I have always been a die-hard Cowboys fan, but the NFL's incompetence and inability to take a true stance on players kneeling during the national anthem is pathetic. The fact that they vaccilate on their stance is disheartening at best. Nobody thinks of the injustice done towards blacks by policeman, when these players kneel. They just see utter disrespect for our flag, which is already front and center with the debates regarding POTUS and his calls to gold star families.
Just stand up for the anthem. How hard is this? You have the right to kneel, but the people fighting for your freedom don't deserve the slight. Use your media and microphone time to raise awareness, but please be respectful to our troops and their families with your national stance. This whole charade is out of hand, and I would never be able to pull this stunt in my line of work. I just wish that Roger would grow a pair and actually act like a CEO. Sorry for the rant, but I want to open this thread and speak freely.

very impressive, thanks for the update.

I agree, it is making more people mad than it is helping. And on top of that, what they are fighting for ( assume cop on black violence) is so minute compared to the other problems that are ravaging their community, such as black on black murder, fatherless families, babies out of wedlock, etc. But they like to play the race card than taking responsibility for themselves and work on these things that are far more important.

Congratulations?

ScottishFire said:

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This whole charade is out of hand, and I would never be able to pull this stunt in my line of work.

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Dan 07 said:

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ScottishFire said:

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This whole charade is out of hand, and I would never be able to pull this stunt in my line of work.

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I guess congratulations is in order for being considered dispensable by his employer?

Aren't we all?

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Dear NFL,

You were doing your part to bring people together and heal the world. That's really how healing works. We heal by loving each other and leading by example; showing people what is possible when we love each other just as we are and not only recognize our differences but celebrate them and look at how we can use them together to make us jointly better than our separate parts. You were doing your part celebrating each other based on skills, talent and a joint vision without regard to color and religion.

You were doing your part and we were doing ours. We showed up cheering and groaning together to as one. We talked in the concession lines and commiserated and celebrated our team together. Did it ever occur to you that you and we were already a mix of backgrounds, races and religions? We were already living the dream you want, right in front of you.

Your desire to focus on division and anger has shattered what many people loved most about the sport. Football was really a metaphor for our ideal world -- different backgrounds, talents, political beliefs and histories as one big team with one big goal -- to do well, to win, TOGETHER.

You are asking us to abandon what we loved about togetherness and make choices of division. Will we stand with you? Will we stand with our flag? What does it mean? What does it mean if we buy a ticket or NFL gear? What does it mean if we don't? It is the polar opposite of the easy togetherness we once loved in football.

It was simple we loved you and you loved us with all of our races, religions, different backgrounds and politics. Simplicity in a crazy world was pretty awesome.

You dear NFL, have taken that. You have lost me here.

If you ever want to get off your knees and get to work on building bridges, let me know. I have found screaming about the problems in service marriages or even standing in silence in front of them, hasn't healed even one of them.

On the other hand, funding the Chris Kyle Frog Foundation, building a team and rolling up my sleeves to get in the trenches during my "off time" -- volunteering there outside of my paying jobs -- has proven to make real change.

You have a lot of strong guys, I am sure in the off season a lot of them could build some pretty big bridges if they care enough to do the hard work. That would involve getting off their knees and getting to work though. If I can do it while I raise two kids as their only parent and work through the greatest pain of my life, let's see if they can do it for the issues they say they care so much about.

Go Longhorns and Sic 'Em

Sincerely,

Taya

(Widow of Chris Kyle)

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you know back in the 1970's...the 3 most popular sports in America were:

boxing
horse racing
major league baseball

(and tennis wasn't too far behind)

things can change

Forum 16 is right over there, chief.

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In what other private occupations are employees forced to stand for the anthem? I've worked for a lot of companies and have never seen it from ANY CEO.

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What other private employers play the national anthem during work hours?


(Your attempted comparison failed miserably, but to answer your question the NBA comes to mind)

ScottishFire said:

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I have always been a die-hard Cowboys fan, but the NFL's incompetence and inability to take a true stance on players kneeling during the national anthem is pathetic. The fact that they vaccilate on their stance is disheartening at best. Nobody thinks of the injustice done towards blacks by policeman, when these players kneel. They just see utter disrespect for our flag, which is already front and center with the debates regarding POTUS and his calls to gold star families.
Just stand up for the anthem. How hard is this? You have the right to kneel, but the people fighting for your freedom don't deserve the slight. Use your media and microphone time to raise awareness, but please be respectful to our troops and their families with your national stance. This whole charade is out of hand, and I would never be able to pull this stunt in my line of work. I just wish that Roger would grow a pair and actually act like a CEO. Sorry for the rant, but I want to open this thread and speak freely.

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What heck is this doing over here?!? If I want to deal with the constant political bull**** that's being shoved down my throat every day, I'll go to 16. Keep this **** out of here. I don't care why you are no longer a Cowboys fan. Go ahead and move along to another sub forum. /end rant

"Not watching NFL guy" moving into "cross fit guy," and "atheist guy" pantheon.

Only morons think this is "disrespectful to troops" or any of that bull*****

Why shouldn't they protest injustice on the platform they have? It would be irresponsible if they felt they were subject to injustices and didn't use their platform to attempt to effect change.

The fact that cops of all races go into black crime infested areas at all knowing full well the high risk involved to help people, every black athlete should proudly stand and applaud their courage and service.