NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Calls NFL Anthem Rule ‘Un-American’

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Breitbart

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio blasted the National Football League’s decision to penalize players for kneeling during the national anthem.

“Un-American. Just plain un-American,” de Blasio declared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. “It doesn’t make sense. You know, we would not tolerate it if any other employer said that their employees cannot express their beliefs,” he said. “You know, right away you’d say violation of the First Amendment.”

“I don’t understand why the owners think they can get away from this in any way, shape or form,” de Blasio said. “But what they’re doing ultimately is simply bringing more attention to the cause of players, who are saying there’s an injustice that has to be addressed.” He was not alone in his reaction.

But the NFL is adamant that “today’s decision will keep our focus on the game and the extraordinary athletes who play it — and on our fans who enjoy it,” according to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. The new rule will fine any player who kneels during the singing of the national anthem before the start of a game.

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Big Bill weighs in.

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[Draggingtree]

OFFENDING NFL FANS ISN'T JUST BAD FOR OWNERS, BUT PLAYERS TOO

05/24/2018Tho Bishop

One of the most obnoxious stories in America the past year has been the controversy over players protesting during the national anthem. While I personally sympathize with both concerns from athletes about police brutality in minority communities, as well as the desire of most football fans to simply not have any sort of political advocacy mixed into their sports, the resulting media coverage - from both political and sports outlets - has been largely nauseating. While the NFL offseason obviously brought discussion of the topic down to a simmer (with the exception being the occasional update on Colin Kaepernick - and now Eric Reid's - lawsuit against the league), the NFL's decision this week to change its anthem-policy has it once again at a raging boil.

Unfortunately most of these articles try to make this issue more complicated than it really is: it's all about money.    https://mises.org/power-market/offending-nfl-fans-isnt-just-bad-owners-players-too

[Valin]

Now The NFL is Really In Trouble!

 

@keithellison

Friends who know me, know that I love football. But I won’t be watching this NFL season because of the unfair cowardly and idiotic kneeling ban. #BoycottNFL

6:20 AM - 27 May 2018