Should NFL Stay Out Of Politics?

DONALD TRUMP OF COURSE CONTINUES TO DOUBLE DOWN,
TROUBLE DOWN, I THINK WE ARE ON QUINTUPLE DOWN, SAYING THAT THE
NFL MUST MAKE ITS PLAYERS NOT KNEEL OR THEY SHOULD BE FIRED.
NOW THIS IS THE GOVERNMENT BASICALLY SAYING IF THEY WANT TO
EXERCISE THEIR FREEDOM OF SPEECH THERE SHOULD BE CONSEQUENCES AND
PUNISHMENT FOR IT.
AT A MINIMUM THAT IS BORDERLINE
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
IT'S DIFFERENT IF THE OWNERS DO IT, THEY ARE
PRIVATE ENTITIES, BUT WHEN THE GOVERNMENT IS DEMANDING PEOPLE
BE FIRED IT BECOMES A MASSIVE CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE, LET ALONE
THE FACT THAT THESE GUYS -- THEIR BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT
CONTROVERSIAL, THEY WANT TO END POLICE BRUTALITY.
ARE THERE
PEOPLE FOR POLICE BRUTALITY?
YOU MIGHT DISAGREE WITH THE SEVERITY
OF THE ISSUE BUT YOU ARE REALLY THAT UPSET?
GOD, I REALLY WANT
POLICE BRUTALITY TO KEEP GOING, IF ONLY THEY COULD SHOOT MORE
UNARMED MEN, PARTICULARLY BLACK MEN.
AGAIN YOU CAN DISAGREE BUT
IT'S NOT AN OUTRAGEOUS THING, THEY AREN'T SAYING LET'S END ALL
COPS, WHATEVER.
IT'S THE MOST SIMPLE THING IN THE WORLD.
CAN
WE LOOK AT DISPROPORTIONATE POLICE VIOLENCE THAT HAPPENS
FROM TIME TO TIME AND LOOK TO FIX IT SO THE POLICE CAN SERVE
OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
BUT THERE'S A TERRIFIC ARTICLE FROM
HUFFPOST ON WHETHER THE NFL IS POLITICAL AT ALL.
BECAUSE A LOT
OF GUYS ON THE RIGHT WING, INCLUDING TRUMP, ARE SAYING GET
POLITICS OUT OF FOOTBALL.
I JUST WANT TO WATCH FOOTBALL, THE NFL
DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS.
REALLY?
LET'S GO TO
THIS REALLY GREAT ARTICLE ON THIS.
TRAVIS WALDRON SAYS --
THAT'S AN INTERESTING THESIS.
WHAT DOES HE MEAN BY THAT?
HOW
WAS THE NFL POLITICAL BEFORE?
WELL, HE EXPLAINS --
SO THE NFL WAS LITERALLY IN A LOT OF WAYS, ESPECIALLY ON TV,
BORN OF POLITICS.
IF THEY HADN'T GONE TO CONGRESS AND LOBBIED AND
GOTTEN POLITICIANS ON THEIR SIDE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE HAD THE
BROADCASTING RIGHTS THEY HAVE.
IN FACT IT IS, IN ESSENCE, A
GOVERNMENT-SANCTIONED MONOPOLY.
A LOT OF THE SPORTS LEAGUES
ARE, TO VARYING DEGREES, AND YOU COULD MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT THEY
NEED TO BE GIVEN THEIR UNIQUE STRUCTURE.
BUT YOU CERTAINLY
NEED POLITICS TO ALLOW A MONOPOLY LIKE THAT TO EXIST.
BUT
THERE'S MORE.
TRAVIS EXPLAINS --
POLITICS NUMBER TWO, AT A MINIMUM.
MORE --
SO POLITICS NUMBER THREE.
THAT'S A GIANT ONE.
ISN'T THAT
FUNNY?
WHEN IT'S POLITICS THAT HELPS BILLIONAIRE OWNERS, HEY,
GO GET 'EM, NFL.
WAY TO DO THE POLITICS!
