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Multiple Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars players knelt on Sunday during the playing of the national anthem at the first NFL game since President Trump called for players who take a knee to be fired. Video and photos posted to Twitter shows players kneeling and locking arms as the anthem played.
Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan joined his players on the field and linked arms with them before the game began.
Trump has faced backlash in recent days from after calling on NFL owners to fire players who kneel during the national anthem. "Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a b---- off the field right now,'" Trump said at a rally in Alabama on Friday. "'He is fired.'" Trump’s comments brought rebukes against Trump from multiple NFL players, the head of the NFL players’ union and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who called Trump’s comments “divisive” and said they showed a “lack of respect for the NFL.” Several NFL executives have also spoken out against Trump and reaffirmed their players’ rights to peacefully protest. But Trump on Sunday doubled down on his comments, calling for players to be fired or suspended for not standing during the national anthem and hitting the NFL for not telling players to stand.
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Poster Comment:
I did my best to get those Twitter pics to show here.
Notice that "Shad Khan" (what a cute nickname), the Jaguars owner is a Paki immigrant and Sunni Muslim who joined his team in publicly disrespecting our country.
Notice that they traveled overseas to disrespect our flag and anthem. But both teams stood for the British anthem!
Another NFL story about kneeling:
#1: misterwhite To: Tooconservative (#0)
misterwhite posted on 2017-09-24 13:12:17 Reply Private Reply
#2: Tooconservative To: All (#0)
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) September 24, 2017
King claims 35 of these are new protester/activist/playas.
It seems the owners, including Kraft of New England Patriots, are backing the playas or critical of Trump. Owners/CEOs of Houston Texans and Chicago Bears supporting playas.
The NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins, the Stanley Cup champs, have accepted a WH invitation.
Trump getting cabinet support:
Tooconservative posted on 2017-09-24 13:19:00 Reply Private Reply
#3: BorisY To: Tooconservative (#2)
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BorisY posted on 2017-09-24 13:30:14 Reply Private Reply
#4: Tooconservative To: All, misterwhite (#0)
Breitbart: NFL Denies Dallas Cowboys’ Request to Honor Fallen Police with Helmet Decal, 8/11/16
The “Arm In Arm” decal was to have been worn when the team opens its preseason schedule during the upcoming bout with the Los Angeles Rams.
But Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones told the media that NFL officials said every team “must be uniform” and the stickers were nixed. Jones said the team will “respect their decision” and drop the plans to show support for the Dallas PD.
The idea for the sticker was spearheaded by Cowboys tight end Jason Witten. The team had hoped the decals would help them stand side-by-side with the police after a gunman murdered five officers during an ambush and shootout. On July 7, shooter Micah Xavier Johnson ambushed Dallas police as a Black Lives Matter protest march wound down, killing five and injuring nine others.
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A bit more:
The NFL player has since apologized and removed his post, but the Internet archived it — as the web does.
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The NFL was more measured in an official response to the post. “The image was inappropriate and insensitive,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told TheWrap via email. “He realized this, took down the post and has since apologized.”
The Browns’ reaction was harsher, however, calling the post “extremely disturbing,” “unacceptable” and “inappropriate.”
Here’s the club’s full statement: “We have spoken to Isaiah regarding his extremely disturbing and unacceptable social media decision. It was completely inappropriate and we have made him aware of our high level of disappointment. Isaiah has apologized but also knows that just an apology is insufficient and that he must take steps to make a positive difference after a very negative and impactful post.”
According to to Cleveland.com, Crowell’s post went live after two African-American men — Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, and Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana — were fatally shot by police, but before five police officers were killed in Dallas on Thursday night.
Tooconservative posted on 2017-09-24 13:39:52 Reply Private Reply
#5: misterwhite To: Tooconservative (#4)
People working real jobs have been fired for less grievous "mistakes". "Sorry" don't hack it, especially when everyone knows he's not. Fire his black ass.
misterwhite posted on 2017-09-24 13:48:50 Reply Private Reply
#6: Tooconservative To: misterwhite (#5)
Cleveland.com: Browns' Isaiah Crowell vows to donate first game check to Dallas Fallen Officer Foundation
Tooconservative posted on 2017-09-24 14:11:23 Reply Private Reply
#7: buckeroo To: misterwhite, Tooconservative (#5)
RACIST!
buckeroo posted on 2017-09-24 14:19:25 Reply Private Reply
#8: Tooconservative To: buckeroo (#7)
Did you post that while you were #TakingAKnee or something?
