Penalties for Kneeling Being Considered

No, but I think the protest is larger than that - it’s about racism. even if it weren’t, police brutality is a problem in perpetuity.

 

Of course not. I didn’t write that, either.

What I wrote was what I wrote.

 

You sound like you're complaining that they'll never stop protesting because the problem may never be solved.

 

It doesn't matter what it is about. If the fans - not the players, owners of the POTUS - don't like it, it will continue to be a PR disaster for the League.
And it is.
The NFL deserves this. They accepted money from the armed forces to wrap the league and its teams in Patrioti$m . Flag, America, soldiers, government and country. It's all together. Protest one, and fans see it as open rebellion against all.

I applaud Tisch for speaking out, but it will be hurt him a hell of lot more than the POTUS. This is a GOD Damn mess.

 

Veterans Speak Out Against The Militarization Of Sports

 

It's also kinda funny the NFL is flailing away, trying to bail itself out of this relatively small problem when there's a Perfect Storm-sized wave headed its way in the form of CTE.

 

Read that yesterday. Really well done.

 

If there were Vets in sports like the olden days it would be different. Ted Williams lost about 120 HRs and 700 hits to his service time.
Willie Mays, Whitey Ford, DiMaggio lost time for serving.

Tom Landry flew 30 B-17 missions in WWII

Imagine, 21 Pro Football Players and not a single bone spur

World War II claimed the lives of 21 NFL men – 19 active or former players, an ex-head coach and a team executive. Perhaps the best-known player was New York Giants tackle Al Blozis. The 6-6, 250-pound all-league tackle was killed by machine gun fire as he searched for missing members of his platoon on a patrol in the snowy Vosges Mountains of France, just six weeks after playing in the 1944 NFL Championship Game.
Lt. Chuck Braidwood (E, Portsmouth-Cleveland-Cardinals-Cincinnati, 1930-1933) – Member of Red Cross. Killed in South Pacific, winter 1944-1945
Cpl. Mike Basca (HB, Philadelphia, 1941) – Killed in France in 1944
Lt. Charlie Behan (E, Detroit, 1942) – Killed on Okinawa in 1945
Maj. Keith Birlem (E, Cardinals-Washington, 1939) – Killed trying to land combat damaged bomber in England in 1943
Lt. Al Blozis (T, Giants, 1942-1944) – Killed in France, 1945
Lt. Young Bussey (QB, Bears, 1940-1941) – Killed in Philippines landing assault in 1944
Lt. Jack Chevigny (Coach, Cardinals, 1932) – Killed on Iwo Jima in 1945
Capt. Ed Doyle (E, Frankford-Pottsville, 1924-1925) – Killed during North Africa invasion in 1942
Lt. Col. Grassy Hinton (B, Staten Island, 1932) – Killed in plane crash in East Indies in 1944
Capt. Smiley Johnson (G, Green Bay, 1940-1941) – Killed on Iwo Jima in 1945
Lt. Eddie Kahn (G, Boston/Washington, 1935-1937) – Died from wounds suffered during Leyte invasion in 1945
Sgt. Alex Ketzko (T, Detroit, 1943) – Killed in France in 1944
Capt. Lee Kizzire (FB, Detroit, 1937) – Shot down near New Guinea in 1943
Lt. Jack Lummus (E, Giants, 1941) – Killed on Iwo Jima in 1945
Bob Mackert (T, Rochester Jeffersons, 1925)
Frank Maher (B, Pittsburgh-Cleveland Rams, 1941)

Pvt. Jim Mooney (E-G-FB, Newark-Brooklyn-Cincinnati-St. Louis-Cardinals, 1930-1937) – Killed by sniper in France in 1944
Lt. John O’Keefe (Front office, Philadelphia) – Killed flying a patrol mission in Panama Canal Zone
Chief Spec. Gus Sonnenberg (B, Buffalo-Columbus-Detroit-Providence, 1923-1928, 1930) – Died of illness at Bethesda Naval Hospital in 1944
Lt. Len Supulski (E, Philadelphia, 1942) – Killed in plane crash in Nebraska in 1944
Lt. Don Wemple (E, Brooklyn, 1941) – Killed in plane crash in India in 1944
Lt. Chet Wetterlund (HB, Cardinals-Detroit, 1942) – Killed in plane crash off New Jersey coast in 1944
Capt. Waddy Young (E, Brooklyn, 1939-1940) – Killed in plane crash following first B-29 raid on Tokyo in 1945

 

Another "amen" from the choir on the greatness of this piece. The part about Francona's son is unbelieveable.

 

Yes - sports use the military to add "gravitas" to their contests. Yes - the military uses sports to aid in its recruitment efforts.

 

Everyone will forget about that in a few years.

And its not just sports. The military recrtuiters are changing tatics are enticing kids in middle and high schools.

Of course, I think post9/11, we should adopt the Irsraeli effort and military service should be manadatory for everyone 16-35.

 

Well, here's a fucking surprise. The Mets fuck up again.