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National Anthem Protests Put Pressure on Lawmakers to Defund Sports Arenas
Daily Caller ^
| 09/24/17
| Kerry Picket
Posted on 10/12/2017 6:57:04 PM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
Senators proposed a bill this summer to prevent federal taxpayer funding from going towards the construction of professional sports arenas, and after more players began supporting the protest of the national anthem before games, the legislation may begin to pick up steam.
A companion measure to the legislation was already proposed in the House back in March by Oklahoma Republican Rep. Steve Russell.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/24/bills-blocking-taxpayer-funding-of-professional-sports-arenas-could-gain-steam-in-midst-of-anthem-protests/
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boycottnfl; nflanthem; winning
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins
Taxpayers should never have financed stadiums for billionaire owners and their millionaire players.
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posted on
10/12/2017 6:58:55 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Freedom of Speech Wins
die NFL DIE!
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posted on
10/12/2017 7:04:44 PM PDT
by
Chode
(You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
To: Freedom of Speech Wins
About friggin’ time!
No more Eminent Domain for stadiums and their parking lots.
EVER.
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posted on
10/12/2017 7:06:52 PM PDT
by
lightman
(ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
To: lightman
One suspects that in a similar fashion, any LOCAL elections for local funding of sports arenas will be henceforth spurned by voters not wanting to pay to have their Country, their Military, their law enforcement, or their way of life insulted.
Call it a "statement".
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posted on
10/12/2017 7:32:51 PM PDT
by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never...except for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
To: Chode
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posted on
10/12/2017 7:44:40 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: Freedom of Speech Wins
Likewise for city and metro areas funding. We WILL NOT forget and we will not forgive.
Next time our home team demands a brand new stadium or else they'll move we will be right there with pictures of the players kneeling and the middle finger.
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posted on
10/12/2017 7:52:51 PM PDT
by
dhs12345
To: Lurkinanloomin
To: Freedom of Speech Wins
Why is this a federal issue? If local and state governments want to piss their tax dollars away on billion-dollar playgrounds, let them.
To: Freedom of Speech Wins
Word around Tampa is the Bucs, being the spoiled brats they are are demanding Raymond James be remodelled AGAIN, if not replaced with a bigger stadium with the good citizens of Hillsborough County footing the bill. If they don't get their way, they'll threaten to pull out of Tampa Bay, to which I would say, even if there weren't this Anthem controversy
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posted on
10/12/2017 8:17:02 PM PDT
by
Impala64ssa
(Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
You did not read the article, obviously.
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posted on
10/12/2017 8:35:53 PM PDT
by
Dave W
To: Freedom of Speech Wins
That’s what I said yesterday here. If they can’t support America, why should Americans support them?
To: Lurkinanloomin
Taxpayers should never have financed stadiums for billionaire owners and their millionaire players. It's insane.
We're all chipping in so families that can afford $600 for a 'family night out' don't have to pay $800 for the night out? In my book the damn 'elites' can pay for the own damn entertainment.
Insane.
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posted on
10/12/2017 8:43:51 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
(IF 'illegals' rob a bank should their "innocent DREAMER" kids be allowed to keep the loot??)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
If local and state governments want to piss their tax dollars away on billion-dollar playgrounds, let them.With all due respect, E cubed. ;) (Is that right? It's been a long time since was in high school. ;) ), it's not the local and state government's money--it is the money sent in by hard-working people who should have a say in how those dollars are spent.
And I suspect brand new stadiums are going to be a bit less popular among those taxpayers.
To: proud American in Canada
The sports arenas in this country were not built for the “common good” of the people.
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posted on
10/12/2017 8:56:02 PM PDT
by
Maudeen
(This world is not my home.)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Thanks Freedom of Speech Wins.
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posted on
10/13/2017 12:22:16 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
To: Freedom of Speech Wins
HAhahahahahaha!
The unintended consequences of stupidity mount.
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posted on
10/13/2017 4:16:02 AM PDT
by
logi_cal869
(-cynicus-)
To: Lurkinanloomin
Amen. Pro teams are, for the most part, money machines. To pick the pockets of taxpayers who cant even afford to go to the stadium to watch these teams is a crime.
To: SunkenCiv
One more great ‘unintended consequence’...
Defund all of ‘em. Every damn Stadium in the Country
No more welfare for Billionaire Sports Team Owners.
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posted on
10/13/2017 10:56:50 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(IF 'illegals' rob a bank should their "innocent" DREAMER kids be allowed to keep the loot??)
To: GOPJ
And not one more penny to the millionnaire self-described slaves, or to sports scholarships.
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posted on
10/13/2017 11:17:09 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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