New policy requires on-field players, personnel to stand for anthem

[thackney]

@thackney
These aren't children we're trying to discipline.   This is a business which has shown its disdain for this country and for the laws which hold it together.   They are willing to pander to the crowd that hates America and wants to kill police officers.  Now the NFL is acquiescing simply because their profit has been impacted.

Screw the NFL, I will not contribute another view, dollar or cheer for them.

I should modify that to read NFL and other organizations.

[verga]

I rarely watched before this crap started, and completely stopped after. I doubt they will miss my attention one way or another.

[WingNot]

I'll watch to see how it goes.  But the 1st time a see a kneegoer, I'm done.

[Applewood]

Not sure what I will do.  Last season started with an unusual warm spell.  No way was I going to stay home and watch the game.  When winter finally hit, I spent my Sundays doing some long-neglected chores like cleaning out my home office.  Or I binge watched some old movies or tv.  I found out I could do without the Steelers if necessary.  I can do without them again if this nonsense continues.

[jmyrlefuller]

@thackney
These aren't children we're trying to discipline.   This is a business which has shown its disdain for this country and for the laws which hold it together.   They are willing to pander to the crowd that hates America and wants to kill police officers.  Now the NFL is acquiescing simply because their profit has been impacted.

Screw the NFL, I will not contribute another view, dollar or cheer for them.

In other words, there is no pleasing you. Got it.

I'll tell you what I've told others who hold your sentiment: Antarctica is still open for settling.

[thackney]

In other words, there is no pleasing you. Got it.

I'll tell you what I've told others who hold your sentiment: Antarctica is still open for settling.

I've found plenty of entertainment I find pleasing.  I don't sit in the dark alone wondering what to do.

It wasn't fixed when the protest first started.  Not all that protest will immediately jump back on board when years later it finally is fixed.

[verga]

In other words, there is no pleasing you. Got it.

I'll tell you what I've told others who hold your sentiment: Antarctica is still open for settling.

That is not what he said at all. The NFL management made a decision not to discipline their precious little prima donna snowflakes for expressing an unpatriotic view. The only reason they hanged their position was due directly to financial loss. The management has not had a patriotic epiphany. The only thing they give a D@MN about is that they are hemorrhaging financially and that they could lose a generation of income if the previous fans teach they kids to spend their entertainment dollars on something else. Some of us are not easily swayed by the pseudo come to Jesus moment. If players had been immediately disciplined, ie. benched, suspended, or fired, then I might have been convinced they were serious and not hypocrites.       

[jmyrlefuller]

That is not what he said at all. The NFL management made a decision not to discipline their precious little prima donna snowflakes for expressing an unpatriotic view. The only reason they hanged their position was due directly to financial loss. The management has not had a patriotic epiphany. The only thing they give a D@MN about is that they are hemorrhaging financially and that they could lose a generation of income if the previous fans teach they kids to spend their entertainment dollars on something else. Some of us are not easily swayed by the pseudo come to Jesus moment. If players had been immediately disciplined, ie. benched, suspended, or fired, then I might have been convinced they were serious and not hypocrites.     

They DID fire Colin Kaepernick at the first chance. There is only so much the league can do; there are contacts and unions involved here. You can't just fire someone like that or randomly suspend or fine someone for a rule that isn't on the books.

Again,  all the supposed remedies that would convince you to change your mind are past tense. Now there is nothing that can be done to rectify it. There still is no pleasing you.