Goodell is a White Sissy, Sissy, Sissy Bowing down to the Blacks. What about the Men who died defending our Freedom and the American way of life {FREEDOM} and the FLAG of The USE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The NFL has always been a big booster of the US Military, all during the complaints about kneeling they kept up that honor and military personal were still coming to games . From the very beginning it was made clear that this was no disrespect for flag, but a plea for social justice . Many people took the message to heart by donating time and money to causes that were helping young men and woman .who knows maybe more will carry on the he message of peaceful demonstrators who are marching now. This multi tour airborne combat vet will keep his NFL ticket and if people don’t understand about peaceful protest, try reading up on Martin Luther King

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Protesting
 

Protesting for rights and kneeling while the National Anthem is played are two different subjects. Roger made yet another cow towing remark in apologizing

You bring attention to an important issue peacefully by any means necessary

When are people going to get it? This is a football game! Do your protesting somewhere else! For those who didn’t know this looks like disrespecting the American flag! Wrong place buddy. There’s a time and place and it’s not at a game!!

Kneeling
 

That is your right and it will be your loss. Kneeling is a respectful activity (think church) and was never about the flag or the military.

If the NFL or NBA were playing in my front yard I would pull the curtains. I’m tired of sports being hijacked by politics. It used to be one of the few things I could do to avoid the controversies of the world and just enjoy the spirit of competition but those days are over I guess.

taking a knee was not to disgrace the flag it was a protest. I always found it odd that taking a knee was dishonoring the flag, when we kneel to pray. To me it is the most honoring thing, in any case it was about Police injustice. White people just haven't felt it, like people of color do. They are profiled it is a proven fact. I will be watching NFL with glee as I have never stopped, I understood what the protest was about. Why don't you educate yourself and read , DEVIL IN THE GROVE, about Lake County Sherriff Willis V. McCall who was in office from 1944-1972 and he killed 2 young black men in cold murder in 1951. Can you imagine if we had cell phones back then? WE watched George Floyd die and now you should be awoke, if your not... your not paying attention or you are a psychopath.

Anthem time is NOT THE TIME TO PROTEST.. whatever the reason. Stay in the locker room if you cannot behave during its playing. You are an American Citizen, , you are being PAID to play.. that is why you are there.... NOT TO PROTEST.. do that after the game or outside the stadium. The OWNERS MUST take some of the blame here.. but yet again it is about the ALMIGHTY $$$$$$$$$$$ and not common decency SHAME ON THEM

Well, looks like another year of my not watching the NFL. I miss it, but I just can't take the attitude of a bunch of millionaires acting out their feelings like this. Why can't they wait until the National anthem is over?

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You can go to Gators Dockside and watch it free, but you have to buy something to drink and eat, which you would do at home. In the long run, it is much cheaper and you get to hang out with normal people. When some loser kneels for the pledge you can all boo together. GO GIANTS! Oh well, I can dream.

Don't sugar-coat the issue. Tell us how you really feel.

Standing for the National Anthem
 

Get politics out of (un)professional sports. We are REQUIRED to stand for our National Anthem because it is in the US Code;

36 U.S. Code § 301. National Anthem
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(a) Designation.—
The composition consisting of the words and music known as the Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem.
(b) Conduct During Playing.—During a rendition of the national anthem—
(1) when the flag is displayed—
(A) individuals in uniform should give the military salute at the first note of the anthem and maintain that position until the last note;
(B) members of the Armed Forces and veterans who are present but not in uniform may render the military salute in the manner provided for individuals in uniform; and
(C) all other persons present should face the flag and stand at attention with their right hand over the heart, and men not in uniform, if applicable, should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart; and
(2) when the flag is not displayed, all present should face toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag were displayed.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1263; Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title V, § 595, Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4475.)