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While people are literally clinging to life in Puerto Rico and other areas hit hard by natural disasters, last night, the only team owner who had the cajones to express his disapproval for protests during our national anthem, jumped aboard the Cupcake Train, allowing his players to stage their own political protest against Donald Trump who, yes, should probably have kept his trap shut. Albeit it BEFORE the anthem, behold the Dallas Cowboys ahead of Monday night’s game in Arizona:
Cowboys, including owner Jerry Jones, take a knee before national anthem tonight. Boos heard in crowd. pic.twitter.com/UpZUedLgaG
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) September 26, 2017
Were those boos I heard? Why, yes they were. Because that’s what fans fork over their hard-earned money to watch, right? A political wrestling match between an already annoyingly politicized NFL and a president who overstepped his bounds. Imagine a couple of waitresses proselytizing whilst serving you hot wings. Would that go over well? Would you ever return?
Patriots game, Sept 7, 2017, post-DeflateGate: Fans are fed up with Commissioner Goodell and his selective punishment of players, and are not shy about expressing it. (Photo Credit: SportsNet.ca)
While the feud with Trump is new, the kneeling is not. The NFL, in all its self-unawareness, has allowed its bad apples to ruin the game way before Trump entered the picture, and isn’t that ironic given they’re supposedly protesting bad apples in law enforcement? But THAT political speech is A-OK with NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell, and there will be no punishment of any kind, even though the player contracts state otherwise with regard to optics. But is Goodell REALLY committed to allowing players to speak freely while at work? In a word: No.
Here are five glaring examples of Goodell’s flaming-haired hypocrisy:
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People around the United States are making their voices heard regarding how each views the kneeling protests by NFL football players during the games on Sunday, and the reaction is overwhelmingly NEGATIVE.
Victory Girls wrote about the goings on here, here, and about Pittsburg Steeler Alejandro Villenueva’s courageous stand for America here.
Keep in mind that the one who started all this, Colin Kaepernick, decided this country’s Flag and the National Anthem are symbols of oppression, hence his kneeling crap. And the NFL let him get away with it.
The more the NFL engaged in politics and social justice bloviating, the more the fans and former players turned negative. One would think that finding out the NFL’s ratings took a significant dump last season would serve as a wake up call. Yeah. No. This is the statement issued on September 23rd in response to President Trump’s comments.
NFL Players Association: "No man or woman should ever have to choose a job that forces them to surrender their rights." pic.twitter.com/xcwcM3yJYh
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 24, 2017
Virtue signaling much?
Yesterday, I stumbled across this article regarding a memo that 2 former and 2 current NFL players sent to Roger Goodell. [click to continue…]
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Disgraced former Congressman and New York’s resident child-diddling swine Anthony Weiner this morning cried some crocodile tears in U.S. District Court after Judge Denise L. Cote sentenced the slimy dick weasel to 21 months in prison. Weiner, among his other sexual exploits as Carlos Danger, was caught sexting with a 15 year-old kid, asking her to disrobe and perform sexual acts over video chat, while telling her lewdly how hard he would violate her, was finally caught with his proverbial pants down and his proverbial Snausage swingin’ in the wind.
“This is a serious crime that deserves serious punishment,” Judge Cote said in a subsequent sentence.
Yeah? If Cote thinks this is such a serious crime, why in the world did she let Weiner off with only 21 months?
The former lawmaker’s sexting habits entered criminal territory with his illicit contact with a 15-year-old girl. Weiner, 53, had pleaded guilty in May to sending sexually explicit texts to the girl across state lines. Weiner agreed not to appeal any sentence between 21 and 27 months in prison.
Was she afraid Weiner would appeal the sentence if she’d given him what he really deserved?
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