Get on your knees

NPHuskerFL

You say you're tired of politicking in your football ? Well you are allowed to cancel your NFL Sunday Ticket Package. More importantly get a full refund.  
I don't know about you. But, I look forward to football all year and quite frankly if I want to hear or see politics I can see&hear that on any channel at any given time. When I turn on my game that's what I want to see the game!  
Happy Hump Day Eve. 

bgebrent

With you Blake. Not with the kneelers who choose the wrong avenue for protest. 

shtgunal3

If you want to see or hear politics you could just log in to the egghead forum. 

saluki2007

While I agree with you Blake, I think the players have the right to kneel. This is on the broadcasters and TV producer. Let the players kneel and then move on. No need for the play by play of whose kneeling and whose not. 

Spaightlabs

It seems like it is always white guys who don't like the football players protesting racism and police violence.

bgebrent

saluki2007 said:

While I agree with you Blake, I think the players have the right to kneel. This is on the broadcasters and TV producer. Let the players kneel and then move on. No need for the play by play of whose kneeling and whose not. 

Of course they do brother. Poor choice of way to protest seems to me. 

lousubcap

Yea and the politics on the forum provide many more opportunities for side-ways discussions and political discourse.  There is no chance a political thread will run its course on the same set of rails as initiated.  That's the theater of the forum.  This is a great lead-in to Friday but will it have the staying power...

clifkincaid

Gee...wonder why...

DMW

WGAF

bgebrent

DMW said:

WGAF

Cuz. 

lousubcap

At this point , who is supporting/protesting what?? There are a few legitimate issues at play here but any reasonable attempt to address is overwhelmed by the politicking of the whole thing.   Too bad the 140 character twit wins in today's age.  

saluki2007

bgebrent said:

saluki2007 said:

While I agree with you Blake, I think the players have the right to kneel. This is on the broadcasters and TV producer. Let the players kneel and then move on. No need for the play by play of whose kneeling and whose not. 

Of course they do brother. Poor choice of way to protest seems to me. 

Obviously there is no way to prove this but I've been wondering all day if everyone would have there panties in a wad if Kaepernick was protesting domestic violence instead in the same manner. 

Focker

saluki2007 said:

While I agree with you Blake, I think the players have the right to kneel. This is on the broadcasters and TV producer. Let the players kneel and then move on. No need for the play by play of whose kneeling and whose not. 

Kneeling or standing apparently is a week to week decision.  You have to keep up.

nolaegghead

Many of the same folks that consider kneeling un-American celebrate an ethos of confederacy (of dunces, I say). 

JNDATHP

How many of you who work for an employer would be permitted to protest on company time, especially if your position did not align with your employer's?

I don't want to watch political protests, just the entertainment of the game. Similarly I don't want to listen to celebrities' political slants - just their entertainment. 

I'm obviously old school - I place my hand over my heart while standing for the national anthem, the raising or lowering of our beloved flag and our Pledge of Allegiance. 

bgebrent

saluki2007 said:

bgebrent said:

saluki2007 said:

While I agree with you Blake, I think the players have the right to kneel. This is on the broadcasters and TV producer. Let the players kneel and then move on. No need for the play by play of whose kneeling and whose not. 

Of course they do brother. Poor choice of way to protest seems to me. 

Obviously there is no way to prove this but I've been wondering all day if everyone would have there panties in a wad if Kaepernick was protesting domestic violence instead in the same manner. 

Well said. Or protesting something ethnic in Houston and ignoring Puerto Rico. I probably just missed it. 

nolaegghead

JNDATHP said:

How many of you who work for an employer would be permitted to protest on company time, especially if your position did not align with your employer's?

I don't want to watch political protests, just the entertainment of the game. Similarly I don't want to listen to celebrities' political slants - just their entertainment. 

I'm obviously old school - I place my hand over my heart while standing for the national anthem, the raising or lowering of our beloved flag and our Pledge of Allegiance. 

Lemmings can be good people. 

DMW

nolaegghead said:

JNDATHP said:

How many of you who work for an employer would be permitted to protest on company time, especially if your position did not align with your employer's?

I don't want to watch political protests, just the entertainment of the game. Similarly I don't want to listen to celebrities' political slants - just their entertainment. 

I'm obviously old school - I place my hand over my heart while standing for the national anthem, the raising or lowering of our beloved flag and our Pledge of Allegiance. 

Lemmings can be good people. 

I'm sure there are good people on both sides.

bgebrent

Funny how the lemming assignment came from the lemmings. 

kl8ton

nolaegghead said:

JNDATHP said:

How many of you who work for an employer would be permitted to protest on company time, especially if your position did not align with your employer's?

I don't want to watch political protests, just the entertainment of the game. Similarly I don't want to listen to celebrities' political slants - just their entertainment. 

I'm obviously old school - I place my hand over my heart while standing for the national anthem, the raising or lowering of our beloved flag and our Pledge of Allegiance. 

Lemmings can be good people. 

Lemmings! I miss that game!

Focker

Hockey starts Oct 4th.
Will the US players kneel for the NA, then stand up for O Canada?  We'll definitely need a play by play for both.
Go HAWKS!

DMW

Focker said:

Hockey starts Oct 4th.
Will the US players kneel for the NA, then stand up for O Canada?  We'll definitely need a play by play for both.
Go HAWKS!

WGAF

nolaegghead

bgebrent said:

Funny how the lemming assignment came from the lemmings. 

Very lemming thing to say.

HeavyG

nolaegghead said:

Many of the same folks that consider kneeling un-American celebrate an ethos of confederacy (of dunces, I say). 

Reminds me of this cartoon from a few days ago:

JNDATHP

nolaegghead said:

JNDATHP said:

How many of you who work for an employer would be permitted to protest on company time, especially if your position did not align with your employer's?

I don't want to watch political protests, just the entertainment of the game. Similarly I don't want to listen to celebrities' political slants - just their entertainment. 

I'm obviously old school - I place my hand over my heart while standing for the national anthem, the raising or lowering of our beloved flag and our Pledge of Allegiance. 

Lemmings can be good people. 

Lemmings are animals that, without thought, follow the one in front of them. 

Political discourse, by its very definition, requires independence. You need not agree with me, but please explain your position with thoughtful criticism as opposed to personal attack. 

Focker

JNDATHP said:

nolaegghead said:

JNDATHP said:

How many of you who work for an employer would be permitted to protest on company time, especially if your position did not align with your employer's?

I don't want to watch political protests, just the entertainment of the game. Similarly I don't want to listen to celebrities' political slants - just their entertainment. 

I'm obviously old school - I place my hand over my heart while standing for the national anthem, the raising or lowering of our beloved flag and our Pledge of Allegiance. 

Lemmings can be good people. 

Lemmings are animals that, without thought, follow the one in front of them. 

Political discourse, by its very definition, requires independence. You need not agree with me, but please explain your position with thoughtful criticism as opposed to personal attack. 

I don't think thoughtful criticism is possible fer the ol' nola-it-all.

bgebrent

Focker said:

Hockey starts Oct 4th.
Will the US players kneel for the NA, then stand up for O Canada?  We'll definitely need a play by play for both.
Go HAWKS!

Soccer already started. Learn a real sport. 

JohnInCarolina

JohnInCarolina

bgebrent

JohnInCarolina said:

At least they have eligible ones. Duke’s not so much. 

TN_Egger

Are any college players kneeling?  What would happen if a military academy player kneeled?