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Roger Goodell of NFL just put out a statement trying to justify the total disrespect certain players show to our country.Tell them to stand!
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Our country is being disrespected by a President who regularly attacks the
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You don't respect our country, beliefs, freedoms, people, flag, military, anthem, etc. You never have. You shouldn't be President.
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Am atheist but this gets an AMEN from me! And a RT :)
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Not to mention he once again violates the Constitution when insisting that players should be fired if choosing to
#TakeAKneepic.twitter.com/QlrfKVXptz
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The NFL IS a for-profit private entity. Always has been. The tax-exempt status was only the league office, but that ended in 2015.
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yea I mean I don't know why these NFL players want to make a political statement every time. They should do their job and
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play the game. That's what they are paid to do but I guess it's a sign of the times that these sports players have become
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like politicians. They need to buck their ideas together and get on with what the fans pay them for.....
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This has been around forever, Muhammad Ali, Tommy Smith and John Carlos all used their platforms as prominent athletes to stand for justice
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Don't forget Jackie Robinson, an athlete who had very good reasons for saying he was unable to sing the national anthem.
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Yes well he was the first african American to play in the Major League but that was a different era
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How quickly we forget the lessons of history! Isn't that part of the point of today's protests? . . .
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I agree but those times African Americans were either in slavery or coming out of slavery . These
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@NFL Dear Athletes WAKE
YOU NEED PATRIOT CLASS
Show reasons why America is great 
Show the TROOPS sacrifice & Freedom NOT FREE 
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I agree stand or turn off the game.
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