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'Get that son of a b***h off the field!':Trump calls for BOYCOTTS NFL teams [W:1065]

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can we all agree on one simple fact: the political movement encouraging athletes to "take a knee" during the national anthem will not soon reclaim the Rust Belt.
 
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Nilly said:
You still talk as if the billions of $$$ going into Jerry Jone's pocket is a big deal to us 'fair weather fans'??? Empty stadiums is just fine with me, maybe cities will think twice before giving NFL taxpayer dollars to build ridiculous ones. The NFL will still be around even if the amount of money in it is slashed in half, plenty of other sports operate on half the budget as NFL and do just fine.
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Wait, I thought you were " ready for some Football !!! " Lol !

You should think real hard about what your'e saying.

Fans aren't rejecting the NFL, theyre rejecting the left wing social agenda thats being shoved down their throats.
 
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Fenton said:
Wait, I thought you were " ready for some Football !!! " Lol !

You should think real hard about what your'e saying.

Fans aren't rejecting the NFL, theyre rejecting the left wing social agenda thats being shoved down their throats.
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1. That wasn't me.
2. NFL will operate just fine at half the budget. Plenty of other sports do.
 
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notquiteright said:
OOPS, didn't mean to like this post, I do wish to reply.

I have scars from head to toe from my service and not just another civilian who learned how to salute, so allow me-

Trump has gone a rant too far, many who seem of one ethnic/race group seem to support Trump in this- the rest of us are outraged, shocked (though by now you'd think nothing he could posture about would shock us), and very disappointed.

Trump attacks the media in front of the wall of honor in the CIA HQ- how is that any different than silent protest in a stadium? For me the difference is the stars on the wall are like a graveyard of heroes and the stadium flag salute far more pomp than circumstance. Oh how the never beens around the nation like to make LITERALY the least inconvenient way a citizen can be 'patriotic' THE WAY to be a patriot... :roll:

To me the venue is where faith hearted patriots can get puffy and be 'patriots' so the RIGHT to protest I bled for is ok pretty much anywhere as long as it doesn't cause injury... :peace
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Allow you to make no sense, sure thing.
 
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GDViking said:
Okay you and the other trumpets get him to air a nationally televised speech
During the next Super Bowl and get back to me on who wins ratings and revenue.

Would love to keep poonting out your errors, but ya know FOOTBALL is on...
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Lol !! Ratings were down over 20 percent for their season opener and now NFL teams and owners have double down.
If this keeps up you you really think there is going to be a Super bowl ?
 
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iguanaman said:
So free speech is ok but not when you don't like the "venue". I don't like your attitude. You don't get to decide when free speech is "free". Trump is a racist and you are supporting him. Just say that.
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Iguanaman, Free Speech means the GOVERNMENT ISN'T GOING TO STOP OR PUNISH YOU. Not that you are free from consequence.
 
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Fenton said:
Lol !! Ratings were down over 20 percent for their season opener and now NFL teams and owners have double down.
If this keeps up you you really think there is going to be a Super bowl ?
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:lol:

Of course there will be. Plenty of other sports have championships even though they have half the viewers of the NFL. If a few owners go bankrupt, that's on them for running morally bankrupt organizations. Do you even know what the free market is? Peddle a ****ty product and you'll go out of business.
 
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Nilly said:
Or maybe they believe you should stand up for what you think is right. Sorry that the only protest that you can hack are those that are invisible to you. That fragility of ego is on you.
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NAH, when their actions hit their paychecks they whine.

This Crash-UP of the NFL is going to be huuge.
 
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Middle_Ground said:
My daughter is at the game she says there were people taking a knee in their seats and the reaction by some against the knee taking is kind of scary. Very sad.
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I'm really not a fan of these teams protesting like this overseas.

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Renae said:
Iguanaman, Free Speech means the GOVERNMENT ISN'T GOING TO STOP OR PUNISH YOU. Not that you are free from consequence.
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Isn't this rich?

So Trump is not part of the government? Maybe that commander-in-chief & chief-executive stuff, is a "hoax" or "fake news"?

Giving a bully a bully-pulpit is never a good idea. This is a case in point.
 
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TheGoverness said:
Black people doing anything is "black supremacism" in his eyes. I mean this is coming from the guy that said he supported racial separation.
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LOL!

This is like saying that I support gravity or sunshine.

You continue to amuse with your witty posts.

:mrgreen:
 
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digsbe said:
I think that's fine, the NFL can do what it wants and the viewers can issue their consequences. That being said though I don't think Trump saying these players should be fired for doing so violates free speech as some want to say.
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Black Dog said:
It does not. It is however in very bad form. The president should not be telling private companies to fire or discipline individuals for exercising a form of protest or speech.
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I'm not so sure this isn't ranging into 1stA territory, at least in spirit.

