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NFL owners to meet, with racial divide on the agenda
The Christian Science Monitor ^ | October 16, 2017 | Laurent Belsie

Posted on 10/17/2017 6:51:12 AM PDT by Jagermonster

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I think the article is missing the point - the NFL (until recently) was in a position to inspire and entertain in a non-partisan way, but have now squandered that credibility, and likely every future opportunity to have a positive influence on people who look up to sports stars, by embracing 'social' justice.

And yet they still engage in 'social activism,' per the article.

Whether or not the NFL survives this flap, everything they do will be colored by this nonsense. The toothpaste does not go back into the tube.
1 posted on 10/17/2017 6:51:12 AM PDT by Jagermonster
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To: Jagermonster

Yeah, but the NFL had a lot bigger conservative fanbase, apparently, then other sports.


2 posted on 10/17/2017 6:53:32 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Jagermonster

Ok, the race hustlers are about to step in and promise to calm the storm. But, a nice fat donation to our cause will make it happen quicker.


3 posted on 10/17/2017 6:53:36 AM PDT by WeWaWes (When I look in the mirror I see an elephant--a bad ass elephant)
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To: Jagermonster

First rule of holes-——When you can’t see out, quit digging. Guess the nfl missed the memo huh?


4 posted on 10/17/2017 6:53:55 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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NFL owners to meet, with racial divide on the agenda.

NFL fans should be the agenda.


5 posted on 10/17/2017 6:55:07 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Morpheus2009

Sunday football was always a way to escape the BS of politics and watch your home team. Now that the players felt the need to inject politics into the game people are pissed and stopped watching. The NFL really did a great job of killing the sport.


6 posted on 10/17/2017 6:56:15 AM PDT by Yorlik803
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Baltimore players visiting schools with Baltimore police

LOOK! The police are our friends! Seriously. Trust us. We were just kidding before!

Real Meaning: uh oh, our paychecks are threatened. The owner's equity is threatened.

7 posted on 10/17/2017 6:56:27 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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National anthem knee-takers = millionaire thugs protesting police efficiency.


8 posted on 10/17/2017 6:57:57 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The ,Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Jagermonster

They sold their soul to the “racial divide”. Now they can build the league “they want” based on that choice. I say, “they want” because I don’t think they realize exactly what they’ve chosen, but it’s all theirs now.


9 posted on 10/17/2017 6:59:14 AM PDT by cincinnati65
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Now that the players felt the need to inject politics into the game people are pissed and stopped watching.

True. It also helped that I am a natural born Browns fan.

10 posted on 10/17/2017 6:59:40 AM PDT by Jagermonster (TANSTAAFL)
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Yes, there IS a racial divide: The NFL and its’ players are racist against white people....next subject.


11 posted on 10/17/2017 7:01:48 AM PDT by Maverick68
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Colin, thanks to you as a BLM/NFL idiot, you woke Americans up to the NFL scam on our tvs and our tax payer stadiums. Your contribution to Americans will be remembered, like 8 years of Obama and H. Clintoon's campaigning gave us President Trump!

More NFL teams renamed: Oakland Traitors, Baltimore Cravens, Buffalo Bolsheviks, Green Bay Pinkos, Washington Red Guards, Los Angeles Chekists, Jacksonville Jacobins.

Or the Dallas Cowgirl Pussies!


12 posted on 10/17/2017 7:02:20 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Trump is kicking their a$$es, they, ______________, want to quit. (Fill in the blank!))
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Message to remaining fans: Your beatings will continue until morale improves. That is all.


13 posted on 10/17/2017 7:03:06 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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Still, if the league and players can work together to find the right message  they've still, irrevocably, shat in their collective mess kit.
14 posted on 10/17/2017 7:03:19 AM PDT by tomkat
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Local church pastors pled with Jerry Jones to change his tone on the topic. One even went so far as to bring up slavery narratives. Slavery?! These muscle heads are being paid millions to play a game! They are NOT slaves. They are employees of these team owners. If the players have the right to protest, then owners have the right to fire them for protesting on company time. Period.


15 posted on 10/17/2017 7:03:37 AM PDT by al_c (LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
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When you can’t see out, quit digging   

             
16 posted on 10/17/2017 7:05:33 AM PDT by tomkat
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If the owners really did "soul-searching", they'd refuse to draft anyone who has been convicted of a crime, drug use, or domestic violence. Once on the team there'd be a "no strike" policy. Any of these infractions, and the player gets no second chance.

Instead, the NFL has enabled thuggery for years. What's astounding is that the attitudes of low-life out of control NFL players hasn't torn the league apart long before now.

17 posted on 10/17/2017 7:08:54 AM PDT by grania (Deplorable and Proud of It!)
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NFL owners to meet, with racial divide on the agenda

It really boils down to a few simple facts:
1. As with any business, are you as the owner going to allow the employees to dictate the way the business is run?
2. The NFL is in the entertainment industry and the fans have overwhelmingly demonstrated that they do not want politics or personal grievances injected into the game.

Personally, I love winning, but I'd rather lose with players that represent my values than win with a bunch of thugs and criminals.

18 posted on 10/17/2017 7:09:02 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Where else could 12% DICTATE TO, and live off the rest, yet claim to be "OPPRESSED"?)
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To: Jagermonster

What seems to have sailed over their pointy little heads is the rather pertinent fact that football fans want... FOOTBALL.. not social activism. We had eight years of a “community organizer” in the White House. That was plenty for most of us.

But, sure as a bear sh*ts in the woods, the NFL is proving it can be counted on to double down on a very bad hand.

When all is said and done, and the NFL dies after writhing in skin-melting, bone-snapping agony, what must never be forgotten is this: They were warned.


19 posted on 10/17/2017 7:09:27 AM PDT by ScottinVA ( Liberals, go find another country.)
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Quarterbacks are dropping like flies and yet nobody is willing to give Kaepernick an audition. You’d think they’d be getting the message by now.


20 posted on 10/17/2017 7:09:29 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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