Penalties for Kneeling Being Considered

I hope somehow the NFL is penalized for bending over.

 

Making the CFL great again.

 

It doesn't take a liberal to see that the NCAA's model has been shit for the last 40+ years.

 

All those fans who chanted "Rockets" during the anthem tonight won't be able to play in the NFL. Sad!

 

Braves should be in trouble for altering the words.

 

What about Kansas City football fans? Don't they still change the last word to Chiefs at every home game?

 

OK. So, let's do a better job of covering the players' concerns.

Let's here from them what and why they're protesting.

That will make support for the protests go... up?

 

A good first step might be to clear up some of the confusion on this thread as to what the protest is about.

 

... say, can you see ...

 

David French supports the players' right to kneel.

The N.F.L. should let players kneel. If it lets them kneel, it increases immeasurably the chances that when they do rise, they will rise with respect and joy, not fear and resentment. That’s the “winning” America needs.

I wonder how many liberals, desperate to share their hot takes will agree with the rest of his article.

The United States is in the grips of a free-speech paradox. At the same time that the law provides more protection to personal expression than at any time in the nation’s history, large numbers of Americans feel less free to speak. The culprit isn’t government censorship but instead corporate, community and peer intimidation.

Conservatives can recite the names of the publicly shamed from memory. There was Brendan Eich, hounded out of Mozilla for donating to a California ballot initiative that defined marriage as the union of a man and woman. There was James Damore, abruptly terminated from Google after he wrote an essay attributing the company’s difficulty in attracting female software engineers more to biology and free choice than to systemic discrimination. On campus, the list is as long and grows longer every semester.

It is right to decry this culture of intolerance and advocate for civility and engagement instead of boycotts and reprisals. The cure for bad speech is better speech — not censorship. Take that message to the heartland, and conservatives cheer

Opinion | Conservatives Fail the N.F.L.’s Free Speech Test

 

The idea that celebrated NFL athletes don't have the opportunity to share their concerns with the public is ludicrous.

A group of protesting players could call a press conference tomorrow, and it would receive massive press coverage.

They can speak directly to their audience through twitter and facebook.

They could attend, and speak at, related protests and marches.

They could meet with Tamir Rice's mother, or visit Ferguson, Missouri, and the press would dutifully tag along.

But, the players have chosen to make a two minute protest, that takes no time out of their day, doesn't alter their travel schedule, doesn't require any greater commitment.

And, they've muddled it themselves by making it a response to Trump.

Let's see them put it the time, and let's see them articulate their concerns, and let's see if they're able to draw additional support for their cause.