NFL head: Trump's 'divisive comments' show a 'lack of respect'

thehill.com ^ | 09/23/17 | Brandon Carter

[jospehm20]

Goodell really is a clueless clown.

[Rich21IE]

The NFL is dying and frankly, it can’t happen too soon for me. Overpaid thugs don’t good sports make. End it, they’ll go back to robbing liquor stores and selling drugs.

[ground_fog]

Goodell is a hard left anyway..beginning to think he is a plant to destroy it from within

[Lent]

‘NFL commissioner Roger Goodell’

Here’s to your sinking ship Badhell.

[upcountryhorseman]

Fans come to an NFL game to see the game and enjoy the
sport. If these guys want to protest, they need to get a permit and protest on the street. If they disrupt a game
they should be kicked off the roster!

[sparklite2]

The NFL and our players are at our best when we help create a sense of unity in our country and our culture,”

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Dissing the flag and the anthem creates unity in the country?
One side of Goodell’s mouth doesn’t know what the other side is saying.

[Kudsman]

I wonder why hockey isn’t experiencing any of this nonsense?

[M Kehoe]

Roger, the President didn’t make any, “divisive” remarks.

Go and reproduce asexually, Goodell.

5.56mm

[RckyRaCoCo]

Bring back the USFL

Hey, at least a team from Michigan actually won something...and it didn't take 60 years.

Michigan Panthers >>> Detroit Lions

Bobby Hebert > Matthew Stafford

F the NFL.

[SmokingJoe]

Is this some kind of joke?
The NFL, who's players are constantly disrespecting our flag and our national anthem are actually complaining about someone not showing them respect?
Now I've heard everything.

[GoldenPup]

Goodell is an asshole who doesn’t know that respect has to be earned before given. The overplayed under educated thugs who pull this crap should be benched for the rest of the season. Goodell, too. Fools.

[Georgia Girl 2]

No the players taking a knee are divisive and bringing the owners bottom line down. Pretty soon the stadiums will be empty.

[kabar]

“I’m going to give you the real deal: I’m an American,” Brown said. “I don’t desecrate my flag and my national anthem. I’m not gonna do anything against the flag and national anthem. I’m going to work within those situations. But this is my country, and I’ll work out the problems, but I’ll do it in an intelligent manner.”

Jim Brown

[Alberta's Child]

The public statement released by the NFL this morning reflects some serious desperation. They don’t have a leg to stand on, but they had to say SOMETHING. What President Trump did last night was the equivalent of telling the world that McDonalds hamburgers taste like sh!t.

[cicero2k]

Hey commish, when your players take a knee, so do we.

We kneel to get the remote in order to change channels.

Keep politics out of the NFL, or it will become the No Fun League in reality.

[Dont tread and Live]

and a great big FU to you Roger and your lame NFL....Country and Flag come first assclown

[dennisw]

True!!!! And I know this George Orwell quote.

[wardaddy]

Jane Skinner

Beautiful woman

You have to wonder if this puss she’s married to was ever up to it

[dennisw]

The public statement released by the NFL this morning reflects some serious desperation. They don’t have a leg to stand on, but they had to say SOMETHING. What President Trump did last night was the equivalent of telling the world that McDonalds hamburgers taste like sh!t.

True!! 

[Rummyfan]

“Divisive comments like these demonstrate an unfortunate lack of respect for the NFL, our great game and all of our players, and a failure to understand the overwhelming force for good our clubs and players represent in our communities.”

Surely this is satire. For every JJ Watt there is a case of domestic violence, disrespect for the flag and the nation, or general thuggery.