Mon Sep 25, 2017 9:21 am
foothills wrote:PAPISJEEP wrote:NFL = garbage
Simple as that
NFL...No Fucking Loyalty
Mon Sep 25, 2017 9:38 am
Ops wrote:As usual more #fakenews. people are so stupid to believe what they are told.
even the local cnn affiliate Q13fox tells this shit without researching.
The Sheeple flock
Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:15 am
Before we verify or debunk that claim, it's important to know that NFL football games are governed by multiple codes of conduct. One is the NFL rulebook; another is the NFL game operations manual. The rulebook is concerned with in-game actions by players and coaches (like scoring, penalties, challenges and so on), whereas the game-operations manual dictates how NFL games should be run in the bigger-picture organizational sense.
"The league’s Game Operations Department uses the manual to govern the conduct of home clubs, to ensure they protect players and provide the conditions for a fair and fan-friendly contest," reads the NFL's website. "Clubs face warnings and other penalties for noncompliance."
The NFL rulebook makes no mention of the national anthem. But the game operations manual does.
Here's what the game operations manual says regarding the national anthem, according to an NFL spokesperson:
The National Anthem must be played prior to every NFL game, and all players must be on the sideline for the National Anthem.
During the National Anthem, players on the field and bench area should stand at attention, face the flag, hold helmets in their left hand, and refrain from talking. The home team should ensure that the American flag is in good condition. It should be pointed out to players and coaches that we continue to be judged by the public in this area of respect for the flag and our country. Failure to be on the field by the start of the National Anthem may result in discipline, such as fines, suspensions, and/or the forfeiture of draft choice(s) for violations of the above, including first offenses.
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Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:59 am
should and may, that doesn't mean required. Let it goleadcounsel wrote:F*** the National Felon League. You don't disrespect our American flag without severe consequences and their behavior is akin to flag burning. I won't give 1 penny to a flag burner, do you? Would you buy ANY product by a disrespecting flag burner, say Coke, Chevy, Lowes, Dewalt, or Applebees holds flag burning before their shifts... do you keep buying their product? NOT ME.
I hope they lose billions of dollars, 1/2 their fans, and lose their tax exception fraud status as a nonprofit, and have their monopoly stranglehold busted up.
I just did a cursory search. Here's what TIME LIFE sports page has to say on the matter:
http://time.com/4955704/nfl-league-rule ... them-rule/
Does the NFL Require Players to Stand for the National Anthem?
Alex FitzpatrickBefore we verify or debunk that claim, it's important to know that NFL football games are governed by multiple codes of conduct. One is the NFL rulebook; another is the NFL game operations manual. The rulebook is concerned with in-game actions by players and coaches (like scoring, penalties, challenges and so on), whereas the game-operations manual dictates how NFL games should be run in the bigger-picture organizational sense.
"The league’s Game Operations Department uses the manual to govern the conduct of home clubs, to ensure they protect players and provide the conditions for a fair and fan-friendly contest," reads the NFL's website. "Clubs face warnings and other penalties for noncompliance."
The NFL rulebook makes no mention of the national anthem. But the game operations manual does.
Here's what the game operations manual says regarding the national anthem, according to an NFL spokesperson:
The National Anthem must be played prior to every NFL game, and all players must be on the sideline for the National Anthem.
During the National Anthem, players on the field and bench area should stand at attention, face the flag, hold helmets in their left hand, and refrain from talking. The home team should ensure that the American flag is in good condition. It should be pointed out to players and coaches that we continue to be judged by the public in this area of respect for the flag and our country. Failure to be on the field by the start of the National Anthem may result in discipline, such as fines, suspensions, and/or the forfeiture of draft choice(s) for violations of the above, including first offenses.
So it apparently isn't in the "Rulebook" because it's not game play related. But it IS in the operations manual, where it would make sense. Granted there are terms like "may" however it's clear that the flag is not meant to be disrespected, and disciplinary action against those that disrespect it.
Take it a step further, what if a player stood there and gave the finger to the flag or the crowd, or burned a flag, or similar distraction. You okay with that?
Mon Sep 25, 2017 11:21 am
Jonathan Brown wrote:So many people miss that the right to do what you want, within reason, during the anthem, is part of what many have fought and died for. Seems simple to me. I don't get all the hoopla. Are people saying that folks don't have that right? Sure, you can say it's disrespectful. But for a group of folks for whom the word RIGHTS have a very important meaning, we as gun owners, to bash the players seems hypocritical to me.
Its the flag burning argument all over again. Burning it makes you an asshole. But it is your right to do it.
Mon Sep 25, 2017 11:44 am
Jonathan Brown wrote:So many people miss that the right to do what you want, within reason, during the anthem, is part of what many have fought and died for. Seems simple to me. I don't get all the hoopla. Are people saying that folks don't have that right? Sure, you can say it's disrespectful. But for a group of folks for whom the word RIGHTS have a very important meaning, we as gun owners, to bash the players seems hypocritical to me.
Its the flag burning argument all over again. Burning it makes you an asshole. But it is your right to do it.
Mon Sep 25, 2017 11:55 am
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