Yeah the NFL didn't block him, he was outbid. He later claimed that he was grateful he didn't win the bid, because after the failure he decided to run for president.
https://www.si.com/vault/2016/02/11/general-trump
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Yeah the NFL didn't block him, he was outbid. He later claimed that he was grateful he didn't win the bid, because after the failure he decided to run for president.
https://www.si.com/vault/2016/02/11/general-trump
Duane Cunningham
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That's our KC bro! Still calls in to Lazlo every afternoon.
Alex_Mexico
Member
What did I miss? What does Nationwide and Papa John's have to do with all this mess?
They advertise with the NFL
OriginofHysteria
Banned
NFL sponsors.
Major NFL sponsors, though both feature Peyton Manning as a spokesperson, who is likely someone that wouldn't have knelt.
family members continuing to show their ass while pretending to be in support
yall got people who claim to support equality yet drape themselves in whatever they can to undermine the protests? how do yall combat that thinking without just flipping out?
is standing behind an oppressed people screaming out for help not the easiest fucking reason to support these protests?
this shit is infuriating
yall got people who claim to support equality yet drape themselves in whatever they can to undermine the protests? how do yall combat that thinking without just flipping out?
is standing behind an oppressed people screaming out for help not the easiest fucking reason to support these protests?
this shit is infuriating
Vinsanity.
Member
Unfortunately it appears that the majority of Americans agree with trump about the flag/anthem protest.
TheCochese
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Like five commercials of each every break.
Notice though they aren't going to give up their beer.
Alex_Mexico
Member
You basically typed all of my thought on this as well and I'm not European, but Mexican. This is so bizarre.
And yes, stop playing the anthem for ever NFL game. Save it for the Super Bowl or special ocasions.
Last week a guy literally won a court case to give him the right to burn the flag, a right given to him by the Constitution. This is a non issue that racists want to make into something bigger. It's a simple protest but racist whites really showing off how much they want to hold down minorities.
TheJollyCorner
Member
The USFL was so much fucking fun. It was just a great product. My dad would take me to Memphis Showboats games after we moved there from the midwest.
Then Trump fucking ruined it. Even as a kid in the '80s I knew Trump was a scummy piece of shit.
Anything that raises awareness of discrimination or attempts to improve the condition of minorities in the US will be opposed by the majority of the nation.Unfortunately it appears that the majority of Americans agree with trump about the flag/anthem protests.
Alex_Mexico
Member
Isn't the NFL and all those pro Trump owners thrilled that the orange shitstain won and gave them this PR nightmare in exchange for their support?
There's no denying the NFL will survive this unscathed eventually but man, what a shitshow they must be going through. I hope they're cursing Trump's me under their breaths.
There's no denying the NFL will survive this unscathed eventually but man, what a shitshow they must be going through. I hope they're cursing Trump's me under their breaths.
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Amazing speech. Smart people do exist on Fox.
Whats wrong is that its so easy to say what Nick did. Its depressing how hard it is for some people.
Shannon Sharpe has been consistently on point with his perspective pertaining to all the racial issues that have arisen since Undisputed has come on the air. It's honestly been a breath of fresh air.
Here's his response on today's show about all the owners and players locking arms and taking a knee
2nd segment on the issue. Not sure why skip is having such a hard time with this
A lot of truth being dropped... also shamelessly stole this image from a twitter reply...
Megalosaro
Banned
Tom Brady and Michael Strahan have a series called Religion of Sports on this topic. It's pretty good.
I'd settle for being depressed if all this wasn't terribly disgusting. The mass buy-in for this ridiculous deflection about patroitism to avoid/muddy the waters about racial inequality is just disgusting. From top to bottom. From the president himself all the way down to the people who can't hold back their racist rhetoric when their beloved sport gets hampered with social issues. It's a bigger blight on this country than if Kaep/athletes were actually genuinely protesting the flag/anthem
Atomic Playboy
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Conservatives legitimately believe that freedom in America means the freedom to live exactly how they live and not any other way. You're free to believe in whatever God you want as long as he is white and his son is Jesus. You're free to love whoever you want provided you stay within your race and outside your gender, of which there are exactly two. You can protest, provided I can't see or hear you, and let's face it, if you're going to protest, really you should just leave the country, because who could complain about the perfection that is the greatest country on Earth? Conservatives have wrapped themselves in the flag so tightly it's cutting off oxygen to their brain.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
These are black men using their platform to protest police brutality against American citizens of colour. Who do you think Trump supporters are going to side with?
TheBaldEmperor
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Yes to all of this. Well stated.
mckmas8808
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More_Badass
Member
God, I hate that North Korea "argument". That's like the defacto response you always hear. "Oh, they should be grateful they're not in North Korea, or else they'd be punished for protesting." You know, while those people exclaim how the players should be punished for protesting
thecouncil
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Its wrong to do it in the streets.
Its wrong to do it in the tweets.
You cannot do it on the field.
You cannot do it if you've kneeled.
And don't do it if youre rich,
You ungrateful son of a bitch.
Because there's one thing that's a fact,
You cannot protest if you're black.
edit: another great line regarding Stevie Wonder kneeling and being called an "ungrateful black" for it -
When a white billionaire spends a year screaming that America is a disaster, he's in touch with the country. But when a black man kneels quietly, he should be grateful for the successes America has allowed him to have?
