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Title: NFL Players Have A First Amendment Right To Act Like Little Bitches
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Alt-Market
URL Source: http://www.alt-market.com/articles/ ... ght-to-act-like-little-bitches
Published: Sep 27, 2017
Author: Brandon Smith
Post Date: 2017-09-28 06:15:49 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 779
Comments: 13
Frankly, in my view, the sporting world should be a politics free zone, and the fact that I am compelled to write about politics in sports in America today is bewildering beyond belief. That said, to be clear, I am not a fan of the NFL. I think the sport, like most professional sports, is overrun with whiny, juiced-up morons paid millions of dollars for providing nothing to the public except sub-par entertainment and little-to-no loyalty to the state or city in which they happen to be employed. NFL players are not legitimate role models for society anymore than costumed television wrestlers are role models for society. Add to this the rampant politicization of the NFL over the past several years with social justice undertones and overtones, and I can't think of a single redeeming quality to the arena. The best thing that could possibly happen to U.S. athletics would be if the entire system was scrapped and rebuilt from the ashes with truly local teams composed of local players driven purely by the desire for athletic excellence and healthy competition. To me, it seems the appeal of sports, at least for spectators, is the possibility that anything could happen according to the merit of the players and the teams. In a society in which so much is restricted and controlled and dictated by political correctness and appeals to artificial "fairness," the idea that, at least on a football field, baseball diamond or hockey rink, all of that garbage goes out the window for a few hours is enticing to say the least. Spontaneous moments of greatness are what people want to see, not blithe displays of ideological ignorance. There is no social justice in real sports. There is no affirmative action. There are no safe spaces. The best men or women rise to the top and the losers go home with nothing. That is the way it should be. Champions soar to the heights as easily as they fall to the depths, and underdogs can shock the world through sheer determination. You cannot lie or steal your way to athletic superiority. You cannot use victim-group status to win trophies and medals. You have to work hard. You have to earn it. If you are a fraud you will be found out eventually. This is a philosophy which has been lost in modern athletics. Leftists in our culture are also oblivious to the notion. When I see one of the last fields of American heritage and meritocracy being destroyed by cultural Marxism, I do feel what I'm sure many people feel — enraged. However, the situation is more complex than surface conflicts suggest. NFL players refusing to stand for the national anthem is not really the issue here. Donald Trump admonishing them for their actions is also not the issue here. It is the motivations behind both sides that concerns me. For activist NFL players and owners the motivation is rather clear; social justice cultism has seeped into their profession and some of them have decided to use the platform they have been given to pontificate rather than play the game they are paid to play. Protests attacking non-existent racism and "patriarchy" against a system that has made these men multi-millionaire celebrities regardless of their skin color would be relegated to the idiocy of college campuses if any of these people had any sense of judgment. For Donald Trump, the motivation is far more foggy. I would prefer if the president of the United States spent his energies on fulfilling his campaign promise of "draining the swamp" of banking elites and neo-con warmongers instead of loading his cabinet with them and spouting off on Twitter about forcing a few football players to stand for a national anthem that praises the freedom of rebellion. My readers are well aware that I view Trump as a pied piper, leading conservatives down a path back to neo-con totalitarianism rather than towards libertarian virtues of individual sovereignty. In other words, I am not seeing much difference between Trump and Obama so far. Perhaps in rhetoric, but certainly not in action. The circus surrounding Trump's latest feud with the NFL is just another distraction away from the fact that this administration is following a very similar policy path to every other corrupt administration before it. And conservatives are so tired of the trespasses of the social justice cult, many of them are eating up every minute of the farce. Though, this is not what a bunch of football players are concerned about. Let's summarize the actual problem... If NFL players refused to stand for the national anthem because they believed in the ideals it represents but felt that our government no longer represented those ideals, then I would be in full support of their motives. Obviously, this is not why they are protesting. If their motivation was about speaking against corrupt government, then they would have refused to stand for the anthem back when Barack Obama, a Constitution-wrecking cabana boy for the elites, was in office. If Trump's attacks on the NFL were motivated by a love of liberty as the anthem inspires, then he would not demand that players be forced to stand, which is indeed a violation of their First Amendment rights. Instead, he would have dropped that concept completely and stuck with the rational side of his position, which was for spectators to vote with their wallets and stop supporting the league with their dollars. The bottom line is, whether or not you or I support their