cbpat1 wrote:
Why does everything come down to racism with you fools? Why can’t we be patriotic and show some love for the country that’s done so much for us? I used to be a plumber, first an apprentice, then held a masters license, before injuries forced me to make a career change. I now own a pool supply business. I make a tiny fraction of what these pro football players make, I didn’t get a free ride through college, hell, I couldn’t afford to go to college, neither could the kneelers, but they could play football. Now in the NFL they think the rules don’t apply to them and they are bigger than the game. They are employed for millions of dollars, yet they say they are working for the plantation owners, really? They are screwing their bosses and themselves by acting like this, so don’t blame your conservative friends and their glee of watching this great American institution going down, blame your overpayed, spoiled, thug, self centered athletes of any color or race that takes part in this ridiculous show of disrespect for dragging down the NFL. I hope another league like the World Football League comes along next year and puts the NFL out of business. These athletes owe this country at least as much as the rest of us do.
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The average NFL player has a career of 3.3 years and makes 1.9 million a year. They get paid even if the stadium is empty. The cost of any boycott is to the billionaire owners, who are mostly republicans. The entire thing is a win win situation.