Will we see players kneel?

[Shake n Blake]

(09-24-2017, 02:30 PM)Johnny Cupcakes Wrote: Sure....you're correct there.  Every team has its bad apples. I just find it funny that issues such as players not standing up for a song are what put people over the edge. 

I didn't renew my season tickets this season, and I will not be buying my yearly jersey either.  Part of this is due to my waning interest in a team that always ***** me.  The other part is that I no longer want to financially support a team that employs people like Pacman Jones.  I have been bitching about it for years, and I finally decided to put my money where my mouth was.  So I completely understand getting frustrated enough to no longer support them monetarily due to non-football reasons.  I just think that of all the reaons to do so, it is the act of peaceful protest that is getting people to do so, as opposed to this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc0Pg2ugSzM

It speaks of a weakened sense of morality, in my opinion.

Johnny, you see things through a different lens than myself - so I don't expect you to understand - but to some, the Anthem was a once sacred tradition. One of few moments where people forgot their differences, set aside their own personal worries and appreciated the freedoms we're afforded. It was one of few things that unified us. 

To people like myself, we not only view intentionally disrespecting that moment as disgraceful, we also feel it's a divisive action. I'd feel better about their movement if they (1) came armed with stats/facts, (2) were willing to work with police rather than demonizing them, (3) weren't led by a guy that didn't vote, rocks piggy socks and Castro shirts while comparing NFL owners to slave masters and (4) didn't opt to protest in a disrespectful and divisive manner.

Notice that Lebron, Wade and Carmelo brought attention to their cause during the ESPY awards before Kaep was even a thing. There was no backlash for that, because they weren't being morons about it. I may think their cause is a little more complex than they're letting on, but I respected the way they did it.