NFL reportedly discussing penalty for kneeling during anthem

DerekJohnson

larrybrownsports.com/football/nfl-penalty-kneeling-during-anthem/445157

RaceBannon

So we are just giving up on why there was a protest in the first place

Hint - it had nothing to do with the anthem

UWhuskytskeet

RaceBannon said:

So we are just giving up on why there was a protest in the first place

Hint - it had nothing to do with the anthem

Clearly the honor of sing song time is more important than people being shot by cops.

UWhuskytskeet

Official now. Forced patriotism is best patriotism!

http://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/999326958612860928

GrundleStiltzkin

Neither side should be willing to die on this hill. The competing furors are stupid.

RaceBannon

The players don't have to be on the field is the rationale for the fines.

Everyone in the media and the Trump WH were all to happy to get off BLM and onto the good old anthem fight. Both bases can get outraged without any chance of any actual rational discussion on a more important matter.

Despite the fact that I am a right wing racist I supported Kapernick for his stand and would like to see us talks facts and figures not national anthems

All the NFL is doing is letting this shadow another season

PurpleJ

Shitting on the troops that died for your right to shit on them is kind of a dick way to make a point, but you have the freedom to do so. Unless the NFL says you can't. They have the freedom to decide what is acceptable in their league. USA USA USA.

CuntWaffle

Can we just stop the National Anthem? Who the fuck cares. I want my beer now not after this shitty low level opera singer rendition.

PurpleJ

In hockey, no one kneels for the anthem. They even play the Canadian anthem if there is a Canadian team. It's about respect. Same concept happens in international soccer. Both nations anthems are played and the players stand respectfully with their mouths shut at very least. Some choose to sing along, because they are grateful for the right to represent their country no matter how shitty it may be. No one kneels or makes it into a protest. Except stupid American athletes that grandstand and think their opinions are more important than showing respect for a country that makes it possible for you to get rich playing a game.

And for the record, I am AGAINST police brutality and racial profiling.

CuntWaffle

PurpleJ said:

And for the record, I am AGAINST police brutality and racial profiling.

Thats awesome man! What's your stance on domestic violence???

PurpleJ

CuntWaffle said:

PurpleJ said:

And for the record, I am AGAINST police brutality and racial profiling.

Thats awesome man! What's your stance on domestic violence???

It's only okay if a cop does it.

DerekJohnson

RaceBannon said:

The players don't have to be on the field is the rationale for the fines.

Everyone in the media and the Trump WH were all to happy to get off BLM and onto the good old anthem fight. Both bases can get outraged without any chance of any actual rational discussion on a more important matter.

Despite the fact that I am a right wing racist I supported Kapernick for his stand and would like to see us talks facts and figures not national anthems

All the NFL is doing is letting this shadow another season

First I must say that the NFL owners are greedy bastards. That being said, if you Race Bannon owned a business where your employees wanted to make defiant stands for political purposes, and it was pissing off a large section of your customer base, I don't think you'd stand idly by and let it happen. You would want to mitigate the financial impact.

RaceBannon

DerekJohnson said:

RaceBannon said:

The players don't have to be on the field is the rationale for the fines.

Everyone in the media and the Trump WH were all to happy to get off BLM and onto the good old anthem fight. Both bases can get outraged without any chance of any actual rational discussion on a more important matter.

Despite the fact that I am a right wing racist I supported Kapernick for his stand and would like to see us talks facts and figures not national anthems

All the NFL is doing is letting this shadow another season

First I must say that the NFL owners are greedy bastards. That being said, if you Race Bannon owned a business where your employees wanted to make defiant stands for political purposes, and it was pissing off a large section of your customer base, I don't think you'd stand idly by and let it happen. You would want to mitigate the financial impact.

It's only got this far because nobody wanted to address the issue when it was one player

Now it's out of control for no good reason

allpurpleallgold

DerekJohnson said:

RaceBannon said:

The players don't have to be on the field is the rationale for the fines.

Everyone in the media and the Trump WH were all to happy to get off BLM and onto the good old anthem fight. Both bases can get outraged without any chance of any actual rational discussion on a more important matter.

Despite the fact that I am a right wing racist I supported Kapernick for his stand and would like to see us talks facts and figures not national anthems

All the NFL is doing is letting this shadow another season

First I must say that the NFL owners are greedy bastards. That being said, if you Race Bannon owned a business where your employees wanted to make defiant stands for political purposes, and it was pissing off a large section of your customer base, I don't think you'd stand idly by and let it happen. You would want to mitigate the financial impact.

Instead you should proactively change your rules to appease the racists that hate your employees?

PurpleJ

allpurpleallgold said:

DerekJohnson said:

RaceBannon said:

The players don't have to be on the field is the rationale for the fines.