WHEN IT'S LARGELY
AFRICAN AMERICAN PLAYERS, NOW IT HAS SPREAD TO WHITE PLAYERS,
WHICH IS GREAT, I LOVE THAT THEY ARE STANDING IN UNISON AND
ASKING FOR REFORM AND SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER -- WHEN IT STARTED
WITH ONLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN PLAYERS, HEY, PLAYERS, POLITICS
IS ONLY FOR THE OWNERS.
BUT THERE IS MORE --
IF YOU HAVE A PAC, YOU MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT POLITICAL.
IT IS
LITERALLY CALLED A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE.
HE CONTINUES --
THAT ONE IS ALLEGED, BUT THAT
WOULD BE NUMBER FOUR ON THE LIST
OF POLITICAL THINGS THE NFL DOES THAT NO ONE COMPLAINS ABOUT, OR
NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO.
CERTAINLY THE RIGHT WING
DOESN'T. GETTING TO THE POINT,
HE SAYS --
LET ME HAVE MY FIRST COUPLE OF DISAGREEMENTS WITH THEM, I
THINK THEIR SUITS ARE WAY BETTER THAN MINE.
THEY DO HAVE NICE
SUITS FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND SECOND OF ALL, EVEN JERRY JONES,
ONE OF THE MOST RENOWNED IN NORMALLY WEALTHY OWNERS IN THE
NFL, OWNER OF THE DALLAS COWBOYS, TOOK A KNEE WITH THE
REST OF HIS PLAYERS.
IF DONALD TRUMP MEANT TO UNITE PEOPLE
AGAINST COLIN KAEPERNICK HE COULDN'T HAVE FAILED HARDER.
HE
UNITED EVERYONE ALL THE WAY UP TO BILLIONAIRE OWNERS TO DO THE
SAME THING THAT COLIN KAEPERNICK WAS DOING.
I THINK THAT'S A
BRILLIANT POINT BY THE WRITER TO POINT OUT THE NFL HAS ALWAYS
BEEN ABOUT POLITICS, THE QUESTION IS BY WHO?
LAST YEAR AS
KAEPERNICK AND OTHER PLAYERS STARTED THIS, AND KAEPERNICK IS
STILL NOT IN THE LEAGUE WHICH IS RIDICULOUS, EVERYONE KNOWS HE'S
ONE OF THE TOP 96 QUARTERBACKS, IT'S PREPOSTEROUS TO CLAIM
OTHERWISE, HE SHOULD BE IN THE LEAGUE AND THAT SHOULD BE
RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY, BUT FOLKS WHO ARE OUTRAGED THAT PLAYERS
HAD THE TEMERITY TO ASK FOR POLITICAL JUSTICE ON AN
IMPORTANT ISSUE ARE DEAD WRONG, BUT OVERALL THE TIDE, PARTLY
THANKS TO THE MISERABLE FAILINGS OF DONALD TRUMP, HAS BEGUN TO
SWING WHERE PEOPLE ARE SAYING YES, THAT'S TRUE, IT IS FREEDOM
OF SPEECH, AND WHY CAN'T THEY ACTUALLY MAKE THEIR POINT ABOUT
POLICE VIOLENCE OR WHATEVER ELSE THEY THINK IS IMPORTANT?
I LOVE
THAT IT HAS GONE IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO
KNOW WHAT THE REALITY IS AND HOW POLITICS IS BEEN INVOLVED ALL
ALONG, AND I WILL GIVE TRAVIS WALDRON HEAR THE LAST WORD.
HE SAYS --
AGAIN, THAT WAS BEFORE DONALD TRUMP ACCIDENTALLY TURNED ALMOST
THE ENTIRETY OF THE NFL AGAINST HIM AND IN FAVOR OF COLIN
KAEPERNICK AND THE PROTESTS.
BUT FOR A LONG TIME THE NFL WAS ON
THE WRONG SIDE OF THIS AND YES, THEY TOO PLAYED POLITICS.
SO APPARENTLY, LITERALLY IN THIS CASE, TWO CAN PLAY AT
THAT GAME.
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Should NFL Stay Out Of Politics?

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