The NFL has a hot mess on its hands. Players knelt during the National Anthem in record numbers last weekend, an act of defiance towards President Donald J. Trump, who on September 22, called on kneeling players to be fired. The practice of NFL player anthem kneeling was started last year by former San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick because he feels the United States “oppresses black people.”
Of the NFL’s 32 teams, 28 saw a marked drop in Facebook followings after this weekend’s protests where many players refused to stand for the national anthem.
Pittsburgh Steelers fans are taking action against Steelers merchandise sellers after the team’s botched reply to the NFL’s protests against the country seen during the league’s Week 3 games.
A Denver car dealer is now reassessing his sponsorship of Denver Broncos linebacker Von Miller after the player took a knee during the playing of the national anthem for the NFL’s Week Three games last weekend.
As hundreds of NFL players puff themselves up as political activists, many fans are responding, but not how the “social justice” activists had hoped. Fans were already abandoning the NFL in droves, but now they are responding in anger in a myriad of ways.
Action film actor Steven Segal slammed the “outrageous” NFL protests, Wednesday, adding it is “disgusting” that these anti-American players are “holding the nation hostage” with their protests.
John Elway channeled millions of current and former fans Tuesday night, when he released a statement addressing the NFL protests over the weekend. The Hall of Famer and Broncos executive says, “America is the greatest country in the world,” and that people should “stand for the anthem.”
Charlie Daniels says while he is a “dyed in the wool football fan,” he suspects the NFL “has reached a tipping point,” as more Americans are expressing their disapproval of players protesting the national anthem.
One would think that the city where the national anthem was written, would be the least likely to see an anthem singer resign. However, that’s exactly what’s happening right now with the Baltimore Ravens and their anthem singer.
Retweets can be meant as endorsements, or they could just be the mere sharng of information. However, if you’re the president and you retweet an account arguing for an NFL boycott, which also happens to mention Pat Tillman’s name, it’s trouble.
Apparently no one is ever just going to show up and play football ever again. Coming on the heels of a major national survey, showing that fans do not approve of NFL players orchestrating anthem demonstrations. The Packers’ Aaron Rodgers has, you guessed it, asked fans to participate in anthem demonstrations.
At any other point in history a magazine calling itself Sports Illustrated, putting out a cover which had no sports in it, might seem odd. Then again, few other points in history have been as dumb as 2017.
San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich had plenty to say in response to President Donald Trump denouncing national anthem protests while speaking Monday at his team’s media day. Popovich called the United States of America “an embarrassment” and followed that up
One sector in the NFL has been fairly quiet over the constant protests during the playing of the national anthem, but now a few NFL advertisers and sponsors are stepping up to make known their opinions about the protests. And some are finding customers telling them what they’d better think, or else.
Monday night on the House floor, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) knelt down in protest to President Donald Trump’s comments about NFL players kneeling or the national anthem. Jackson Lee said, “There is no basis in the First Amendment that
Actor and activist Jesse Williams said in an interview Sunday that the NFL’s pregame national anthem ceremony is a marketing ‘scam” that the U.S. government uses to “get boys and girls to go fly overseas and go kill people.’
The New Orleans Saints have the right to protest the flag all they want. However, bars in the New Orleans area also have the right to not show the protests on their TV screens. Now it appears that one such bar in Louisiana is doing just that.
Actors David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, stars of the popular sci-fi series The X-Files, took a knee in protest while on the set of their show this week in the latest example of how the NFL’s ongoing National Anthem protests have spilled over into the entertainment world.
The Remington Research Group has just conducted a public poll, which shows two things very clearly. First, the American people agree with Donald Trump when it comes to NFL anthem protests. Second, if the NFL doesn’t cease allowing their league to become a fashion show for narcissistic SJW-wannabe’s, college football will be the most popular sport in America within five years.
Latin pop superstar Marc Anthony slammed President Donald Trump Monday, demanding that he stop talking about NFL national anthem protests and focus on helping Puerto Rico.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has been a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump, so the speculation was that he would not allow his players to kneel during the national anthem.
