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NFL national anthem flap sees Steelers coach Mike Tomlin rap Alejandro Villanueva
foxnews.com ^ | 9/25/2017 | Greg Norman,

Posted on 09/25/2017 7:34:57 AM PDT by rktman

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A friend sent me this: NFL RULES!!The specific rule pertaining to the national antwhem is found on pages A62-63 of the league rule book. It states: “The National Anthem must be played prior to every NFL game, and all players must be on the sideline for the National Anthem. “During the National Anthem, players on the field and bench area should stand at attention, face the flag, hold helmets in their left hand, and refrain from talking. WThe home team should ensure that the American flag is in good condition. It should be poinwted out to players and coaches that we continue to be judged by the public in this area of respect for the flag and our country. Failure to be on the field by the start of the National Anthem may result in discipline, such as fines, suspensions, and/or the forfeiture of draft choice(s) for violations of the above, including first offenses.”


21 posted on 09/25/2017 7:44:35 AM PDT by OKITRUMP77
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To: rktman

MOST VALUABLE PATRIOT!!!

22 posted on 09/25/2017 7:45:34 AM PDT by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Seattle Snowflakes


23 posted on 09/25/2017 7:46:18 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: rktman

Tomlin. A Rooney Rule affirmative action hire. A real class act tripping an opposing player.


24 posted on 09/25/2017 7:46:31 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: SoCal Pubbie

He’ll be wearing a Dallas uniform next year, for sure.


25 posted on 09/25/2017 7:47:16 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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To: rktman
For Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, being “respectful of our football team” trumped the right of Steelers offensive tackle Alejandro Villanueva to show respect for the national anthem.

What a fool, I guess these America haters are all being flushed out into the open - that's a good thing.

26 posted on 09/25/2017 7:48:07 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Actually, God is the ultimate author of Alinsky’s rules, Satan tries to co-opt them...yet God, coming as man, dying like a man though he had no sin, co-opted the power of sin and death over man. That’s what had had the demons howling for 2100 centuries...”He cheated, God broke the rules!” That’s why Paul exults...” Since by man(Adam) came death, by man(Jesus) came also the resurrection of the dead”. Man and devils can’t out Alinsky God...he knows “where all the bodies are buried” and how to resurrect them for judgment!


27 posted on 09/25/2017 7:48:34 AM PDT by mdmathis6 (Men and Devils can't out-"alinsky" God! He knows where "all the bodies are buried!")
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The Stillerz fans are LIVID!!!

I was at BWW for lunch yesterday, when the game started, (I live in PIttsburgh) the entire bar unprompted, cheered #78... and BOOed the rest of the team when they came out of the tunnel.

Talk radio is lit up with people absolutely bashing the Stillerz...

Tomlin can spin it was a “team” decision all he wants, My money is on this was a Tomlin or Rooney decision.. and #78 was the only one of em them with balls.

Watching men who are payed Millions of dollars to play a game, and most of them minorities protest their country over racism, is like having a stepford wife protest her country because her pumpkin spiced latte didn’t have enough spice and her yoga pants are too loose in the crotch.

YOU ARE ENTERTAINERS, NOTHING MORE!! Do the job you are grossly overpaid to do, and shut the hell up.

That extra minute or two in the locker room really helped them do their jobs... Stillerz were absolute bums on the field... stick to playing childrend games, because you sure can’t adult.


28 posted on 09/25/2017 7:48:58 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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Stillerz are owned by the Rooney’s who were so far up Barry Sorentos arse they made him ambassador to Ireland... And Tomlin, he’s a putz.. always has been.


29 posted on 09/25/2017 7:50:41 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: rktman

Someone should thnak Coach Dumbass for pointing out what this “kneeling during the anthem” bullcrap is really all about... it’s about accepting and mindlessly conforming to the perversion of everything libtard, not “free speech”.


30 posted on 09/25/2017 7:50:52 AM PDT by Common Sense 101
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To: N. Theknow

Exactly, Affirmative Action punk of a coach, and a Rapist Quarterback... Go Stillerz.


31 posted on 09/25/2017 7:51:26 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: rktman

The E in ranger Creed.. that’s one of Villanuevas sworn allegiances to every ranger before him and after him.


32 posted on 09/25/2017 7:52:05 AM PDT by momincombatboots (White Stetsons up.. let's save our country!)
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To: rktman

What is the email for the steelers’?

And the patriots?


33 posted on 09/25/2017 7:52:15 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: rktman

He ain’t of Spanish descent....he is Spanish I think technically

Both his parents where Spaniards and with NATO At the Naval Air Station in Meridian Mississippi

Which Meridian if you’re listening ...give him a day or at least a street name

Anyhow he’s a birthright baby ironically

And loves America obviously


34 posted on 09/25/2017 7:53:01 AM PDT by wardaddy (Virtue signalers should be shot on sight...conservative ones racked and hanged then fed to dogs)
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To: rktman

Oakland Rapers


35 posted on 09/25/2017 7:53:14 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: 1Old Pro

“I guess these America haters are all being flushed out into the open - that’s a good thing.”

FRiend, you have just witnessed Donald Trump playing 3D chess!


36 posted on 09/25/2017 7:54:00 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: SoCal Pubbie

It might be quicker than that.

If the coach says “He violated a team decision,” then he is out right now.

Of course, that would be pretty foolish.

I fully expect to see it happen.


37 posted on 09/25/2017 7:54:06 AM PDT by redgolum
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To: rktman

Apparently, dissent stopped being patriotic on January 20.


38 posted on 09/25/2017 7:57:26 AM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: redgolum

I think for PR reasons he’ll either get traded (does the NFL still do trades?) or be released next year after the flap dies down. I read about Villanueva and it’s not like he was a first round pick. He had to work and overcome getting cut by a couple of teams. So it’s not like he’s an All-Pro player. All the more credit to him as this was a very courageous move.


39 posted on 09/25/2017 7:59:48 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: mad_as_he$$
Rush lived in Pittsburgh early in his radio career.

One note - I saw that several coaches were on the field, including Tomlin (not positive).

Why did he head out to the field if the “team” was protesting?

Remember - they are all union members, and Gooddell comes from a far left background.

40 posted on 09/25/2017 8:00:42 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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