the NFL received millions of taxpayer dollars from the Department of Defense and the National Guard

[Penelope]

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed this morning the practice began in 2009, adding, 'As you know, the NFL has a long tradition of patriotism. Players are encouraged but not required to stand for the anthem.'

Add in the fact that the NFL received millions of taxpayer dollars from the Department of Defense and the National Guard for patriotic displays, and it puts the entire Kaepernick hullabaloo in a different light. "Fans should have confidence that their hometown heroes are being honored because of their honorable military service, not as a marketing ploy," Senator John McCain, the Vietnam War veteran and P.O.W., said in a statement last year coinciding with "Tackling Paid Patriotism," a joint oversight report released by McCain and his fellow Arizona Republican Senator John Flake.

Wherever you stand, or kneel, on Kap's protest, it's clear he hasn't disrupted some longstanding NFL tradition of honoring the flag or the troops or has-been rock stars like Kid Rock and KISS who took time out of shows this past weekend to denounce the 49ers backup quarterback. Before leading concert attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance—SO METAL—64-year-old KISS frontman Paul "Starchild" Stanley told the crowd from the stage, "In case you didn't know this tour is called the Freedom to Rock [tour].... A lot of times people that are born free think that freedom is free and it's not. Freedom is only free because there are people willing to sacrifice to keep us free."

Stephen A. Smith Points Out NFL's Paid Patriotism Problem

So the military was involved in this. I know the anthem was used in sports to spur patriotism and enc. people to enlist and fight wars. So they didn't come out and focus was not on them before 2009.

 

[Penelope]

I can't find a place before 2009 where the emphasis was on the football players. Watched a few, I have been watching football all my life and I always thought it was so. I remember the anthem. Go to you tube and watch more videos before 2009 and watch the anthem.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed this morning the practice began in 2009, adding, 'As you know, the NFL has a long tradition of patriotism. Players are encouraged but not required to stand for the anthem.'

Add in the fact that the NFL received millions of taxpayer dollars from the Department of Defense and the National Guard for patriotic displays, and it puts the entire Kaepernick hullabaloo in a different light. "Fans should have confidence that their hometown heroes are being honored because of their honorable military service, not as a marketing ploy," Senator John McCain, the Vietnam War veteran and P.O.W., said in a statement last year coinciding with "Tackling Paid Patriotism," a joint oversight report released by McCain and his fellow Arizona Republican Senator John Flake.

Wherever you stand, or kneel, on Kap's protest, it's clear he hasn't disrupted some longstanding NFL tradition of honoring the flag or the troops or has-been rock stars like Kid Rock and KISS who took time out of shows this past weekend to denounce the 49ers backup quarterback. Before leading concert attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance—SO METAL—64-year-old KISS frontman Paul "Starchild" Stanley told the crowd from the stage, "In case you didn't know this tour is called the Freedom to Rock [tour].... A lot of times people that are born free think that freedom is free and it's not. Freedom is only free because there are people willing to sacrifice to keep us free."

Stephen A. Smith Points Out NFL's Paid Patriotism Problem

So the military was involved in this. I know the anthem was used in sports to spur patriotism and enc. people to enlist and fight wars.

And less than a decade ago it was common practice for all players to stay in the locker room during the national anthem with no controversy. Quit subsidizing concussionball and let's all move on.

 

[Cossack1483]

Just curious. What kind of self respecting European American would watch the nfl or nba? Just axin.

 

[Freewill]

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed this morning the practice began in 2009, adding, 'As you know, the NFL has a long tradition of patriotism. Players are encouraged but not required to stand for the anthem.'

Add in the fact that the NFL received millions of taxpayer dollars from the Department of Defense and the National Guard for patriotic displays, and it puts the entire Kaepernick hullabaloo in a different light. "Fans should have confidence that their hometown heroes are being honored because of their honorable military service, not as a marketing ploy," Senator John McCain, the Vietnam War veteran and P.O.W., said in a statement last year coinciding with "Tackling Paid Patriotism," a joint oversight report released by McCain and his fellow Arizona Republican Senator John Flake.

Wherever you stand, or kneel, on Kap's protest, it's clear he hasn't disrupted some longstanding NFL tradition of honoring the flag or the troops or has-been rock stars like Kid Rock and KISS who took time out of shows this past weekend to denounce the 49ers backup quarterback. Before leading concert attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance—SO METAL—64-year-old KISS frontman Paul "Starchild" Stanley told the crowd from the stage, "In case you didn't know this tour is called the Freedom to Rock [tour].... A lot of times people that are born free think that freedom is free and it's not. Freedom is only free because there are people willing to sacrifice to keep us free."

