According to The FAN Pittsburgh.
Also quoted as saying “if anybody has a problem with that screw them”
More a political post than a true football post, so I posted it on the Open.
Either way it will be downvoted, as fools ignore the potent statement from a respected ND man.
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Both are reasonable actions, but misunderstanding and bad feelings can tear a team apart.
A delicate balancing act for a coach.
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I think we need to keep in mind that we're dealing with children and thus telling them that they can't do something they want to do for attention would just cause temper tantrums and tear teams apart. Better to just let them have their way and let them play with the XBox after practice.
a right wing cause like say religion).
but actions have consequences. While I support their right to kneel, I also think doing so is a shitty display of character.
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There's really no going back for the existing leagues.
Pandemic has changed the paradigm. Wonder what fan reaction would have been....
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It's not reasonable, it's counterproductive, not to the degree of looting and burning shit down, but still counterproductive.
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League in question banned it and there were real consequences?
I don't understand why we insist on playing the anthem in the first place. Just play the game, and eliminate this controversy.
You're probably not going to get this, so I'll save time.
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It's pretty stupid but just go with it.
...with consciencous objector monuments.
"The courage to do nothing at all and such or whatever..."
Love of country does not imply belief in the country's perfection. Protest is a desire to see the country live up to its aspirations.
Parents try to change the weak parts of their kids, out of love; patriots try to change the weak parts of their country, also often out of love. Sometimes out of rage, but it is not a sign of giving up on the country, Far from it.
One can be critical of things the country has done wrong, and one should, but that certainly isn't "the highest form of patriotism." It's actually quite a minor thing. I think you can probably rattle of a dozen ways someone could demonstrate more patriotism than that.
Behind all this is the premise that these children understand anything about our history or our "systems." They don't. Most majored in Mickey Mouse degrees and were led by the hand through whatever studies they may have allegedly pursued. If the commissioner and owners and coaches had any balls, they would tell them to suck it up instead of behaving like the coddled children they apparently are and follow the expectations their employer has for them.
We don't use the occasion of our children's birthdays to inform them about how disappointed we are with their progress.
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And may lead to Orange Part Deux.
PS: as the poster just below here just proved my point about voicing an opinion without censure.
He wasn't re-signed because he didn't fit the system the next coach wanted to run.
And no one else wanted a QB with a steadily declining QBR with a bad attitude.
But no one stopped him from voicing his opinion ever.
Also, people forget that this all started with him sitting on the bench during the anthem after learning he wouldn't start a preseason game. When people complained about his disrespectful behavior, he turned it into a racial thing. Yet, he was still given 10 games of opportunity as the starter.
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Perhaps you missed the fact that the entire world seems to know about his protest and message. Which at a practical level is the opposite of being censured.
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