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Interesting.
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This is largely pointless, as the NFLPA will most certainly require this be dismantled during negotiations at the next CBA.
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IMO, they should have reverted to the pre-2009 policy of just leaving everyone in the locker room for the anthem.
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BearButtseks wrote:IMO, they should have reverted to the pre-2009 policy of just leaving everyone in the locker room for the anthem.
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Total bullshit. The point of the anthem is that people gave up their lives, SO we could kneel during the anthem if we so chose.
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Those dang work place rules. NBA makes their players stand and nobody is having a fit about it.
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Bears Whiskey Nut wrote:Total bullshit. The point of the anthem is that people gave up their lives, SO we could kneel during the anthem if we so chose.
This.

The kneeling bothers me but the reason WHY the players kneel bothers me far more.
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this is a mixed bag of items ... don't want to turn this into a political thread in any way

I do understand both sides of this - respect for the anthem, and respect for the freedoms we enjoy (which includes the freedom for peaceful protest)

I don't understand how the NFL can continue to butcher decisions on policies they think are improvements
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Boris13c wrote: don't want to turn this into a political thread in any way

I'll be watching this thread intently for this very reason.
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UOK wrote:
Boris13c wrote: don't want to turn this into a political thread in any way

I'll be watching this thread intently for this very reason.
This is precisely why I haven't posted about this (stupid) policy.
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Part of me is like, ok...this seems like a happy medium. And then part of me is like, well it kind of defeats the point of the peaceful protest...which is to call attention to it.

I don't know. My red-blooded american side often conflicts with the side that has all the common sense.
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I don't see how anyone can think this is a good "policy" that will solve anything
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Whether anyone agreed or disagreed with the kneeling...it was a distraction. NFL is simply limiting the distraction by this policy.
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I guess I really don't give a shit. I don't watch the National Anthem prior to games. That is when I am last minute prepping for food and drink. The media made this a big deal, shocker. I think both teams need to stay in the locker rooms like most college teams and high school teams do. No one was pissed at that thru the years. People would get outraged now though.
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I personally think less of people who disrespect the anthem, kneel, sit, talk, don't take hats off, etc. However in protest or not it's your porogitove, and my opinions of that person carry no real weight.

I think it's smart of the NFL to do this. They believe it detracted from their buisness. They don't want their product to be used as a platform. Like most jobs, some shit you can't do on the clock.

The only one that actually really irritated me was the Steelers. Not because they stayed in the locker room. Because the team chastised A fellow Soldier and their teammate for peacefully protesting himself, and being present for the anthem.
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Otis Day wrote:I don't watch the National Anthem prior to games. That is when I am last minute prepping for food and drink.
pretty much in line with you on that
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Without having given it much thought, the NFL proposal seems like an OK compromise. But since they circumvented the player's union there will be a lawsuit and much yammering about it. It seems like they want the issue to go away. But now, the NFLPA will see to it that the opposite will occur.

I wonder if they're afraid of the player lawsuits and they're changing the rules so they can walk into court and say that Kaepernick now has an out... He can stay in the locker room if he doesn't want to stand for the anthem.
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Go back to leather helmets, NFL.
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Those of you who think this issue is now "resolved" are crazy. The players will find a different way to protest or they will accept the fines or teams will break from the NFL and the NFLPA will sue because a policy was changed without their consent etc etc etc. This is not resolved. At all.
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Kneeling has nothing to do with the sport which is the reason why I watch the game. I don't care about their politics.

They have social media and the internet to express their views. The NFL never should've allowed the kneeling in the first place because its political.
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Don't like where this is going.
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