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Legalize the Constitution |
Seemingly lost in this boycott threat is that Kaepernick HAD a contract with SF. He opted out of the final season of that contract to be a free agent. NFL owners are looking at two things in their decision not to sign him. 1. He hasn't performed well, and 2. Given that he hasn't performed well, he's not worth the risk of alienating the fan base of any team remotely interested in having him for a backup. Fans may stay away in large numbers. Even if the number of fans who decline to buy tickets is small, team march may well take a hit. Why would an owner take a chance like that for a poor performing backup? Finally, he may have the right of free speech, but no one is immune from the consequences of free speech. _______________________________________________________ despite them | |||
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| Made from a different mold  |
That's just it, the clowns don't realize the economics of it. Boycotting the NFL will lead to less revenue. Less revenue leads to cutting employment costs from the bottom up. I am sure more than a few black people will lose their jobs because of this, and I would bet it won't start with the highest profile player on the team. Kinda shooting themselves in the dick, but hey, have at it! ___________________________ No thanks, I've already got a penguin. | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
And that, right there, is the problem. Both in the pro leagues and in college sports. It isn't about the game. It hasn't been about the game in a long time, I'd wager. It's about revenue. That's why Kaepernick is even an issue. That's why Vick and Rice. That's what Penn. State was and Baylor is all about. That's the reason for all of it. And watching sports addicts keep supporting it all. And giving it a pass. Because "sports." "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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Coin Sniper |
Is this over now? Can it die the quiet death it deserved from the beginning? Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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| No double standards |
Maybe the NAACP realized they overplayed their hand, and are waiting for some new deck of cards to see if they can improve their luck.  "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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Delusions of Adequacy |
A new deck won't matter... they always play the same card. I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm. | |||
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Probably on a trip |
Like this...  This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears above ground he is a protector. Plato | |||
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NAACP-we don't care how good or bad he is we will raise hell because he is a black man that is being wronged because he is black! Doesn't matter that he made his own bed and now has to lie in , it's because he was wronged by the white man's system | |||
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Member |
People at work have asked me a couple times about something NFL related and I tell each of them "I wasn't aware there was anything going on." Blank stares from most. The ones that ask why I haven't been paying attention actually have shown understanding for my reasons. When your hardcore fans understand why people are bailing out you've really started down a dangerous road. | |||
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| Leatherneck |
This guy keeps shooting himself in the foot, and I love it. It seems his girlfriend tweeted a racist picture about the the only guy trying to get him a job. A black guy by the way  http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/...lfriend-racist-tweet
“Everybody wants a Sig in the sheets but a Glock on the streets.” -bionic218 04-02-2014 | |||
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Member |
Yeah, this clown can't get out of his own way. "What a Maroon"! 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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| Coin Sniper |
The tweet incident just proves the package that you get with Kaepernick. It's a racist shitstorm that will put all focus on 'social justice' and not the organizations goal of playing football for the fans. Thanks for proving all of your critics right. Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
Yeah, I don't believe that that team was about to sign him, but what the yutz did is give that team's owner an easy out, with them saying "Hey, we were going to sign him, but..." | |||
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| Member |
^^ 100%. Lewis gave the Ravens, and somewhat the NFL an excuse to not sign him. | |||
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| Nullus Anxietas |
With a girl "friend" like that, who needs "The Man" to keep him down? "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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Political Cynic |
so when does the season doesn't start? [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
I guess this is the crazy, angry bitch.  | |||
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| Political Cynic |
^^^ I see the problem right now - its so obvious a white guy could see it [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
Make you wonder who wears the pants in that "relationship". | |||
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Get Off My Lawn |
Last year, I remember reading about her activities. She's a DJ for a rap radio station, an activist for Muslim causes and a spokesman for BLM. IT was reported that she was the one who convinced Mr. Football to kneel during the anthem. She was the one who "educated" the numbnut to her outlook on life in the U.S. I also read that they were going to have a Muslim wedding. I guess when one hooks up Muslim Yoko Ono with a retarded NFL player, this is what it looks like. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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