The NFL that publicizes ending racism, presumably to sell its product, also deeply believes in the intellectual inferiority of Black players,
Opinion: NFL’s Hidden Hate Practices Help Explain Why It’s So Hard To End US Racism
Bill Belichick Turns Down Trump’s Offer of the Medal of Freedom
Donald Trump has mostly made a mockery of his ability to award civilian honors. He gave Rush Limbaugh the Medal of Freedom at 2020’s State of the Union. Football Lou Holtz was given the same honor this summer as a reward for questioning Joe Biden‘s Catholicism during the Republican National Convention.
Trump has also used the medal as a way to get closer to popular figures in the worlds of sports. After his dramatic Masters win in 2019, Tiger Woods received the Medal of Freedom at the White House.
And since Trump is in his last full week as President, he again wanted to give the honor to a sports figure. But Patriots Coach Bill Belichick has told the Trump Administration that he isn’t interested.
Patriots’ HC Bill Belichick will not be traveling to Washington nor accepting the Presidential Medal of Freedom, he announced today. pic.twitter.com/uvLLigFlHU
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 12, 2021
Man who threatened Boston Globe also called NY Times, NFL: prosecutor
U.S. investigators are probing whether a man accused of threatening to kill journalists at the Boston Globe after calling them "the enemy of the people" made similar threats to the New York Times and National Football League, a prosecutor said on Monday.
Trump Is Losing It Because His Ratings Are Down 3 Times More Than The NFL
Donald Trump flipped out on the NFL on Monday morning. It has to be driving him crazy that no matter how hard he tries to ruin the NFL, Trump's ratings are down three times more than the league's TV numbers.
Opinion: 12 Days of Silence On Niger Tragedy Exposes Donald Trump As A Fake Patriot
Donald Trump's handling of the aftermath of the Niger tragedy, which claimed the lives of four American servicemen, has caused considerable outrage and raised troubling questions. But what it didn't do, was reveal anything about Trump that we didn't already know. Contrarily, it only reinforced perceptions that were previously witnessed, but somehow ignored by his voters. For twelve days Donald Trump publicly ignored the deaths of four men who he claims to hold so dearly. Twelve days of silence proved him yet again, to be a malignant political fraud.
Trump Congratulates Himself, Attacks The Press In Puerto Rico Twitter Meltdown
Once again, the self-centered President of the United States cannot help but make every domestic and international incident about him and how wonderful and/or victimized he is.
Opinion: Paul Ryan Stomps on Free Speech and Tries to Silence NFL Players
There's something very wrong with Ryan weighing in on this and using his power in government to try to silence free speech. Qualifying that with acknowledging their right doesn't mitigate from the chilling of free speech of such a powerful person in government shaming the players' criticism of government.
Entire Dallas Cowboys Team Defies Trump And Kneels Before National Anthem
The entire Dallas Cowboys team – as well as owner Jerry Jones –
knelt in solidarity on Monday, a clear rebuke of Trump's recent rhetoric.
Democrat Rips Trump As ‘Racial Arsonist’ Who ‘Pulled The Sheets Off’ After Charlottesville
The Congressman said Trump's weekend rant about NFL and NBA players is just a continuation of his post-Charlottesville racist rhetoric.
Opinion: Upset About NFL Players Protest? You Can’t See The Forest For The Trees
Behind the images of NFL players kneeling, raising fists, locked arm in arm or skipping the national anthem entirely is a message that's being drowned out by noise surrounding the method of protest. From the king of ignorance, Donald Trump, down to everyday Americans, many are egregiously guilty of not seeing the forest through the trees.
The Transparent Phoniness Behind Trump-Fueled White Rage Over NFL Players Kneeling
Let me say it as clearly as I can: The anger being expressed by many (white) people over NFL players kneeling during the national anthem is transparently phony.
Trump Hides Behind The Flag As Putin’s Shadow Leaves His Presidency In Perpetual Darkness
Trump made the reason for his fight with the NFL clear on Sunday. The President is attempting to hide behind the flag to dodge the growing darkness of the Russia scandal.
Colonel Ted Lieu Schools Draft Dodging Trump On NFL Players’ Right to Protest
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) schooled Republicans who didn't serve on NFL players' rights to protest as they used the flag in their attempts to defend President Trump attacking NFL players who kneel, saying they should be fired.
Democrat Urges All NFL Athletes To Kneel During Anthem To Protest ‘White Supremacist’ Trump
In a stinging tweet, former Democratic Rep. Donna Edwards she hopes "every NFL player" will take the opportunity to stand up to "the white supremacist who squats in our White House."
NFL Fires Back At ‘Real Life Clown’ Trump For His Vulgar Alabama Campaign Speech
Instead of backing down or being intimidated by the irresponsible man in the White House, NFL players and the league's commissioner have joined together in condemning the president.
Self-Obsessed Trump Lashes Out At NBA Players For Refusing To Kiss His Ring
The human comment section living in the White House is proving not just that his mental train is fully off the rails, but that he doesn't really care about governing the country or solving problems.
Bill O’Reilly Says NFL Player Kneeling for Anthem ‘Disrespects Our Entire System’
Bill O’Reilly has a problem with Denver Broncos football player Brandon Marshall, who before the Thursday night season opener against the North Carolina Panthers, chose to take a knee for the national anthem. Marshall joins Colin Kaepernick, Jeremy Lane and Eric Reid in refusing to stand as a protest against social injustice.
Marshall said of his decision,
“The message is I’m against social injustice. I’m not against the military or police or America at all. I’m against social injustice and I feel like this was the right thing to do.
“I feel like this is the right platform. This is our only platform to really be heard. I feel like a lot of times people want us to just shut up and entertain them, shut up and play football. But we have voices as well. We’re actually educated individuals that went to college. So when we have an opinion and we speak it, I feel like a lot of people bash us for what we have to say.”
Watch O’Reilly’s rant courtesy of Media Matters for America:
Now, Mr. Marshall is an interesting study as far as being an American is concerned. Not a football player. An American. He was raised in Las Vegas. Had a violent father who went to prison. But he worked hard and succeeded in developing his football skills. Marshall received a scholarship, full scholarship from the University of Nevada. He went to college free. By the way, he was on the same team as Colin Kaepernick who started the national anthem disrespect. Anyway, Brandon Marshall has played well in the National Football League and recently signed a 32-million-dollar contract. So let’s put this in perspective. Poor kid, bad father, develops his god-given skills, is presented with an opportunity to attend college free of charge. Then becomes a professional football player, earning millions in our capitalistic system. Nowhere on Earth could Brandon Marshall have done that but America. Nowhere. To be fair, bad things do happen in this country, in every country, and they must be confronted. But to disrespect our entire system when you have reaped so much benefit from it is fallacious in the extreme. Brandon Marshall and others like him have an obligation to think about what they’re putting out there because some impressionable folks listen to them. Want to improve things? Good. Disrespecting the anthem, not good.
Racists Demand Punishment For African Americans Exercising First Amendment Rights
For decent Americans it is beyond comprehension that it is acceptable for white supremacists, whether they are St. Louis-area cops or owners of a sports bar, to demand that African Americans suffer punishment for exercising their constitutional rights.
Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Pats Female Reporter And Calls Her ‘Sweetheart’
On Tuesday, Republican candidate for Massachusetts Governor, Charlie Baker, called a Boston-area female reporter 'sweetheart' and patted her on her shoulder after she asked him a question.
No Surprise That the NFL had the Rice Tape 3 Months Ago
Everyone was willing to protect Ray Rice because he is such a valuable football player.