motives, constitutionally, legal precedence is on the side of the players. They have every right to act like bitches on an SJW plantation, kneeling and virtue signaling to their heart's content. And, the public has every right to stop watching the NFL, drop their ESPN subscriptions, throw their overpriced sports jerseys in the trash and move on to more important issues... like what the hell is all this nonsense with North Korea? And why do we keep hearing about economic recovery when the average American can't make it from month-to-month without running up their credit cards? And why are so many of us so damn fat and unhealthy? Hell, here's an idea — how about more people stop watching sports and start playing sports instead? Why not simply let the NFL die out along with every other venture poisoned by social justice? The point is, the NFL battle with Trump is irrelevant compared to the greater battle of ideals behind it. It is not for Trump to fight this battle; it is for the spectators and consumers to fight this battle. The solution is not Trump's Twitter account or his interference. The solution is for Americans to walk away and take their money with them. The solution is also not to attempt legislation or government force to strike fear into those who might disagree with us. I have seen far too many so-called "liberty minded" people repeat the fanatically stupid mantra of "stomp my flag and I'll stomp your ass!" The great sacrifice of living in a free country is that you have to support the individual rights of EVERYONE, even people who don't believe in individual rights. Some might argue that this is not a path that is being pursued so we should not be concerned. I say the social undercurrent today is ripe for zealotry on both sides, and conservatives need to take the high road even if it means things will be more difficult for us in the short term. Finally, to the players that have so far jumped on the Colin Kaepernick bandwagon; understand that you have delusions of grandeur. You are NOT Jesse Owens proving your worth in the face of Hitler's Aryan dystopia. You are not important or effective activists in the grand scheme of things because your political and philosophical views are ill informed and generally incompetent. In fact, your views work in FAVOR of the corrupt system, not against it. While you do have the right to sit during the national anthem, knowing why you are sitting is more important than the action itself. If you are sitting because you have bought into a cultural Marxist con game that is using you as fodder for political division, then perhaps you should rethink your little protest and try working towards concrete solutions. If you are going to use race and social inequality as a crux for your theatrical displays of "defiance" as you are cashing checks for millions in sponsorship deals paid for primarily by white people, then I think you will find most of America laughing at you in the end. Show us your true resolve and refuse that dirty imperialist money. Otherwise, you are just another over-privileged punk pretending to be under-privileged in order to gain notoriety at the expense of reason. 
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
There are a lot of these articles that start off by disclosing that the writer doesn't watch football or more than the Superbowl. The conservative writers come right out with it with some saying they haven't paid attention to the NFL for decades. There are some that just follow their college team but are not that devoted to it. And we know that the Lefties and their writers hate football. It represents so many different things they despise politically. Yet suddenly they care so deeply. Yeah, they're huge fans. Sure they are. I thought the rest of the article made good points, had an acidic closing paragraph.
I didn't realize that you have to be a fan to express an opinion on the current brouhaha. In any event, the essay is not really about football per se - I think it's more about the leftist infiltration of all things that conservatives deem holy and the rampant hypocrisy on both sides. They have a right to protest but that does not mean their bosses can not fire them! First amendment applies to restricting government not bosses! In fact the constitution is a restricting on the government over the citizens. This also means that we the people can protest the protest!
Ping me when any of these overpaid SJW apes get fired for kneeling. You better hold your breath! LOL Owners are in a bad bad place right now. Im thinking they pray every hour on the hour that this issue ends and life goes back to normal(not seeing it ending anytime soon). This is what happens when you allow the children to run things instead of the grownups. Its how the demoncrap works(Don't read into it that the repugnants leadership are much better).
Let's simplify that statement. "The players have every right to engage in an activity which, by the resultant loss of viewership, would destroy the NFL. And no one, including the owners, has a constitutional or legal right to stop them." Oh really.
The owners have that right but apparently have chosen not to exercise it. You don't. But the NFL and ESPN and the networks aren't going to care if you aren't their fan base. That's how it is. I might hate Beyonce for instance. But neither she nor her record label will give a flying crap if I never would have bought her merchandise to start with. If the actual NFL fans get upset and start voting with their feet, then the NFL will change course radically, as the Steelers just did because of their fans. And the rest of this noise is just Lefties and Righties using the NFL as another battle in their proxy war. Very few of them are actually NFL fans and customers. So why should the NFL or anyone else care that much about their opinions?
