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Bob Costas: Stand for anthem, then take a knee
CNN ^ | September 30, 2017 | Alexandra King

Posted on 10/01/2017 7:23:10 AM PDT by EdnaMode

NBC Sports commentator Bob Costas suggested Saturday that protesting NFL players should wait until "the last note" of the national anthem to take a knee.

Costas's comments came a week after NFL players locked arms to protest President Donald Trump's criticisms of those who kneel during the National Anthem.

But the veteran sports journalist told CNN's Michael Smerconish that he believed a different approach could be more effective.

"The idea of linking protests, no matter how legitimate the issue you are protesting, directly to the National Anthem is not just offensive to the love-it-or-leave-it crowd. It actually causes ambivalent feelings, at best, among many people who are sympathetic to the issue but see the anthem as representing a lot of different things, including the country's ideals and aspirations," Costas said.

"To me, perhaps the most effective thing to do would be to stand for the national anthem, but, the second the last note is struck, take a knee," he suggested.

This tactic would also, purely from a practical perspective, ensure greater exposure, Costas argued.

"Most of the time, unless it's the Super Bowl or World Series and you want to see the singer, they're in commercial during the anthem. Now, you're going to see it," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Society; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: bobcostas; costas; football; kneeling; nationalanthem; nbc; nfl; takeaknee; takingaknee; usefulidiot
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And to think Costas is going to be doing Olympic coverage in a few months.
1 posted on 10/01/2017 7:23:10 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

Costas is ignorant of the facts. His commentary is useless.


2 posted on 10/01/2017 7:25:36 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: EdnaMode

Don’t be so eager to give them a “solution”...give them the “CONSEQUENCES”.

From my handy “anagram” server: “Kaepernick” - the anagram is “KNEECAP IRK”. Fitting.


3 posted on 10/01/2017 7:27:18 AM PDT by FrankR (On the knees is not a good place to be...a man on the knees is only half a man.....)
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To: EdnaMode

The NFL kneelers should go play in Castro’s Cuba with Commie Kaepernick.


4 posted on 10/01/2017 7:30:11 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: EdnaMode

Actually he has retired from that duty.

But Bob was on a nationally syndicated sports radio show last week and I am not exaggerating when I say he sounded exactly like Chuck Todd or anyone else who gets their free stupid pills at the NBC Commissary.

Groupthink, groupthink and groupthink.

According to Bob, NFL players are ‘constantly doing good deeds.’ Apparently most of these deeds take place at bars and strip clubs.

It was the usual ‘Trump fanning the flames’ idiocy with Bob making quite the effort to avoid reality ie it was and is the players that caused it all.


5 posted on 10/01/2017 7:30:33 AM PDT by relictele
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To: EdnaMode

Take your damn knee to Cuba. Or, to NORK land.


6 posted on 10/01/2017 7:30:39 AM PDT by Sasparilla ( I'm Not Tired of Winning.)
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To: EdnaMode

The real reason Kaepernitwit did his protest during the National Anthem was he knew he’d be criticized.. He wanted to make all those critical of him look like racists.


7 posted on 10/01/2017 7:31:43 AM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("Liberals see what they believe.. Conservatives believe what they see.")
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To: EdnaMode

Kostas is a liberal A-hole-hole-hole-hole. He is a punk. Everyone thinks he is a baseball god. Mr. Know it all of baseball. When he is on, the sound goes down.


8 posted on 10/01/2017 7:31:51 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (We are in the Last Days of human history. Jesus is coming back, & soon! Do U know Him?)
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To: EdnaMode

Shut up midget...you belong in a green suit,living in a tree baking cookies.


9 posted on 10/01/2017 7:32:04 AM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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... no matter how legitimate the issue you are protesting ...

Killing police officers as BLM promotes is not a “legitimate” issue. It’s domestic terrorism. If a similar violent group targets sports broadcasters, and actually killed sports broadcasters like happened in Dallas, I think Mr. Costas would have a different position.


10 posted on 10/01/2017 7:33:28 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: EdnaMode

BEST: Just stand for the anthem and ignore the politics. You’ll be happier.


11 posted on 10/01/2017 7:33:50 AM PDT by Rapscallion (Politics just makes us hate each other.)
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To: EdnaMode

Gun-fearing, communist midget should STFU.


12 posted on 10/01/2017 7:34:03 AM PDT by 50mm (.. / -.. .. -.. / - .... .. ... / ..-. --- .-. / -. --- / .-. . .- ... --- -. .-.-.-)
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To: Rapscallion

Hey nbc and nfl, repeat after me: bob costs us.


13 posted on 10/01/2017 7:35:03 AM PDT by Vision Thing (You see the depths of our hearts, and You love us the same...)
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To: EdnaMode
Stand for anthem, then take a knee

I'm not so inclined,
and I have no TV.

14 posted on 10/01/2017 7:35:10 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: EdnaMode

Stand for the anthem. Then go to church.


15 posted on 10/01/2017 7:35:37 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: EdnaMode
Stand for anthem, then take a knee turn off TV (fixed)
16 posted on 10/01/2017 7:35:41 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: EdnaMode

Even if the players take a knee they will be taller than shrimp Costas.


17 posted on 10/01/2017 7:36:33 AM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

All of this works until you start to have guys do a kneeling to protest the abortion policy of individual states, or they want to go pro-active on Nazi topics, or they want to kneel before each play to protest NFL officiating.


18 posted on 10/01/2017 7:37:20 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: EdnaMode
"Bob Costas: Stand for anthem, then take a knee"

Not.

19 posted on 10/01/2017 7:38:04 AM PDT by moovova (When I was young Racist was a bad thing.... Now it just means you disagree with a Liberal.)
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To: EdnaMode

20 posted on 10/01/2017 7:40:41 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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