Simple local question for tonight as the NFL anthem hot mess dominates cable, Internets and everywhere else . . .
DO YOU SUPPORT THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS OR PREZ TRUMP IN NATIONAL ANTHEM NFL DEBATE???
The temptation here is to pick and choose and try to muddle the issue . . . But that doesn't really answer the question. Also, it's worth realizing that "patriotic" fans who bought up a bunch of merch got played.
Steelers' Alejandro Villanueva on standing for anthem: 'I made my teammates look bad'
Reality . . .
The NFL and The Kansas City Chiefs are rallying around their teammates who choose to protest so this really is football (and maybe all pro-sports) against the Prez.
Here are the KC Chiefs players who reportedly protested in the most obvious fashion yesterday . . .
CB Marcus Peters - First to protest last year
Defensive lineman Chris Jones
Linebacker Justin Houston - On both knees praying
Chris Conley
Travis Kelce - Took knee with and over heart
Kareem Hunt - Sat on bench
Owner Clark Hunt - Disputed Prez Trump's comments.
Link round-up . . .
KSHB: Former Chiefs players respond to controversy surrounding NFL national anthem protests
Prayer Circle Before The Game Or Anthem: Eric Fisher says photo of him kneeling was pregame prayer, not protest during anthem
KCTV5: Alex Smith on President Trump's comments: "It was frustrating for me"
You decide . . .
Neither.
ReplyDeleteThat should be an option.
But I will say that President Trump is much better for a good laugh.
Chiefs over that fat, stupid, lying con man anyway!
ReplyDeleteSlime James ?
Deleteboth.
ReplyDeleteTrump has balls, Chiefs hold hands so intimately...
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ReplyDeleteTrump all day evryday!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDitto! #MAGA
DeleteI'm done with the fucking Chiefs. Between team members drama, bitch slapping their GFs and spouses, the history of drugs, bad checks, thievery, drunken driving and now blatant demonstration of uncouth behavior it's fuck the Chiefs, fuck the NFL and I hope the fuck the shit for brains ass hats at the Taco Bell drive through don't decide to have a cause while fixing my order.
ReplyDeleteExcellent summation! Completely agree.
DeleteIn the midst of the NFL anthem controversy, ESPN’s ratings on Sunday night were the lowest week three ratings the network had since 2006, according to Hot Air.
ReplyDeleteLast week’s games, which competed with the Emmys for viewership, saw higher ratings than this week’s, which had no major competition.
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ReplyDeleteIf these players really wanted to do some thing they should go back to their communities and set up programs that help educate or work programs. They should also address the Black on Black crime that kills more Blacks then the cops do in a year. They also should educate them selves on the fact that more Whites are killed by cops then Blacks, you have never seen a White player taking a knee over this fact.
ReplyDeletespoiled brats.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, Trump has read the tea leaves better.
ReplyDeleteThe NFL doesn't know how much downside they have in seeming anti-American.
It'll be fun to watch.
USA has turned into a reality show.
ReplyDeleteTrump!
ReplyDeleteBoycott the brats' show!
ReplyDeleteI support Trump. Clark Cunt needs to take the silver spoon out of his ass and stick it in his mouth and shut the fuck up.
ReplyDeleteIf Trump ever call our Mayor Lyin' Sly there would have to be mass protests.
ReplyDeleteTrump and those who are against the NFL players kneeling are the ones who will win this battle. The team owners think they have the power but with out the people, the fans themselves, they will have nothing.
ReplyDeleteLook I'm okay if you want to protest something. But disrespecting the flag or other peoples personal lives isn't the way anyone goes about doing it. Disrespecting something or the public while claiming that you yourself and your race is being disrespected isn't how you win friends, conquer enemies, and become victorious.
Take all that big money you NFL protesters make and buy air time, go on public radio, hell if you're really that good a player almost any media will allow you free air time to make your case. Then follow through with it by hitting the streets and proving what you say is right.
Disrespecting the flag while claiming disrespect is acting just like the little child who throws a screaming temper tantrum because Mommy said you couldn't eat the whole gallon of ice cream at once. Act like you really care, show and prove that you really care, because disrespecting the National Anthem isn't how a person or persons in the end will gain any real respect or solve any issues. Get off your butts and prove your case, spend some money to make it happen or simply sit down and shut up because in the end people with respect will win and you'll just end up looking like the spoiled brats most of you have become.
8:21, Trump has balls? Is that why he served with distinction in Vietnam?
ReplyDeleteYep, same as Billy Jeff and BathHouse Barry!
Delete$$$$!
ReplyDeleteno to principles.
Alejandro Villanueva Ranks First in Apparel Sales After Anthem Display. Gear bearing Villanueva’s name and No. 78 is outsold any other NFL player’s on the league’s official store for the 24-hour period beginning around Sunday’s kickoff
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ReplyDeleteI'm boycotting everybody but the Chiefs, but I'm not sure how.
ReplyDelete8:45 is right, this will be fun to watch.
ReplyDeleteI hope the players don't lose their nerve or come to their senses and they burn the fucker straight into ashes.
