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Do you know how much these players give back to their community and others. Many have started foundations for unprivileged kids,
Which are almost always primarily started as tax shelters. Spare me the PR campaign.
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making the lives of veterans
LOL..again with the PR, even crafted to the discussion at hand. Sell it to someone else.
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and their families easier.
Who isn't?
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I could go on and on. These are not spoiled athletes.
They absolutely are. Everyone else goes to work to do a job. These guys got lucky enough to be here so that they could make millions of dollars. They are absolutely spoiled when they use that platform to complain about "here".
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They actually care about our country and are trying to make a difference.
??? You've said nothing to support that. These are mostly people who would have never gone to college save for their football ability. They are athletes that run, hit, and catch balls. That's all that they are and that's what they should do for the people who buy tickets. They need to stop LARPing like they're Rosa Parks.
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Instead of listening to Trump perhaps you should read what these players are doing for our country
Sorry, I don't idealize athletes, rappers, or movie stars. That's ghetto, low class behavior and it comes with the associated values.
I am glad that we imprison criminals. Criminals in jail are exactly where they belong, and are unable to interfere with the lives of the good people.
If someone wants to avoid going to jail, a good start would be to stop doing crime. Isn't that correct?
Sure. Hardly anyone disputes that, including the NFL players
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That makes zero sense. Its equivalent in content and creative value to "I know you are but what am I". It would have been better not to write anything.
That makes zero sense. Its equivalent in content and creative value to "I know you are but what am I". It would have been better not to write anything.
It is a consider the source situation. The kneeling controversy was barely heard of until that spoiled brat of a President talked about it again and called the players "sons of a *****'." That weekend we saw a spike in the kneeling with even the Steelers not taking the field (most would stop in the tunnel due to the playing of the anthem while They were all supposed to be standing at the edge like Villanueva did, but due to timing and reverence, they didn't. So yeah don't give me this when Trump pour accelerant on a dying fire, creating a forest fire.
Trump can express his own opinion. The NFL will be rolling out their make cheerleaders this year. I’m sure that will make up for their viewer losses.
News Flash, declining rating last year didn't have much to do with protests, as it did with bad back-up on the field where most Sunday Night Football games were two possession games.
I cant believe that there’s SO many people on CD that are too selfish to do anything for anyone but themselves are STILL complaining about athletes that are trying to do things for other people. As much as they could be doing other things for the cause besides kneeling, they’re doing SOMEthing. The people here complaining aren’t doing anything for anyone. Not informing people where to lodge complaints, not informing anyone of the process, just sitting on the keyboard blowing hot air here where nothing makes a difference.
I cant believe that there’s SO many people on CD that are too selfish to do anything for anyone but themselves are STILL complaining about athletes that are trying to do things for other people. As much as they could be doing other things for the cause besides kneeling, they’re doing SOMEthing. The people here complaining aren’t doing anything for anyone. Not informing people where to lodge complaints, not informing anyone of the process, just sitting on the keyboard blowing hot air here where nothing makes a difference.
They're not doing anything except phony posture-whining. And kneeling isn't "doing something" in a good sense. It is "doing something" in a phony evil sense. Supporting criminality and bad character. The police and the prisons are what keep us safe from the brigands and the beasts. The NFL whiner-babies need to be kneeling in support of the police, not against them. And they need to be doing that ON THEIR OWN TIME, NOT when they are being paid by private employers on private property who are trying to produce an entertainment product that pays the bills, including their inflated salaries.
And please don't give me these bull$hit athlete foundations that are really nothing more than a public relations branding scheme. The athletes MAKE MONEY from these ventures. The money they contribute is an investment in future profits. So let's not romanticize them. They are BIZNIZZ.
They're not doing anything except phony posture-whining. And kneeling isn't "doing something" in a good sense. It is "doing something" in a phony evil sense. Supporting criminality and bad character. The police and the prisons are what keep us safe from the brigands and the beasts.
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You mean to tell me you believe the justice system gets it right 100% of the time and the protest have no merit? You believe everyone thats being held for months with no trial date is guilty?If you believe that you have your head in the sand. Do you know for sure that kneeling is the only thing that all of the kneeling players are doing to make change? The kneeling doesnt hurt you, so why are YOU so worked up about it?
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