DontBeThatGuy
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Really fucking good. 100% on point.
Well, that's terrible. So 45's continued attention to this issue is probably helping him.
"ungrateful" is the new "uppity"
Yaphett Kotto
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Preach.
FinaruDensetsu
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Counterpoint: They should not be grateful because here you get murdered for being black by the state, in North Korea at least it's equal opportunity so you would have just as much chance as someone else.
Mattlikewhoa
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The Facebook purge has been great for me so far... I'm trimming the fat, and I'm a okay with it.... Good riddance!
So, I sometimes listen to talk radio on my lunch break to really get a better understanding of what the right can believe on certain topics.
Today of course, the discussion was all about the NFL.
Caller: "You can't be American and disrespect this country or it's flag. We should just send them all back to Africa."
Host: "I agree with your first statement, but please, don't head down the racist path."
Caller: "I don't think it's racism to send them back to Africa."
Host: "Well, ok, what do you do about the non-black players who participated?"
Caller: "Can I use the n word?"
I fucking KID YOU NOT, this exact bit played out on radio not more than 10 mins ago... Old ass racists are destroying this country. People more now than ever need to make sure their asses are in the ballot booth for EVERY election, city to national.
Today of course, the discussion was all about the NFL.
Caller: "You can't be American and disrespect this country or it's flag. We should just send them all back to Africa."
Host: "I agree with your first statement, but please, don't head down the racist path."
Caller: "I don't think it's racism to send them back to Africa."
Host: "Well, ok, what do you do about the non-black players who participated?"
Caller: "Can I use the n word?"
I fucking KID YOU NOT, this exact bit played out on radio not more than 10 mins ago... Old ass racists are destroying this country. People more now than ever need to make sure their asses are in the ballot booth for EVERY election, city to national.
Nick Wright is great. He was doing that kind of stuff on local sports radio 4-5 years ago here in Houston, so he's not just some new comer either.
i almost threw up in my mouth when the Daily Show showed the news clips of white talking heads talking about this shit.
CopperPuppy
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Whew, that unfiltered TRUTH.
DragoonKain
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I don't believe anyone other than casual "I watch football every once in a while whenever I have the time" fans are actually boycotting the NFL. Football is just as addictive as smartphones. If an Apple exec came out and trashed Trump, I'm sure a lot of hardcore right wingers would say "I'm never using an Apple product again!" Yeah, sure you aren't. Your face will be right back in that phone in about 20 minutes. You're all addicted and can't help yourselves.
Maybe I'm cynical(for lack of a better term) but most people in this world are slaves to their favorite forms of entertainment. Even scientifically in recent years these things have been proven to literally be addictive like actual drugs. So, yeah... basically what I'm getting at is all this boycott stuff is all for show trying to make a point and promote an agenda. Every die-hard NFL fan who was before will still be and won't be able to help themselves. That's my theory anyway.
On a side note, this whole thing just brings to light one of my biggest pet peeves of people in this country, and it's probably not just this country but the world. Why does anyone care what other people think about certain issues who you don't even know? If some dude who you never met wants to kneel for a flag, why the fuck does anyone care?
It's like if you tweet out or post on a message board "I think ____ team is going to lose this game on Sunday" people will freak out. "Dude, you think they're going to lose??? Some fan you are! Go root for someone else!"
It's like why the fuck do you care what I think about the outcome of this game? How does it affect your life. The amount of time people spend in this country on worrying about what people you don't even know and have never met think about certain issues is mind-boggling.
Maybe I'm cynical(for lack of a better term) but most people in this world are slaves to their favorite forms of entertainment. Even scientifically in recent years these things have been proven to literally be addictive like actual drugs. So, yeah... basically what I'm getting at is all this boycott stuff is all for show trying to make a point and promote an agenda. Every die-hard NFL fan who was before will still be and won't be able to help themselves. That's my theory anyway.
On a side note, this whole thing just brings to light one of my biggest pet peeves of people in this country, and it's probably not just this country but the world. Why does anyone care what other people think about certain issues who you don't even know? If some dude who you never met wants to kneel for a flag, why the fuck does anyone care?
It's like if you tweet out or post on a message board "I think ____ team is going to lose this game on Sunday" people will freak out. "Dude, you think they're going to lose??? Some fan you are! Go root for someone else!"
It's like why the fuck do you care what I think about the outcome of this game? How does it affect your life. The amount of time people spend in this country on worrying about what people you don't even know and have never met think about certain issues is mind-boggling.
The paragraph is white man privilege in a nutshell.
Lt. Governor of Louisiana is boycotting the Saints and has this to say:
So close to getting it. So fucking close.
So close to getting it. So fucking close.
djplaeskool
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I facepalmed so hard that my brain shot out of my ears.
Saint Gregory
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It's why I really hate it when people bring crime stats into police brutality debates. If you're using statistics from an intentionally broken system then you either don't get it or you don't want to get it.
That sentence right before the one you quoted though:
Oh the irony. And I'm pretty positive the Saints will get on just fine without this dipshit watching or attending.
old manatee
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Etrian Oddity
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America is beyond saving, I fear. =\
demosthenes
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edit: did you edit this? I thought this said something else.
mckmas8808
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Great opportunity eh? He says it like they don't belong in the NFL. Like they didn't work hard for it.
Etrian Oddity
Member
It did, but it was clumsily worded and not what I wanted to convey.