Right now at Ravens v Jaguars game at Wembley Stadium in London, many many NFL players taking a knee

[mobeau69]

Source: Jake Tapper @ jaketapper

Right now at Ravens v Jaguars game at Wembley Stadium in London, many many NFL players taking a knee

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[Gothmog]

1. Yeah

[Not Ruth]

2. What I would like to see Sunday nite at the 2 minute mark,both teams take the knee and run the clock

[TEB]

3. Awesome

[avebury]

4. Sky News reporting on NFL Players

Link to tweet

[Kath2]

5. Right on!

Good for them!

Stick it, Trump!

[mobeau69]

6. Jag owner joined in with those locking arms.

[kstewart33]

11. Bravo. nt

[blaze]

12. Locking arms is an interesting alternative

Will that be called disrespectful now, too?

[LeftInTX]

19. I love it!!!

[Earth Bound Misfit]

22. The same Jag owner that donated a million bucks to Drumpf?

Four NFL team owners gave $1 million each. Woody Johnson of the New York Jets, Daniel Snyder of the Washington Redskins, Robert McNair of the Houston Texans and the Jacksonville Jaguars’ Shahid Khan all made donations in 2016. In February, Khan, the NFL’s only Muslim owner, publicly opposed Trump’s ban on travel from six predominantly Muslim countries.

Kraft Group, a firm associated with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, also gave $1 million.

http://jacksonville.com/news/national/2017-04-19/jaguars-owner-shad-khan-among-nfl-owners-gave-1m-trump-inauguration

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. Solidarity.

[thbobby]

8. Police killing black people

Taking a knee is about police brutality on Black Americans.

Love that many NFL players are so offended by Trump that they are taking a knee.

BUT

Police wantonly killing Black People is the real issue.

Thank you, Mr. President. Your hatred and stupidity will bring a lot of attention to the hatred and racism that has existed in America for centuries.

[DinahMoeHum]

9. Tee hee! The fun has just begun. . . (YouTube)

. . .and this is the 1st game of NFL Week 3. . .in London.

Shall I dare say it? More to follow later in the day, maybe even tonight and tomorrow night.

[kstewart33]

10. Great news.

The disgust is spreading.

[samnsara]

13. why is an NFL game in London?

[DinahMoeHum]

14. NFL marketing, mostly.

But AFAIC, given the problems American football has (it is, after all, the bastard child of rugby and soccer), there's probably not much of a market for it, outside of Canada (and they have their own league and rules) and a few other countries.

Problems include: the CTE injury issues, the number of players needed, the inherent anti-democratic nature of the game in terms of opportunity and participation (in contrast to other team sports). . .etc.

[Bradical79]

15. Yeah. Goodell got a bit obsessed with London in particular.

Been wanting a team there for awhile now. There had been talk on and off of moving the Jags there.

[TeamPooka]

20. The NFL is trying to become an international business.

[Bradical79]

16. Even Brady is supporting this now

One of Trump's "friends".

[AKing]

17. Pittsburgh Steelers entire team will not be on the field during the Anthem per Chicago Radio

[TeamPooka]

21. You can hide but you can't run Steelers.

[blaze]

23. Interesting. The link posted below suggests this *is* a form of protest. nt

[TeamPooka]

24. then it's like protesting in your bedroom. Nice. Safe. No one can see.

[AKing]

18. Mike Tomlin: Steelers will stay in locker room during anthem

[link:http://pit.247sports.com/Bolt/Pittsburgh-Steelers-Mike-Tomlin-Steelers-will-stay-in-locker-roo-107903616|

[vanburenave]

25. CTE

While it's nice what they are doing; As a life long fan of NFL, I have chose to walk away from the sport because of the brain injuries we now know it causes. I cannot support a "sport" that kills it's players.

[wolfie001]

26. The orange toad opened a can of whoop-ass....

....on himself. Ha ha

[MattP]

27. How can you donate 1 million as a individual to a candidate?

What a scam the inauguration was

[Eliot Rosewater]

28. Go ahead, dumbshit, fuck with football players and their fans

speaking to trump, not OP

[Man_Bear_Pig]

29. Solidarity