President Donald Trump Criticizes NFL Player Protests, Says Fans Should Exit Stadiums

[SheriffJoe]

Are you ready for some err, lingerie football?

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BY: Brent Scher

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The all-woman league formerly known as the Lingerie Football League announced this week its belief that America's flag and national anthem are "far too sacred" to protest.

The league, recently rebranded as the Legends Football League, said in a Tuesday statement that its players would not be taking a knee during the national anthem as many of their male counterparts in the NFL have done.

"The LFL recognizes everyone's First Amendment right to protest, but our nation's flag and anthem are far too sacred," the league said. "Too many fellow Americans have made the ultimate sacrifice, so that our flag and anthem continue in all its majesty."

In a video announcing the league's continued support for the national anthem, the LFL pledged to "stand in salute" of the flag.

"It symbolizes all the blood, sweat, and tears that have been shed so that we as Americans can raise our flag across our nation," the organization says during the video. "The LFL salutes all those who make this the greatest country in the world."

"We stand in salute of our flag."

This year's Legends Cup Champions were the Seattle Mist, which defeated the Atlanta Steam 38 to 28 in the finals. The Mist finished the season undefeated.

 

[Enfuego]

Says the guy who only eats potatoes lol

This line makes you sound even dumber.

 

[Enfuego]

Hardwick’s reputation for American-made quality has helped the company survive—and thrive—in the face of outsourcing and cost-cutting. This status has helped Hardwick land contracts with a wide range of large clients, including the U.S. military.

sounds like a company that likes handouts from tax payers and large military.

You are uninformed. Obama gutted our military. It's as small as it's been in decades.

 

[KennyB]

Guys, how about Beckham doing a black power salute in the end zone after scoring a touchdown? Does that bother anyone? It bothers me.

 

[Enfuego]

Guys, how about Beckham doing a black power salute in the end zone after scoring a touchdown? Does that bother anyone? It bothers me.

Not the libtards. They will tell you he's a black man that has the right to exercise his 1st Amendment rights on the field haha.

 

[HacheMan]

Guys, how about Beckham doing a black power salute in the end zone after scoring a touchdown? Does that bother anyone? It bothers me.

Seattle's Michael Bennett did it too last week (or week before)

 

[valium]

You are uninformed. Obama gutted our military. It's as small as it's been in decades.

Gutted is not true. Fell some years under Obama. Spending on defense rose every year from 2000 to 2010. Then started to decline.
The spending in 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015 the lowest of those years is still way higher than any year from 1996 thru 2006. It's as small as it's been in decades is absolutely untrue.

 

[919]

consider yourself reminded...now go get your shinebox

“I want Mr. Kaepernick and others who are on a knee, I want them to to listen to the pain that that may cause somebody who, for example, had a spouse or a child who was killed in combat and why it hurts them to see somebody not standing."

Was asking an honest question as I did not know...

 

[919]

<header class="asset-header" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lafayette beer company says it's pulling NFL, Saints branded items over anthem protests

Another Louisiana company has said it will no longer promote the NFL or New Orleans Saints brand after league-wide protests during the national anthem last week.

Schilling Distributing Company, based in Lafayette, said it plans to pull all of its Bud Light "point of sale" material featuring the league and team's logo.

"With all the negative attention the NFL is receiving right now due to these protests, we do not feel it is appropriate to associate our brand with them in the marketplace at this time," said VP Charles Schilling in a Facebook post. "These sponsorship deals are made at a national level, and while Bud Light has been an official partner of the NFL and New Orleans Saints for years, there is no need for us to ask our retailer partners to promote such controversial organizations to help sell product."

The company bills itself as bring "locally veteran-owned" since 1950. Schilling joins multiple restaurants and bars who have vowed to stop showing Saints games due to the protests. The company serves as the official beer distributor of UL-Lafayette, and sells Ragin' Cajuns Genuine Louisiana Ale.

http://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/business/article_159bbece-a394-11e7-97aa-d7ca9c13e1b9.html

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Who?

 

[Enfuego]

Gutted is not true. Fell some years under Obama. Spending on defense rose every year from 2000 to 2010. Then started to decline.
The spending in 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015 the lowest of those years is still way higher than any year from 1996 thru 2006. It's as small as it's been in decades is absolutely untrue.

