Steelers Respond To Trump's NFL Criticism

HUGE PROTESTS OVER THE WEEKEND ABOUT THE NATIONAL ANTHEM,
DONALD TRUMP SAID THAT ANYONE WHO TOOK A KNEE SHOULD BE FIRED.
WELL, THE STEELERS DECIDED THEY WERE GOING TO ACT IN UNISON
AND NOT COME OUT FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT ALL.
MIKE TOMLIN, THE COACH, PUT OUT A STATEMENT AHEAD OF TIME.
HE SAYS:
THEY WERE THE FIRST TEAM TO KNOCK ALLOW FOR THE ANTHEM AT
ALL WHICH MAKES ME INCREDIBLY PROUD BECAUSE I'M A STEELERS FAN
AND THE STEELERS HAVE A HISTORY OF BEING THE MOST PROGRESSIVE
ORGANIZATION AND NOT JUST FOOTBALL BUT IN ALL OF SPORTS.
THEIR OWNER ONE THAT THEM IN A POKER GAME.
MARKETING.
THIS IS A LONG TIME AGO, HE WAS ALWAYS WITH HIS OWN PLAYERS AND
IN FACT, WHEN THE PLAYERS WENT ON STRIKE, HE DROVE THE OTHER
OWNERS CRAZY BY GOING OUT ON THE PICKET LINE AND BRINGING THE
PLAYERS BEERS AND THEY DRINK TOGETHER ON THE PICKET LINE.
THAT WAS THE OWNER OF THE STEELERS.
THEY HAVE A TREMENDOUS HISTORY OF PROGRESSIVISM AND THEY HAVE
A RULE NAMED THE ROONEY RULE IN THE NFL BECAUSE THEY DEMANDED
THAT AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN AT LEAST BE INTERVIEWED.
NOT PICKED BUT AT LEAST INTERVIEWED FOR THE JOB OF
HEAD COACH ANYTIME YOU'RE INTERVIEWING FOR A HEAD
COACH IN NFL.
THAT IS CALLED THE ROONEY RULE AND NOW AGAIN, THEY ARE
LEADING THE WAY HERE.
LOOK, SOME SAY IT IS A HALF MEASURE, IT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
I HEAR YOU, BUT LOOK LET PEOPLE EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN EVERY
WAY THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH BECAUSE AT THE END OF
THE DAY, YES.
I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH AND HAVE ALWAYS SUPPORTED COLIN
Taking A KNEE AND A STAMPER RACIAL INJUSTICE AND
STANDING OUT THAT THAT IS A HUGE ISSUE IN THIS COUNTRY AND NEEDS
TO BE ADDRESSED AND USING THAT PLATFORM FOR IT, BUT I'M ALSO IN
FAVOR OF EXPRESSING SPEECH AND ANY WAY THAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT.
SO WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE JUDGING KAEPERNICK FOR IT, CERTAINLY
DON'T JUDGE THE STEELERS IF YOU ARE NEITHER SIDE OF THIS ISSUE.
ACTUALLY THINK IT'S A GREAT COURAGE TO BE THE FIRST
TEAM TO DO THAT.
TENNESSEE AND SEATTLE LATER IN THE DAY ALSO DID NOT COME
OUT OF THE LOCKER ROOM AND OF COURSE, THESE PROTESTS
SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE NFL BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT ONE OTHER
GUY FROM THE STEELERS WHO ACTUALLY DID COME OUT THAT
HE'S ONLY GOT A COME OUT AND HE'S A FORMER ARMY RANGER.
J WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
THIS IS THERE LEFT TACKLE ALEJANDRO VILLANUEVA AND
HE SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR ALL THOSE YEARS AND HE CAME
ONTO THE ANTHEM.
ANYWAY, SOME FOLKS ARE GETTING ON HIM SAYING, HE BROKE
RANKS WITH ALL OF HIS OTHER TEAMMATES AND HE RUINED UNITY.
NO, GUYS IT'S ALSO THE ARGUMENT THAT WAS USED
AGAINST KAEPERNICK IN SOME WAYS.
LET PEOPLE EXPRESS THEMSELVES HOWEVER THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE.
IT'S ALSO HIS FREEDOM OF SPEECH SO I DON'T MIND HIM DOING THAT.
THE ISSUE HAS GOTTEN GREAT ATTENTION NOW THANKS TO
COLIN KAEPERNICK AND THANKS TO DONALD TRUMP UNWITTINGLY
SELLING HIS PART SO BLESS HIS HEART FOR DOING THAT.
BOTH: KAEPERNICK AND VILLANUEVA.
I KNEW I SHOULDN'T HAVE TRIED IT A SECOND TIME.
ANYWAY, OBVIOUSLY, HE HAS UNQUESTIONED PATRIOTISM.
I THINK BOTH DO.
ONE LAST THING.
PEOPLE SAID OH YEAH, BUT DID YOU KNOW THE STEELERS WERE BOOED
WHEN THEY FINALLY CAME OUT?
IT'S TRUE, LET'S WATCH IT.
THAT IS BREAKING NEWS INDEED THAT WHEN THE OPPOSING TEAM
COMES ON THE LOCKER ROOM, IT TURNS OUT THEY GET BOOED.
OF COURSE, THEY WERE PLAYING IN CHICAGO.
YOU KNOW THE CHICAGO PLAYERS ALSO DID THE PROTEST.
THEY WERE IN THE LOCKER ROOM, BUT THEY DID THE PROCESS ON
THE FIELD.
PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IN SPORTS.
ALL RIGHT, GOD BLESS THE STEELERS.
PROGRESSIVE CHAMPIONS IS ALWAYS.
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Steelers Respond To Trump's NFL Criticism

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