A mortal, self inflicted wound, born of hubris, hypocrisy and narcissism, played out on a National stage. Maybe these Mensa Members think, that the protests and disrespect will INCREASE ratings and viewership, thereby gauranteeing higher salaries, more security and then, after their careers are over, more demand for their services as announcers, spokespersons etc. etc.
Not just nature, but business abhors a vacuum and any retreat from the top of the hill, by the number one sport in the USA, will pave the way for a resurgence in baseball, or, some other form of entertainment. The public is fickle and the interest in sports has shifted dramatically before, from Baseball to Football. In the 70's you had to book tennis courts days in advance, like Tee Times for golf now.
The accumulation of negative associations and negative impressions on customers by way of the NFL, in terms of Criminality, costs and now, assaults on what a large percentage of customers deem important, respect for the Flag, could reach a tipping point this very season.
Roger GODell and the NFL are an imperious, self satisfied, conceited and condescending bunch, who have been on top for a long time.
Nothing lasts forever, especially, when you purposely annoy and insult your customers.
Fuck the NFL.
Mentally ill con-man. Cares for nobody but himself.
ReplyDeleteNot a true Republican, but an opportunist.
Follow and defend at your own peril.
You own his sexist, racist, and crony economic policies.
A detailed CIA psychological profile of Kim, who is in his early 30s and took power in late 2011, assesses that Kim has a massive ego and reacts harshly and sometimes lethally to insults and perceived slights. Including killing members of his own family.
ReplyDeleteSo Trump should get on knee, and whimper - Please don't hurt us Mr. Kim! Please let us win sometimes!
how about an antitrust re-examination? they're obviously acting like monopolists impervious to competition.
ReplyDeletealso, how about getting cdc to study concussion risks in depth? we wouldn't allow gladiators to fight lions, so why should we allow football players to become brain dead for sport?
it wouldn't hurt to have a congressional committee look into the taxpaper funds supporting anti-American activity.
T R U M P !
ReplyDeleteI had lost motivation to keep up with a bunch of traveling carnies who get paid to slap each others and run and jump,, now this shot adios NFL, handball and cricket where it's at, keep your bloated enterprise,
ReplyDeleteTrump! Football = treason. I want a refund for all public money spent on losers' stadium!
ReplyDeleteTrump has never earned a thing in his life. He's either inherited, bullied, lied or stolen all he has (on paper).
ReplyDeleteTrump should be fired.
ReplyDeleteSly too.
10:06 sounds like he's describing the Clintons.
ReplyDeleteIt's a false dichotomy, Tony. Der Fuhrer will continue to tweet stupid shit every day until he's removed from office. It pisses people off that he talks like a first grade mobster. Likewise, the players have free will. It pisses people off that they have chosen to protest in this fashion.
ReplyDeleteThe real question is this: Will the police stop shooting unarmed black men in "self-defense"?
No, it wasn't just Michael Brown. There have been several others. THREE TIMES the said police officer said, "I was never so scared in all of my life." This is the problem! We still haven't healed this stupid racial divide.
It is meaningless for white men to say that black men shouldn't be doing this. White men don't live in the same country as every one else. Of course, white men claim there is no such thing as White Privilege, just as men, in general, scoff at the idea that they are misogynist, even in the same breath that they are being sexist.
You can protest the protest, but they players will still have free will, & the police will still kill unarmed black men because they are afraid. This is the problem that we must solve.
ReplyDeleteButthurt sore loser Democrat snowflakes melting down.
Neither
ReplyDeleteHmmm... Trump or The Chiefs? Not too fond of either one...
ReplyDeleteLet's see, if only there some sort of test we could...
I KNOW! Are any of them smart enough to know whether or not their own Wife is standing beside them when they are giving a speech?
In unrelated news...
Hillary Clinton used a private e-mail server to conduct official Government business... LOCK HER UP!
Just released...
Reince Priebus, Steve Bannon, Gary Cohn, Stephen Miller, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have all now been proven to have used their private e-mail servers to conduct official government business... WHATEVER SHOULD WE DO?
It was actually that Hillary destroyed evidence, and lied about it, a felony.
DeleteTrump on this one. They can protest outside the stadium after the game and we can see how fast they leave when they come face to face with 80,000 fans who pay their salary. Hopefully next year there are empty stadiums for each team. 78% of nlf players are broke in 5 years or less.Go to pacer.gov and you can look up their bankruptcy fillings. College football is a better game anyway. Bye Bye NFL!
ReplyDelete10:06 exactly. I'm so supportive of Trump exercising his First Amendment right of free speech. I want to hear every single bit of hatred, dishonesty, viciousness, ignorance, cowardice, bigotry and insanity blaring from his frightened little pie hole. It brings out the worst of America like the piping of the pied piper, makes them comfortable enough to expose their ugliness and helps the rest of us more quickly identify those who truly are inferior. Be patient, folks. Mueller is just about ready to take out the White Trash.
ReplyDeleteIt was Russia! Russia ate Hillary's charisma and forced her to rig her own primary!
DeleteAccording to Facebook, it really was Russia. So there's that....
