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I don't understand a flag or a song being more important than actual human beings, or the rights, ideals the flag is supposed to represent. You disagree that's fine. You have a segment of people who take offense. You have another segment who simply do not like what the protest is meant to highlight. The NFL owners have partners who are the players. I highly doubt enough people will stop watching to make any real difference. Fox just gave the NFL a record contract for Thursday night football, after, to hear them tell it, the offended segment turned their backs and their dollars on the league. If football goes anywhere it will be based on health of players and less young people growing up in the game because of it. Roger Goodell should go meet with Adam Silver to see how a league that is progressive and openly deals with social issues important to their partners has every player standing for the anthem. The NBA treats the players with import. The NFL runs like an authoritarian entity that does everything for a dollar. The players are disposable. The league couldn't care less about what the players were speaking about until the anthem protests. Even the NFL salute to service is finance based. The owners/league can do what they want, but the players might do the same, fine or no fine. I would be willing to bet if half the players or more on both teams stay in the locker room we will hear complaints about that too. The protest comes during the anthem because what it is supposed to represent versus the reality of actions. If the anthem was not played I doubt we would see any disruption of games. We don't see that now. The players would still speak out in various ways as various players did in past decades. I don't believe the anthem was always played at team sporting events. Yet you had your Jim Brown's and Bill Russell's and Kareem Abdul Jabbar's, etc.

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Men and women died for the rights of citizens as expressed by our constitution. There are ways to honor them that don't include the anthem or the flag or the faux nationalism. The greatest honor to them, it would seem, is actually using the rights and living up to the ideals they represented on behalf of the United States, otherwise what did they die for? Not a symbolic piece of fabric; not a song. It's about the actual rights and the actual ideals the country represents or that is what we are told. No professional theatre production is stopping in the middle of a show to make a point either. The Hamilton occurrence came after the show itself was over.

No need to for them to quit. They can play and make money and protest and others can complain. And one doesn't need to "join" BLM. The issues the players were protesting is baked into BLM's platform so they're already in, at least in regard to issues of inequality and police misconduct. The "New Black Panthers" are not the same as the original Black Panthers who were formed in 1966 in response to... yes, you guessed it, Police Brutality. Using California law at the time, which allowed open carry and a citizens right to observe police arrests, the Panthers did both before Governor Raegan led a change of the laws. The Panthers also sponsored free health clinics, maintained free breakfast programs for kids in their communities and ran their own educational facilities. But I heard to some on Fox News they were equivalent to the KKK. Now that's a LOL.

No. You paid for a game and you get a game. if it bothers you that much you can stay home. Do you stand for the anthem when you watch games on TV? You'd be the only I've ever heard doing that.

How did they disrupt it? The singers sing the anthem. No player stopped anyone from singing. The flag still gets unfurled on the field. No player stops military or other personnel from bringing the flag on the field. the anthem goes on as it always has. Except for those who choose not to stand for the stated reasons.

The players protest before the game. If you paid for a ticket to the game you saw the game played with no interruptions save TV timeouts or injuries. When Mike Pence went to see Hamilton the actor who spoke to him from the stage did so after the show had finished not during the actual show. People received what they paid for in both instances. Somehow, some people continue to make the situation what they want it to be instead of what it is.

Dawkins and Milano after next season bc doing it earlier is cheaper than waiting usually. If Zay plays well this season and next season, and no more incidents, don't be shocked.

Most teams are the same. Bills don't stand out for unoriginality.

He didn't say he couldn't afford it, just that it's expensive. I can see that; it costs more to eat well in general. Now even the healthy produce seems pumped with chemicals. The organic produce looks like what normal produce used to look like back in the day. But organic costs more. Unless one has access to a farmers market. Americans have many health issues based on diet and a lot of that is based, in part, on economics.

Benjamin if he plays well for starters. Miller if he plays well. Davis if he stays healthy and plays well. Extensions don't always mean breaking the bank. Extensions also don't have to only be for next season either. Planning for the future strikes me as something Beane will do. Dawkins, Milano and Zay will be halfway through their deal after next year. If they are playing well Beane might want to be proactive rather than wait until the last minute. Especially on Dawkins. If you listen to how he said he wants to build a team, and the types of signings he's made thus far, don't expect the "big" names or Beane to burn through all that cap. The better the draft picks play the more money he'll want to roll over.

