NFL owners admit Trump pressured them into banning player protests
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NFL owners admit Trump pressured them into banning player protests
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 Quote:President Donald Trump, in a rare display of modesty, refused to accept credit for a newly enacted ban on NFL player protests — but team owners admit he pressured them into the controversial policy. https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/nfl-own...-protests/ 
Suppression of freedom of speech/protest rarely ends well. This might turn out to be an interesting experiment.
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.
Yeah, I don't see this ending well at all.
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 (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. 
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
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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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 . . . .
unfortunately. Even the municipalities that incurred the debt to build the stadiums are going to be sensitive to the dollar input factor . . . The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
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?
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.
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 . . .
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
RE: NFL owners admit Trump pressured them into banning player protests
May 24, 2018 at 10:40 am
(This post was last modified: May 24, 2018 at 10:41 am by Foxaèr.)
Quote:Star NFL Player Tells League & Trump To Shove It Like A True U.S Patriothttp://bipartisanreport.com/2018/05/23/s...t-details/ Oh dear: Quote:Trump warns NFL protesters that citizenship is conditional: ‘Maybe you shouldn’t be in the country’https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/trump-w...t-country/
-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.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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