Stephen A. Smith Points Out NFL's Paid Patriotism Problem

So the military was involved in this. I know the anthem was used in sports to spur patriotism and enc. people to enlist and fight wars. So they didn't come out and focus was not on them before 2009.

Let me explain why this is a big issues to America and especially patriots.

America is a land of immigrants, that is for sure. A land made up of many creeds and cultures. America is not like Britain which was a homogenous white country. We don't have anything to bond the people of Alabama with the people from Washington state. There is no core belief, enter patriotism. The glue that should bind us all together not divide us. THAT is why Trump said what he said. It is obvious, look what has happened since.

So I don't see where 2 minutes before an NFL game for a ceremony designed to unite such a diverse country is a bad thing. Why folks like yourself apparently do is beyond understanding.

 

[Freewill]

Just curious. What kind of self respecting European American would watch the nfl or nba? Just axin.

Why wouldn't they? It is an interesting game when the officials don't muck it up.

I will ask, after Sunday why would any patriot watch the NFL or NBA.

 

[Penelope]

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed this morning the practice began in 2009, adding, 'As you know, the NFL has a long tradition of patriotism. Players are encouraged but not required to stand for the anthem.'

Add in the fact that the NFL received millions of taxpayer dollars from the Department of Defense and the National Guard for patriotic displays, and it puts the entire Kaepernick hullabaloo in a different light. "Fans should have confidence that their hometown heroes are being honored because of their honorable military service, not as a marketing ploy," Senator John McCain, the Vietnam War veteran and P.O.W., said in a statement last year coinciding with "Tackling Paid Patriotism," a joint oversight report released by McCain and his fellow Arizona Republican Senator John Flake.

Wherever you stand, or kneel, on Kap's protest, it's clear he hasn't disrupted some longstanding NFL tradition of honoring the flag or the troops or has-been rock stars like Kid Rock and KISS who took time out of shows this past weekend to denounce the 49ers backup quarterback. Before leading concert attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance—SO METAL—64-year-old KISS frontman Paul "Starchild" Stanley told the crowd from the stage, "In case you didn't know this tour is called the Freedom to Rock [tour].... A lot of times people that are born free think that freedom is free and it's not. Freedom is only free because there are people willing to sacrifice to keep us free."

Stephen A. Smith Points Out NFL's Paid Patriotism Problem

So the military was involved in this. I know the anthem was used in sports to spur patriotism and enc. people to enlist and fight wars.

And less than a decade ago it was common practice for all players to stay in the locker room during the national anthem with no controversy. Quit subsidizing concussionball and let's all move on.

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed this morning the practice began in 2009, adding, 'As you know, the NFL has a long tradition of patriotism. Players are encouraged but not required to stand for the anthem.'

Add in the fact that the NFL received millions of taxpayer dollars from the Department of Defense and the National Guard for patriotic displays, and it puts the entire Kaepernick hullabaloo in a different light. "Fans should have confidence that their hometown heroes are being honored because of their honorable military service, not as a marketing ploy," Senator John McCain, the Vietnam War veteran and P.O.W., said in a statement last year coinciding with "Tackling Paid Patriotism," a joint oversight report released by McCain and his fellow Arizona Republican Senator John Flake.

Wherever you stand, or kneel, on Kap's protest, it's clear he hasn't disrupted some longstanding NFL tradition of honoring the flag or the troops or has-been rock stars like Kid Rock and KISS who took time out of shows this past weekend to denounce the 49ers backup quarterback. Before leading concert attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance—SO METAL—64-year-old KISS frontman Paul "Starchild" Stanley told the crowd from the stage, "In case you didn't know this tour is called the Freedom to Rock [tour].... A lot of times people that are born free think that freedom is free and it's not. Freedom is only free because there are people willing to sacrifice to keep us free."

Stephen A. Smith Points Out NFL's Paid Patriotism Problem

So the military was involved in this. I know the anthem was used in sports to spur patriotism and enc. people to enlist and fight wars. So they didn't come out and focus was not on them before 2009.

Let me explain why this is a big issues to America and especially patriots.

America is a land of immigrants, that is for sure. A land made up of many creeds and cultures. America is not like Britain which was a homogenous white country. We don't have anything to bond the people of Alabama with the people from Washington state. There is no core belief, enter patriotism. The glue that should bind us all together not divide us. THAT is what Trump said what he said. It is obvious, look what has happened since.

