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 organizations 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 NFLs 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 Halls 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 nobodys listening.
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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.
horse/barn door
800 racist flags? How could that heal things? /sarc
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.
How convenient !
Too bad for them that their #HoodieUpAmerica campaign is the only one real Americans will notice.
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.
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.
Those flags don’t represent those players. They hate this country and reject the symbols of a free America.
This damage control will fail.
No sale.
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
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.’’
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.
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.
Great comment! This is when I wish FR had a “thumbs up” button.
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?
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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