NFL to Start Week 1 Games With Black National Anthem, says ESPN

Todd Starnes ^ | 2 Jul 20 | Todd Starnes

[higgmeister]

"The World Turned Up-side Down"

[BobL]

“It is unclear if fans would be expected to stand at attention during the singing of “Lift Ev’ry Voice And Sing.””

I suspect those who don’t show the proper ‘respect’ for this ‘national anthem’ will be dealt with far different than those who hate this country and take a knee.

[okie 54]

O say can see dem watermelons growin
By the moonlight night

[fella]

It doesn’t matter to me. I’ve been done with the NFL since they started taking a knee.

If they and the BLM would have done it to flatten the curve of Black on Black murder they would have gotten real credence.

[Gay State Conservative]

Hey,NFL...include me out.And NFL,just FYI...I can afford expensive German cars,fancy European holidays and expensive French wine.And I'll be telling the networks that *and* that I've stopped watching.

[cincinnati65]

I quit the NFL in response to the handling of Colin Kaepernick's kneeling, but admit, I eased back in and watched a few games last year, and played fantasy football because I missed it.

This is just too much, and goes too far. I'm permanently done now.

I will not follow any sport that allows any willful disrespect towards this country.

[vigilante2]

These people are spoiled racists

[ml/nj]

I wonder what the NFL business model looks like with hardly any white customers. (I already haven't watched or attended ANY games for three or four years after being a fanatic for 60+ years.)

ML/NJ

[Sacajaweau]

I got sent to detention for critical thinking. I went to an all girl Catholic High School. We were taught that you should vote for JFK simply because he was Catholic. I disagreed and kaboom...it was off to detention.

And we couldn't bring non-Catholics to the Proms....and God forbid we had a Jewish friend.

I must say....my parents always stood with me and of course my dad filled me in on Joe the Bootlegger.

[mac_truck]

Thanks for posting the lyrics to this Gospel song...I can think of worse things to listen to on Sunday morning.

[ptsal]

Good wordsmithing...

No Fans League

[From The Deer Stand]

First, if a Black is born in the USA he/she is an American. If born in Africa but is a citizen of the USA he/she is an American. Second, kneel during our National Anthem and I’m done with the NFL.

[jocon307]

Thanks for posting the lyrics. This is not a bad song at all, don’t know how it came to be known as the Black National Anthem, but on its own it’s fine. They are basically going to be singing a hymn to God and I hope they sing all the verses.

I feel like the NFL may have stumbled into a not bad idea here.

At the very least it is a million times better than that hymn to communism, Imagine.

[mikefive]

Will they demand the “National” Football League changes to the “BFL”?

That might be a more accurate description. Have you seen the make up of the nfl recently. Black Felons League is entirely accurate, IMHO.

[Wonder Warthog]

Danegeld. Both monetary and cultural.

[T.B. Yoits]

...the league is considering a plan to add the names of victims of police brutality to the uniforms of players “through decals on helmets or patches on jerseys.”

The NFL needs to include decals and patches of the running dollar amount of how much the taxpayers have been victimized to foot the bill for the NFL to operate.

The NFL has also clearly stated that they can't allow staff or fans to be victimized by "police brutality" and as such need to forgo all police protection at events, including hiring off duty law enforcement, and instead pay for their own private, non-public indemnified, protection.

[_longranger81]

NFL is dead to me.

Never again.

[Deplorable American1776]

A black national anthem? Is there a Caucasian, Asian, Native American, Native Alaskan or Pacific Islanders National Anthem?

[sanjuanbob]

Too bad Jimmy the Greek wasn’t here to see this.

[krug]

I know it’s not much, but wife and I, will not watch, ONE SINGLE GAME.