Poll of the Day > NFL: All NFL players 'shall stand and show respect' for flag and anthem.

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I don't mind NFL players protesting. I just feel they should do it on their own time. on that field they are representing their team and the NFL as a whole. and they are paid very well to do so.

me personally if I ran things i'd just make it a hefty fine. its not like players in the pasty haven't willingly taken a fine if they really believed in something. and it would make more of a statement that they where willing to lose money to protest.
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Wow Trump really hates black people (and also doesn't understand how citizenship works)

https://twitter.com/foxandfriends/status/999599639996313600?s=20

https://pics.me.me/nfl-owners-looking-at-they-players-during-the-national-anthem-24372651.png
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Andromicus posted...

https://pics.me.me/nfl-owners-looking-at-they-players-during-the-national-anthem-24372651.png

How accurate. It is well known that slaves had 7 digit salaries.

ThickDaddy posted...

Andromicus posted...

https://pics.me.me/nfl-owners-looking-at-they-players-during-the-national-anthem-24372651.png

How accurate. It is well known that slaves had 7 digit salaries.

Those poor oppressed athletes. Poor guys can barely afford their mansions and $800,000 cars.

Sorry but these owners run a business. And like any other business, if you effecting profit margins you can be censored and reprimanded or released entirely. You claim it's an American right to protest. Sure it is... but on the job in your workplace you don't have that inherent right.

NFL must be scared of XFL entering the market.
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OhhhJa posted...

Those poor oppressed athletes. Poor guys can barely afford their mansions and $800,000 cars.

Sorry but these owners run a business. And like any other business, if you effecting profit margins you can be censored and reprimanded or released entirely. You claim it's an American right to protest. Sure it is... but on the job in your workplace you don't have that inherent right.

Because that totally happens with the NFL.
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Probably for the best
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Revelation34 posted...

OhhhJa posted...

Those poor oppressed athletes. Poor guys can barely afford their mansions and $800,000 cars.

Sorry but these owners run a business. And like any other business, if you effecting profit margins you can be censored and reprimanded or released entirely. You claim it's an American right to protest. Sure it is... but on the job in your workplace you don't have that inherent right.

Because that totally happens with the NFL.

Apparently they as well as many analysts think so

OhhhJa posted...

Apparently they as well as many analysts think so

Then they're obviously wrong.
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Revelation34 posted...

OhhhJa posted...

Apparently they as well as many analysts think so

Then they're obviously wrong.

I've seen all out of people say they had quit watching NFL on the internet but few said why but if not for this reason well the timing makes it seem that way.

Though I know several did say they quit watching because they are getting tired of rule changes.

Which that had an affect too I think they revoked the rule about no endzone celebration I believe
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Revelation34 posted...

OhhhJa posted...

Apparently they as well as many analysts think so

Then they're obviously wrong.

Ok you're the expert with tons of credentials after all lol

If a few people kneeling makes you give up watching your favorite sport, that's on you, not them
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Andromicus posted...

If a few people kneeling makes you give up watching your favorite sport, that's on you, not them

It does seem pretty but you threaten a companies money and they start paying attention
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Too little, too late. The NFL already lost the fans this is supposed to appease. Now their favorite sport is mental gymnastics.

Andromicus posted...

If a few people kneeling makes you give up watching your favorite sport, that's on you, not them

I watch the NFL now more than ever and couldn't care less about this. I just think its funny that people cant get over a business doing what they think is best for their brand. But yeah a ton of rednecks watch the NFL and will quit watching over you disrespecting their country. They still have college football after all even though they never went

mooreandrew58 posted...

Which that had an affect too I think they revoked the rule about no endzone celebration I believe

The opposite happened last season. They loosened the rule on excessive celebration.
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I guess fake respect is better then no respect for a President that firmly believes it is all about him, when someone decides to kneel to protest something. Respect because of some possible punishment isn't in any way respect. It is just someone trying to avoid problems. They are only respecting the possible punishment and not the person demanding it.

Playsaver posted...

I guess fake respect is better then no respect for a President that firmly believes it is all about him, when someone decides to kneel to protest something. Respect because of some possible punishment isn't in any way respect. It is just someone trying to avoid problems. They are only respecting the possible punishment and not the person demanding it.

I never saw it as respecting the president. its supposed to be respecting the country. not the military (well them partially, but more so the military of the past that helped shape this country), not the president, not congress. the country. thats how I always looked at it anyways.
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Letting them stay in the locker room seems like a fair compromise, although I'm sure you're going to have whole teams sitting out and then shit is going to change again.

argonautweakend posted...

People dont want the nfl or sports in general to be politicized but probably watch the olympics without saying a word.

Us boycotting moscow, russia boycotting la, two koreas marching as one...highly political.

You're kinda assuming there's much overlap between domestic sports viewership and the Olympics. Otherwise that's government-to-government level stuff, which isn't the same thing as attacking your home nation.

Playsaver posted...

I guess fake respect is better then no respect for a President that firmly believes it is all about him, when someone decides to kneel to protest something. Respect because of some possible punishment isn't in any way respect. It is just someone trying to avoid problems. They are only respecting the possible punishment and not the person demanding it.

lolwut?
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NFL can kiss my ass
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mooreandrew58 posted...

I never saw it as respecting the president. its supposed to be respecting the country. not the military (well them partially, but more so the military of the past that helped shape this country), not the president, not congress. the country. thats how I always looked at it anyways.

What you say is true, it is about respecting the country and the military. Sadly our current president sees not standing for the national anthem as directly disrespectful of him. Standing for the anthem has always been voluntary. The rules made for showing respect for the anthem and the treatment of our flag, were made to let people know how that should be done. They weren't meant to be a legal requirement, as some people seem to think they are.