NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday that the league will back players who decide to protest this season despite the possibility of public criticism.
“We’re supporting our players,” Goodell said during an appearance on CNBC. “We recognize the issues that are going on in our communities. That’s a platform that we want to use to make change and we’re going to do that. We’re going to stand behind our players.”
President Trump and other public figures have frequently criticized players in the NFL and other sports leagues who have knelt during the national anthem in recent years. Critics argue that kneeling protests are disrespectful to the American flag and U.S. military veterans.
Trump claims that player protests have contributed to a ratings decline in the NFL and NBA. Goodell did not directly address how the league would respond to criticism from Trump this season, but noted that the NFL’s ratings have been “the envy of every entertainment and sports property.”
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Trump claims that player protests have contributed to a ratings decline in the NFL and NBA. Goodell did not directly address how the league would respond to criticism from Trump this season, but noted that the NFL’s ratings have been “the envy of every entertainment and sports property.”
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https://www.foxnews.com/sports/roger-goodell-nfl-support-player-protests-trump
26 comments:
Then time to Blackball all of it then !!! Boycott 2020 !!!
Good Roger, and I’ll protest the NFL.
No way will my family watch that garbage.
Perfect time for the XFL unless they choose to support The Marxists
Good to know. Now I know to watch golf instead.
Untill the sponsors pull the plug and the fans leave the seats empty,or better yet,get up and walk out on national TV,nothing's gonna happen. Too many football fools out there. I know,I was one. But no more. I am,and always will be a Redskins fan and that died this year. Bye NFL.
Goodbye nfl...
I hope for peace in the country and the NFL to fall flat, maybe even cease to exist.
"ROGER" can support his players but I won't. GOOD BY from an "X" Football Fan
See ya!
Watch their ratings drop to all time lows. Idiots, they have killed the golden goose.
Goodell good move! Stand up for what's right !
Done with it! Sports and politics are not my game.
Damn the NFL. If my kid was a worshiper of these vacuum-heads I'd push him in front of a bus.
All hands of them in school wouldn't have enough for 1 'A' in academic achievement. Their conduct in the general public is fraught with ignorance and their appearance should domicile them to the Sunday funnies. Character isn't bought and paid for, neither is class. The honest truth is they're no more a hero than an aboriginal cannibal.
Do what you want Goodell. I'm done with all sports. Thanks to you racist fool's. My wife has bought her first gun. We now go to the range together. It's awesome. It's a competition. You all can kneel, steal, rape, murder, WHATEVER. I WON'T BE WATCHING.
WAH WAH WAH! BITCH BITCH BITCH!
You guys whine every time the NFL comes up, say you'll never watch it ever again, then 3 weeks into the season you're 8 beers deep watching a Ravens game.
I'm protesting to!! I'm not watching millionaires playing a game bitch about racism. F the nfl/ nba/mlb. I've got alot more free time to spend with family and friends.
Goodell has ruined football!! Pete Rosell is pissed. Bunch of have brain overpaid athletes taken over and crying about racism. America isn't perfect but we are the best nation in the world to live. Anyone can make it. We are all just Americans. They try to divide us by race and color
BOYCOTT Nfl
nfl football hasn't been on my tv for a few years and won't be on it this year.
I would like to see Caribbean Joe's boycott football and show golf on all tv's. Come on Joe, show that you stand with us and stop supporting thug sports.
It is truly sad what the progressives have done to this country
No me, asswipe
I don't know if TRUE. I'm still trying to find out.
The 76er's have plans to build a new stadium. ONLY BLACK CONCESSIONS WILL BE ABLE TO WORK THERE.
No one I know is crying and bitching about the NFL.
Just about all the football fans I know (and a few are season ticket holders....FORMER season ticket holders, that is) are sick of the politics and are NOT going to watch a team play in a stadium full of dolls and paper cutouts of fans and enjoy a Super Bowl based on a five game season.
Like 7:48, I've been watching football long before The Hogs dominated the front line in D.C.. Long before that.
I'm done.
I don't take my social, political, or culture cues from a man who can't speak coherently, has a fake college degree, and has been arrested for several crimes, like punching his girlfriend out cold, or pulling a gun on friends over a card game.
Or, from a rich white guy who is essentially running a gang and calling his multi-billion dollar operation a "non-profit".
Or from people who have lives better than kings of yesteryear, while crying about how oppressed and afraid they are....you have BODYGUARDS and mansions, for crissake.
The NFL no longer promotes SPORTS. It promotes an AGENDA. And the agenda ain't football.
The players and the owners are NOT your friends, they don't give you a cut when they win big, and if you get too close, they will jack you up like you were trying to rob them.
They just want you to buy all their tickets and horrendously overpriced shirts, hats, and other merch so THEY can get richer. You? Go f yourself and shut up.
Keep cheering.
My NFL fan stuff is packed away; been cheering just shy of 60 years. Used to check 'my team's' website daily; not since early this year. Totally avoiding all pro sports that have permitted this disrespect. No clicks on web news and teasers. No 'Officially licensed' anything for grandkids or sons. Sister and bro-in-law didn't renew season tickets they had for almost 30 years.
Good luck selling parking, concessions, beer, souvenirs to cardboard fans! Gonna be a very cold winter for the owners based on disrespect for the flag. Covid is just more of the same type of bad news. In a word - Done!
Well, who the hell will support the teams????????????
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