The worst season that the National Football League has ever seen is finally coming to an end. Rather than slipping into obscurity after having lost the majority of their fan base, they decided to stick it veterans, having saved their most disrespectful anti-American action to the bitter end. Their fate for the future of professional football had already been determined, but this just officially seals the deal that the league is done.
The National Football League has become a national disgrace starting at the top with who calls the shots and has perpetually refused to stop players from disrespecting our flag and country. The league got what they had coming to them when they didn’t get ahead of the issue and got behind it instead. The National Anthem protest that started last season with former 49ers player, Colin Kaepernick that many hoped would just fade away, did not. In fact, it spread like a virus, infecting every single team in the NFL. That “cancer” has now killed America’s former favorite sport and now they just doubled down on their disrespect with what the league just told a massive veterans’ group.
It costs a lot of money to get a coveted advertisement spot for the most watched event of the year – the Super Bowl. Although rates are probably a little better for commercial spots this year, they still come at quite a price. The American Veterans group was willing and want to put up the cash for a short Super Bowl ad to send a message that is very important to them that would certainly be appreciated by every red-blooded American, even if they weren’t watching. It’s the remaining fans that needed to see what they had to say the most, but won’t for one disgusting reason.
Fox News reports:
The National Football League has rejected a Super Bowl advertisement from American Veterans urging people to stand for the national anthem.
The nation’s largest veterans service organization had been invited by the NFL to place an ad in the Super Bowl LII program. AMVET’s advertisement included a two-word message – “#PleaseStand.”
“It’s a simple, polite request that represents the sentiment of our membership, particularly those whose missing or paralyzed limbs preclude standing,” wrote National Commander Marion Polk in a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
American Veterans accused the NFL of outright censorship by rejecting the advertisement.
The NFL had their chance to prove they aren’t divisive and anti-American by allowing this simple yet profound commercial run. They even would have been paid to put it up but instead, it was more important for them to stick it to veterans and purposely disrespect our flag. While this is expected since they did that all season long and never tried to stop players from kneeling despite losing droves of fans, they should have made it right the best they could in the end.
“NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy defended the league’s decision to ban the American Veterans’ advertisement noting that the game day program ‘is designed for fans to commemorate and celebrate the game, players, teams and the Super Bowl,'” Fox News added.
“It’s never been a place for advertising that could be considered by some as a political statement,” McCarthy told Army Times.
Basically, the NFL is saying that to simply and kindly ask people to stand for the Star-Spangled Banner is the same as making a divisive political statement.
According to Army Times:
AMVETS National Commander Marion Polk said the issue is one of fairness and respect.
“Freedom of speech works both ways,” he said. “We respect the rights of those who choose to protest, as these rights are precisely what our members have fought — and in many cases died — for.
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The National Football League has become a national disgrace starting at the top with who calls the shots and has perpetually refused to stop players from disrespecting our flag and country. The league got what they had coming to them when they didn’t get ahead of the issue and got behind it instead. The National Anthem protest that started last season with former 49ers player, Colin Kaepernick that many hoped would just fade away, did not. In fact, it spread like a virus, infecting every single team in the NFL. That “cancer” has now killed America’s former favorite sport and now they just doubled down on their disrespect with what the league just told a massive veterans’ group.
It costs a lot of money to get a coveted advertisement spot for the most watched event of the year – the Super Bowl. Although rates are probably a little better for commercial spots this year, they still come at quite a price. The American Veterans group was willing and want to put up the cash for a short Super Bowl ad to send a message that is very important to them that would certainly be appreciated by every red-blooded American, even if they weren’t watching. It’s the remaining fans that needed to see what they had to say the most, but won’t for one disgusting reason.
Fox News reports:
The National Football League has rejected a Super Bowl advertisement from American Veterans urging people to stand for the national anthem.
The nation’s largest veterans service organization had been invited by the NFL to place an ad in the Super Bowl LII program. AMVET’s advertisement included a two-word message – “#PleaseStand.”
“It’s a simple, polite request that represents the sentiment of our membership, particularly those whose missing or paralyzed limbs preclude standing,” wrote National Commander Marion Polk in a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
American Veterans accused the NFL of outright censorship by rejecting the advertisement.
The NFL had their chance to prove they aren’t divisive and anti-American by allowing this simple yet profound commercial run. They even would have been paid to put it up but instead, it was more important for them to stick it to veterans and purposely disrespect our flag. While this is expected since they did that all season long and never tried to stop players from kneeling despite losing droves of fans, they should have made it right the best they could in the end.
“NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy defended the league’s decision to ban the American Veterans’ advertisement noting that the game day program ‘is designed for fans to commemorate and celebrate the game, players, teams and the Super Bowl,'” Fox News added.
“It’s never been a place for advertising that could be considered by some as a political statement,” McCarthy told Army Times.
Basically, the NFL is saying that to simply and kindly ask people to stand for the Star-Spangled Banner is the same as making a divisive political statement.
According to Army Times:
AMVETS National Commander Marion Polk said the issue is one of fairness and respect.
“Freedom of speech works both ways,” he said. “We respect the rights of those who choose to protest, as these rights are precisely what our members have fought — and in many cases died — for.
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