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Re: [Reality-TV-Fanatics] NFL Anthem Protests Week 11 – Kneeling Continues Af...

by Crime Time Tamil on November 20, 2017

Again, they are NOT protesting the National Anthem, the Flag or Veterans, police brutality and racism.

As for Papa John's the only thins that is hurting their business is their horrible pizza.

Mary

In a message dated 11/19/2017 2:09:12 P.M. Central Standard Time, Reality-TV-Fanatics@yahoogroups.com writes:

Thing is. These players are not going to stop kneeling or laying down or lift their leg as one player had done several weeks ago. They want the attention and unfortunately the media gives them that.

IMO have the anthem. Don't even show the players focus on the flag Don't even scan the crowd. Then don't mention it on media such and such didn't kneel etc. I think maybe mention when all players are back to standing but maybe not even then.

As for Goodell? Unless he is fired not much anyone can do . As for Jones. What is he doing wrong?

Invoking a rule to get him to sell his team? How silly is that.

Do I think the NFL is losing sponsors? Papa Johns? Who knows . BUT thing is about that say Papa Johns leaves ,they will just get another sponsor. Its like who cares .

The fans leaving? Now that might be a problem if they are not sitting in the stands. TV viewers?: Is that a huge problem? We don't watch on tv ok so we didn't BUY a ticket. Unless it is a real drop in viewers I doubt the NFL and tv stations will cancel the games.

Just quit giving them the attention they want. No more mention of who kneeled.

cg

NFL Anthem Protests Week 11 – Kneeling Continues After Veteran's Day Respite

by Bruce Haring

November 19, 2017 11:43am

It's a key weekend for the National Football League, and the results have nothing to do with playoff prospects. Instead, all eyes will turn once again to the pre-game activities and the player choices during the national anthem.

After a one-week respite for Veteran's Day – which saw participation in kneeling and other forms of protest drop significantly – the majority of players now will have to decide if they have made their point or will continue to stage the protests.

Their decision will go a long way toward either ramping up or defusing the anger and division among a laundry list of observers that includes fans, owners, Commissioner Roger Goodell, the NFL Players Association, sponsors, television networks – the list goes on, and hardly any of it is good news for the league.

Adding fuel to the fire was this week's revelation of a video statement by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who made a tasteless remark on a 2013 wedding video that some felt had racial implications. Jones has been embroiled in a battle to allegedly oust Commissioner Goodell, while some owners are contemplating invoking a rule to throw out Jones and force him to sell his team. Jones is also believed to be behind the comments by Papa John's CEO John Schnatter that the ongoing protests have damaged his business, remarks that the company attempted earlier this week to walk back.

One thing is clear no matter which side of the dispute you are on: the game itself appears to be turning off more people than it is gaining. Television ratings are down, and aside from occasional blips when a great game match-up happens, will likely continue plummeting on an overall year-to-year comparison, as they have for the last two years. Add in the increasing concerns by parents over injuries, fan anger in a core group of supporters, and sponsor/advertiser unrest, and the game's future growth and sustainable impact is imperiled.

As the NFL dithers in addressing the player concerns, which include a call for more formal social activism by the league (so far, resisted by the decision-makers on the owner/league officials side), it appears more likely that the league is hoping to slow-walk this issue out of the public and player focus without doing much of anything.

Last week, the league resisted threats of a television and attendance boycott if they didn't issue mandatory rules on anthem conduct, so further action is unlikely, barring an unexpected development.

In the early games, it looks like the players who have continuously taken action during the anthem are continuing with their protests.

At MetLife Stadium in the New Jersey Meadowlands, New York Giants defensive end Olivier Vernon kneeled during the national anthem, as he has done for several weeks.

In Miami, Dolphins wide receiver Kenny Stills, tight end Julius Thomas, and safety Michael Thomas stood during a moment of silence before the game, but knelt during the anthem. Although the trio has previously kneeled, the latest move escalates their anthem behavior. They had remained in the tunnel during the song for several weeks.

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