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Pro Football Hall of Fame launches #HuddleUpAmerica campaign
Canton Repository ^ | 9/29/17 | Alison Matas

Posted on 09/30/2017 5:31:54 AM PDT by Typelouder

The campaign has been in the works for a year, but Hall President and CEO David Baker said now was the right time to unveil it.

CANTON About 800 American flags line the Pro Football Hall of Fame campus this weekend, serving as a physical reminder of the organization’s commitment to uniting the country.

Hall officials on Friday announced they have launched a #HuddleUpAmerica campaign that will run at least three years until the NFL’s centennial celebration in Canton in September 2020. The campaign will give Americans an opportunity to have conversations about topics that are important to them and will include programming at the Hall’s campus that promotes character development of football players.

The campaign has been in the works for a year, but Hall President and CEO David Baker said now was the right time to unveil it, considering recent controversy regarding the flag and free speech, and the sense some people have that “everybody has a voice but nobody’s listening.

(Excerpt) Read more at cantonrep.com ...


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KEYWORDS: boycott; flag; nfl
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1 posted on 09/30/2017 5:31:54 AM PDT by Typelouder
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To: Typelouder

I heard something on the radio yesterday about the Hall of Fame having 800 flags out front. The article claims it has been in the works but it smacks of damage control to me.


2 posted on 09/30/2017 5:33:34 AM PDT by Typelouder
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.. and will include programming at the Hall’s campus that promotes character development of football players.

horse/barn door

3 posted on 09/30/2017 5:35:33 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: Typelouder

800 racist flags? How could that heal things? /sarc


4 posted on 09/30/2017 5:40:57 AM PDT by xp38
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To: tomkat

Yeah, it kind of too late to teach character development to a young twenty something after you’ve given them millions of dollars for being able to play a game. The character development needs to start at birth by their parents.


5 posted on 09/30/2017 5:41:17 AM PDT by Typelouder
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To: Typelouder

How convenient !


6 posted on 09/30/2017 5:41:27 AM PDT by griswold3
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To: Typelouder
uniting the country

The thugs are not going to change.

Neither are we.

The Hall of Fame needs to walk back the boilerplate...or join the NFL in the toilet.
7 posted on 09/30/2017 5:42:10 AM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: Typelouder
Pro Football Hall of Fame . . . announced they have launched a #HuddleUpAmerica campaign

Too bad for them that their #HoodieUpAmerica campaign is the only one real Americans will notice.

8 posted on 09/30/2017 5:46:35 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: cgbg

Agreed.

This kneeling before the anthem, then standing arm in arm is such a farce. They don’t get it. Stand on the sideline and place your hand over your heart.

The league is in trouble and they know it.


9 posted on 09/30/2017 5:49:44 AM PDT by Typelouder
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To: Typelouder

Enough already on this ‘unite’ BS. I am united with this great country- I am NOT united with BLM, blaming white people, blaming the police and disrespecting our country, flag and POTUS.

Screw the NFL and this united crap.


10 posted on 09/30/2017 5:52:26 AM PDT by Made In The USA (Next thing you know, 'ol Jed's a millionaire)
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To: Typelouder

Those flags don’t represent those players. They hate this country and reject the symbols of a free America.

This damage control will fail.


11 posted on 09/30/2017 5:52:50 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Typelouder

No sale.


12 posted on 09/30/2017 5:53:35 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Pollster1

Hoodieupamerica is exactly right! There is no other way for patriotic Americans to look at this issue. Period. The. End.

The point of no return has been reached. The NFL is dead, killed by its own thug creation. Every gesture from here on out is nothing but damage control. They know it, we know it, and they’re gonna lose on this one


13 posted on 09/30/2017 5:54:01 AM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison...like yesterday.)
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To: Typelouder

I visited the HOF in Canton some years ago now. They still have OJ in there. I came across this little tid bit from espn.

O.J. Simpson will remain an annual invitee to the Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremonies after his release from a Nevada prison.

Contacted Friday about the possibility of Simpson attending the yearly event, Hall of Fame officials said, “All Hall of Famers are invited to attend the annual enshrinement.’’


14 posted on 09/30/2017 5:55:07 AM PDT by xp38
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To: dforest

These thugs want to kneel instead of respecting the flag but they want us to link arms in support of the thug Michael Brown who was punching a cop in the face and going for his gun.

The nfl is gone from my world.


15 posted on 09/30/2017 5:56:25 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: xp38

What a pathetic joke. We know where they stand...they stand with pi**ed-off, racist, whiny, ungrateful, arrogant, racist, anti-American players, coaches ands owners. I call BS. These anti-American losers can kiss my a** because I don’t buy this PR crapola. No sale! There are other things to do than watching their product, buying their products and caring what they say or do.


16 posted on 09/30/2017 5:59:45 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Made In The USA

Great comment! This is when I wish FR had a “thumbs up” button.


17 posted on 09/30/2017 6:00:10 AM PDT by Fair Paul
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To: dforest

The #HuddleupAmerica campaign is being orchestrated by Ross Initiative for Sports Equality. http://risetowin.org. In looking at their website, it gets worse. They are working with all the leagues: MLB, NBA, NHL, NCAA, Nascar, plus the networks. They use the same liberal buzzwords like social progress and racial inequality.

Is there time for baseball to reverse its commitment to RISE before it suffers the same fate the NFL is?


18 posted on 09/30/2017 6:06:22 AM PDT by Typelouder
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TO LATE WE ARE ALREADY WISE TO YOUR CON JOBS! Ticket sales down near 18%, viewership 11% of Nielsen households...that does not take in those who don’t participated in that. Gear burning, jersey’s used as door mats, Sports bars turning you off. Loss of sponsors too.

VETERAN’S DAY TOTAL BOYCOTT OF NO FAN LEAGUE!

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19 posted on 09/30/2017 6:12:07 AM PDT by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
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To: Typelouder

#HuddleUpAmerica campaign

#CuddleUpSnowflakeThugs


20 posted on 09/30/2017 6:19:28 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Libtards wish anarchy and death for others, but not for themselves.)
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