(09-27-2017, 08:21 PM)JackCity Wrote:

(09-27-2017, 07:59 PM)EricC85 Wrote: I'm not there yet, but if it goes on much longer my level of disgust will out weigh my level of entertainment and I'll walk away. When it was a few select players that was one thing, I could just ignore them. But now it's becoming a league wide thing, that's different. The league has rules about being on the field for the national anthem they're choosing not to enforce them.

It's not in the rulebook. They have guidelines. Like many of the guidelines it's up to the league or from team to team whether to use them or not.  

Just as a Q, how do you think the players should have responded to Trump?

I don't think they should respond at all, who cares what Trump says about sports? He has absolutely no barring on the league at all. He's giving his opinion right or wrong. Why does disrespecting the national anthem (stretching during the anthem, not attending the anthem, refusing to stand for it all examples of disrespecting the national anthem) have anything to do with Trumps comments?

Obama did a crap tone of stuff that MANY people strongly disagreed with did you see people opting out of the national anthem anywhere? Trump does a crap tone of stuff I disagree with, why is protesting the national anthem an acceptable form of protest?

This isn't about what the president said or didn't say or implied or didn't imply. It's about showing some kind of respect for the country in which they choose to reside. 

When do they stop protesting when all perceived injustices stop? 

My level of disgust is growing every day.

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