Boyer' open letter to Kaepernick

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  1. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Baloney. Soros-funded groups are well-known for busing in the agitators. This is what some call community organizing.
     
  2. mb227

    mb227 de Plorable

    http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/06/houston-texas-national-anthem/

    And yes, there IS a link to Solomon's article in the Comical, err Chronicle for those that just want to roll their eyes at the linked article.

    Good to see that even the crappy teams like the Texans are smart enough to realize they shouldn't piss off those who can afford to spend the funds necessary to see a subpar product...
     
  3. Joe Fan

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  5. Seattle Husker

    Seattle Husker 10,000+ Posts

    Would love to hear the tape of this conversation. A meeting that was held last October between Owners and Players on the kneeling saga. It was a 3hr meeting.

    Robert Kraft said this:
     
  6. mchammer

    mchammer 10,000+ Posts

    The problem is that the owners don’t have balls to protect their brand but instead blame Trump for their incompetency.
     
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  8. Seattle Husker

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  9. ShAArk92

    ShAArk92 1,000+ Posts

    Actually ...I was just in a chat with DirecTV about changing as my promo year closes here in a couple months. $52/month is quite sufficient for no more than I use this service. Given the buffoonery of the NFL, I've used it even LESS this past year. So, paying for something I'm not using seems to be a waste.

    I'll probably be paying their cancellation fee of $400 noting that will still be less than 12 months of my bill more than doubling ... even with their entry level subscription ... which is 50 channels/so less than what I'm ignoring now.

    Pitiful. But this is probably part of the design ... social construct destruction. It's not a surprise, but it's still disappointing.
     
  10. Garmel

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  11. ShAArk92

    ShAArk92 1,000+ Posts

    not really. I don't think these guys would hesitate for a personal foul penalty.

    Now ... suspend 'em without pay ... then we'll see how dedicated they are to "their cause."
     
  12. Joe Fan

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  13. theiioftx

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    Given the immediate visceral reaction I heard on “Urban View,” the NFL is digging a deeper hole. Perfect timing for the midterms!
     
  14. Seattle Husker

    Seattle Husker 10,000+ Posts

    Here is how the NY Jets will handle any fine.

     
  15. Garmel

    Garmel 5,000+ Posts

    If they pull that nonsense the NFL needs to come down hard on them. If you don't want to stand up stay in the locker room. They have that option.
     
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  16. theiioftx

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    There will be Kaps on every team and especially any team who pays the fines like the Jets. Expect a constant decline in attendance this year as well.
     
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  17. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    LOL - this will save their sliding ratings

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  18. theiioftx

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    I called to drop U-verse yesterday. As they escalated me to the save team, I was offered free access to NFL. I laughed and said “no thanks.”
     
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  19. UTChE96

    UTChE96 2,500+ Posts

    I think this may be mistaking the effect for the cause. Cutting the cord does not mean that viewers no longer have the ability to subscribe to ESPN.

    I cut the cord a year ago but I still have ESPN because I subscribed to a streaming service. Of course, I am a huge college football fan so I am willing to put up with ESPN's SJW agenda. Now if I were a casual fan then I may have made a different decision and millions of other cord cutters have clearly decided to make a different decision. Now I am sure that many of them were not sport fans, but I suspect some were casual fans that just had enough of ESPN force feeding them their left wing social agenda.
     
  20. ShAArk92

    ShAArk92 1,000+ Posts

    Lance P. Sijan

    I
    was the cadet officer in charge of UT's AFROTC Det 825 "Project Warrior" in my senior year. Learning and teaching the story of this fighter pilot was mandatory to our cadets.

    All Freedom-loving Americans should see/hear this story.

    When an NFL player takes a knee during the playing of The Star Spangled Banner ... think of this man.

    when someone stomps or burns The Flag in their protest of whatever ... think of this man.
    Lance Peter Sijan. A man among men.
     
  21. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    There is no sanctuary when politics is your religion

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  22. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    UT poll of Texans -- Nearly half of the state’s registered voters have an unfavorable opinion of the National Football League. Texans still dont think much of people who wipe their butts using the US flag. I predict this is unlikely to change anytime soon

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  23. ShAArk92

    ShAArk92 1,000+ Posts

    I haven't missed it.
     
