Right now at Ravens v Jaguars game at Wembley Stadium in London, many many NFL players taking a knee
Source: Jake Tapper @ jaketapper
Right now at Ravens v Jaguars game at Wembley Stadium in London, many many NFL players taking a knee
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Gothmog
(145,619 posts)Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)Kath2
(3,089 posts)Good for them!
Stick it, Trump!
mobeau69
(11,156 posts)kstewart33
(6,551 posts)blaze
(6,374 posts)Will that be called disrespectful now, too?
LeftInTX
(25,563 posts)Earth Bound Misfit
(3,554 posts)Four NFL team owners gave $1 million each. Woody Johnson of the New York Jets, Daniel Snyder of the Washington Redskins, Robert McNair of the Houston Texans and the Jacksonville Jaguars Shahid Khan all made donations in 2016. In February, Khan, the NFLs only Muslim owner, publicly opposed Trumps ban on travel from six predominantly Muslim countries.
Kraft Group, a firm associated with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, also gave $1 million.
http://jacksonville.com/news/national/2017-04-19/jaguars-owner-shad-khan-among-nfl-owners-gave-1m-trump-inauguration
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,448 posts)thbobby
(1,474 posts)Taking a knee is about police brutality on Black Americans.
Love that many NFL players are so offended by Trump that they are taking a knee.
BUT
Police wantonly killing Black People is the real issue.
Thank you, Mr. President. Your hatred and stupidity will bring a lot of attention to the hatred and racism that has existed in America for centuries.
DinahMoeHum
(21,812 posts). . .and this is the 1st game of NFL Week 3. . .in London.
Shall I dare say it? More to follow later in the day, maybe even tonight and tomorrow night.
kstewart33
(6,551 posts)The disgust is spreading.
samnsara
(17,640 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,812 posts)But AFAIC, given the problems American football has (it is, after all, the bastard child of rugby and soccer), there's probably not much of a market for it, outside of Canada (and they have their own league and rules) and a few other countries.
Problems include: the CTE injury issues, the number of players needed, the inherent anti-democratic nature of the game in terms of opportunity and participation (in contrast to other team sports). . .etc.
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)Been wanting a team there for awhile now. There had been talk on and off of moving the Jags there.
TeamPooka
(24,259 posts)Bradical79
(4,490 posts)One of Trump's "friends".
AKing
(511 posts)TeamPooka
(24,259 posts)blaze
(6,374 posts)TeamPooka
(24,259 posts)AKing
(511 posts)While it's nice what they are doing; As a life long fan of NFL, I have chose to walk away from the sport because of the brain injuries we now know it causes. I cannot support a "sport" that kills it's players.
wolfie001
(2,270 posts)....on himself. Ha ha
MattP
(3,304 posts)What a scam the inauguration was
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)speaking to trump, not OP