Because the President *is* the government. This seems to be getting forgotten, here.
 
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Nilly said:
1. That wasn't me.
2. NFL will operate just fine at half the budget. Plenty of other sports do.
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Thats big of you.

Deciding what a private organization can and cannot get by on in way of revenues when it just so happens to be your agenda thats causing the revenue losses in the first place.
 
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Nilly said:
:lol:

Of course there will be. Plenty of other sports have championships even though they have half the viewers of the NFL. If a few owners go bankrupt, that's on them for running morally bankrupt organizations. Do you even know what the free market is? Peddle a ****ty product and you'll go out of business.
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Wow ! Is not the product thats being rejected. Its the Left wing agenda thats being rejected....again.

The Left is justifying billions of dollars in revenue losses and pretending its a win for their side...Lol !

Whether the NFL goes or stays, what will always be remembered was that a vast majority of fans rejected a social justice agenda being shoved down their throats.....again !
 
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Superfly said:
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Lol ! Yea screw the fans, hypocrites, who do they hell do they think they are ?

Not agreeing with the Left and exercising their rights as Americans and consumers, who needs them ?

The NFL can survive without them and their money :lamo
 
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HowardBThiname said:
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https://twitter.com/GreatBonsai/status/912020777322647552

As a veteran, I #StandWithKap & every other player who wants to #TakeTheKnee. 1st Amendment is a right for ALL Americans.
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https://twitter.com/Spikester81/status/911986794270359552

As a veteran, I 100% do not feel in any way disrespected by players kneeling for the national anthem. They are repping what I served for.
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https://twitter.com/mikeq970/status/912021464328626177

I'm a vet and if you think I served so football players could take a knee during the anthem to protest injustice, you'd be right #TakeAKnee
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https://deadspin.com/they-shouldn-t-play-the-national-anthem-before-sporting-1786377832

At its worst, the anthem is used as both an ideological cudgel and as a cynical marketing ploy. It’s a cheap, easy way for sports franchises to make themselves as unassailable as the song itself. You trot out some troops, you play the anthem, and PRESTO! You are an honorable all-American franchise with honorable all-American fans doing honorable all-American things, and anyone who dares question you is dishonorable by comparison. Who could argue with a team salutin’ the ol’ troops?
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Fenton said:
Wow ! Is not the product thats being rejected. Its the Left wing agenda thats being rejected....again.

The Left is justifying billions of dollars in revenue losses and pretending its a win for their side...Lol !

Whether the NFL goes or stays, what will always be remembered was that a vast majority of fans rejected a social justice agenda being shoved down their throats.....again !
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Yes because money that people don't spend on the NFL disappears! It can never be used on anything else! Think of the lost GDP! There's no way it could be spent on other things!

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Fenton said:
Lol ! Yea screw the fans, hypocrites, who do they hell do they think they are ?

Not agreeing with the Left and exercising their rights as Americans and consumers, who needs them ?

The NFL can survive without them and their money :lamo
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You've never gotten off your couch for the national anthem.
 
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Nilly said:
Yes because money that people don't spend on the NFL disappears! It can never be used on anything else! Think of the lost GDP! There's no way it could be spent on other things!

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The league losing billions in revenues is not the issue, why the league is losing billions in revenues is.
Keep pretending your ideology is not whats being rejected here, no skin off my nose.
 
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Fenton said:
The league losing billions in revenues is not the issue, why the league is losing billions in revenues is.

Keep pretending your ideology is not whats being rejected here, no skin off my nose.
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If you think that this is the only reason the NFL is losing viewership then you are severely deluded.

If you think that I have a problem with declining figures due to the employees insistence in doing what is right you are also severely deluded.
 
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Middle_Ground said:
Okay since I claim no "ilk" I'll allow you to put me into whatever box makes you feel comfortable.
Thanks for telling me what I believe.

Maybe you can read my various post on this topic and see my problem is with the president calling fellow Americans sons of bitches for something they have a right to do.
The fans since I am one of them I am guessing you think only some fans voices should be heard?
Since when did peaceful, lawful protest become bankrupt liberal ideals? And if that's the line I'm on that side.
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What you do not seem to understand is that the disrespect for the flag is politicizing NFL football. Prior to Kaepernick, football was not a partisan issue. You have the same freedom of speech rights we do. You are free to support the Kaepernick movement just as we are free to speak out against the movement Kaepernick spawned. However NFL football cannot afford to lose too many fans on either side of the political spectrum. However, lose them they will. And they were losing them well before Trump was elected, much less spoke out about it. Like it or not, the type of people who generally go to sporting events are the same people who shout ""USA! USA! USA!"
And they are the fans who are most likely to join the boycott. the more the players take a knee, the faster the boycott will grow.
 
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