Alejandro Villanueva found “unintentionally” found himself not participating in an anthem protest on Sunday. According to the wife of Titans wide receiver Eric Decker, her husband found himself unintentionally participating in a protest.
There might be an awful lot of returned #78 jerseys in the next couple weeks. Alejandro Villanueva, the Steelers tackle who famously stood alone on the field for the playing of the national anthem on Sunday while the rest of his team stayed inside the tunnel, has now revealed that he actually intended to remain in the tunnel with his fellow players.
Lost in the shuffle from the day of protest in the NFL, and the reaction to the day of protest in the NFL, which has consumed so much of the news cycle over the last couple days. Was the NBA’s Media Day events, where players and coaches from 28 of the 30 teams posed for pics and took questions from the media.
Writing at the Huffington Post, Ethan Klapper notes that Breitbart News saw a huge increase in Facebook interactions over the weekend following President Donald Trump’s comments on NFL players kneeling during the national anthem and NFL athletes protesting in response
Monday morning quarterbacking is a time-honored NFL tradition, where everyone second-guesses the Sunday decisions made on the field which seemed like good ideas at the time, yet, after the fact, turned out to be grave errors in judgment. However, this Monday morning, we have a certain quarterback regretting a decision he and his teammates made off the field.
The cast members of Star Trek Discovery were slammed by social media users Sunday after a photo of the CBS show’s stars taking a knee went viral online.
The struggle could become even more real, for the NFL’s growing number of anthem-protesting malcontents. Particularly those who protest while wearing the Fleur-de-lis.
Sterling K. Brown and Chadwick Boseman have high praise for the pro football players who took a knee in protest of President Donald Trump.
Patriots Owner Robert Kraft issued a stinging rebuke to President Trump over his comments, in which he called protesting NFL players “SOB’s.” Kraft called the president’s words “deeply disappointing,” adding that there’s “nothing more divisive than politics.”
Monday on Fox Sports 1’s “Undisputed,” co-host Shannon Sharpe criticized Pittsburgh Steelers tackle and former Army Ranger and Afghan war veteran Alejandro Villanueva’s decision to go “rogue” by going onto the field Sunday to stand for the national anthem before the
Monday on “The Dan Patrick Show,” NBA Hall of Fame’s Charles Barkley warned the media will take advantage of the national anthem protest controversy that was ramped up by President Donald Trump’s criticisms. According to Barkley, this controversy will not
Thirty years of loyal service to the Buffalo Bills was brought to an end on Sunday, by a single act of disloyal, disservice to our country. After watching Bills players kneeling, raising fists, and even stretching during the playing of the national anthem, New Era Field employee Erich Nikischer decided he had enough.
Music super-producer Pharrell Williams joined in with the NFL players who boycotted the national anthem on Sunday, by taking a knee during the Charlottesville unity concert.
Dan Patrick ripped President Donald Trump Monday on his NBC Sports radio show over the comments he made at a rally in Alabama where he called for NFL owners to fire the “SOBs” who protest the national anthem. Patrick said the president should be above
If you want an Alejandro Villanueva jersey, and let’s face it, who doesn’t, you better act now because they’re selling fast.
In what might just be the most 2017 NFL story ever, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin rapped one of his players, an Afghan war veteran, for coming out of the locker room for the national anthem.
Raiders Owner Mark Davis didn’t always approve of his players protesting, while wearing the silver and black. However, due to a combination of factors, Davis has had a change of heart.
A long list of NFL teams and up to 130 players protested during the playing of the national anthem as the NFL’s Week 3 began, Sunday. The protests came on the heels of President Donald Trump’s criticism of the National Football League for allowing the growing number of protests.
NBA Legend Charles Barkley said Sunday that he was “embarrassed” and hurt by how people from his home state of Alabama gave President Donald Trump a “rousing” applause for calling national anthem protesters “SOBs.” “The president of the United States should