So I don't see where 2 minutes before an NFL game for a ceremony designed to unite such a diverse country is a bad thing. Why folks like yourself apparently do is beyond understanding.

Its not about patriotism of the flag its about racial injustice if T likes it or not.

 

[Penelope]

Just curious. What kind of self respecting European American would watch the nfl or nba? Just axin.

Why wouldn't they? It is an interesting game when the officials don't muck it up.

I will ask, after Sunday why would any patriot watch the NFL or NBA.

I do and will continue to watch, along with most people I know. No baseball , just football.

 

[Cossack1483]

Just curious. What kind of self respecting European American would watch the nfl or nba? Just axin.

Why wouldn't they? It is an interesting game when the officials don't muck it up.

I will ask, after Sunday why would any patriot watch the NFL or NBA.

Just curious. What kind of self respecting European American would watch the nfl or nba? Just axin.

Why wouldn't they? It is an interesting game when the officials don't muck it up.

I will ask, after Sunday why would any patriot watch the NFL or NBA.

I do and will continue to watch, along with most people I know. No baseball , just football.

Will you follow the chimps to zimbobwe?

 

[Freewill]

Just curious. What kind of self respecting European American would watch the nfl or nba? Just axin.

Why wouldn't they? It is an interesting game when the officials don't muck it up.

I will ask, after Sunday why would any patriot watch the NFL or NBA.

I do and will continue to watch, along with most people I know. No baseball , just football.

As I said, most patriots.

 

[Wyatt earp]

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed this morning the practice began in 2009, adding, 'As you know, the NFL has a long tradition of patriotism. Players are encouraged but not required to stand for the anthem.'

Add in the fact that the NFL received millions of taxpayer dollars from the Department of Defense and the National Guard for patriotic displays, and it puts the entire Kaepernick hullabaloo in a different light. "Fans should have confidence that their hometown heroes are being honored because of their honorable military service, not as a marketing ploy," Senator John McCain, the Vietnam War veteran and P.O.W., said in a statement last year coinciding with "Tackling Paid Patriotism," a joint oversight report released by McCain and his fellow Arizona Republican Senator John Flake.

Wherever you stand, or kneel, on Kap's protest, it's clear he hasn't disrupted some longstanding NFL tradition of honoring the flag or the troops or has-been rock stars like Kid Rock and KISS who took time out of shows this past weekend to denounce the 49ers backup quarterback. Before leading concert attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance—SO METAL—64-year-old KISS frontman Paul "Starchild" Stanley told the crowd from the stage, "In case you didn't know this tour is called the Freedom to Rock [tour].... A lot of times people that are born free think that freedom is free and it's not. Freedom is only free because there are people willing to sacrifice to keep us free."

Stephen A. Smith Points Out NFL's Paid Patriotism Problem

So the military was involved in this. I know the anthem was used in sports to spur patriotism and enc. people to enlist and fight wars.

And less than a decade ago it was common practice for all players to stay in the locker room during the national anthem with no controversy. Quit subsidizing concussionball and let's all move on.

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed this morning the practice began in 2009, adding, 'As you know, the NFL has a long tradition of patriotism. Players are encouraged but not required to stand for the anthem.'

Add in the fact that the NFL received millions of taxpayer dollars from the Department of Defense and the National Guard for patriotic displays, and it puts the entire Kaepernick hullabaloo in a different light. "Fans should have confidence that their hometown heroes are being honored because of their honorable military service, not as a marketing ploy," Senator John McCain, the Vietnam War veteran and P.O.W., said in a statement last year coinciding with "Tackling Paid Patriotism," a joint oversight report released by McCain and his fellow Arizona Republican Senator John Flake.

Wherever you stand, or kneel, on Kap's protest, it's clear he hasn't disrupted some longstanding NFL tradition of honoring the flag or the troops or has-been rock stars like Kid Rock and KISS who took time out of shows this past weekend to denounce the 49ers backup quarterback. Before leading concert attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance—SO METAL—64-year-old KISS frontman Paul "Starchild" Stanley told the crowd from the stage, "In case you didn't know this tour is called the Freedom to Rock [tour].... A lot of times people that are born free think that freedom is free and it's not. Freedom is only free because there are people willing to sacrifice to keep us free."

Stephen A. Smith Points Out NFL's Paid Patriotism Problem

So the military was involved in this. I know the anthem was used in sports to spur patriotism and enc. people to enlist and fight wars. So they didn't come out and focus was not on them before 2009.

