SmashMouth

NFL players continued to protest during the national anthem on Thursday night as the league began the first full week of its 2018 preseason.

Some players held their fists in the air, while others decided to kneel, despite the controversy surrounding the action.

Wide receivers Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson, both of the Miami Dolphins, knelt during "The Star-Spangled Banner," ahead of their game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Miami Herald reported.

arsaint

And I see cam Jordan has taken to twitter to pick a fight with Trump.

The NFL is going to go the way of the Dixie Chicks if this doesn't stop...


Why does the protest have to be during the national anthem???

Kneel during the coin toss. Go to the 50 before/during/after halftime and kneel, raise your fists, or pull your pants down around your ankles. Lay flat on your backs during the 2 minute timeout. Or refuse to leave the field after the game until you've had a full fledged protest march.

AGAIN WHY DOES YOUR PROTEST HAVE TO TAKE PLACE DURING THE ANTHEM.???


I know I'm small potatoes in the NFL budget but I will not buy merchandise, Sunday Ticket and will not attend any more live games while this continues. And I'm sure I'm not alone...

Crusader

SIMPLY BECAUSE OTHERWISE NOONE WOULD NOTICE.!!!

frydaddy

False. We live in a world completely driven by tv and social media. They could get noticed any number of ways. They are getting noticed now, you're right about that, but the response has been overwhelmingly negative. They're actually hurting their already misguided cause. At this point I have completely written off anything these guys do to bring "awareness" to their "cause." Its a hollow sham of a cause to begin with, filled with half truths that are further distorted to fit an agenda. When it comes down to it, the biggest thing holding anyone down is themselves and how they choose to live their lives. And the biggest outside factor holding black folks down today is the democratic party and their own so called black leadership. Who, for decades now have been filling the minds of black people with the idea that you can't get by based on your merit. You need a hand out, you need special treatment because you're not equal. F*** that dude, we're not living in civil war era America, nor in a segregated America. That s**t is in the past, just leave it there and let it die. But the democratic party and the black leadership refuses to simply let the wounds heal and the scars fade. They've been picking the scab off for years and applying new salt to the wound. They've kept black people under their thumbs as a political tool for all these years. They don't care about you, they don't have your best interest at heart, they ARE your modern oppressors. You had a half black Democrat president for 8 years, wtf did he do for black people? F***in nothing. I'm not trying to say the Republican party is perfect or anything. Indeed, the older I get the more I realize that our entire political system is corrupt and rotting from the inside out. But it's not the Republican party, or the cops, or white people in general who are trying to keep black folks down anymore. That ended decades ago, as it should have. Your precious left and your so called leaders have taken up the cause, and you're blind to it. I hope and I pray that one day black peoples eyes will be opened to who their oppressors actually are. Until then I will continue to ignore these protests as the misdirected and misguided garbage they are.

Mais forte do que a morte

Papa Voodoo

I usually sit during the anthem. Not in protest, just comfort. Why are the concession stands open during the anthem if this is such a big deal?

Danno

Screw Cam Jordan. I hope we suspend his ass... without pay.

vpheughan

AND WHERE ARE ALL THESE "CONSCIENCE RAISERS" DURING THE OFF SEASON?

Danno

I'm becoming more and more anti-NFL as more of these stories surface.

I'm even becoming less enthusiastic about my Saints. Thanks Cam.

I'm just not a huge fan anymore.

skymike

You are not.
I dont know if you've seen some of my tailgating and crawfish parties, and posts, as well as my history as a Season Ticket holder who drives 6 hours to go to the Dome, but I've been a little more than "casual" in my fanhood, to make an understatement. My house has a Wall of Saints.
Every other piece of apparel I have has a Fleur, and my living room looks like a Black and Gold Hall of Fame.
-- I hate this sh*t and I dont care why or what they have to say about it.
I AM YOUR FREAKIN CUSTOMER, and either it stops, or I stop coming.
You nailed it. I never gave a sh*t what color anyone is, just what color their jersey is. My interest is damaged, and I honestly dont know if I'll ever be as interested as I once was. For the past 30 years I have bit, scratched, clawed to try to watch Saints pre-season games in TX. (only local NOLA tv has it) Year before last, I drove 30 miles to Baytown, TX, for better am radio reception, so I could listen to a Saints preseason game in my truck. I didnt watch a down of last week's game. Didnt look for highlights online, have no clue when the next game or opponent is, and cant tell you a thing about this year's regular season schedule. I used to preview the season, game by game.

So you want me to pay what? To see a bunch of guys who say What about my country? About the Police, who are my friends? About the Flag that my cousins fought in Vietnam under? And they sympathize with who? Same guys who were shooting at my cousins?

I thought these players were my guys, but I guess we really dont know them. They hate America (but they wont leave) and they hate people of different color. How is that different from a Klansman?

let Rezburna, and all the other black nationalists go and pay $150 for a seat, $30 for parking, $80 for beer and bad food, and stand in line, and sit in half-seats, and fight traffic all the way home. I also pay for hotels, rental cars, and all the other money you spend on the weekend in NOLA. You can hold up the Militant Hate Fist, and poop on the flag, and pay these guys overpriced salaries, and find out they dont give a damn about you.

You like it - You support it. I'm under no obligation. Its your money. I'll find other things to do on a beautiful Fall day.

rezburna

Kenny Stills:
https://www.google.com/amp/amp.miami...192552529.html

Malcolm Jenkins:
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...300649413.html

Cam Jordan:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.can...ear-drew-brees

You can find articles on the work most of these guys do with one Google search. Asking what these guys do in the off-season is willful ignorance. They shouldn’t even be the ones having to take on these challenges. Government officials should be making sure all Americans have equal opportunity and that there aren’t racial biases in any forms of society. Most people ignore the reason for the protests and racism in general, so just treat the protests the same way and ignore it. It’s annoying at this point. Why even continue to post about it in the forum and give it attention if you don’t care or are going to come up with ways to sidestep the conversation? If Cam Jordan would have taken to Twitter in 2015 to pick a fight with Obama that wouldn’t be a problem at all.

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