He cut 40K Soldiers just from the U.S Arny and left our aircraft and weapon's systems depleted.

 

[slapshot]

Guys, how about Beckham doing a black power salute in the end zone after scoring a touchdown? Does that bother anyone? It bothers me.

That's what that was thought he was passing on the flag only seen the pic of him

And they got upset at Randy Moss for acting like he mooned them

 

[Jstack34]

He cut 40K Soldiers just from the U.S Arny and left our aircraft and weapon's systems depleted.

Do we really need that big of an army? Seems overstaffed to be honest

 

[Jstack34]

Buddy of mine cancelled his longtime Buccaneers season tickets yesterday.

He said he told the lady on the phone something that I hadn't even thought of.

"They're kneeling & protesting on MY dollar"

What an excellent point he made.

If they are going to protest it needs to be during the off-season.
Not on the clock of fans & everyone else involved paying them...

Are you that dense? On the clock of fans? They play the anthem where they stand or knee. Tired of people crying about it. If you don't like it, don't watch. Can't believe people let the actions of others impact them so much

 

[Jstack34]

Most of America agrees with the president on this issue. Most of America isn't made up of old white males.

Seems pretty split to me based on everything I have read - see a few links below.


http://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...uring-anthem-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN1C1304

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/09/2...shift-on-kneeling-during-national-anthem.html

 

[Jstack34]

Is there any factual data that exists proving racial injustice exists in 2017 or is everyone simply listening to what the media says?

Also, what is the goal of these NFL players taking a knee during the anthem? To persuade racists not to be racist? I would think taking a knee during the anthem would create a bigger divide and more racism than there already is.

I don't know the goal of these players but if you look at some of the things even said on this forum, you can see there is a lot of prejudice against minorities in the US. People in this forum have said blacks aren't as intelligent on multiple occasions.

I think to believe there is no racial injustice is kind of burying your head in the sand. I don't know the details on all the high profile cases in the media, but I have seen lots of instances in my life of racial injustice. There is also discrimination against women - posters here even said a women shouldn't have a job coaching, even if she is qualified, because there are thousands of more deserving men.

 

[HacheMan]

Are you that dense? On the clock of fans? They play the anthem where they stand or knee. Tired of people crying about it. If you don't like it, don't watch. Can't believe people let the actions of others impact them so much

No need to get upset J.
We're all just talking here.
Let's not forget we all share some of the same interests & why we're here on this site together.
So it's not all bad just because ppl here disagree on some things.

I don't know the goal of these players but if you look at some of the things even said on this forum, you can see there is a lot of prejudice against minorities in the US. People in this forum have said blacks aren't as intelligent on multiple occasions.

I think to believe there is no racial injustice is kind of burying your head in the sand. I don't know the details on all the high profile cases in the media, but I have seen lots of instances in my life of racial injustice. There is also discrimination against women - posters here even said a women shouldn't have a job coaching, even if she is qualified, because there are thousands of more deserving men.

The factual numbers have already been provided numerous times on here, and across the country, that show & prove there is no truth to African-Americans being shot & killed by cops more than any other race.

It's just not true period.

So people's argument & questions are STILL "what injustice?" & "what oppression?"

People are saying we've already debunked those false claims, so now tell us or give us examples of what you're talking about.

But nothing new ever gets said & they keep going back to the same lie.

It honestly shows how ignorant these athletes are who still claim they're kneeling for the fictional cop stories...

 

[SheriffJoe]

 

[2ese]

