>>1649692 I played with 2 guys who went on to the NFL. Neither of those fine men would have even dreamed of doing something like kneeling during the anthem. In fact, there would have been a fight on the field.

The actions of the angry protesters are incomprehensible to rational minds—like people rioting and burning down their own place. The kneelers have an average IQ of 60. These are men who literally would have been ditch diggers without the NFL and without the USA. Contemptible, arrogant losers. I hope POTUS crushes them like roaches. Maybe it will dawn on these asswipes that it is not too late for them to achieve their true ditch digging status.

Two things about football. I loved the game, lived & breathed it. But gradually the interest faded and now I will state that it was a huge mistake to ever replace rugby with football in the early 20th century. I now hugely appreciate rugby as the superior game. The other thing is that football opened my eyes to the true situation regarding "racism." That is to say, even 50 years ago the black players were the racists, seething with racial animosity. Was stunned the first time (of several) that a black player called me a racial epithet on the field.