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An open letter to the NFL players,
« on: October 29, 2017, 07:39:48 am »
 An open letter to the NFL players,

You graduated high school in 2011. Your teenage years were a struggle. You grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. Your mother was the leader of the family and worked tirelessly to keep a roof over your head -food on your plate.

Academics were a struggle for you and your grades were mediocre at best. The only thing that made you stand out is you weighed 225 lbs and could run 40 yards in 4.2 seconds while carrying a football.

Your best friend was just like you, except he didn?t play football. Instead of going to football practice after school, he went to work at McDonalds for minimum wage.

You were recruited by all the big colleges and spent every weekend of your senior year making visits to universities where coaches and boosters tried to convince you their school was best. They laid out the red carpet for you. Your best friend worked double shifts at Mickey D?s. College was not an option for him. On the day you signed with Big State University, your best friend signed paperwork with his Army recruiter. You went to summer workouts. He went to basic training.

You spent the next four years living in the athletic dorm, eating at the training table. You spent your Saturdays on the football field, cheered on by adoring fans. Tutors attended to your every academic need. You attended class when you felt like it. Sure, you worked hard. You lifted weights, ran sprints, studied plays, and soon became one of the top football players in the country.

Your best friend was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division. While you were in college, he deployed to Iraq once and Afghanistan twice. He became a Sergeant and led a squad of 19 year old soldiers who grew up just like he did. He shed his blood in Afghanistan and watched young American's give their lives, limbs, and innocence for the USA.


You went to the NFL combine and scored off the charts. You hired an agent and waited for draft day. You were drafted in the first round and your agent immediately went to work, ensuring that you received the most money possible. You signed for $16 million although you had never played a single down of professional football.

Your best friend re-enlisted in the Army for four more years. As a combat tested sergeant, he will be paid $32,000 per year.


You will drive a Ferrari on the streets of South Beach.

He will ride in the back of a Blackhawk helicopter with 10 other combat loaded soldiers.

You will sleep at the Ritz. He will dig a hole-in ground -try to sleep.

You will ?make it rain? in the club. He will pray for rain as the temperature reaches 120 degrees.

On Sunday, you will run into a stadium as tens of thousands of fans cheer and yell your name.

For your best friend, there is little difference between Sunday and any other day of the week. There are no adoring fans. There are only people trying to kill him and his soldiers. Every now and then, he and his soldiers leave the front lines and ?go to the rear? to rest. He might be lucky enough to catch an NFL game on TV.

When the National Anthem plays and you take a knee, he will jump to his feet and salute the television. While you protest the unfairness of life in the United States, he will give thanks to God that he has the honor of defending his great country.


To the players of the NFL: We are the people who buy your tickets, watch you on TV, and wear your jerseys. We anxiously wait for Sundays so we can cheer for you and marvel at your athleticism. Although we love to watch you play, we care little about your opinions until you offend us. You have the absolute right to express yourselves, but we have the absolute right to boycott you.

We have tolerated your drug use and DUIs, your domestic violence, and your vulgar displays of wealth.. We should be ashamed for putting our admiration of your physical skills before what is morally right. But now you have gone too far.

You have insulted our flag, our country, our soldiers, our police officers, and our veterans.. You are living the American dream, yet you disparage our great country.

I am done with NFL football and encourage all like minded Americans to boycott the NFL as well.

National boycott of the NFL for Sunday November 12th, Veterans Day Weekend. Boycott all football telecast, all fans, all ticket holders, stay away from attending any games, let them play to empty stadiums. Pass this post along to all your friends and family. Honor our military, some of whom come home with the American Flag draped over their coffin.


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Re: An open letter to the NFL players,
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2017, 08:56:52 am »
My we make a lot of assumptions...
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Re: An open letter to the NFL players,
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2017, 09:44:41 am »
Assume all you want, but it gets the point across.
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Re: An open letter to the NFL players,
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2017, 01:19:45 pm »
Sounds about right to me. 

Why only on November 12. My family is boycotting all NFL games until they respect our Flag and veterans.
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Re: An open letter to the NFL players,
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2017, 02:30:38 am »
An open letter to the NFL players,

You graduated high school in 2011. Your teenage years were a struggle. You grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. Your mother was the leader of the family and worked tirelessly to keep a roof over your head -food on your plate.

Academics were a struggle for you and your grades were mediocre at best. The only thing that made you stand out is you weighed 225 lbs and could run 40 yards in 4.2 seconds while carrying a football.

Your best friend was just like you, except he didn?t play football. Instead of going to football practice after school, he went to work at McDonalds for minimum wage.