When i was 5 years old, 1952 my family moved to ft lauderdale fla. When i was 6 i was in first grade. I attended a "neighborhood" school as they were called then.there were only white students, teachers, administrators,and all personal. "Colored" people were not allowed to go there. They didn't live in that neighborhood. In my 6 years i never had a single experience with a "colored" person.they went to colored schools.their schools were inferior. You see money to build schools and furnish and supply them was allocated by the school board from taxes. Since the white people lived in better homes and paid more taxes it was only fair that more money be allocated for their schools, right? When i was 10 my sister and i would take the bus down town to see a movie. When we got on the bus a sign above the driver said "colored to the back of the bus". When we went to quick-check to buy groceries there were 2 drinking fountains. One had a sign that said White the other said Colored. There were 3 bathrooms...Men [men were white males] women [white females] and colored....now when white children asked about these things the got the easy explanation...whites are superior...but what do u think the black children's answer was when they asked their parents? I cant think of any answer that didn't instill hate toward whites.if u are a person over 65 in this country u were a part of this.its not 150 years removed. When you walk down the street and see a person of color that is over 65 they lived that.i never ate in a restaurant all the way through high school that had anyone in it that wasn't white.in 1965 i went to FSU. It was basically all white...FA&M was across the street, that's where blacks went.Everybody knew that A&M had 8 people starting in FB that were faster than any FSU player but they were not allowed to play for FSU, a state school. every 65 year old black lived this.every 45 year old black person was raised by them and 20 yearr old black person still feels it.This racism is still here and if u think its not that's ok...u r just wrong

 

[rolltide]

 

[HacheMan]

When i was 5 years old, 1952 my family moved to ft lauderdale fla. When i was 6 i was in first grade. I attended a "neighborhood" school as they were called then.there were only white students, teachers, administrators,and all personal. "Colored" people were not allowed to go there. They didn't live in that neighborhood. In my 6 years i never had a single experience with a "colored" person.they went to colored schools.their schools were inferior. You see money to build schools and furnish and supply them was allocated by the school board from taxes. Since the white people lived in better homes and paid more taxes it was only fair that more money be allocated for their schools, right? When i was 10 my sister and i would take the bus down town to see a movie. When we got on the bus a sign above the driver said "colored to the back of the bus". When we went to quick-check to buy groceries there were 2 drinking fountains. One had a sign that said White the other said Colored. There were 3 bathrooms...Men [men were white males] women [white females] and colored....now when white children asked about these things the got the easy explanation...whites are superior...but what do u think the black children's answer was when they asked their parents? I cant think of any answer that didn't instill hate toward whites.if u are a person over 65 in this country u were a part of this.its not 150 years removed. When you walk down the street and see a person of color that is over 65 they lived that.i never ate in a restaurant all the way through high school that had anyone in it that wasn't white.in 1965 i went to FSU. It was basically all white...FA&M was across the street, that's where blacks went.Everybody knew that A&M had 8 people starting in FB that were faster than any FSU player but they were not allowed to play for FSU, a state school. every 65 year old black lived this.every 45 year old black person was raised by them and 20 yearr old black person still feels it.This racism is still here and if u think its not that's ok...u r just wrong

2ese, you sound like a great guy.

And I assure you there's not one person who will read your post who doesn't understand everything you said is true.

Because it is.

But 2ese, we're talking about things that ended a long time ago.

You said racism still exists.
You're right about that too.
There are racists who are Caucasian, Latino, Asian, and black.
You're always going to have those select few.

But as for all of the things you mentioned that happened in the past, that stuff isn't still going on of course, and the laws wouldnt allow it to anyhow.

The biggest part of your story, may be the biggest problem with all of this.

It's your next to last sentence.

You said every older black person experienced these things, but the younger African - Americans still feel it.

People argue that we all need to progress & move forward, but how can that ever happen if the younger generation of blacks are still taught to hold a grudge for what happened long ago?

This generation of blacks, and this generation of whites, had absolutely nothing to do with that past.

So nobody today should be held accountable or paying the price for actions of the ppst.

It's simply not fair & at some point a decision has to be made.

Do we want to progress & move forward?
Or do we want to keep throwing the past in the faces of people today who had absolutely nothing to do with that happened decades ago.

Imagine you first wife or girlfriend cheating on you & you split up.

So with your 2nd wife, you're constantly throwing in her face that she's going to cheat on you, because the last one did.

It's not cool, it's totally unfair, and it's not the right thing to do.
But that's exactly what happens every time an African-American throws in a Caucasian's face what happened wayyyy before they even came along.

So again, in order to move forward, we should stop making movies & TV shows about what happened long ago & it being a constant reminder, and one side stops blaming innocent people for what was done so long ago by a different group...