Everyone in the media and the Trump WH were all to happy to get off BLM and onto the good old anthem fight. Both bases can get outraged without any chance of any actual rational discussion on a more important matter.

Despite the fact that I am a right wing racist I supported Kapernick for his stand and would like to see us talks facts and figures not national anthems

All the NFL is doing is letting this shadow another season

First I must say that the NFL owners are greedy bastards. That being said, if you Race Bannon owned a business where your employees wanted to make defiant stands for political purposes, and it was pissing off a large section of your customer base, I don't think you'd stand idly by and let it happen. You would want to mitigate the financial impact.

Instead you should proactively change your rules to appease the racists that hate your employees?

They hate them so much that they are willing to pay their salaries!

allpurpleallgold

PurpleJ said:

allpurpleallgold said:

DerekJohnson said:

RaceBannon said:

The players don't have to be on the field is the rationale for the fines.

Everyone in the media and the Trump WH were all to happy to get off BLM and onto the good old anthem fight. Both bases can get outraged without any chance of any actual rational discussion on a more important matter.

Despite the fact that I am a right wing racist I supported Kapernick for his stand and would like to see us talks facts and figures not national anthems

All the NFL is doing is letting this shadow another season

First I must say that the NFL owners are greedy bastards. That being said, if you Race Bannon owned a business where your employees wanted to make defiant stands for political purposes, and it was pissing off a large section of your customer base, I don't think you'd stand idly by and let it happen. You would want to mitigate the financial impact.

Instead you should proactively change your rules to appease the racists that hate your employees?

They hate them so much that they are willing to pay their salaries!

Paying to watch a bunch of black guys kills each other means you’re not racist.

dnc

There's nothing wrong with a stand for the anthem policy. The NBA was wise to put there's in years ago.

There might not be anything wrong with the NFL instituting this policy, but waiting two damn years to do it reeks of "we don't care what's right, we just care about money".

The NFL could have taken a pro or anti Kaepernick stand two years ago and I probably would have supported. Dragging their feet htis long and doing it now just looks extremely pussy.

Fuck em.

DerekJohnson

RaceBannon said:

DerekJohnson said:

RaceBannon said:

The players don't have to be on the field is the rationale for the fines.

Everyone in the media and the Trump WH were all to happy to get off BLM and onto the good old anthem fight. Both bases can get outraged without any chance of any actual rational discussion on a more important matter.

Despite the fact that I am a right wing racist I supported Kapernick for his stand and would like to see us talks facts and figures not national anthems

All the NFL is doing is letting this shadow another season

First I must say that the NFL owners are greedy bastards. That being said, if you Race Bannon owned a business where your employees wanted to make defiant stands for political purposes, and it was pissing off a large section of your customer base, I don't think you'd stand idly by and let it happen. You would want to mitigate the financial impact.

It's only got this far because nobody wanted to address the issue when it was one player

Now it's out of control for no good reason

Kind of like with how Emmert dealt with the Willingham situation

RaceBannon

The NFL can make as much money as they like. No problem there the players get a guaranteed cut of revenues. Now, they signed a bad deal that lets owners keep some money off the sharing plan but get a better negotiator next time.

The fact that we are once again arguing over the fucking national anthem when the issue is police brutality of young Black men is what pisses me off.

Kind of indicates that maybe the NFL isn't the place for that discussion. Football fans aren't going to change the world. Sorry to disappoiint

PurpleJ

allpurpleallgold said:

PurpleJ said:

allpurpleallgold said:

DerekJohnson said:

RaceBannon said:

The players don't have to be on the field is the rationale for the fines.

Everyone in the media and the Trump WH were all to happy to get off BLM and onto the good old anthem fight. Both bases can get outraged without any chance of any actual rational discussion on a more important matter.

Despite the fact that I am a right wing racist I supported Kapernick for his stand and would like to see us talks facts and figures not national anthems

All the NFL is doing is letting this shadow another season

First I must say that the NFL owners are greedy bastards. That being said, if you Race Bannon owned a business where your employees wanted to make defiant stands for political purposes, and it was pissing off a large section of your customer base, I don't think you'd stand idly by and let it happen. You would want to mitigate the financial impact.

Instead you should proactively change your rules to appease the racists that hate your employees?

They hate them so much that they are willing to pay their salaries!

Paying to watch a bunch of black guys kills each other means you’re not racist.

GRONK, Brady, and Edelman are a little disappointed by this post.

But while we're on the subject, I just gotta say that I don't like the way the protest is done. It would be much better if the anthem was left alone and the teams just elected to come on the field to Fuck the Police with their fists held high. I would respect that more.

greenblood

What will happen is that you will probably see entire teams stay in the locker room.