DeleteA Turd that craps all over a former POW tells the Trumpians to condemn those who do see things his way?
ReplyDeleteJust love these guys that hang a flag from the rear window of their F150's to tell me how to respect Amenerica.
1047+1
9:04
ReplyDeleteYour hero Obama would have drawn a red line with North Korea and then ignored it with all of the provocations. Obama, what he served as a Welcome Wagon Dick where Trump stands tall and has made it clear Rocket Man will be erased.
You may have served, I did. I respect Trump a billion times more than Obama, the chicken poop.
Der Funkhouser said "unarmed black men" and "White Privilege". Take TWO drinks.
ReplyDelete" I din't see nuffin'."
ReplyDeleteDo no disrespect veterans, don't disrespect the flag or the anthem.
ReplyDeleteDo your job and protest on your own time. Not very hard. You might even find more allies. But dragging us all through the mud is a bad idea.
Draft-dodging Trump hates gold star families, POWs, and generals (are rubble). Least patriotic president ever.
ReplyDeleteMelania had to remind him how to be respectful during the anthem just last April when he somehow forgot.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-04-17/melania-trump-nudges-donald-trump-to-put-hand-on-heart-during-national-anthem
Really, it's just a distraction. My healthcare bill is failing again. My tax cuts aren't even started. No infrastructure jobs bill. No spending cuts or balanced budget. Deals with Chuck and Nancy for debt increase. No wall. Kim Jong Un isn't scared of the crazy talk and testing weapons more than ever. The Puerto Rico hurricane response is severely inadequate. The staff and family used personal email for govt use. BUT LOOK Alabama! Those SOBs darkies are trashing the flag and military! (BTW, they aren't)
Oldest trick in the book, but it still fools the racist & sexist sheep, while he keeps cashing in at taxpayer expense. Suckers.
^^^ Heard you the first time. Wrong twice. NFL rules don't require the players attention during the anthem so they aren't breaking any rules. Not a fireable offense to knell.
ReplyDeletePunks? NFL players have donated more money to charity than draft dodging Trump will ever promise and welsh on.
Two time loser.
Statistics don’t lie.
ReplyDeleteAsk anyone associated with MU how protests work out.
The NFL as we know it will be gone shortly.
Keep the Protests- Pay the Price... see MU for details.
TRICK QUESTION YOU GAY HOMOSEXUALS. IF YOU LOVE FOOTBALL PLAYERS OR TRUMP THAT MEANS YOU LOVE ANOTHER MAN AND THAT MEANS YOU LOVE PENIS.
ReplyDeleteYOU LOSE!
Go, Trump.
ReplyDeleteScrew the Un-patriot NFL.
The soldier died for that flag, and Not making millions of dollars.
I Stand.
ReplyDeleteTrump is the national dad so we gotta to up the patriotism act
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ReplyDeleteThe real question is this: Will the police stop shooting unarmed black men in "self-defense"?
I ask Byron, when will he stop committing fraud?
I Stand with TRUMP !!!
ReplyDeleteNOT Degenerate NFL Dipshits with numerous Felonious Convictions !!
NFL is nothing more than Degenerate Terrorist Thugs these days, that the pathetic NFL attempts to hide that FACT !!!
We live in a sick society where professional athletes have a higher status than school teachers (not the commie liberal teachers who either want to indoctrinate kids with their sick leftist views or want to fuck the shit out of them).
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TRUMP
NFL = Now & Forever LOSERS!
9:13 that's what I've been telling everybody about Barry obama, worthless whore that he is
ReplyDelete9:04 and exactly what war or military service did obama have???
ReplyDeleteJust look at all of these pro-Trump responses! My answer is clear: Chiefs!!!!! I could never stand with all you pants-shitting morons!! You people are the worst we have.
ReplyDelete"We've been trying to boycott the NFL over racism for decades, thanks for coming around America!"
ReplyDeleteAmerican Indians
^^^ I'm and Amreican Indian and the only thing I boycott are crooks and nutballs with one of the billions of meaningless causes that seem to be in fashion among the bleeding heart libturds.
ReplyDeleteHey Biron. SHUT DA FUCK UP!
ReplyDeleteGeezer Hater 8:58 said "pants shitting". Everyone take another drink.
ReplyDeleteWell so much for the "boycott" guess we know who one this one.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiE35S4z8PWAhUD32MKHdYnB0MQFghMMAY&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fnews%2F2017%2F09%2F26%2Fa-huge-monday-night-football-boosted-nfl-ratings-despite-trump-attacks%2F23223630%2F&usg=AFQjCNEV5sW2n1Uw9gVqv9GUDxXB_q8DwQ
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NFL owners: "Trump buddy, help us out here, our ratings are down."
ReplyDeleteTrump: " Alright, you helped me get here, I'll do you a solid."
Trump trolled America again!
Ahh man. That's jaded @ 3:03PM, and also what I thought. In the end, I don't think it will help the ratings. It will be more along the lines of MU with the NFL and Godell doubling down on any reason other than a rebuke of their SJW bullsh!t.
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