09-24-2017, 02:04 PM
(09-24-2017, 02:02 PM)pally Wrote: Which is more important of a symbol....the flag and anthem or the Constitution and the Bill of Rights? Because that is essentially what this whole issue comes down too. Do you protect the player's 1st amendment rights to protest or do you force standing for the anthem/flag?
Unless someone's first amendment rights were violated, what you're saying isn't true.
What we're seeing pan out now is the first amendment as intended.
Player's first amendment rights aren't violated by forcing them to stand, because the NFL and its consumers aren't the government.