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How proud are you of the NFL Today (Original Post) brettdale Sep 2017 OP
45 thinks that he is the one to decide what is good or bad. Stellar Sep 2017 #1
I very much doubt that was what the orange bastard was expecting Skittles Sep 2017 #2
I was BigOleDummy Sep 2017 #3
Meh... HopeAgain Sep 2017 #4
I wish something wasn't nagging at me . . waltben Sep 2017 #5
The NFL? Not at all. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2017 #6
I was pleased Scarsdale Sep 2017 #7
Yes...and maybe Fatemah2774 Sep 2017 #8
Why would I be proud of the NFL? pintobean Sep 2017 #9
DemocracyNow has a segment on this today. DinahMoeHum Sep 2017 #10
amazing how the country's top idiot can take such a small issue rurallib Sep 2017 #11
My Redskins won so I'm pretty happy, not proud but really bigly happy. ileus Sep 2017 #12

HopeAgain

(4,407 posts)
4. Meh...
Mon Sep 25, 2017, 06:33 AM
Sep 2017

They had to wait until Trump attacked the NFL directly before most of them for involved in protests.

 

waltben

(31 posts)
5. I wish something wasn't nagging at me . .
Mon Sep 25, 2017, 06:43 AM
Sep 2017

It's interesting that until the orange turd weighed in on this, most of the NFL hierarchy was against this while their ratings were plummeting. I'm left wondering how much opportunity is being seized vs. true protest.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
7. I was pleased
Mon Sep 25, 2017, 07:17 AM
Sep 2017

to see the players unified. NOW let's get Colin Koepernick EMPLOYED. He deserves to be playing.

Fatemah2774

(245 posts)
8. Yes...and maybe
Mon Sep 25, 2017, 07:33 AM
Sep 2017

I'm proud of the players and the stand they took. I'm proud of those who interlocked their arms together in a show of solidarity. I'm proud of those who kneeled and advocate for law enforcement to end the killings of people of color. I'm glad the NFL management spoke truth to power that dissent is patriotic and their athletes are not disrespecting but bringing attention to an issue.

I would be proud of the NFL when Kaepernick plays on an NFL team this year. And prouder when PSA advising children and parents that football should not be played until a child reaches a certain age.

DinahMoeHum

(21,784 posts)
10. DemocracyNow has a segment on this today.
Mon Sep 25, 2017, 08:04 AM
Sep 2017
https://www.democracynow.org/

If you can't listen/watch it live, it will be archived later today, with transcript.

rurallib

(62,406 posts)
11. amazing how the country's top idiot can take such a small issue
Mon Sep 25, 2017, 08:12 AM
Sep 2017

and blow it up into a huge fuck-up.

Proud of the players. I see the NFL as seeing which way the wind is blowing and turning in that direction. That is, they are covering their butts with the players.

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