Subj : Re: NFL
To   : HusTler
From : Moondog
Date : Wed Sep 30 2020 10:03 pm

  Re: Re: NFL
  By: HusTler to Gamgee on Tue Sep 29 2020 06:51 pm

 >   Re: Re: NFL
 >   By: Gamgee to Arelor on Mon Sep 28 2020 07:44 am
 > 
 >  > > I gave up on that shit-show about 4 years ago when the whole
 >  > > Kapernick bullshit started.  Don't miss it a bit.
 > 
 >  > > haha, do you care to explain what that was about, for those who
 >  > > are not in the US?
 > 
 >  > Kapernick started the whole thing about kneeling during the
 >  > playing of the national anthem before games, as some sort of
 >  > "protest" against unfair treatment of black people. Many people
 >  > found (and still do) that to be disrespectful, and a lot of folks
 >  > gave up on the NFL (and basketball/NBA, and to some extent
 >  > baseball/MLB) because of it.
 > 
 >  I keep debating with myself if I should stop watching the NFL. Unfortunatly
 > love the game too much. I played the game myself in Jr High and High school 
 > I'm emotionally attached. I've been watching very closely this disprespectin
 > our flag and I must say they have been behaving well. They even stopped a lo
 > of the "show boating" but they do get penalized for that now. I doubt Kapern
 > will ever play in the NFL again. I hope it's a wake up call to keep politics
 > out of sports. If I see it again I will definelty stop watching the NFL. Let
 > them burn some buildings down. Just keep your protests out of sports.
 > 

While I was capable of playing athletic sports, eye cross dominance without
proper coaching on how to deal with it held me back from doing anything
halfway decent, so I never was interested in football.  Basketball was where
my attention span was.  Same goes for soccer and hockey.

One of my gripes with the NFL or it's players in question are how the league
rejected any attempt for players who wanted to bring attention to
non-partisan charitable causes, then all the sudden it's OK to take a knee dur
ing a ceremony in the beginning of the game.  If that time in the game was no
big deal, they why did they strategically pick that time to protest?

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