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NFL owners admit Trump pressured them into banning player protests
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NFL owners admit Trump pressured them into banning player protests
May 24, 2018 at 10:19 am
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RE: NFL owners admit Trump pressured them into banning player protests
May 24, 2018 at 10:24 am
Suppression of freedom of speech/protest rarely ends well. This might turn out to be an interesting experiment.
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RE: NFL owners admit Trump pressured them into banning player protests
May 24, 2018 at 10:28 am
Yeah, I don't see this ending well at all.
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RE: NFL owners admit Trump pressured them into banning player protests
May 24, 2018 at 10:30 am
(May 24, 2018 at 10:24 am)mh.brewer Wrote: Suppression of freedom of speech/protest rarely ends well. This might turn out to be an interesting experiment.

Who's the "owner" of the printing press here? The team owners? The municipality that owns the stadium?? A game isn't really 'public' in the sense of a street corner as an admission fee is charged to enter the facility.

It's a fascinating case entirely from a legal perspective. The 'religious' overtone to kneeling is VERY interesting too.

While I generally deride lawyers, I'd actually like to see some litigation on this one. It's very interesting.

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RE: NFL owners admit Trump pressured them into banning player protests
May 24, 2018 at 10:31 am (This post was last modified: May 24, 2018 at 10:32 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Like, whole teams staying in the locker room?  Though, I doubt that would effect the outcomes of some of those games even if they stayed in for all four quarters, lol. It'd make alot more room for commercials, though.

@Vor, IDK...we pay an awful lot of money for those stadiums..............I don;t get near as much money as they do..but for the pittance I take I;m forced to comply with a whole host of shit.
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RE: NFL owners admit Trump pressured them into banning player protests
May 24, 2018 at 10:35 am
I'll also note the team owners will be EXQUISITELY sensitive to ticket prices and salable TV rights. Kinda clouds the purity of the constitutional issues . . . .



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Even the municipalities that incurred the debt to build the stadiums are going to be sensitive to the dollar input factor . . .
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May 24, 2018 at 10:35 am
Has anyone come across the actual policy wording yet? If it only states "stand while on the field" could they stand on one leg and flap their arms like a chicken?
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May 24, 2018 at 10:38 am
I'll even admit to being a little distracted by the thought of more virile men in the locker rooms for longer periods of time . . .

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May 24, 2018 at 10:40 am (This post was last modified: May 24, 2018 at 10:41 am by Kitan Etos.)
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RE: NFL owners admit Trump pressured them into banning player protests
May 24, 2018 at 10:48 am
-and this is the kind of situation that people were talking about when they mentioned that rebellion was not only a right, but a duty, lol.
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