Let me explain why this is a big issues to America and especially patriots.

America is a land of immigrants, that is for sure. A land made up of many creeds and cultures. America is not like Britain which was a homogenous white country. We don't have anything to bond the people of Alabama with the people from Washington state. There is no core belief, enter patriotism. The glue that should bind us all together not divide us. THAT is what Trump said what he said. It is obvious, look what has happened since.

So I don't see where 2 minutes before an NFL game for a ceremony designed to unite such a diverse country is a bad thing. Why folks like yourself apparently do is beyond understanding.

Its not about patriotism of the flag its about racial injustice if T likes it or not.

What racial injustice?, we just had a black as president of the United States, a few years ago the best player in golf was black...i don't get it

 

[007]

Its not about patriotism of the flag...

Really? Then why are they pissing on our flag and national anthem?

Once again, another pathetic excuse for disrespecting our flag and national anthem is shot down.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed this morning the practice began in 2009, adding, 'As you know, the NFL has a long tradition of patriotism. Players are encouraged but not required to stand for the anthem.'

Add in the fact that the NFL received millions of taxpayer dollars from the Department of Defense and the National Guard for patriotic displays, and it puts the entire Kaepernick hullabaloo in a different light. "Fans should have confidence that their hometown heroes are being honored because of their honorable military service, not as a marketing ploy," Senator John McCain, the Vietnam War veteran and P.O.W., said in a statement last year coinciding with "Tackling Paid Patriotism," a joint oversight report released by McCain and his fellow Arizona Republican Senator John Flake.

Wherever you stand, or kneel, on Kap's protest, it's clear he hasn't disrupted some longstanding NFL tradition of honoring the flag or the troops or has-been rock stars like Kid Rock and KISS who took time out of shows this past weekend to denounce the 49ers backup quarterback. Before leading concert attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance—SO METAL—64-year-old KISS frontman Paul "Starchild" Stanley told the crowd from the stage, "In case you didn't know this tour is called the Freedom to Rock [tour].... A lot of times people that are born free think that freedom is free and it's not. Freedom is only free because there are people willing to sacrifice to keep us free."

Stephen A. Smith Points Out NFL's Paid Patriotism Problem

So the military was involved in this. I know the anthem was used in sports to spur patriotism and enc. people to enlist and fight wars.

And less than a decade ago it was common practice for all players to stay in the locker room during the national anthem with no controversy. Quit subsidizing concussionball and let's all move on.

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed this morning the practice began in 2009, adding, 'As you know, the NFL has a long tradition of patriotism. Players are encouraged but not required to stand for the anthem.'

Add in the fact that the NFL received millions of taxpayer dollars from the Department of Defense and the National Guard for patriotic displays, and it puts the entire Kaepernick hullabaloo in a different light. "Fans should have confidence that their hometown heroes are being honored because of their honorable military service, not as a marketing ploy," Senator John McCain, the Vietnam War veteran and P.O.W., said in a statement last year coinciding with "Tackling Paid Patriotism," a joint oversight report released by McCain and his fellow Arizona Republican Senator John Flake.

Wherever you stand, or kneel, on Kap's protest, it's clear he hasn't disrupted some longstanding NFL tradition of honoring the flag or the troops or has-been rock stars like Kid Rock and KISS who took time out of shows this past weekend to denounce the 49ers backup quarterback. Before leading concert attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance—SO METAL—64-year-old KISS frontman Paul "Starchild" Stanley told the crowd from the stage, "In case you didn't know this tour is called the Freedom to Rock [tour].... A lot of times people that are born free think that freedom is free and it's not. Freedom is only free because there are people willing to sacrifice to keep us free."

Stephen A. Smith Points Out NFL's Paid Patriotism Problem

So the military was involved in this. I know the anthem was used in sports to spur patriotism and enc. people to enlist and fight wars. So they didn't come out and focus was not on them before 2009.

Let me explain why this is a big issues to America and especially patriots.

America is a land of immigrants, that is for sure. A land made up of many creeds and cultures. America is not like Britain which was a homogenous white country. We don't have anything to bond the people of Alabama with the people from Washington state. There is no core belief, enter patriotism. The glue that should bind us all together not divide us. THAT is what Trump said what he said. It is obvious, look what has happened since.

So I don't see where 2 minutes before an NFL game for a ceremony designed to unite such a diverse country is a bad thing. Why folks like yourself apparently do is beyond understanding.

Its not about patriotism of the flag its about racial injustice if T likes it or not.

It's whatever the people doing it say it is, like all symbolism.