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Why didn't NFL Televize our National Anthem? For me, that's even more offending... Just sayN'
DawgBiscuit
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Folks,
My family and friends know how much of a football fan I am. I really love the game and even aspired to play past high school, but that was denied due to my own doing (another story). Now the game I love and enjoy so much has become a disappointment. Last season, in 2017, I stopped watching all NFL games after the disregard for those "who fought, and died" for America and our freedoms.
Last night I decided to see if the disrespect to those to died for our freedoms would continue, and to me it got worse so I turned the channel. As long as the disrespect from the NFL and its players continues, I will not watch their games. However, I just might choose to watch the Dallas Cowboys because of Dak Prescott and the Jerry Jones' stand for America. The following letter from a retired Marine sez it all...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvFzwg59P_c
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I watched one NFL game last year....the Superbowl. Don't plan on watching any this year either. They have lost touch with the public. The inmates run the place. Go to your work place and tell your boss that you want to stage a public protest in company uniform on company property and see what happens. Players are making unGodly amounts of money but many still think they are oppressed and believe this country is generally bad. Goddell is a weak, fearful leader who has literally cost the league BILLIONS of dollars in losses. I would love to see Jerry Jones tell the NFL F-U and do what he wants. What is the NFL going to do about it? The Cowboys are the most valuable sports franchise on the planet. He is more important to the NFL than Goddell. Jones needs to be the Commissioner.
As has been stated many times, the intent of the protest is not to disrespect our country's veterans. If one chooses to make it about that...then it is what it is. Players should be able to take a knee (knowing the inherent hiring/firing risks as NFL teams are private organizations) just as any of us can choose to watch or not watch. America!
You don’t get to choose what does and does not offend the people you work for. They can have whatever intent they please. But if they offend their fans, their fans don’t have to watch.
Exactly.
It doesn't matter what their "intent" is. It does offend veterans and a whole lot of other people as well. That's what matters. Taking a knee distracts from their original intent. Literally NOBODY is talking about the protest being about supposed police brutality. The only thing that has come of this is that it is an offense to the country and what the flag and anthem stands for. The players are too ignorant to realize that their protest isn't working. To be effective, they need to change their methods. And when the NFL as an organization allows it's employees to stage offensive protests in uniform, on company property on company time...well, then the NFL is complicit and supports the message. It's the same as if ALL the NFL is taking a knee. That's how I, and millions of others, see it.
" Literally NOBODY is talking about the protest being about supposed police brutality. "
You're not paying attention.
Before I start, this OP is POLITICAL and should be closed (or whatever it is to get rid of it.) It is under General category, but should be OFF TOPIC if anything.
I am a veteran and not offended. I've come to question why there is a NA at a paid commercial event in the first place. It is likely because the NFL and other pro sports get exemption from anti-trust, and it is a rah-rah for that. Originally I thought it was a cold war thing but the NA was played before WW2 in some venues. Regardless, if there is no NA, then there is no kneeling, etc. to put sensitive ones' panties in a bunch. Keep that in mind.
My solution is to play the NA before the teams take the field. Issue solved, unless some other millionaire team employees decide to kneel. Get over it. Support efforts to raise the level of hiring, training and diversity in your local police forces. That is a positive response.
There is a time and place for everything, and the disrespect for those who died for America and our freedoms while in uniform at work is NOT the time or place to express grievances of racial equality, injustice, and reforms needed in America. I could NOT bring up my political grievances while at work on company time without consequences.
Even though they state that the purpose is NOT to disrespect America’s vets, that’s exactly what it does! I believe the protests during our National Anthem desecrates those who fought and died for our God given rights.
I agree that folks have the right to lawfully protest and bring their concerns for change, but during the NFL games or anytime while playing the national Anthem is NOT the time or place. I also believe this is a spiritual issue, not a political one. In my opinion, the fix is: “We should treat others as we want to be treated, and love one another”. Respectfully…. Nuff said, and Go Dawgs!
I think more bc it’s preseason. I never remember them showing the national anthem in ANY sport on tv unless it’s the championship game
I am paying attention. This kneeling thing has become about respecting the flag and our nation, not about racial equality or police brutality (which was the original intent). Do something else that doesn't distract from the message. I support their right to voice their opinion, but doing it during such a sacred part of culture and national identity is incredibly offensive to millions. Even though these players say that aren't trying to offend veterans and others...they ARE offending us. That's when they need to realize that it's not working and come up with a better form of protest.
Literally NOBODY is talking about the protest being about supposed police brutality. The only thing that has come of this is that it is an offense to the country and what the flag and anthem stands for.
100% evidence that you’re ignoring everything you disagree with. It was 100% about police brutality. Protest is about whatever the protesters say it’s about, by definition. If I stand on the street corner and protest animal cruelty, nobody gets to tell me I’m disrespecting the elderly because I’m doing it on bingo night. My protest is what I say it is.
Literally NOBODY is talking about the protest being about supposed police brutality. The only thing that has come of this is that it is an offense to the country and what the flag and anthem stands for.
100% evidence that you’re ignoring everything you disagree with. It was 100% about police brutality. Protest is about whatever the protesters say it’s about, by definition. If I stand on the street corner and protest animal cruelty, nobody gets to tell me I’m disrespecting the elderly because I’m doing it on bingo night. My protest is what I say it is.
You're completely wrong. And on a personal note....Don't be such a snowflake.
Translation: I support anyone who wants to end racial discrimination, so long as I don’t have to see or hear about it.
Well, if you stand on a flag while protesting animal cruelty, then your protest will likely be interpreted as something other than what YOU want it to be about. For a protest to be effective, it need to be focused and detract from the original message. The fact that these players know that millions of veterans and others are highly offended by their conduct, and haven't adjusted their method of protest, leads me to believe it is about anti-America/veteran/patriot sentiment.