NFL may change anthem policy next season...

[Nickhead]

if players continue to protest. IMO, it's great news. regardless of how symbolic the anthem is, when you have a bunch of millionaires protesting in front of a crowd that averages about 40K a year in income, it is truly a slap in the face to the ones in paid attendance.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...r-rooms-during

Some NFL owners might consider keeping teams in the locker room during the national anthem next season if player protests continue, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

“I think that if players are still kneeling at the end of the year, then it could very well happen,” a source told the newspaper.

Multiple people told the newspaper that it was too early to tell if league owners would follow through on a new policy, adding that there have not been detailed discussions.

NFL players have protested social justice issues, such as police brutality, since the 2016 season, either kneeling or raising a fist during the national anthem. The issue was brought into the spotlight again in September, when President Trump suggested those taking a knee should be fired.

On Monday, he called for Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch to be suspended for the remainder of the season after Lynch sat for the United States national anthem, but stood for the Mexican anthem during a game in Mexico City.

Players have been spotted protesting each week since Trump's remarks.

The protests have stirred controversy among fans and businesses as well. Papa John's earlier this month suggested the protests were to blame for their sagging sales numbers.

Prior to 2009, teams remained in their locker room for the national anthem. The league policy currently requires players to be on the sideline for the anthem.

[ClevelandBronco]

It’s not the goddam Olympics. Do away with the silly musical loyalty oath ceremony. Just play football. Or, in the case of the Broncos, just play whatever game comes to mind in the moment.

[TLO]

Originally Posted by JohnDONsey

Or just don't perform the anthem.

Never really understood why the anthem is a staple of sporting events. Doesn't really have anything to do with anything.

Either way, this whole mess is just really, really dumb, and on the list of problems with this country, I'd say this ranks in the low 1000s.

Can you please list 1 - 999 for us?

Thank you

[WhawhaWhat]

Originally Posted by TLO

Can you please list 1 - 999 for us?

Thank you

Problem #100: a bitch.

[RINGLEADER]

I just read that Trump just pissed all over this idea.

Not much the NFL can do to force players to do anything. I’m sure they’ll try to address it in the next CBA and it will be a huge issue. Ultimately, if TV networks pay less that will result in lower salaries and maybe that will bring about change but I doubt it.

[Fish]

“I think that if players are still kneeling at the end of the year, then it could very well happen,” a source told the newspaper.

So this is just the thoughts of some anonymous dope.

[Grim]

Originally Posted by Fish

So this is just the thoughts of some anonymous dope.

I guess we shouldn't expect any less from a blogger on "thehill.com".
"Anonymous sources" are what keeps crap sites like that going.

[oldman]

Previous to 2009, it was uncommon to have the players on the field during the national anthem. It seems to me the sane thing is to revert to that practice. No kneeling, no riding a bike, no teary-eyed white guy, no problem.

[srvy]

Originally Posted by JohnDONsey

Or just don't perform the anthem.

Never really understood why the anthem is a staple of sporting events. Doesn't really have anything to do with anything.

Either way, this whole mess is just really, really dumb, and on the list of problems with this country, I'd say this ranks in the low 1000s.

I may be wrong but I think it started because most were being held in State or Municipal owned buildings. Now it not unusual to be owned but a owner.

[GloucesterChief]

Originally Posted by srvy

I may be wrong but I think it started because most were being held in State or Municipal owned buildings. Now it not unusual to be owned but a owner.

It started with baseball who did it as an act of patriotism to try and get their players excluded from the draft during WWI. Other sports leagues just copied.

[ForeverChiefs58]

The kneeling is all about race, and making it political.


I’d say when players who kneel like the race baiting liar Michael Bennet, and say they will raise a fist for black panthers every time he sacks a white QB; they make it more about black power and turn off the majority of their white fan base who do not agree with the made up stories and made up narrative.

Not a big difference between the KKK and black panthers. Both seek violence instead of peace.

If a white player said he would do a symbol for white power every time he makes a play, I’m guessing it wouldn’t go over quite as well with black audiences and they would rightfully turn that shit off.

The difference is a lot of whites still want to watch football and be away from politics and bullshit for a couple hours of their life. As the players keep chipping away at it, and making it political, more and more people who disagree will turn off football.

If people wanted to watch politics they’d watch the freaking news.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by ForeverChiefs58

The kneeling is all about race, and making it political.


I’d say when players who kneel like the race baiting liar Michael Bennet, and say they will raise a fist for black panthers every time he sacks a white QB; they make it more about black power and turn off the majority of their white fan base who do not agree with the made up stories and made up narrative.

Not a big difference between the KKK and black panthers. Both seek violence instead of peace.

If a white player said he would do a symbol for white power every time he makes a play, I’m guessing it wouldn’t go over quite as well with black audiences and they would rightfully turn that shit off.

The difference is a lot of whites still want to watch football and be away from politics and bullshit for a couple hours of their life. As the players keep chipping away at it, and making it political, more and more people who disagree will turn off football.

If people wanted to watch politics they’d watch the freaking news.

Still cannot believe not one media outlet, sports or otherwise, had anything to say about Bennett being outed as a straight up liar when the Las Vegas video footage was released

He even got a glowing, softball laden pre-game interview with Michelle Tafoya after the fact... that guy and his brother can both eat shit

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Easy 6

Still cannot believe not one media outlet, sports or otherwise, had anything to say about Bennett being outed as a straight up liar when the Las Vegas video footage was released

He even got a glowing, softball laden pre-game interview with Michelle Tafoya after the fact... that guy and his brother can both eat shit

What happened in Las Vegas?

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by oldman

Previous to 2009, it was uncommon to have the players on the field during the national anthem. It seems to me the sane thing is to revert to that practice. No kneeling, no riding a bike, no teary-eyed white guy, no problem.

Yeah, I really don't care about football players' interests off the field, whether it's political or recreational or anything else. I just want to watch them play football.

Maybe this stuff is the first step toward replacing players with robots, now that I think about it.

[BigRichard]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

What happened in Las Vegas?

http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/09...ay-weekend.cnn

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

What happened in Las Vegas?

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...w-my-f-n799276

LVPD went on to release multiple bodycam, and casino camera footage that shows none of what Bennett said happened was true... he was only trying to be some kind of SJW martyr