Tooconservative posted on 2017-09-24 14:24:18 Reply Private Reply
#9: Tooconservative To: buckeroo, misterwhite (#7)
Rasmussen: 34% Are Less Likely to Follow NFL Because of Protests, 9/22/17
If you read it all, the reaction wasn't terribly strong but it was there. This poll was done before Trump's sonofabith remark and the current firestorm. So we have a baseline poll here to compare to when Rasmussen polls it again, probably next weekend.
Tooconservative posted on 2017-09-24 14:28:23 Reply Private Reply
#10: Justified To: Tooconservative (#0)
I have not watched an NFL game since preseason last year and I will probably never watch the NFL again. Im not sure if many people watch it any more. Maybe a bunch of guys who like "to go along to get along" types.
Justified posted on 2017-09-24 14:31:11 Reply Private Reply
#11: buckeroo To: Tooconservative, misterwhite (#8)
buckeroo posted on 2017-09-24 14:36:07 Reply Private Reply
#12: Pinguinite To: Tooconservative (#0)
Pinguinite posted on 2017-09-24 14:39:17 Reply Private Reply
#13: A K A Stone To: buckeroo (#11)
A K A Stone posted on 2017-09-24 14:40:47 Reply Private Reply
#14: redleghunter To: Tooconservative (#0)
Yeah way out of hand. What a pathetic display of smugness.
redleghunter posted on 2017-09-24 14:43:20 Reply Private Reply
#15: A K A Stone To: Pinguinite (#12)
A K A Stone posted on 2017-09-24 14:43:45 Reply Private Reply
#16: buckeroo To: A K A Stone (#15)
POTUS doesn't control the private markets; in fact, since Trump stuck his nose in non-government issues strongly suggests that he has a serious problem with his own perspective about his "JOB." What do you want a fascist government?
buckeroo posted on 2017-09-24 15:06:13 Reply Private Reply
#17: A K A Stone To: buckeroo (#16)
A K A Stone posted on 2017-09-24 15:09:15 Reply Private Reply
#18: buckeroo To: A K A Stone (#17)
Why doesn't Trump just go ask Congress to make another LAW and give him further unconstitutional power that he would be happy to sign into the USC? Would that make you "feel" better?
buckeroo posted on 2017-09-24 15:12:53 Reply Private Reply
#19: A K A Stone To: buckeroo (#18)
A K A Stone posted on 2017-09-24 15:22:42 Reply Private Reply
#20: buckeroo To: A K A Stone (#19)
How does Trump consider the US Constitution when he forces his personal BULLSHIT on other world powers and even the US citizenry without Congress or the Supreme Court?
buckeroo posted on 2017-09-24 15:41:42 Reply Private Reply
#21: Tooconservative To: buckeroo (#11)
High praise indeed.
Tooconservative posted on 2017-09-24 15:50:19 Reply Private Reply
#22: Tooconservative To: redleghunter (#14)
It goes back for some of us to that old saying about our political arguments stop at our shores. The Left has taken to breaking that routinely.
Tooconservative posted on 2017-09-24 15:51:34 Reply Private Reply
#23: Tooconservative To: buckeroo (#20)
I'm sure the people of Belize are safe enough. They're pretty low on Trump's shit list.
Tooconservative posted on 2017-09-24 15:53:08 Reply Private Reply
#24: nolu chan To: Tooconservative (#0)
https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/7275cc/the_rest_hid_like_cowards/
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https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/7252tt/the_nfl_likes_creating_a_sense_of_unity_but_thats/
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nolu chan posted on 2017-09-24 16:14:12 Reply Private Reply
#25: A K A Stone To: buckeroo (#20)
You liberals just love open borders. His travel ban is constitutional no matter how much you cry about it.
A K A Stone posted on 2017-09-24 16:19:51 Reply Private Reply
#26: A K A Stone To: nolu chan, tooconservative, buckeroo (#24)
A K A Stone posted on 2017-09-24 16:22:20 Reply Private Reply
#27: redleghunter To: Tooconservative (#22)
Not to mention Brady with 40 seconds left wins the game...again. :-)
redleghunter posted on 2017-09-24 16:22:24 Reply Private Reply
#28: redleghunter To: nolu chan (#24)
I guess they support British Imperialism.
Not to mention supporting the starvation of hundreds of thousands of Irish.
Guess no history majors among the bunch. :-)
redleghunter posted on 2017-09-24 16:25:30 Reply Private Reply
#29: nolu chan To: Tooconservative (#2)
The owners are backing their investment in their players for now. If a boycott hits their bottom line, they will have another business decision to make.
nolu chan posted on 2017-09-24 16:27:48 Reply Private Reply
#30: redleghunter To: A K A Stone (#26)
redleghunter posted on 2017-09-24 16:31:11 Reply Private Reply
#31: misterwhite To: Tooconservative (#6)
Uh-huh. And if a member of the Ku Klux Klan apologized for the latest cross burning in a black's front yard and donated $35K to the United Negro College Fund that would make race relations better?
