NFL Protest

[*ochocincos*]

I wish patriotism wasn't pushed in everyone's faces like it has become. Let people choose to be patriotic or not.

Remember when it came out that the Department of Defense paid millions of dollars to the NFL in exchange for display of patriotism during games starting in 2009?
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/pentagon-paid-nfl-displays-patriotism/

Quote:That changed in 2009, as the Department of Defense poured millions of dollars into the NFL in exchange for displays of patriotism during games. “Until 2009, no NFL player stood for the national anthem because players actually stayed in the locker room as the anthem played,” ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith explained in 2016. “The players were moved to the field during the national anthem because it was seen as a marketing strategy to make the athletes look more patriotic. The United States Department of Defense paid the National Football League $5.4 million between 2011 and 2014, and the National Guard $6.7 million between 2013 and 2015 to stage onfield patriotic ceremonies as part of military-recruitment budget line items.”