All posts tagged "NFL"
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NEWS
Trump Attacks Athletes ‘Not Proud Enough To Stand’ For Anthem, Then Asks Them For Pardon Suggestions
June 8, 2018President Trump, who has previously called athletes who kneel during the national anthem “sons of bitches,”...
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NEWS
Man Takes Knee During National Anthem At Trump’s ‘Celebration of America’ Event That Replaced Philadelphia Eagles Meeting
June 5, 2018An unidentified man took a knee during the national anthem at President Trump’s “Celebration of America,”...
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Authoritarianism
Trump Instructed White House Officials To Use GOP Tax Law To Punish NFL Over Kneeling Players
June 5, 2018President Trump instructed White House officials to look for ways to use the GOP tax law...
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Authoritarianism
Warriors Coach: The NFL Is Using National Anthem As ‘Fake Patriotism’ To Pander To Trump
May 24, 2018Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr on Thursday ripped the NFL’s new policy banning athletes...
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FREEDOM
NY Jets Chair Says He’ll Pay Fines For NFL Team Players Who Protest During National Anthem
May 23, 2018New York Jets chairman Christopher Johnson said that he will pay the fines for players on...
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NEWS
NFL Owners Approves New Policy Requiring On-Field Players Stand For National Anthem: Report
May 23, 2018NFL owners have unanimously approved a new national anthem policy that requires players to stand if...
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NEWS
NFL Superstar JJ Watt Offers To Pay For Funerals Of Santa Fe Shooting Victims
May 19, 2018Pro football star J.J. Watt – who raised millions of dollars for relief efforts following Hurricane...
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NEWS
Papa John’s CEO Abruptly Resigns After NFL Protest Remarks Drew Endorsements From White Supremacists
December 21, 2017John Schnatter, the founder and CEO of Papa John’s, has abruptly resigned just weeks after he...
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Authoritarianism
Wife Of Raiders Coach Says She Regrets Voting For Trump After Tweet Attacking Black NFL Player
November 20, 2017Linda Del Rio, the wife of Oakland Raiders head coach Jack Del Rio, said she regretted...
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NEWS
Houston Texans Kneel In Protest After Team Owner Compared Players To ‘Inmates Running The Prison’
October 29, 2017A majority of players on the Houston Texans knelt during the national anthem ahead of the...
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EQUALITY
NFL Owner Compares Kneeling Players To ‘Inmates Running The Prison’
October 27, 2017Houston Texans owner Bob McNair was forced to apologize after it was revealed that during a...
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NEWS
NFL Defies Trumps Attacks, Says It Won’t Force Players To Stand During National Anthem
October 17, 2017NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced that the league will continue allowing players to kneel during the...
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DEMOCRACY
German Soccer Team Takes A Knee In Show Of Solidarity With NFL Players
October 14, 2017German soccer team Hertha Berlin took a knee on Saturday in a show of unity with...
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Authoritarianism
Limbaugh: Trump’s Comments ‘Dictating The Behavior’ Of NFL Players ‘Starting To Make Me Nervous’
October 11, 2017Right-wing talk radio host Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday said President Trump’s comments “dictating the behavior” of...