Posted on 09/25/2017 1:56:10 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The Saints were one of several teams across the NFL to have players that sat down or took a knee during the national anthem before Sunday's game against the Panthers. Cameron Jordan, Mark Ingram, Sheldon Rankins, Adrian Peterson and Kenny Vaccaro, among others, remained seated on the Saints' bench. The repercussions came in on Monday, with Louisiana House Representative Kenny Havard seizing the opportunity to threaten to redirect state funds away from the Saints.
"Disrespecting our national anthem and flag in the name of social injustice is the highest form of hypocrisy," Havard said in a statement on Monday, per Julia O'Donoghue of the New Orleans Times-Picayune. "I believe in the right to protest, but not at a taxpayer-subsidized sporting event. Do it on your own time. There are plenty of disabled children, elderly and veterans in this state that would appreciate the money," he continued.
Louisiana paid the Saints $85 million to renovate the Superdome in the most recent rebuild. The Saints are also considering renovations in the near future. The Saints don't pay rent on the Superdome or Smoothie King Arena. Tom Benson owns both the Saints and Pelicans. and keeps all of the revenue from his teams.
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That’s what I’m talking about.
Hehehe..... pull Not for Profit status from the NFL.
Good!
$$$$$$$Talks. BullSheite walks.
Which NFL teams have the most player arrests? Bengals, Broncos among longest rap sheets since 2000
Updated May 12, 2017
NFL players have been arrested 855 times since 2000. That includes 215 DUI charges, 99 drug charges, 96 domestic violence cases and 71 assaults. It even includes two murders.
But which teams have had their players arrested the most? The following list was compiled based on stats reported on USA Today, and goes in order from least to most arrests while a player was currently employed by the team.
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http://blog.masslive.com/patriots/2017/05/nfl_arrests_which_teams_have_t.html
Now this is how you catch NFL Slave Owners attention.
If they want to solve injustice to black people, they should start voting republican in the inner cities that are run by democrats.
It is already gone. They gave it up a few years ago
Here we go—cut the public funding and the bs train will come to a grinding halt.
How on earth does Louisiana justify giving money to the Saints with all the many desperate needs of the State???
Perfect.
Hes right, you should not be practicing politics on the tax payer dime if your not an elected politicians.
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