As usual, the biased media goes after Trump, and as usual, they’re wrong again.
This is not about money Mr. Charles Robinson, this is about disrespect for the national anthem of the United States of America. But if you want to talk about money, these players get paid millions of dollars too, so what’s your point? By the way, I would venture to say that not one NFL owner, not one in private conversation, would agree with what these morons are doing out in the field.
There are many ways of protesting. Disrespecting one of the symbols of the nation that gives them the opportunity to make millions while playing a game is not one of them. Many of these players would be flipping burgers at McDonald’s if it wasn’t for the fact that they’re physically gifted. Many of them got through school because of athletics, not their commitment to education. Yet now they think they’re going to educate the American public by acting like a bunch of baffoons?
What these players are doing is ruining the game and creating an even bigger gap between whites and blacks in this country.
What I’ve learned from all of this is just how spineless white people have become. Coaches, NFL owners and the Commissioner himself, all of whom are against these shenanigans, say nothing for fear of offending blacks. It’s gotten to where if one is a minority in this country they are untouchable.
Thank you Donald Trump, for having the balls to say it like it is! TGO
Refer to story below. Source: Yahoo Sports
The NFL had to say something.
The NFL had to say something because the President of the United States, carrying the loudest voice in the world, backed it into a corner.
It had to say something because President Donald Trump took an unambiguous shot at the product the league so fiercely protects. It had to say something because he encouraged fans to turn away. And more than all else, the NFL had to say something because the President of the United States profanely derided a segment of human beings – and players – who are reaching for the freedom that he was elected to protect.
The NFL had to say something because the league backed this president, and he returned the favor by using the NFL’s struggles as a form of political currency while stoking his base in Huntsville, Alabama, on Friday night.
Lest anyone forget, the NFL bought part of this. It bought part of Trump. And not just a smattering of owners, either. We’re talking about the league itself.
Nearly eight months ago, when it came time to open wallets for Trump’s inauguration, the NFL answered the call in an unprecedented way. Eight team owners pumped a collective $7.25 million into Trump’s inaugural committee, representing the largest gift from a collective group of power brokers from any major sport. And it didn’t stop there. Even NFL Ventures – the league’s marketing and promotional behemoth – donated $100,000, according to Federal Election Committee documents.
Say what you want about NFL owners following their own political agenda, but the core center of the NFL’s “face forward” effort toward the fan base is NFL Ventures. It is the league.
So what has the NFL gotten for all those golden quarters pumped into Trump’s inauguration? Pretty much the same thing everyone has gotten out of his presidency thus far: A busted political slot machine of loud noises, flashing lights and no payoff.
That’s the reality for the NFL after Friday, when Trump spoke to a crowd in Alabama and repaid the league’s generosity with this:
“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out – he’s fired. He’s fired!’ ”
“When the NFL ratings are down massively. Massively. The NFL ratings are down massively.”
“Because you know, today if you hit too hard: [Flagged] 15 yards! … They’re ruining the game!”
“But do you know what’s hurting the game more than that? When people like yourselves turn on television and you see those people taking the knee when they’re playing our great national anthem. The only thing you could do better is if you see it, even if it’s one player, leave the stadium. I guarantee things will stop. Just pick up and leave. Pick up and leave. [It’s] not the same game anymore, anyway.”
It’s not every day a group gives a president millions of dollars and then the commander-in-chief repays it by stirring up every one of that organization’s nightmares in the span of a few minutes. And doing so for no real tangible reason, mind you. That should give the NFL’s owners some food for thought.
Why was Trump even talking about the league in the first place? There was no reason other than picking some low-hanging fruit and playing to his crowd, which is seemingly the most consistent staple of Trump’s speech and Twitter doctrine.
All the while, seriously dragging a cabal of powerful NFL owners that gave money to him. A group that includes the Dallas Cowboys’ Jerry Jones; the Washington Redskins’ Dan Snyder; the Jacksonville Jaguars Shad Khan; the Houston Texans’ Bob McNair; the New England Patriots’ Bob Kraft; the New York Jets Woody Johnson; the Los Angeles Rams’ Stan Kroenke and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Ed Glazer.
Imagine being the NFL or part of that ownership collection and watching Trump simultaneously weave together all of the league’s public relations nightmares in the span of minutes. Invoking changes that were made because of concussions. Touching on player protests. Ripping the ratings and suggesting fans should abandon the games.
If that’s not the worst return on the NFL’s and its owners’ collective $7.35 million investment, I don’t know what is.
And for that and a litany of other reasons, the NFL had to say something because parts of the league have already silently endorsed this with dollars. And because the league seemingly lives to make statements when someone is taking a sledgehammer to the bedrock.
Concussion litigation? The league has a voice.
Ratings? The league has a voice.
Quality of play? The league has a voice.
Now Trump has called the NFL’s next protesting player a “son of a bitch” and suggested he should be banished for expressing the freedom the president is elected to protect. There is no getting around this anymore: Trump took the NFL’s money and then from the highest office in the land, swung a hammer into the league’s foundation.
If this didn’t call for a response, nothing would.
As usual, Ghostrider Wisdom, trumps stupidity. Kudos to not only the players but also the coaches and owners who will not be meaningless sheep and follow the command when they hear, Stand You Son Of A Bitch. Whoever on earth thought that the National Anthem was played so we could stand like zombies and honor our vets or country are deluded. The National Anthem is played to remind us of the freedoms and rights that this beautiful nation grants all of us. If the freedom and rights of speech and expressing cannot be excersized freely and with retribution, then it’s all a mockery of a sham…Go Steelers!!!
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
-Ghosrider Wisdom
For societies to function effectively they all must share (which means agree upon) certain norms. They could be as simple as stopping for a red light, or as natural as caring for children, the elderly and animals; in essence, for those who cannot care for themselves. Without these norms societies break down and decay. Traditions are a part of these norms. Standing for the national anthem is one such norm/tradition. It doesn’t hurt anyone, never did and never will. It’s just a show of respect, something these NFL players know little of.
These numb-nuts in the NFL who are yearning for attention because they’re insecure and needy, are breaking with tradition for no reason whatsoever, and accomplishing nothing positive with their actions, quite the contrary. Many of these clowns beat up their girlfriends/wives and abandon their children. Then they pretend to have a common goal for society’s sake; REALLY? Many of them barely know their kids’ names but their going to “fix” our society by making an ill-advised statement in a football game? Please, give me a f*cking break! All this does is further the rift between the races.
This is just a pathetic showcase of the feeble-mindedness of the human race, which includes the spineless hypocrites who play along with these buffoons. If there truly was intelligent life out there watching us, they would be laughing their asses off!!!
As stated before, this is so wrong on so many levels.