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EffieBlack

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11. This is another reason the NFL will have difficulty arguing they are not engaging in state action

Reply to Caliman73 (Reply #10)

Wed May 23, 2018, 05:35 PM

May 2018

This commercial promotional relationship, along with anti-trust exemptions, extensive tax breaks and subsidies create a unique symbiotic relationship between the NFL and the government not replicated in any other public-private partnership in the country. The NFL's insistence on shutting down speech under presidential pressure - and only certain kinds of speech - makes this something far more than a private business decision, but elevates it to state action.

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The NFL rule requiring players to stand for the National Anthem could be a First Amendment violation [View all] EffieBlack May 2018 OP

Hope they get sued, might teach them not to listen to the fool's self important edicts. Thomas Hurt May 2018 #1

They are apparently giving the players the option to not come out on the field for the Anthem. PoliticAverse May 2018 #2

If you are an attorney, you know your argument is irrelevant to my point. EffieBlack May 2018 #7

Effie -- RandomAccess May 2018 #3

If it weren't for Fox News, people would not be giving a shit about this. Initech May 2018 #4

While the Court has held that there can be circumstances in which private action is treated as state onenote May 2018 #5

The Court holding there was no state action in one case does not mean that state action was not EffieBlack May 2018 #8

Plus they offered an out Bluesaph May 2018 #6

An "out" isn't enough - in fact, it exacerbates the free speech violation EffieBlack May 2018 #9

That is how it used to be before the military started pumping money into the NFL. Caliman73 May 2018 #10

This is another reason the NFL will have difficulty arguing they are not engaging in state action EffieBlack May 2018 #11

Agreed. Hopefully someone will take it up. Caliman73 May 2018 #12

I heard a commentator say that First Amendment lawyers are already looking into this EffieBlack May 2018 #13