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[ElectricBlanketFire]

This according to Charles Robinson, Senior NFL reporter for Yahoo.

 

[Boudica]

Y’all might want to strike the bit about being “the land of the free” from your anthem while you’re at it.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Bunch of rich white people to gather and tell a group of predominately black people how they may protest white supremacy.

This will go well.

 

[joe2187]

This is legit fascism and our country dives headfirst into it willingly.

 

[shnurgleton]

the time they are wasting on this would be better spent dealing with CTE

 

[entremet]

This is legit fascism and our country dives headfirst into it willingly.

NBA already does it.

Fine, though. I don't think it's suspension.

 

[Brock Reiher]

the time they are wasting on this would be better spent dealing with CTE

This will at least take a little longer to completely erase the sport.

 

[The Kree]

NFL players forgot for a second that they're essentially cattle.

 

[Black Republican]

Gotta keep these niggers in check

 

[Squirrel Killer]

What do you want to bet they'll sidestep the whole issue by moving the anthem up to before the players come out?

 

[CyclopsRock]

If they say that clubs cannot sanction players - effectively codifying the protest it as entirely legitimate - won't that rob the action of much of its potency?

 

[Derwind]

Seriously, fuck the NFL, these owners are soulless pieces of shit.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

 

[serenewarfare]

I feel like the NFLPA might have something to say about this.

But then again the NFLPA sucks, so that probably wouldn't matter anyways.

 

[NH Apache]

Y’all might want to strike the bit about being “the land of the free” from your anthem while you’re at it.

Free speech is not without consequences. That being said, I thought Goodell had issued something along the lines of no discipline and "freedom to exercise constitutional rights?"

 

[Vyse The Legend]

the time they are wasting on this would be better spent dealing with CTE

There is no "dealing" with CTE. It's an inevitability in football, and the less time they spend dwelling on that fact, the better it is for them. Distract, distract, distract.

 

[Pastry]

I can imagine the NFL instituting a rule around standing will open a floodgate of lawsuits.

 

[VendettaRed07]

I think they end up just axing the anthem from games and blame the players for it.

 

[necrosis]

the time they are wasting on this would be better spent dealing with CTE

for real

the game is turning players into actual murderers and people are concerned with whether or not they worship a piece of cloth

 

[chuckddd]

They should roll things back to pre-9/11 and leave the teams in the locker rooms for the anthem. Can't protest the anthem if you're not there for the anthem.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

Bunch of rich white people to gather and tell a group of predominately black people how they may protest white supremacy.

This will go well.

My thoughts exactly. I love how the players aren't a part of these meetings

 

[serenewarfare]

I think they end up just axing the anthem from games and blame the players for it.

lol a bunch of old white guys doing away with the national anthem

Yeah fucking right

 

[Duxxy3]

I'd say just go back to the way it was. Players just stay inside for the anthem.

 

[Kill Your Masters]

Hahaha land of the free.

 

[TheDrizzlerJ11]

the time they are wasting on this would be better spent dealing with CTE

I could be wrong, but I don't think the guys designing the helmets will be attending the meeting.

 

[Brock Reiher]

for real

the game is turning players into actual murderers and people are concerned with whether or not they worship a piece of cloth

What are they gonna do

 

[The Ummah]

Ha! Watch what happens when you attempt to stop players from expressing themselves.

It has been said a million times already. This isn't about the flag/troops/anthem. I hope the players continue to kneel, fuck the owners and all of the suits who have a problem with it.

I can't imagine what it feels like to be a player in the spotlight every week having to deal with this shit. Unbelievable.

I need to do some research on the player's association. Who is in charge? I wonder, if they try to implement a rule for this, if a strike would be possible.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

I think they end up just axing the anthem from games and blame the players for it.

Not a chance this happens.

 

[dragonyeuw]

Meanwhile:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1445513

The plot is lost.

 

[Ogodei]

This will at least take a little longer to completely erase the sport.

CTE will only diminish the NFL, and it will take a long time for the effects to be felt. It only started being widely talked about what, 3, 4 years ago?

CTE's damage will be in terms of fewer families allowing their children to play football, but the more salient issue here is that there's likely to be a strike by 2020 when the next NFL/PA contract runs out.