You were recruited by all the big colleges and spent every weekend of your senior year making visits to universities where coaches and boosters tried to convince you their school was best. They laid out the red carpet for you. Your best friend worked double shifts at Mickey D?s. College was not an option for him. On the day you signed with Big State University, your best friend signed paperwork with his Army recruiter. You went to summer workouts. He went to basic training.

You spent the next four years living in the athletic dorm, eating at the training table. You spent your Saturdays on the football field, cheered on by adoring fans. Tutors attended to your every academic need. You attended class when you felt like it. Sure, you worked hard. You lifted weights, ran sprints, studied plays, and soon became one of the top football players in the country.

Your best friend was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division. While you were in college, he deployed to Iraq once and Afghanistan twice. He became a Sergeant and led a squad of 19 year old soldiers who grew up just like he did. He shed his blood in Afghanistan and watched young American's give their lives, limbs, and innocence for the USA.


You went to the NFL combine and scored off the charts. You hired an agent and waited for draft day. You were drafted in the first round and your agent immediately went to work, ensuring that you received the most money possible. You signed for $16 million although you had never played a single down of professional football.

Your best friend re-enlisted in the Army for four more years. As a combat tested sergeant, he will be paid $32,000 per year.


You will drive a Ferrari on the streets of South Beach.

He will ride in the back of a Blackhawk helicopter with 10 other combat loaded soldiers.

You will sleep at the Ritz. He will dig a hole-in ground -try to sleep.

You will ?make it rain? in the club. He will pray for rain as the temperature reaches 120 degrees.

On Sunday, you will run into a stadium as tens of thousands of fans cheer and yell your name.

For your best friend, there is little difference between Sunday and any other day of the week. There are no adoring fans. There are only people trying to kill him and his soldiers. Every now and then, he and his soldiers leave the front lines and ?go to the rear? to rest. He might be lucky enough to catch an NFL game on TV.

When the National Anthem plays and you take a knee, he will jump to his feet and salute the television. While you protest the unfairness of life in the United States, he will give thanks to God that he has the honor of defending his great country.


To the players of the NFL: We are the people who buy your tickets, watch you on TV, and wear your jerseys. We anxiously wait for Sundays so we can cheer for you and marvel at your athleticism. Although we love to watch you play, we care little about your opinions until you offend us. You have the absolute right to express yourselves, but we have the absolute right to boycott you.

We have tolerated your drug use and DUIs, your domestic violence, and your vulgar displays of wealth.. We should be ashamed for putting our admiration of your physical skills before what is morally right. But now you have gone too far.

You have insulted our flag, our country, our soldiers, our police officers, and our veterans.. You are living the American dream, yet you disparage our great country.

I am done with NFL football and encourage all like minded Americans to boycott the NFL as well.

National boycott of the NFL for Sunday November 12th, Veterans Day Weekend. Boycott all football telecast, all fans, all ticket holders, stay away from attending any games, let them play to empty stadiums. Pass this post along to all your friends and family. Honor our military, some of whom come home with the American Flag draped over their coffin.
Contrary to popular belief every NFL player that drives his Ferrari or Mercedes Benz into the stadium parking lot and walks in he just punch the clock he is an employee of the NFL and of the team that he works for please note that he works for inferring he has a boss. All workplaces have rules if you work there you are obligated to work under those rules or you will be fired or disciplined. Contrary to popular belief your First Amendment right does not apply in the workplace that is something that the Supreme Court has already ruled on and you can't change that as much as you might like to. The workplace routinely sets regulations about speech what's said and what can be said. Ultimately it's geared towards the smooth running of the business and customer satisfaction. Neither of which is working here for the NFL they're losing customers at such an horrendous rate and viewership has dropped just as horrendously yet it seems the NFL in the players don't get it. Maybe when the NFL sinks under the weight of political correctness and coddling pampered athletes that never truly worked a day in their life. Who is now I really feel quite irritated that the NFL for its own salvation hasn't come down on these players the way they need to but if they wear a Nike brand sneaker instead of I Michael Jordan brand sneaker they'll fine them for that. The players can't advertise that they believe in blue lives matter they can't advertise that they believe and honor the 9/11 victims but they are allowed to disrespect our flag our soldiers and our police officers. Being prior law enforcement I take great umbrage with that being a prior service and then I take great umbrage with that.

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Re: An open letter to the NFL players,
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2018, 11:17:43 am »
I read that some clubs are avoiding free agents that were kneelers. 
My feeling is the ownership is avoiding controversy rather than discrimination. 
I know ratings were down for the NFL, curious how much it was the kneelers or oversaturation or internet.
The Bengals are my nearest pro team, haven't cared for ownership there for years.  Not much of a fan anymore, but I do watch the playoffs a bit.