Posted on 09/22/2017 7:00:56 PM PDT by God luvs America
President Donald Trump criticized NFL players who lodge protests during the pregame national anthem, saying Friday night that he wished those players would be released and encouraging fans who are offended to walk out of stadiums.
Speaking at a political rally in Huntsville, Alabama, Trump said: "Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a b---- off the field right now. Out. He's fired! He's fired!"
Trump said the protests, which became public last year when then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeled for a preseason national anthem, are "hurting the game."
Trump didn't mention Kaepernick or any other NFL player specifically during the speech. The QB opted out of his contract with the 49ers during the offseason and has not been signed by a new team since.
"The only thing you could do better," Trump said, "is if you see it, even if it's just one player, leave the stadium. I guarantee things will stop. Things will stop. Just pick up and leave. Pick up and leave. Not the same game anymore, anyway."
Trump went on to say referees are "ruining the game" by calling 15-yard penalties for "beautiful" tackles. He also said that NFL ratings are down "massively, massively" because people prefer watching him. NFL ratings dropped eight percent in 2016 compared to 2015.
An NFL spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on what Trump said.
Somebody’s got to say it, so thanks President Trump. Let’s get back to playing football.
More like ghetto trash
The NBA is absolutely unwatchable. No one plays defense until the last 3 minutes of the 4th quarter, and that’s only if the game is within 10 points.
Suggestion....to all you sports fans....I’m in SW FL...why pay big bucks....
you can go to high school games ...
We’re old and we go to the kids games who live around us...
Girls softball is great down here from the little ones just starting to high school
High School football and baseball are good and you meet your neighbors
Going at today the boy down the street is pitching...
Die, NFL. Die.
Won’t miss it one bit.
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I AGREE!
As a tormented Viking’s fan and just when they have great play from a QB in Game 1, he now is out indefinitely. I swear the Vikings are cursed.
Goodbye NFL!
Amen!! I ALSO agree, 100%!!
“It’s crazy.....it’s like soccer moms have invaded football top down”
They have - in a big way.
This is what happens when a sport is feminized. Or a school. Or a military. The organization goes soft; touchy-feely, never regaining its integrity.
Future generations of players will likewise be cultivated elsewhere, and team rosters will show some/many young men who might not be as well trained and refined as American athletes, but are willing to work for less... and expendable.
Maybe kinda like Rollerball. /only halfway kidding.
‘Tell That Son of a B***h He’s Fired’: Trump Blasts NFL Anthem Kneelers
http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/09/22/donald-trump-blasts-nfl-flag-kneeling-get-sob-field
ESPN/NFL/Disney no longer make a penney from this cable cutter family!
How to use Sling TV Blue to slice the $’s from ESPN and Disney.
When anyone cuts their cable, Sling is a reasonable alternative.
We had both the Sling Orange and Sling Blue. One of our relatives, who hates ESPN/NFL gave us a great heads up.
Sling Blue doesn't carry any ESPN or Disney channels.
We didn't watch ESPN or Disney, however, they were getting money from us by our subscribing to Sling Orange each month when we paid our Sling bill. The same happens with your standard cable contract. ESPN and Disney get paid each month from your subscription if you watch them or not.
I got that info from my our relative, Friday. A few minutes later I had cancelled Sling Orange. So ESPN and Disney get zero money from my Sling Blue monthly subscription payment.
What Is Sling Blue?:(from their site)
Sling Blue costs $25 per month and gives you access to 43 live channels. However,
Blue does not include every Orange channel by default; there’s no Disney and no ESPN, for starters.
This video is dedicated to the NFL, owners, and players, and all others who disrespect our flag and our country. Their ignorant, self-serving disrespect, in my opinion, dishonors all those who sacrificed all to protect and defend this nation. Let’s pray that the NFL pays the price for their disrespect and ignorance!
WWII Burial At Sea, Pilot and Plane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMWz10jaK0g
The players are too stupid to realize they are cutting their own throats. Keep up the protests.
My Ultimate NFL Pre-Game Festivity
PA Announcer: “At this time we ask that you stand as we pay honor to America with the singing of our national anthem.”
Singer: “I will begin singing our national anthem only after all who are able to stand are standing. I am prepared to wait here and delay the start of this football game until that happens.”
That could bring a whole new meaning to “the ruling on the field stands”
AS IF Antifas and BLMs are going to fork over $100/game!
You should note that the part about him wasn't in quotes.
Thanks for posting this.
A long time friend, who is no longer with this world, was a gunner on one of those planes in WWII. He survived, came home married a great woman and had several children and grand children.
Good catch——I didn’t even notice that.
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$100? That’s for a cheap ticket. All-in, you’re shelling out at least $150 per person and it’s closer to $200 per game including concessions.
At least these clowns are not wearing masks like Antifa thugs. They are exposing themselves to the entire civilized world to see them, and heap deserved derision upon them.
Hockey starts soon.
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