We now know what he thinks, how he feels, and what he tells his friends. That's not gonna change. He's simply going to be more careful.
misterwhite posted on 2017-09-24 16:35:47 Reply Private Reply
#32: redleghunter To: Tooconservative, Nolu Chan, Liberator (#23)
Steelers don't participate in national anthem, with exception of ex-Ranger Alejandro Villanueva
redleghunter posted on 2017-09-24 16:42:30 Reply Private Reply
#33: buckeroo To: A K A Stone (#25)
Heathen, you just make stuff up.
buckeroo posted on 2017-09-24 17:03:27 Reply Private Reply
#34: nolu chan To: misterwhite, Tooconservative (#1)
If he wants to give them the ol' yellow stain blues, send the dogs after them on anti-trust.
nolu chan posted on 2017-09-24 17:03:32 Reply Private Reply
#35: nolu chan To: redleghunter (#28)
They thought they were playing My Country, Tis of Thee.
nolu chan posted on 2017-09-24 17:06:08 Reply Private Reply
#36: nolu chan To: Pinguinite, Tooconservative (#12)
Actually, it has already spread to major league baseball, and internationally, and the actions are not happening in private.
What it is not, is a matter of constitutionally protected free speech. The First Amendment protects against governmental interference with free speech.
If the players can disrespect the flag, the national anthem, or the country on the field, in uniform, while they represent the team and the league, it is because they are being permitted to do so by the NFL and their team.
nolu chan posted on 2017-09-24 17:17:40 Reply Private Reply
#37: Hondo68 To: nolu chan, *Bill of Rights-Constitution* (#36)
Thank you for admitting that Trump is wrong, and should shut his scofflaw mouth.
Hondo68 posted on 2017-09-24 17:26:01 Reply Private Reply
#38: nolu chan To: hondo68 (#37)
Thank you for participating. You get the Kaepernick participation award for adding your highly valued, albeit erroneous, insight.
nolu chan posted on 2017-09-24 17:29:33 Reply Private Reply
#39: Hondo68 To: nolu chan (#38)
Another Rockefeller Republican heard from.
Hondo68 posted on 2017-09-24 18:10:16 Reply Private Reply
#40: A K A Stone To: hondo68 (#37)
A K A Stone posted on 2017-09-24 18:20:41 Reply Private Reply
#41: Tooconservative To: redleghunter (#32)
That will not be forgotten. I'm sure Twitter applauded him and the SJWs tore him up.
Tooconservative posted on 2017-09-24 19:10:53 Reply Private Reply
#42: Tooconservative To: hondo68 (#37)
Trump is equally free to urge their employers to fire them.
Tooconservative posted on 2017-09-24 19:12:50 Reply Private Reply
#43: Tooconservative To: nolu chan (#24)
I had to look him up, had never heard of him even if he is syndicated on 100 stations. Good quip though.
Tooconservative posted on 2017-09-24 19:16:36 Reply Private Reply
#44: Tooconservative To: A K A Stone (#26)
Tooconservative posted on 2017-09-24 19:17:46 Reply Private Reply
#45: Tooconservative To: redleghunter (#27)
Did any Patriots kneel? I'm curious after their owner Kraft criticized Trump and supported the playas.
Someone should start a website, listing who kneels or acts out or refuse to leave the locker room for the anthem and in which games.
Update: Some Patriots did kneel, Brady did an arm link with one for solidarity
Tooconservative posted on 2017-09-24 19:32:06 Reply Private Reply
#46: nolu chan To: hondo68 (#39)
nolu chan posted on 2017-09-24 19:56:29 Reply Private Reply
#47: nolu chan To: Tooconservative (#43)
I have heard him occasionally as a fill-in for Rush Limbaugh.
nolu chan posted on 2017-09-24 19:59:36 Reply Private Reply
#48: nolu chan To: Tooconservative (#45)
It was a dozen or so. Loud booing followed the national anthem.
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/patriots/the_blitz/2017/09/devin_mccourty_explains_why_patriots_knelt_during_national_anthem
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nolu chan posted on 2017-09-24 20:06:57 Reply Private Reply
#49: nolu chan To: Tooconservative, redleghunter (#45)
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/352164-nascar-owners-say-they-wouldnt-tolerate-national-anthem-protests-at-races
nolu chan posted on 2017-09-24 20:31:35 Reply Private Reply
#50: GrandIsland To: Tooconservative (#44)
All eyes on tomorrow nights game. If no Cowboys disrespect our anthem, then Dallas will be the only team I watch this year.
GrandIsland posted on 2017-09-24 20:58:44 Reply Private Reply