There's plenty of blame to go around. The players could have framed their protest in a better way. They chose to in all intents and purposes to boycott the National Anthem. That obviously didn't sit well with a good part of the football audience. Now the owners are backpeddeling trying to save viewership and advertiser revenue.

If the WHY is being ignored maybe they need to present their cause in a better way. You're not going to further your cause by ****ing off your intended audience.

AWESOME! :thumbup:

Not going to challenge you because I am not sure but..can you supply any back up outside of anecdotal to support that a "good part of the football audience" objected, and any links etc should be prior to this being inserted into the political arena.

I guess I could have used Americans instead of football audience. Poll: 53 percent of Americans say it’s ‘never appropriate’ to kneel during the national anthem - The Washington Post

But this article does state that 50% of people who are watching less football is because of the protests.
NFL ratings down due to anthem protests: survey - Washington Times

Now this is a fair and cogent argument.

CNN poll: Americans split on anthem protests - CNNPolitics
Since kneeling, in spite of attempts to distract/divert/obfuscate otherwise, started as a protest of the unfair treatment of people of color...which demographic should count more and carry more weight? :ohdear:


Facts matter. :ho:

Ok, but those polls were taken recently. I mentioned I was interested in prior to the onset of POTUS daily comments, which I think were maybe last September.

Up to that date, and I am close but will accept valid changes...I think 9 or 10 players had protested in total. The first Sunday after the daiyl assaults, over 200 knelt.

The weight of the POTUS comments worldwide, is and always has been dramatic. Measured words have usually been a par for the job.

The first player to sit/kneel explained his reason immediately, and remember he and a few others were the only ones UNTIL it was made political.

When it was made political, it was turned around and the reason was NEVER discussed.

Colin Kaepernick explains why he sat during national anthem - NFL.com

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