  24. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Dak Prescott --

    “I’d never protest during the anthem, and I don’t think that’s the time or the venue to do so. The game of football has always brought me such peace, and I think it does the same for a lot of people .... When you bring such a controversy to the stadium, to the field, to the game, it takes away ... from that. It takes away from the joy and the love that football brings a lot of people."

    https://www.dallascowboys.com/video/dak-prescott-on-national-anthem-controversy
     
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  25. ShAArk92

    ShAArk92 1,000+ Posts

    If only Goodell understood this ... the NFL ratings would likely be restored.

    All it would take is a promise of a season's suspension without pay for political activism while representing the NFL. Just saying.
     
  26. ShAArk92

    ShAArk92 1,000+ Posts

    This is a year old ... but apparently quite timely to run around again.



    Take a knee...

    It was written by Stanislaus “Stan” Drew and made famous by Ted Nugent.

    Take a little trip to Valley Forge in January. Hold a musket ball in your
    fingers and imagine it piercing your flesh and breaking a bone or two.
    There won't be a doctor or trainer to assist you until after the battle, so
    just wait your turn. Take your cleats and socks off to get a real
    experience.

    Then, take a knee on the beach in Normandy where man after American man
    stormed the beach, even as the one in front of him was shot to pieces, the
    very sea stained with American blood. The only blockers most had were the
    dead bodies in front of them, riddled with bullets from enemy fire.

    Take a knee in the sweat soaked jungles of Vietnam. From Khe Sanh to
    Saigon, anywhere will do. Americans died in all those jungles. There was no
    playbook that told them what was next, but they knew what flag they
    represented. When they came home, they were protested as well, and spit on
    for reasons only cowards know.

    Take another knee in the blood drenched sands of Fallujah in 110 degree
    heat. Wear your Kevlar helmet and battle dress. Your number won't be
    printed on it unless your number is up! You'll need to stay hydrated but
    there won't be anyone to squirt Gatorade into your mouth. You're on your
    own.

    There are a lot of places to take a knee where Americans have given their
    lives all over the world. When you use the banner under which they fought
    as a source for your displeasure, you dishonor the memories of those who
    bled for the very freedoms you have. That's what the red stripes mean. It
    represents the blood of those who spilled a sea of it defending your
    liberty.

    While you're on your knee, pray for those that came before you, not on a
    manicured lawn striped and printed with numbers to announce every inch of
    ground taken, but on nameless hills and bloodied beaches and sweltering
    forests and bitter cold mountains, every inch marked by an American life
    lost serving that flag you protest.

    No cheerleaders, no announcers, no coaches, no fans, just American men and
    women, delivering the real fight against those who chose to harm us,
    blazing a path so you would have the right to "take a knee." You haven't
    any inkling of what it took to get you where you are, but your "protest" is
    duly noted. Not only is it disgraceful to a nation of real heroes, it
    serves the purpose of pointing to your ingratitudefor those who chose to
    defend you under that banner that will still wave long after your jersey is
    retired.

    If you really feel the need to take a knee, come with me to church on
    Sunday and we'll both kneel before Almighty God. We'll thank Him for
    preserving this country for as long as He has We'll beg forgiveness for our
    ingratitude for all He has provided us. We'll appeal to Him for
    understanding and wisdom. We'll pray for liberty and justice for all,
    because He is the one who provides those things. But there will be no
    protest. There will only be gratitude for His provision and a plea for His
    continued grace and mercy on the land of the free and the home of the
    brave. It goes like this,GOD BLESS AMERICA”
     
  27. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Liberals are such lovely people

     
  28. UTChE96

    UTChE96 2,500+ Posts

    They are really close to killing the golden goose. More and more NFL fans are getting to their BS threshold on this. I have been playing fantasy football for 15 years and I am really hoping to get out of my last league this year. I really am sick of watching a bunch of unpatriotic prima donnas get ridiculously overpaid for playing a game and then complaining about being oppressed.
     
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  29. Joe Fan

    Joe Fan 10,000+ Posts

    Ultimately its on the Office of the Commissioner. It's his job. But he completely misread this situation. Goodell makes $40M a year, yet has the intuition and perception of a gnat.
     
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  30. mb227

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    The gnats of the world are really upset with you right now...you have insulted them tremendously. Even THEY are looking at Goodell and uttering the phrase "dumbass" on a regular basis...
     
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