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Indeed! Body language is very telling.Listening to his mea culpa I get the distinct impression he is doing damage control for the Steelers.His impulse to go out for the anthem is where his heart truly lies.
 
The Giants starting off lousy makes it easy for me to not watch pro football anymore.
 
I don’t want to stir up anything in what is the fun football thread, but can anyone tell me why it seemed like this past Sunday there was so much hulabaloo about the national anthem? I mean, I’m vaguely aware of how Colin Kapernick stirred things up last year in this regard. But for some reason, my Facebook feed exploded with posts about this on Sunday. But it’s the 3rd week of the season. I haven’t seen anything about it the past two weeks. Is there any particular reason it came to head this past weekend? Or is it just me?
 
To be honest, only about 10 players had be kneeling to protest police brutality. Then Trump somehow tried to make it like they were disrespecting the flag and America itself. Of course even the owners themselves took the athletes side to peacefully protest without fear of getting fired (Trump suggested the “SOB’s” be fired. Vile comment) Then in a protest against Trump more than 250 players and owners kneeled during or before the anthem. I agree, he should be focused more on Puerto Rico. Anyway, I like to quote this tweet from Dale Earnhardt Jr: quoting JFK

Dale Earnhardt Jr. ✔️@DaleJr
All Americans R granted rights 2 peaceful protests
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable-JFK
4:54 AM - Sep 25, 2017
 
Ah, so it 'twas Trump that stirred the hornet’s nest. That makes sense.
 
As Ben Shapiro notes “the NFL has been political for some time”.

And I’ll also add liberal Dave Rubin’s thoughts “the players may protest, but they have to expect their actions to have consequences”.
 
I wonder how much of a distraction this is. The Steelers put a real dent in their Superbowl hopes by losing to the Bears…not that my Patriots are making their case with their suddenly terrible scoring defense.
 
I tend to feel offended by these protests (how dare these self-important, over-rewarded professional athletes criticize the country that gave them so much?) however I can’t help but wonder if I would feel differently if they were protesting say abortion?
 
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The difference is that a protest regarding abortion would never be allowed.
 
To be honest, I don’t think they had much of a chance anyway. Even though they won the first two games, they looked really bad (at least I thought so). And this loss to the Bears just kind of sealed the deal for me.
 
There’s nothing wrong feeling offended over this and being okay with them protesting abortion.

It would be wrong if you thought the GOVERNMENT should get involved, and that’s where some of us are being cautious.
 
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There’s nothing wrong feeling offended over this and being okay with them protesting abortion.

It would be wrong if you thought the GOVERNMENT should get involved, and that’s where some of us are being cautious.
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I usually err on the side of tolerating offensive speech or unpopular points of view. I definitely agree with you that the government shouldn’t be putting pressure on companies in the private sector to fire employees because of speech the government doesn’t like. David French has an article in National Review making the point that coercing people into honoring the flag and/or anthem, doesn’t really constitute honoring them.
 
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The NFL may not realize it, but this is their John Lennon “We’re more popular than Jesus” moment.

Shapiro is predicting a ratings fall out this week, and I suspect that this latest issue was the last straw for a lot of people, at least for the time being.

I just want the NFL and all of its defenders (LeBron, Curry) and all of the liberals suddenly interested in sports to hear those of us who like this country and the anthem and how loud and proud we are and how dumb “hands up, don’t shoot” and their blind-sided virtue-signaling is.
 
I remember the great teams of the 70’s (Jack Lambert was, and remains, my favorite Steeler) but this whole thing last week was just a mess. They may have had good intentions, but it played out really poorly (just like they played poorly on the field)
 
I think I saw an article on an internet sports website saying that Patriots fans were going to burn Patriots gear (jerseys, etc) in protest of the protests of the players. I can’t be sure because I’ve lost a lot of interest in the NFL from a fan standpoint over the last few years and don’t read all the articles because I really don’t care. I agree with Denise; as a Steeler’s fan, I still root for them but have more fond memories of the Steelers greats of the past, (Bradshaw, Stallworth, Swann, Lambert, etc. etc. As to my level of interest, they play Baltimore this Sunday and it is supposed to be about 65 and sunning in the Burgh. You’ll find me on the golf course. Watching football on television has become a sport for cold days in Dec and Jan. And if anybody thinks I’m going to spend upwards of $200.00 to attend a game (tickets, parking, concessions, souvenirs, etc), well, you (and the NFL owners) or dreaming.
 
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