(07-26-2018, 05:37 PM)JaguarKick Wrote: 1) The NFL is not like a normal job.  You don't have a CBA where you work in all likelihood.  That makes it difficult to compare.

2) I agree that this becomes a work-related issue.  There would be consequences if I were to stage a political protest at my job, and I believe the NFL has the right to deal with players as employees.  However, this is where it gets murky.  There cannot be a work-related policy that requires you to show patriotism.  They CANNOT require players to stand with their hands over their hearts.  It infringes upon their rights.  And standing for the anthem is not technically in their job description.

3) It's silly that people were so bent out of shape about it to begin with.  Who. Cares?  A bunch of triggered Republicans got their panties all twisted because "They don't respect mah country den they can just leave." (See CarrBombed, above)  Protesting does not make you a moron, and there still exist inequalities along gender and race lines, regardless of what your very limited anecdotal evidence as a white male tells you.

1) the CBA doesn't have crap to do with this, nor does it prevent comparing the employment of a NLFer to a employee of a job that is unionized.. last I checked, NFL owners are still free to suspend and fire (cut) their employees as they see fit. Why people like you keep bringing up the CBA (which actually sides with the owners on this) and players union is extremely laughable. Not only is it the weakest union in all of professional sports, it's also one of the weakest unions in the country..LOL, I've worked for stronger unions in the past.

2) There isn't a work related policy which requires them to stand with their hands over their heart or even stand.. Again more B.S. No rights are being infringed upon here at all. So I don't know what you're even getting at with point #2. They already said that if the players didn't want to stand then they could stay in the locker room. The backlash from the NFL isn't as much about wanting the players to "show Patriotism", it's about not allowing paid employees carry out decisive protests that are pissing off a large amount of their paying customers and are hurting their bottom line. You're freaking crazy if you don't think a company has every right to keep political protests out of their day to day operations.. players unions be damned, they have absolutely zero power here.. again why your point #1 doesn't hold any weight.

3) and this is where you really go off into the deep end, not everyone gives a damn about your social justice warrior bullcrap or believes all your liberal battle cries, especially when all they're trying to do is escape all that crap and enjoy entertainment they pay good money for and that's the root of this entire issue.. so no, it's not silly that people pushed back or are currently pushing back. The only morons are the ones who think that everyone should just shut their mouths and just except the misplaced, horribly misguided, poorly thought out disrespectful protests.

You want to protest..go do it in a appropriate forum/place and no one would have a problem with it. If you're a idiot like these players are and chose to go about it the way some of these players have.. THEN STOP CRYING ABOUT THE BACKLASH OR REPROCUSSIONS THAT COME FROM IT! That's what's "silly" here. A bunch of libatards wanted to start a political protest to create a reaction, but now they don't like the reaction they've created. What's really funny is, because how stupid their protests are, nobody even talks about what they are protesting LOL. My god, people on the left could mess up a wet dream. The NFL football field/sideline is not a safe space.

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