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ESPN 'will not carry' national anthem before Redskins-Chiefs on 'Monday Night Football'
Sporting News ^ | 10/1 | Michael McCarthy

Posted on 10/01/2017 4:38:25 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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41 posted on 10/01/2017 5:28:28 PM PDT by Tawiskaro
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To: nickcarraway

I won’t notice - won’t be watching.


42 posted on 10/01/2017 5:33:48 PM PDT by From The Deer Stand (Kruschev)
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To: connyankee

Great idea of showing the flag waving and scenery while the Anthem is played!


43 posted on 10/01/2017 5:35:58 PM PDT by simonjo
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To: Tucker39

Agreed. Copernicus formulated that the Earth revolved around the Sun, instead of the other way around, the EXACT opposite of Krapdick, who thinks the universe revolves around him.


44 posted on 10/01/2017 5:43:15 PM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: nickcarraway

OK !!!

,,,, let’s see how that works .

Are they really trying to p!$$ US off ???


45 posted on 10/01/2017 5:43:26 PM PDT by Lionheartusa1 ()-: There is nothing democratic about the democrat party :-()
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To: nickcarraway

ESPN is anti-American. It’s what happens when you’re part of Disney.


46 posted on 10/01/2017 5:43:46 PM PDT by clintonh8r (AMERICA! THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY SCREEN NAME OBSOLETE!)
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47 posted on 10/01/2017 5:44:42 PM PDT by Bobalu (Don't give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to be freeloaders.)
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48 posted on 10/01/2017 5:46:05 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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Here’s an idea....how about these “pro America” networks only televise those who respect the American flag and the values it represents.


49 posted on 10/01/2017 5:46:48 PM PDT by pockets
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To: Shadowstrike

The NFL is quietly desperate for a solution.

Trump blew the lid off their elitist, PC, crony capitalist thinking


50 posted on 10/01/2017 5:47:24 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: vette6387

Received this in an email earlier today. I think it’s a worthy read and one to share:

“...I think the NFL is beginning to learn their lesson, but I won’t be watching today anyway. I’d like to think this will be the LAST week of any controversy and they’ll all be standing! We’ll see...

This message was written by the Commander of an American Legion Post regarding the ungrateful moronic NFL players.

I see you…
I see you, professional football player, as you kneel down during the playing of the National Anthem…
I see you, with your arm raised in protest…
I see you thinking you are doing something to unite people over social and racial injustice.
I see you…

But, more than that here is what I really see…

I see a man pushing the wheels of his wheelchair as he returns home from a foreign land unable to function as he once did, due to fighting to protect you as you kneel on the ground.

I see a young widow, dressed carefully in black, mourning the remains of her husband, hugging a coffin on the tarmac of an airport.

I see that same woman clutching a perfectly folded flag to her bosom as taps is played at his graveside.
I see her young son, tears streaming down his face knowing his father would never come home again.

I see graveyards full of tombstones, here and overseas, with names of those fallen, with dates showing a much too early death.

I see so many, from so many different wars and conflicts, crosses and stones. They are too numerous to count.

I see the sacrifices made, the hearts broken, the tears shed, the shattered lives all in the name of freedom… all in the name of that red, white and blue piece of cloth that you choose to protest.

Social and racial injustice? You who make millions of American dollars for playing a game in a country where you have more opportunity to make a better life for you and your family than anywhere in the world? Really? The hypocrisy of it astounds me.

First of all, if you really want to protest, give your money and time to make changes. Give to those less fortunate than you. Help those people get an education, buy them food and shelter. Show them opportunities to make better decisions. Teach them that they have a purpose in life.

And if you really want to protest injustices…

Protest the treatment of veterans, who have to wait extremely long periods of time for healthcare, who are living under interstate bridges, in boxes, who are committing suicide. Today over twenty of them will take their lives out of hopelessness and despair.

Protest the people whose goal in life is to make sure an unborn baby doesn’t see the light of day. There will be around 3,500 of them today. There is no greater injustice than that.

Protest the loss of religious rights as some atheist complained so much that public prayer by a group of young players on an athletic field is not allowed.

When I see that flag, when I hear that song, when I sing those words, I give homage to those who died for this land, who continue to protect this land, who don’t know if and when they will ever see their loved ones again. Some say that they died for your freedom so that you can take a knee. I say they died for your freedom so you can stand proudly and be thankful that God has blessed you enough that you can live in a country of so much opportunity.

Go ahead…
Go ahead and kneel…
Go ahead and be ungrateful.
I am watching…
As are millions and millions of others.
We don’t see a protest of unity… we see a protest of disgraceful ignorance.
Please Pass This On To EVERYONE On Your List..”


51 posted on 10/01/2017 6:08:59 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: nickcarraway

FOX and ESPN are disgusting.


53 posted on 10/01/2017 6:10:41 PM PDT by Crucial
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Why not show the anthem and not show the game of thugs?
54 posted on 10/01/2017 6:13:20 PM PDT by Chgogal (Sessions recused himself for shaking an Ambassador's hand. Shameful!)
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National NFL BOYCOTT


55 posted on 10/01/2017 6:25:12 PM PDT by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
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To: nickcarraway

They think by not showing the kneeling we will come back, it’s a Hail MARY FAKE OUT! As this article from Allen West shows.

HAIL MARY WE ARE GOING TO FAKE YOU OUT!!!!

NFL broadcasters hint at JAW-DROPPING solution for anthem protests DON’T BROADCAST THE PROTEST!Sunday’s Patriots-Panthers game.
https://www.allenbwest.com/2017/09/30/nfl-broadcasters-hint-jaw-dropping-solution-anthem-protests/


56 posted on 10/01/2017 6:27:29 PM PDT by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
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To: nickcarraway

The bigger issue is, when are these two teams going to name themselves something different.


57 posted on 10/01/2017 6:28:30 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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ESPN is Disney!

Disney is not your friend.

58 posted on 10/01/2017 6:35:01 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: nickcarraway

My TV ‘will not carry’ the Redskins-Chiefs on ‘Monday Night Football’ - there, fixed it.


59 posted on 10/01/2017 6:41:39 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: nickcarraway

The so called “geniuses” at ESPN and Disney, think this is the answer to their falling ratings and boycotts.

Haha! Idiots!

I know a lot of people that are turning them off. Oh well I know their will be a lot of happy wives and girlfriends.


60 posted on 10/01/2017 6:41:57 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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