26CornerBlitz Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 Players, owners, Goodell met to talk social issues A group of eight players, more than half of NFL team owners and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell met at league headquarters in New York on Tuesday to discuss social issues important to players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Teams are already announcing they won't be kneeling during games any more. They know a losing cause when they see one, assuming the Cheetoh keeps his piehole shut. Perhaps if we're lucky, the reboot of Will & Grace will make fun of Trump tonight, Trump will start tweeting about that, Debra Messing will schit another purple Twinkie, and football can get back to being something to watch to escape the rest of the world. Like I said...Losing cause. They weren't protesting those who keep us safe while protesting the police... who keep us safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Sarah Huckleberry said today that the white house's views on the situation "were pretty black and white." Yup. They are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Jefferson wrote the preamble. Pretty much all of the declaration. Adams made a few corrections but not to the preamble. https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/why-did-jefferson-draft-the-declaration-of-independence They should have let Franklin write it. Even if he had slipped a few jokes into it, it would have been worth the read! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 They should have let Franklin write it. Even if he had slipped a few jokes into it, it would have been worth the read! He was a crazy, funny bastard. That's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Players, owners, Goodell met to talk social issues Why? I mean, what the !@#$ is the NFL going to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Some kid today walked into a Game Stop wearing a Kaepernick jersey. Two NFL players were there and bought him a new XBox. Ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Sarah Huckleberry said today that the white house's views on the situation "were pretty black and white." Yup. They are.That's the most hilarious thing I've read in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackOrton Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Sarah Huckleberry said today that the white house's views on the situation "were pretty black and white." Yup. They are. I'd appreciate it if you used the name she prefers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Jefferson wrote the preamble. Pretty much all of the declaration. Adams made a few corrections but not to the preamble. https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/why-did-jefferson-draft-the-declaration-of-independence Jefferson's original draft listed the institution of slavery as a grievance against the crown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Jefferson's original draft listed the institution of slavery as a grievance against the crown.Yep. I recently did a ton of research on it. All of the big guns wanted to abolish slavery in the Declaration. But they eventually decided they couldn't get the southern colonies to agree to it so they took out that request. Which made it harder to understand why Jefferson and Washington kept owning slaves for years after. Jefferson especially was a really interesting but complex and strange guy. I'd appreciate it if you used the name she prefers.Lying sack of excrement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Teams are already announcing they won't be kneeling during games any more. They know a losing cause when they see one, assuming the Cheetoh keeps his piehole shut. Perhaps if we're lucky, the reboot of Will & Grace will make fun of Trump tonight, Trump will start tweeting about that, Debra Messing will schit another purple Twinkie, and football can get back to being something to watch to escape the rest of the world.Like I said...Losing cause. So, at the end of the day Trump wins? After 1 week of a lot of players kneeling, they're all going to stand moving forward? Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinreaper Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Why? I mean, what the !@#$ is the NFL going to do? I'm pretty sure that the meeting was about what the protests were doing to the game and eventually the player's pocketbooks. The NFL and/or the teams should have put a stop to this last year. The league and individual teams need to have a policy that everyone stands and shows respect for the national anthem. That can easily be a workplace rule and not have any bearing on free speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I'm pretty sure that the meeting was about what the protests were doing to the game and eventually the player's pocketbooks. The NFL and/or the teams should have put a stop to this last year. The league and individual teams need to have a policy that everyone stands and shows respect for the national anthem. That can easily be a workplace rule and not have any bearing on free speech.Yep. That's the only way to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevbeau Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 (edited) They fell 7.1% compared to last year...I could see 7% of diehard NFL fans being so upset by the protests they stop buying tickets. That's really not a big decrease... Admittedly haven't looked at the raw numbers but if you had to explain a 7% decrease to your investors/shareholders/whatever, chances are someone's packing up your desk while you're talking. Edited September 29, 2017 by Kevbeau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 (edited) IF THIS is legit. I'm reading it on the internet, so who know? Talk about a whole lotta words saying nothing. And it may he the first time I've ever heard football players described as "thoughtful, intelligent leaders". Edited September 29, 2017 by reddogblitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 They fell 7.1% compared to last year, they just use 17.9% to make the headline stronger because that's what propaganda outlets do. But that sounds about right. I could see 7% of diehard NFL fans being so upset by the protests they stop buying tickets. That's really not a big decrease and it's impossible to know how much is from the protests and how much is from chance. That's also just one online ticket retailer so who knows if it's a widespread decrease. I suspect the protests will lead to SOME decrease in ratings, etc., I just don't think it will be that big. Most people don't care that much. They might care enough to whine about it online. But most people won't stop watching entirely. Businesses don't stay in business for long if they take that attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob's House Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Yep. I recently did a ton of research on it. All of the big guns wanted to abolish slavery in the Declaration. But they eventually decided they couldn't get the southern colonies to agree to it so they took out that request. Which made it harder to understand why Jefferson and Washington kept owning slaves for years after. Jefferson especially was a really interesting but complex and strange guy. If you were going to be a planter at the time it was pretty much a necessity. Had it been banned across the country it would have been a different story, but when the competition has cheaper labor you do what you have to do or go out of business. It's easy for us to moralize, but the majority of people today who would tarnish his legacy would have done the same thing had they grown up in that time and found themselves in that situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Are there still waiting lists for season tickets in Chicago, Denver, etc... What the last 30 years? Did those dry up? What seems to be the problem? When was the last black out in any major market? Wowzer! How will I ever dump my PSL in Dallas! SELL Mortimer, SELL! Oh yeah, nice narrative, the NFL is hurting for customers. Thanks Colin, you bum!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 They told the players that 95% of them were easily replaceable and to think real hard about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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