Says it all Will- I sure agree
good job with the message

Well penned, my friend. As for the NFL coaches, they just made their own hell, dug their own graves and now it's hard to get out from under it. The answer is so simple, they BROKE their OWN RULES! In the NFL rulebook, it says each player will STAND during the national anthem, period. The consequences are suspension from playing, fine, and/or disciplinary action. No action equals NO DISCIPLINE. If one player can break a rule another player can arguably break another, and another, etc.

Yes, everyone is watching, including little kids. So if a player goes out of bounds they can protest that they are on the other side of the line and try to make it a "personal issue" with the rule. It can get crazy very easily! Now add to the fact NOT standing for our anthem is also considered as disrespect for our flag, our country, and our Veterans and you just created a firestorm.

I am a Veteran who served 30 years but kneeling for our flag does not seem to be showing disrespect by itself. However, when the team is all standing because it's a rule, that's a whole different matter. It's just wrong because the ball game is enjoyed because of official rules. To go against them is taking discipline out and inviting chaos in. That's what they got! It's NUTS!

I agree with Ron, Those players might make big bucks, but their stage setting is a viable place where they can draw attention to the problems in our society. Besides, even when they took a knee before the anthem , they still got booed. So where is the right place to protest, and be seen for their cause. And this was something that Trump had no business injecting himself into, After all, he was the one who criticized Obama for when weighed in on the Redskins name.

Right on!! 'Enjoyed!

Love ya!

Jane

Jesse Owens proudly stood during the National Anthem after winning Olympic gold metals in Germany in 1936. Yet when he returned to America, he still had to go through the backdoor to get into a restaurant and use a colors only restroom. President Franklin Roosevelt didn't invite him to the White House, he only invited the white athletes. The Germans treated Jesse Owens better than President Roosevelt did. It took 20 years before he received any presidential acknowledgment and 80 years before his family was invited to the White House. Some would say it is the actions of America that is a disgrace. Standing or kneeling during the National Anthem doesn't define a person, it's how he or she lives their life that defines a person.

Did you know the author of the National Anthem was a slave owner, and thought blacks was intellectually and morally inferior to whites and wanted all free blacks sent back to Africa. "Land of the free", didn't apply to slaves. "Home of the brave", what's brave about enslaving another human being, that act is as low as you can go. The author of the National Anthem didn't even abide by the words he wrote.

I agree. And I certainly don't believe you are on 'the wrong side of history'. You've taken your stand. Personally I believe a real financial crisis is in the offing, not only for the NFL, but also for Hollywood. Expect cowards to come out of the woodwork to comment on this using phony names. A stouthearted write here.... r

In recent wars the black and poor have bore a disproportionate part of the fighting on the ground. And when they return, they find that in spite of their service they are still treated disproportionately by the police and employers and, as a result have a disproportionate amount of their population in prison. Often for minor offenses they could not defend themselves from being unable to hire a lawyer.

A disproportionate number of our NFL football players come from the black and poor. Their careers are short and violent. Recent studies show that concussions are a major problem after their careers as warriors playing mighty games for the behalf of city dwellers
backing their cities. Fans.

As someone who never has gone to a NFL football game and never spent any money on a ticket or fan paraphernalia. I also don't own a flag or outwardly show my patriotic allegiance to our great country as something superior over other countries in the world. Fortunately, the Constitution's First Amendment gives the citizenry the right to petition and protest. The thoughtful way that the players have banded together to protest longtime injustice to a particular race of people is testimony to fairness of United States as a country.

Your secession as a fan of the NFL is similar to the slaveholding South's session from United States before the Civil War. And we all know how that turned out.

My friend and fellow citizen. You are on the wrong side of history.

Ron