 

[3N16MA]

Y’all might want to strike the bit about being “the land of the free” from your anthem while you’re at it.

Free to do what they tell you to do.

Sweet freedom!

 

[BitStyle]

I think they end up just axing the anthem from games and blame the players for it.

I'd like to see that happen just for the salt that will follow, but it won't.

 

[Tom Nook]

Damn....

SMH

 

[TI82]

If they force players to stand we may see the biggest mass walk off in NFL history and that would be even greater to see conservatives lose their shit

 

[jello44]

They should roll things back to pre-9/11 and leave the teams in the locker rooms for the anthem. Can't protest the anthem if you're not there for the anthem.

I'd say just go back to the way it was. Players just stay inside for the anthem.

This.

But I doubt this will happen now, apparently the military pays the NFL for it so the players look more patriotic... but them protesting injustice IS patriotic...

 

[serenewarfare]

The problem here for the NFL is that any action that's not "know your place Black athletes" is gonna be seen as weak and submissive to the idiots that are getting angry about this in the first place.

 

[VendettaRed07]

Not a chance this happens.

Idk, I think it might.

League just wants this story to go away. But enforcing players to stand or going about it that way I think is just going to cause a huge mess and drag the controversy on even longer.

They’ll probably try disciplining the players first but if it keeps the story going they might just stop doing it all together so there’s nothing to protest

 

[Snaku]

They ban the knee, burn a flag on the field. This has never been about the fucking anthem, the flag, veterans, etc. This has been about the injustice of black lives being unjustly taken by law enforcement with zero repercussions. But if these fuckers really want to change the narrative that badly, burn their fucking idolatry right in their faces.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

They should roll things back to pre-9/11 and leave the teams in the locker rooms for the anthem. Can't protest the anthem if you're not there for the anthem.

Wasn't even a 9/11 thing. Apparently it started in 2009 or so.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I love how the irony of forcing players to stand and respect an anthem that preaches "freedom" is completely lost on those racist old fucks and the dipshits that support them.

 

[necrosis]

What are they gonna do

people at large have the ability to do lots of things. like focus on the fact that football is turning players (e.g. aaron hernandez) into actual, literal killers instead of players not paying tribute to the flag

but i guess that's not the narrative that trump is spoonfeeding them

 

[JustenP88]

"Should we get punish these people for not correctly participating in the ceremony where 70,000 people are required to stand, turn to look at a large piece of cloth, put their hands on their hearts and sing a song?"

That's some goofy ass North Korea shit.

They try and force players to stand and the next collective bargaining agreement will just have one more issue that will cause a stoppage. It's like these owners don't think the players are about to demand some ish for once. They see the other leagues and how they getting paid...whew.

Yeah, I imagine all the dudes who aren't sure whether they'll be able to walk or function mentally when they retire in their early 30s are feeling a certain way when they look at Westbrook's contract.

 

[serenewarfare]

Idk, I think it might.

League just wants this story to go away. But enforcing players to stand or going about it that way I think is just going to cause a huge mess and drag the controversy on even longer.

They’ll probably try disciplining the players first but if it keeps the story going they might just stop doing it all together so there’s nothing to protest

The people who are upset about the protest would be exponentially more upset if the anthem was done away with entirely.

That wouldn't solve the problem, it would create a worse one.

 

[Sephzilla]

Yep, dictatorship incoming

 

[entremet]

Wasn't even a 9/11 thing. Apparently it started in 2009 or so.

Probably to coincide with th military sponsorship?

 

[wvnative]

Remember when football was about football?

Good times.

 

[Fox318]

Sponsors, ticket holders, and the owners relationship with their Tax Cut in chief is gonna make the owners come down hard on the players.

 

[necrosis]

Probably to coincide with th military sponsorship?

yep

 

[theWB27]

They try and force players to stand and the next collective bargaining agreement will just have one more issue that will cause a stoppage. It's like these owners don't think the players are about to demand some ish for once. They see the other leagues and how they getting paid...whew.

 

[serenewarfare]

They try and force players to stand and the next collective bargaining agreement will just have one more issue that will cause a stoppage. It's like these owners don't think the players are about to demand some ish for once. They see the other leagues and how they getting paid...whew.

The problem with that line of thinking is that the NFLPA is one of the worst sports unions out there.