Are the Democrats perhaps again “cooking their own goose”?
We maintain that the NFL protests are going to backfire.
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Enforce the NFL Rulesd……
https://youtu.be/d-_uHp484Ks?t=100
Rule 5, which covers Players, Substitutes, Equipment, and General Rules, does include (in Article 8) a section prohibiting players from “conveying personal messages” throughout the game day while they are visible to fans in attendance and television audiences, and from “convey[ing] messages, through helmet decals, arm bands, jersey patches, or other items affixed to game uniforms or equipment, which relate to political activities or causes …”:
Throughout the period on game-day that a player is visible to the stadium and television audience (including in pregame warm-ups, in the bench area, and during postgame interviews in the locker room or on the field), players are prohibited from wearing, displaying, or otherwise conveying personal messages either in writing or illustration, unless such message has been approved in advance by the League office. Items to celebrate anniversaries or memorable events, or to honor or commemorate individuals, such as helmet decals, and arm bands and jersey patches on players’ uniforms, are prohibited unless approved in advance by the League office. All such items approved by the League office, if any, must relate to team or League events or personages. The League will not grant permission for any club or player to wear, display, or otherwise convey messages, through helmet decals, arm bands, jersey patches, or other items affixed to game uniforms or equipment, which relate to political activities or causes, other non-football events, causes or campaigns, or charitable causes or campaigns. Further, any such approved items must be modest in size, tasteful, non-commercial, and noncontroversial; must not be worn for more than one football season; and if approved for use by a specific team, must not be worn by players on other teams in the League.
However, some sources have confusingly stated that the NFL has a separate game operations manual distributed to all the teams, and it is that document, not the rulebook, which supposedly includes the wording in question regarding player conduct during the national anthem:
It’s important to know that NFL football games are governed by multiple codes of conduct. One is the NFL rulebook; another is the NFL game operations manual. The rulebook is concerned with in-game actions by players and coaches (like scoring, penalties, challenges and so on), whereas the game-operations manual dictates how NFL games should be run in the bigger-picture organizational sense.
“The league’s Game Operations Department uses the manual to govern the conduct of home clubs, to ensure they protect players and provide the conditions for a fair and fan-friendly contest,” reads the NFL’s website. “Clubs face warnings and other penalties for noncompliance.”
The NFL rulebook makes no mention of the national anthem. But the game operations manual does.
Here’s what the game operations manual says regarding the national anthem, according to an NFL spokesperson:
‘The National Anthem must be played prior to every NFL game, and all players must be on the sideline for the National Anthem.
‘During the National Anthem, players on the field and bench area should stand at attention, face the flag, hold helmets in their left hand, and refrain from talking. The home team should ensure that the American flag is in good condition. It should be pointed out to players and coaches that we continue to be judged by the public in this area of respect for the flag and our country. Failure to be on the field by the start of the National Anthem may result in discipline, such as fines, suspensions, and/or the forfeiture of draft choice(s) for violations of the above, including first offenses.’
I will post this valuable information, CFS.
Again, I have to ask you Markedtofure” “will anything come of this”?
Interesting audio, thanks CFS
Off Topic ! AL ! You need see Rothschild Champagne ! https://www.champagne-bdr.com/en/home/
Nat a chance as I still remember just how sick I got long, long ago from drinking Champagne.
Cut it with some orange juice…….even the Don P….stinks…..
I would rather have a great IPA. Do you have IPA in Indiana or is it still “natural light” as it was when Sarah went to Depauw!
O God the the Boys don’t have the Pallet !
James you can only drink that crap……with a French accent…….. 🙂
I Know you Boys never Change ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIGPO90xYG4
I bet he didn’t vote for Hillary ………. 🙂
Obviously not in America. I would hate to be that guy when the alcohol hit as it could easily kill him!
US Army Deployment of ROBOTS in Afghanistan ! The Dead of Afghans ! https://singularityhub.com/2011/02/17/2000-robots-in-us-ground-forces-in-afghanistan/
Do you think that anything will come of this OOTB?
Not really……..I think we have fallen over the edge , a long time ago…..Rome at it’s best
Our forefathers were asleep at the switch…….starting in 1871…..With the Act of 1871,
1913 was not any better……1948 was a real killer…….jmo
Not really at its best!
Interesting Jerry
Kinda like the 911 investigation or Warren commission.
Is there some kinda pattern here? My spidy senses are tinglin.
Be great if an actual investigation happened.
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Hope that some of the “good guys”…..are remaining to bring to light this issue …..but, you know it will be an uphill battle….
Once again I’m amazed at how no one can figure out that Politics is merely a sideshow for the Money Changers to carry on with business as usual.
Those that continually talk about the Right and The Left are furthering the illusion that somehow the Political class has not been corrupted to the core.
Have we not fallen down the rabbit hole and started having conversations with hookah-smoking giant caterpillars and talking playing cards?
The lighter side……….. 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl89g2SwMh4
I used to be the Airplane’s biggest fan! Boy, could I tell you stories!
As I said ………Our forefathers were asleep at the switch……..
Final crowd please r……..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCEQ6kAN9DU
My father wrote the book” Minnesota Body Politic 1967″
I had a pretty good teacher.
Wow……that is interesting……..I would say so……
Impressive, JohnK!
John, I kinda think that it’s more like the “main event”
Off Topic:
It is about time the stupid Union-inspired Jones Act needs to be waived.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Under pressure to do more to help hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration was considering waiving a little-known federal law that prohibits foreign-flagged ships from shuttling goods between U.S. ports.
Republicans and Democrats have pushed Trump to waive the Jones Act, saying it could help get desperately needed supplies delivered to the island more quickly and at less cost.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke waived the law earlier this month to help ease fuel shortages in the Southeast following hurricanes Harvey and Irma. That order included Puerto Rico, but expired last week shortly after Hurricane Maria struck.
The Trump administration has said a waiver is not needed this time, because there are enough U.S. flagged ships available to ferry goods to Puerto Rico. Officials at the Homeland Security Department, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the issue by name, said the bottleneck is with unloading cargo at the island’s damaged ports and getting the supplies inland. They made the remarks in a background conference call with reporters to justify the administration’s decision.