. Joondeph, M.D., MPS is a Denver-based physician and writer.
http://www.americanthinker.com..._justice_antics.html

Watching the game just doesn't feel the same this week.

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Originally posted by esdunbar:
For the first time in a looooooooong time I’m not wearing any Browns gear on an NFL Sunday.

I also am not watching a single game.

I think I am finally done with the NFL. I’m tired of this. Good riddance to these assholes. I want to see them broke and unemployed.

Yup. My Packer hats are in the closet. Time to get some more SpaceX / NASA hats to wear.

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Originally posted by Ackks:
Watching the game just doesn't feel the same this week.

They are playing games? I wouldn't know.

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Originally posted by Ackks:
Watching the game just doesn't feel the same this week.

I'm watching, and I hope Gruden/Allen/Wily/Snyder clamps down on this shit. It would be awesome to hear a unified team stance on Natational Anthem. Let them do whatever they want outside of company time.

Wouldn't it be nice if these guys sponsored college essay workshops and college funds for the inner city instead of the useless protesting of the Anthem? Then, they could actually do some good. But that's too much effort and money out there pockets. They only actually care about the number of likes on instagram/facebook/twitter they get for their antics.

I rarely watch more than a few quarters a year and that will cease in its entirety now. The NFL is not welcome in my house nor any item with its logo.

so now the players need a "safe space" so they don't hear the national anthem

Guess we stopped paying em. Remember this from 2 years ago?

Defense Dept. paid NFL millions of taxpayer dollars to salute troops

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/ru...on-nfl-honor-troops/

The United States Department of Defense paid the National Football League more than $5 million in taxpayer money between 2011 to 2014 to honor U.S. soldiers and veterans at games

the Atlanta Falcons collected just over a million dollars, the most cash for any team, and the Green Bay Packers received the single largest payment of $400,000.

The rest of the teams paid by the federal government were the Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, Pittsburgh Steelers and St. Louis Rams.

Exactly why Trump needs to bar the military from any an all NFL events.

Honestly have never been a huge NFL fan, but a few years back watched every Panther game.
Really started to enjoy watching on Sunday afternoons.
Then Cam Newton started to pull the race card just before the Super Bowl.
My enthusiasm started to drop off at that point.
I don't have a racist bone in my body, until you pull the race card.
In that instance my attitude changes towards you, and it is not because of skin color.
Watched a few games in the following year, up until that second rate quarter back for the 49ers started his antics protesting the Police and our Nation.
We have a few game day jerseys, but now they will be retired to the dust bin of history.
We are not watching any games today, and are unlikely to in the future.
This family has and will support this Nation and Police force, but never again the NFL.

Sitting out back today with family and our dogs.
Very enjoyable day in North Carolina.

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Originally posted by sdy:
so now the players need a "safe space" so they don't hear the national anthem

Guess we stopped paying em. Remember this from 2 years ago?

Defense Dept. paid NFL millions of taxpayer dollars to salute troops

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/ru...on-nfl-honor-troops/

The United States Department of Defense paid the National Football League more than $5 million in taxpayer money between 2011 to 2014 to honor U.S. soldiers and veterans at games

the Atlanta Falcons collected just over a million dollars, the most cash for any team, and the Green Bay Packers received the single largest payment of $400,000.

The rest of the teams paid by the federal government were the Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, Pittsburgh Steelers and St. Louis Rams.

Are you joking? The ONLY reason the NFL honored troops and veterans was because they were PAID?

one Steeler stood



There was only one Steelers player to stand for the national anthem.

Former Army Ranger Alejandro Villanueva (No. 78) stood by the tunnel with his hand over his heart.

Nope, not watching NFL today, nor will I be in the future.
The NFL can go fuck themselves. I hope they lose tens of millions over this bullshit.