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18. What I want to hear...

Sun Oct 15, 2017, 09:28 PM

Oct 2017

"Ladies and Gentlemen, please join us in taking a knee for the national anthem"
While a video of Varied injustices plays on the jumbo-tron.
Never gonna happen, but I can dream.

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Trumps Bullying Backfires - NFL To Take Up Protestors Cause [View all] applegrove Oct 2017 OP

Good for the NFL Gothmog Oct 2017 #1

Lifelong football fan here. Dulcinea Oct 2017 #40

Not a football fan but I greatly appreciate the NFL for this. calimary Oct 2017 #47

Not a fan either, but it would be great if they find a good way to support justice. lagomorph777 Oct 2017 #48

Oooo, can't be pretty in his vicinity when he hears this! madamesilverspurs Oct 2017 #2

Trump's head exploding in 3... 2... 1... Initech Oct 2017 #10

Orange, stringy stuff Scarsdale Oct 2017 #37

I want to believe so badly. cilla4progress Oct 2017 #3

Here, here!! InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #30

Right on. Good for them. Kath2 Oct 2017 #4

Goodell ONLY does things that make owners more money sharedvalues Oct 2017 #5

I think it's black players realizing the power they have in the game JI7 Oct 2017 #13

Yes agreed. Pretty amazing the players are driving this sharedvalues Oct 2017 #28

I believe they'd start losing fans if the NFL took the hardline approach King 45* wants groundloop Oct 2017 #15

He doesn't want to lose their best players. MoonRiver Oct 2017 #36

There is absolutely no way Scarsdale Oct 2017 #38

Probably true, but this will send him into a tail spin, twitter wise. MoonRiver Oct 2017 #39

Mostly agree, but ... Cosmocat Oct 2017 #41

Also Goodell takes zero action without owners' consent. sharedvalues Oct 2017 #6

That's my take until proven otherwise. pangaia Oct 2017 #16

You can never know the outcome in advance oxbow Oct 2017 #7

Maybe lip service to bolster PR and keep revenue going CakeGrrl Oct 2017 #8

Even a halfhearted PR effort by the NFL could do a lot. TeamPooka Oct 2017 #24

I hope he is sincere and has the support of the owners. brer cat Oct 2017 #9

That lawsuit Kaepernick filed may have a lot to do with this. Give him a job for gawd's sake. n/t monmouth4 Oct 2017 #11

Except he didn't file a lawsuit. former9thward Oct 2017 #22

I should have said the threat of:... monmouth4 Oct 2017 #33

I'm keen to know what he's 'requesting' or threatening to ... mr_lebowski Oct 2017 #54

Trump can go pound sand. oasis Oct 2017 #12

Good for the NFL leanforward Oct 2017 #14

There are a lot of folks boycotting the NFL quakerboy Oct 2017 #20

I was in Wallingford, CT over the weekend for a wedding krispos42 Oct 2017 #26

Yeah. They are copy catting quakerboy Oct 2017 #31

I will be cautiously optimistic, but I will believe it when I see it. pangaia Oct 2017 #17

What I want to hear... -_O_- Oct 2017 #18

I share your dream. Duppers Oct 2017 #21

Will not mean much to me, safeinOhio Oct 2017 #19

He has shifted his attention to Christmas tavernier Oct 2017 #23

Dollar General has half its shelves in red and green Chipper Chat Oct 2017 #25

Announcer: And now a moment of silence to ponder the racial injustice that permeates our society. andym Oct 2017 #27

Whoop! There it is ATL Ebony Oct 2017 #29

Good for the NFL. Trump and his deplorables have won nothing but the Stupidbowl.....as always. jcmaine72 Oct 2017 #32

It's just making lemon aid out of lemons waltben Oct 2017 #34

Many owners backed the players on day 1 moda253 Oct 2017 #45

Loving this turn of events! Madam45for2923 Oct 2017 #35

"Stick to Sports" is code for: STFU and entertain us DinahMoeHum Oct 2017 #42

Ive heard this is an effort BainsBane Oct 2017 #43

Kellyass will spin this as: louis-t Oct 2017 #44

America is Already Great!! aeromanKC Oct 2017 #46

The NFL is more than aware that those players are what MineralMan Oct 2017 #49

Empty stadiums? yallerdawg Oct 2017 #50

Meh, this is way to take it off the field and add it to the causes that the NFL and players Thomas Hurt Oct 2017 #51

I fear that too Alice11111 Oct 2017 #53

Incoming Tweets 3...2...1 NastyRiffraff Oct 2017 #52

Really good news! Thanks. Demoiselle Oct 2017 #55