(08-20-2018, 05:48 PM)raptor6581 Wrote: I still vote for just getting rid of the anthem before sporting events and being done with it..... Never gonna make everybody happy here. All stand, it was forced patriotism. All kneel, its forced protest. Allow to stand or kneel and somehow you hate your nation by utilizing freedoms given (not by employer. Blah blah blah.). Sit inside and youre a coward who hates the us. Take it off tv and the NFL hates america, but at least we wont have as many people whining over this in a few weeks..... Can't win for losing on this one. Just eliminate it.

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Agreed, I never understood why it was played outside of international games anyways.  The real irony is that until the protest most networks didnt even air the anthem outside of the post season and SNF, they would say how they're throwing it to the stadium crew and would just show a 15 second bumper with the flyover, cheerleaders, and players running out to the field...nobody seemed to bat an eye at this or talk about how it was unpatriotic.

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