Correct as Jerry has a policy against the players kneeling

So I take it you are pro kneeling and pro staying in the locker room for the anthem as well?

I think a solid interpretation is people are getting tired of having these things preached at them 24/7. It's a constant barrage of front page and back page news stories- it's even in commercials. Now you pay to go to a game to unwind and again people are taking your time to force you to hear their opinion on things. Really kind of obnoxious. People don't pull this stuff in the workplace by using symbolic gestures during meetings - why is it okay to put paying customers through this?

i agree wholeheartedly. they need to cancel the national anthem/the flyovers/ the blue salutes, etc.. at sporting events immediately. why am i forced to be put through that as a paying customer. it doesn't even make sense outside of international competitions.

"Please join us in a moment of silence dedicated to the ongoing fight for equality in our country,"

They can boo that and we can observe what scumbags they are.

Big deal, right ?

I know, it's not like you have to sit through commercials or see adds placed after you pay all that money for a ticket. This is such a unique idea, someone using a gathering to express a concern. No wonder it bugs you. You're perfectly reasonable to be offended. After all, when I go out in public I only have to see and hear what I want. It's not like any other individuals are ever around...oh wait.

Never mind.

I'd be in favor of that - get rid of the national anthem and the black national anthem, and all of these expressions of feelings before the game.

Definitely against kneeling.
Don't care whether they come out or not. But if they do come out - show respect for the flag.

Black national anthem??

Hey redbuck,

Would you look downly on me because I sit through the anthem and dont remove my hat but also volunteer time to help the homeless and talk with addicts?

Don't know about a BNA.
I thought the one that is presented is for everyone...

Unless both situations happen at the same time

Yes on the first (hat). No (homeless)

Point is, people can have a difference of opinion and it doesnt mean it's a lack of respect. I think people really forget what america is supposed to be about. Its definitely supposed to at this point cause fonzi has jumped the shark

No issues with fans booing as sport should be free from politics. We don't go there to want to start fights because some guy is a Trump supporter or the other guy is a Biden supporter. We go there to watch and enjoy the game and barrack for the team we support and for one or two hours or however long the game goes for to forget about the outside world that we live in. Similar to getting away and going to see a movie at a cinema.

American sports have never been free of politics. At most they have been free of politics you dislike for brief periods of time.

Didn't say they are but they should be free from politics.

Can't happen, won't happen, shouldn't happen.

Or, well, actually I have to take that back. A necessary but not sufficient condition for the clean separation of politics and sports is for racism to cease being a thing. That day has not yet come. Until that happens, politics cannot, will not, and should not be absent from sports.

people love being preached at 24/7 (see cnn or fox), but its important the preacher's from their ingroup

half this country and probably 2/3 of nfl fans do not see black people as part of their ingroup, so acknowledging their worth or struggle is a painful bowing of the knee to the lawless outgroup

all this suffering and racial injustice is dramatization by MSM. tucker carlson got it right the other night: BLM is an anarchic, existential threat to this country. that moment of silence is just the beginning of what will be chaos

i hope all the fans pre-empted their boos with "im not racist, but... BOOOOOO"

Sounds like you're a fan of being allowed to talk politics at the dinner table too.

No type of protest against racism will ever be acceptable in the mind of a racist.

I've been a KC Chiefs fan since birth. I wasn't there on Thursday but have had season tickets for 15+ years. Yes, there is racism in the area. I didn't see a black person in Springfield Missouri till I was 5 years old. True story.

Thats some serious segregation.That was a long time ago. Missouri definitely has its share of rednecks, But, KC are is a very liberal city. Progressives run the city.

From talking with fellow fans that were there heres what happened. The fans weren't told what the ceremony was about, when it would happen or what they were supposed to do during the ceremony. Only that something was going to happen.

We always boo the visiting team when they come out onto the field. Some fans were upset that the Texans didn't stay on the field with the Chiefs for the Anthem. Fans saw our football saviour lining up in the middle of the field with the other players. They said something about a moment of silence. But, people couldnt really hear what was being said or what they were doing on the field. The announcer said that the ceremony is over and about 25% of the Texans team hadn't even lined up yet.

I think it was a combination of a poorly organized and communicated "unity" ceremony. Having the Texans come on the field when its traditional to get boo'd. Most figured it out about 1/2 way through they were supposed to be silent. Thats why the boos by a small minority seemed louder because the vast majority were remaining silent. Very few heard the boos like you heard in the broadcast.They thought it left over from booing the Texans as they came out.

You had me until

lololololololol

Sounds like you're a fan of censorship.