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Awsi Dooger

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13. I hope so, but quite risky

Sat Sep 23, 2017, 10:45 PM

Sep 2017

Fans would boo and not just a little bit.

The demographic attending those games is white and I'm sure more conservative than the nation as a whole. Today I attended the Miami/Toledo college football game and saw nearby fans showing off the Trump tweet on their smart phones before the national anthem. They weren't mocking it....they were championing it. Then when Miami honored the military man of the game the cheering was even louder than normal, as if they thought they were making some type of counter statement.

The more who do it, the less risky it is. Kaepernick became the symbol. Nobody would have cared about him if he were the third guy to do it and someone else had already become the simplistic target for the right wing.

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Question???.."Will tomorrow be a day of. "kneeling" in the NFL? [View all] Stuart G Sep 2017 OP

I hope so, some of the franchise players should speak up and out uponit7771 Sep 2017 #1

I think the players are talking about it edhopper Sep 2017 #2

I don't know ...but you are correct..a lot of people are talking about it.. Stuart G Sep 2017 #4

I think quite a few will kneel marylandblue Sep 2017 #3

I think we'll see s lot more joeybee12 Sep 2017 #5

Thankyou joeybee12, hadn't seen, "Trumpanzees" before. I know it has been used, Stuart G Sep 2017 #6

Unfortunately one could claim it's an insult to the wonderful and intelligent chimpanzees joeybee12 Sep 2017 #7

I would if I could afford to go to one at the last minute. RainCaster Sep 2017 #8

I think there will be a record number of players kneeling on Sunday bearsfootball516 Sep 2017 #9

I just saw P.Diddy tweet to NFL players that they have a chance to do something great tomorrow. amuse bouche Sep 2017 #10

I do hope so. LiberalFighter Sep 2017 #11

I'm thinking that this....... MyOwnPeace Sep 2017 #12

I hope so, but quite risky Awsi Dooger Sep 2017 #13

Don't care melman Sep 2017 #14

I'm waiting for someone like Aaron Rodgers to take a knee. Ace Rothstein Sep 2017 #15

Hope so! gopiscrap Sep 2017 #16