(October 11, 2017 at 10:39 am)Brian37 Wrote:(October 11, 2017 at 10:00 am)wallym Wrote: Since it's now not about the flag or anthem, maybe the players could stand for the anthem, and take a knee after they score a touchdown or get a sack, or whatever else, instead of miming duck duck goose, or whatever other choreographed silliness they had planned.You want "cartoonish" that would have been the horrible XFL which attempted to mix WWE with pro football.
We've seen from Tebow kneeling that it certainly will get plenty of coverage. And you remove any of the confusion over the flag stuff. It'll still piss people off, but they won't have their legitimate 'What about the veterans!?" complaint. It'll just be angry white divorcee with their "Just play the game!" bullshit.
It also sticks it to the NFL, because they like to sell their players as cartoonish idiots for us all to laugh at. Look at them do their silly dances, aren't they adorable! Give us more money to watch them shimmy about.
Fleebow or kneeling to thank a God is not an act of protest. I don't care if a white or black player points tot the sky to thank a fictional god.
The kneeling DURING the Anthem isn't a stunt or a score celebration, nor a nod to God. It has a completely different intent.
If you think what players do in thanking God or doing the Icky Shuffle is the same as kneeling during the anthem, then sorry, no polite way to put it, BUT YOU ARE DEAD WRONG.
The players protesting during the anthem are NOT doing it for the money. If you think that, sorry, that is just simply patently absurd.
What the players are doing is NOTHING NEW. It is needed, and the very same intent as what was done by MLB players and Olympic athletes during the 60s and 70s.
What the fuck are you talking about?