I don't think you'll see them going after the biggest free agents; not at this point. They will use that money to extend their own. They will also continue to grab young players who have flashed, but need an opportunity to start like Hyde or guys who are proven, solid, youngish vets like Lotulelei. And they will grab the ubiquitous depth, STs players. They will keep a healthy stash year to year to extend their own, which will be needed as their draft picks produce. When the team is built and they are one position away, I could see Beane spending a mint on a day 1 FA.

No bad seats at New Era. Depends what you want. When I come back for my yearly game I always sit in the tunnel end zone, 10-20 rows from field level. It's like a party (and I don't drink). But you will have to stand most of the game. Disclaimer: a fight or two tends to break out at some point. If if you stay 10 rows and up you shouldn't have any sight problems between the 20s.

True enough. But it would make Buffalo competitive, as a city, with other modern cities. It's a start. At this point Buff is behind other locales on many levels. A lot of those can be addressed by making the city a city. The tax issue is a different can of worms. Even if the tax issue is never addressed, the modernization of the city is still a plus for residents/visitors. In that case, I don't see a reason not to do it. But if it doesn't come as a result of the stadium being built I don't know if will happen.

Everything you listed about what would be required for building downtown is exactly why it needs to happen. Buffalo, as a city, needs improved infrastructure, roadways and a real subway system. Time to modernize the city. This would be the city thinking with vision and not focusing solely on the now. The stadium would just be the impetus and ultimately a byproduct. I always felt building the new stadium downtown was best for the simple fact that the ancillary necessities would have to be addressed and, in the process, produce a better city. Could improved roads, infrastructure and transportation system make Buffalo more attractive to corporations looking to create more office hubs/ headquarters etc? It would give the city/state a modern city to sell. As it is said it takes money to make money.

Henry Jones over Jeff Nixon. Brian Moorman over Paul McGuire. Aaron Schobel or Ben Williams or Mario Williams over Jerry Hughes and Big Pat Williams over Earl Edwards. Nate Odomes was my dude on those Super Bowl teams, but if you took Charles Romes over him I could understand. Old heads would probably say Booker Edgerson.

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I appreciate your thoughtfulness. There are a lot of black people doing fine economically, fathers with kids, families, etc. Still touched by various forms of racism, but far from destitute. I would add, after slavery into the twentieth century there were many blacks who were business owners, were residents of successful towns where they flourished. A lot of those towns were burned to the ground; business owners were run out of business or hung, etc. the old adage pull yourself by your bootstraps was lost on the bigots. Poor black people and poor white people have a lot in common, but the ointment many poor whites have been given to "pacify" them is their supposed superiority and the demonization of the "others" having taken what "should be" theirs.

Yes. And if you extropalate back from there, why is the education system so poor? Why are the rates of poverty so high? There is a long history in the answers to those questions, especially in the south. I could understand him because I chose to listen to him; he has a very thick accent, and it sounds like a slight stutter. For some they hear that and immediately tune out and feel like they can't understand someone. I get it. I'm not saying Peace Frog is a bigot either, I hope that wasn't the impression he/she got or others got from my initial post. Some just find humor in various things. Traditionally, there is a long history to de-humanizing people for various reasons, which provided "reasons" for bigotry. This is also done to poor whites who are referred to as "white trash" another term I cannot stand. Peace Frog just found it funny. But being who I am I have a lot of of experience with people who claimed humor, but were really saying something else.

Every fan base has its bigots which is weird since most of the players are black. But then again, bigots are strange people. Buffalo is no different than any other city/fan base in that regard, unfortunately. BTW, I understood what he said. Easy to do if one wants to listen and not insult someone; which brings me back to my first point.

He was an excellent player. If he had been less humble he would have gotten more attention.

After the fact, that Super Bowl was considered one of the worst in the modern era due to that housing situation. I don't think the league will be looking for a replay of that.

Turning a new leaf doesn't necessarily supersede mental illness or personality disorders.

The prequel to negotiations. Nothing to be gleaned except Kim is letting the world know the Pegula's ain't footing the entire bill. No surprise there.

He had two years left on his deal in Philly at over Seven million per. Any team could have traded for that and none did. I think he won't get as high a figure as people are assuming.