WTF!!!!!!! Steelers to sit out national anthem

How? This use to happen back in the day where the teams stayed in the locker room. They said they will be doing their own thing in the locker room today. So if I show up late to the game and miss the anthem, I'm disrespectful? This is a lot better then half the team kneeling. Then you got pictures of AB, Bell, and half the team kneeling during the anthem and showing blatant disrespect. Those pictures will never go away. Then you got players like Ben and Villanueva who wouldn't knee and would catch backlash from media and possibly teammates.

Once again Steelers do things the right way. This is the best case scenario.

 

I'm hoping this is fake news, but if not looks like I don't have to worry about staying up on European time to watch the game. Go Steelers, beat those Bears, I'll be looking forward to reading a great box score in the morning.

 

You know what i hate more than anything. I coach some 7 8 9 yr old kids who look up to these players. It is a conversation kids should not have to have.

 

Tomlins comments on

 

If you want to protest, protest. If you don't want to protest don't protest. You allegedly expressing your deep heart felt feeling and making them public. Doing what they are doing is the worst of all outcomes. They all can pretend to show they support those who kneel, but can hide in anonymity. They is why it is chicken scratch. Do you believe in your beliefs or not?

 

By Tomlins statement it was his decision to hold them out. He doesn’t want any part in it. They aren’t doing it to be disrespectful. I honestly think Tomlin is doing so nobody can publicly protest. He said last year no Steelers would be kneeling during the national anthem and his is his way of making sure that doesn’t happen.

 

Does the NFL not have a code of conduct policy? If these guys worked for a multi-billion dollar international corporation like, say, GE or Caterpillar, they absolutely would not be allowed to put their personal opinions out in public. Not a chance in hell on company time!

 

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So proud of the Steelers today!!!!!

 

This is a good way of looking at it.

What the Steelers are doing is a reaction to a reaction to a reaction.

That's worth bearing in mind. There's a context to this action.

 

what a joke. they'll probably get booed in pittsburgh if they do it there. still better than having images of the guys all kneeling i guess, but whatever, same message. congrats nfl.. you really didn't think this whole kaepernick powder keg would eventually explode? you treat that cop hating douchebag like a martyr, and this is what you get. trump's always had a thing against the nfl overall, and he played the league like a flute.

 

When the multi-billion dollar company just got criticized by the biggest dumbass president this country has ever elected into office, aided by Russian operatives, yes.

 

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