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Snopes changed their ruling on this - they now rated it mixture of true and false.
Pretty much what I've said from the beginning - the word MUST is treated differently from SHOULD/MAY.
The NFL has also said it won't fine/punish the kneelers/fisters & they don't care if they show up for the National Anthem or not.
It doesn't matter, toothpaste is way out of the tube - now they have just a big yucky pile of toothpaste.
Yep one that el presidente causes by his big mouth on the Twitter machine.
The coach said as a team they are going to sit. They were pressured. One player, a ranger, stood in the tunnel.
No they stayed in the locker room to not divide the team like America is. These are almost verbatim to what Coach Tomlin said in his usualpress conference.
The problem is that I find that Trump forced this issue. Only a few players were kneeling prior to the Trump comments. Now more teams than individual players in a single day knelt down. See the issue? Before Trump said it, it was basically a non-issue.
Like most things that are fiery and divisive these days, Trump just pours gallons upon gallons of fuel on the fire on these topics. The guy is such a divider.
He could try to be respectful and just acknowledge the difference in opinion and say that everyone is entitled to their free speech. As the President of the US, he has a responsibility to be careful in the way he speaks (there is no distinction between Trump the citizen and Trump the President).
Trump should have stayed out of this altogether. His comments were disgusting and he is a troll. Much more important things to do than get involved in the small ball of the NFL.
Dis-Respecting the United States Flag and National Anthem IS "his business" (it's also US Code) -- I just hope he doesn't go hog wild and start calling Police Officers "stupid".
No they stayed in the locker room to not divide the team like America is. These are almost verbatim to what Coach Tomlin said in his usualpress conference.
it was not a unanimous decision to stay in the locker room. So it sounds like the team was divided as well.
It is a conservative rag column, any proof that Tomlin didn't do this? Hey if I could cite HuffPo or CNN and it is hostile, why not the Washington Examiner?
The biggest thing I've noticed is people saying these "over privileged" athletes shouldn't do what they're doing, because they're wealthy.
Two things:
Do people forget these professional athletes are still human beings with emotions, opinions and views? They were "normal" before they became pro athletes, FYI. Pro athletes have the ability to bring more attention and money to causes they and regular people care about, and bring more attention to those matters than any normal person could.
Do Trump supporters forget that they voted for Trump because, despite being "privileged", he could relate to issues of the regular guy ()?
Talk about moving goalposts, but what else is new.
Don't forget they also should be "grateful" as if they didn't work hard and earned their positions. If all of them don't leave the NFL entirely, I hope enough of them will be motivated to start their own league. NBA too. I think Alt-League has a nice ring to it
Very proud of the Redskins Vernon Davis, he gets it
Anyone see his quote. It's on the mark
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Very proud of the Redskins Vernon Davis, he gets it