BULLSHIT!!! They have NO right, constitutional or otherwise, to act like little bitches as employees on the job, in the workplace. A WalMart checker has no right to harangue customers with a political harangue while he/she is an employee in the workplace. They would get fired and have no legal recourse. The required standard of acceptable behavior for employees in the workplace is set by the employer. The little bitches can act out as long as their employer permits it, and no longer. You will see all the little bitches standing soon enough. The employers are starting the feel the heat, and it is their responsibility to maintain a standard of behavior that does not drive away their customers. The employers will set the standard and the employees will comply or face suspension without pay, or termination. The employer may not be able to make them put their hands over their heart, but he can sure make them get off their knees or off their ass. These little bitches have the constitutional right to expression free from government interference. They have no right to free expression in the workplace, free from employer interference. The NFL enjoys the constitutional right to permit the little bitches to act like little bitches in the NFL workplace... or not. The sponsors have the right to pull their sponsorship. The customers have the right to boycott the sponsors and the league. The government has the power to pull billions of dollars of subsidies received by the league. The government can also remove the NFL exemption from anti-trust action. The NFL can order their employees not to partake in any form of political protest while they are in uniform representing the team. Any player who refuses to comply can be suspended or fired. The problem here is the league failure to act to set and enforce a standard of behavior acceptable to their customers. If they want sponsors, customers and money, and they do, the NFL will soon resemble a court when the judge comes in. All rise!! An employer ordering an employee to stand up is not unconstitutional.
Ping me when any of these overpaid SJW apes get fired for kneeling. Ping. Allison Carter Oct 20, 2016 INDIANAPOLIS -- The wife of former Colts cornerback Antonio Cromartie, who was released Oct. 4, is accusing the team of letting her husband go for taking a knee during the national anthem.
BULLSHIT!!! They have NO right, constitutional or otherwise, to act like little bitches as employees on the job, in the workplace. You are...SPOT ON.
Oh...his wife said so? Yeah - I guess that makes it true then. Looks to me like he kinda sucked as a corner back in 2015-2016 after having some decent stats previously. I'd guess that his release was performance related. The Colts released cornerback Antonio Cromartie less than two months after signing him. Cromartie, 32, signed with the team on Aug. 22 and started the Colts’ first four games of the season. He struggled in Week 4 when matched up against Jaguars receiver Allen Robinson, drawing a pair of costly flags at the end of the first half. He recorded 14 tackles and two pass defenses with the Colts. Cromartie posted on Instagram thanking fans. If he joins another team this season, it will be his fifth employer in four seasons. Yeah - I guess that makes it true then. Looks to me like he kinda sucked as a corner back in 2015-2016 after having some decent stats previously. I'd guess that his release was performance related. Let's not guess. Let's look at the record. In 11 seasons he was paid $47,002,926. Next you will say he was the worst cornerback in the league at 33. You cannot even make the case that he was the worst cornerback at Indianapolis, but I will give you the opportunity to try. Cromartie's best days in the NFL are likely in the rearview mirror, but he's a durable cornerback who has spent the large majority of the last nine seasons as a top-quality starter. by Adam Stites The next stop for cornerback Antonio Cromartie will be with the Indianapolis Colts. The veteran cornerback worked out for the Colts on Monday and the team announced a one-year deal later in the day. Cromartie, who turned 32 in April, is set to enter his 11th season in the NFL and has been a durable and full-time starter for almost all of it. A first-round pick in the 2006 NFL Draft, Cromartie didn't take over as a starter until his second season with the San Diego Chargers, but made a Pro Bowl despite starting only half of the team's games. He led the NFL in interceptions that season with 10, including a three-interception game against Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday Night Football that made him an instant star. He eventually fell out of favor with the Chargers and was traded to the New York Jets, where he elevated his play and earned a four-year, $32 million contract. After two Pro Bowl seasons with the Jets, Cromartie was released in 2014 as a cap casualty, spent one year with the Arizona Cardinals and was released by the Jets as a cap casualty again in 2016. While he's not the player he once was and could be close to through in the NFL, he's still a player who has been a starter for eight years and has missed just two games over that span. Cromartie will at least provide depth, which the Colts need in a desperate way. "It's not pretty. It's a little scary right now," Colts head coach Chuck Pagano said earlier Monday when asked about the current state of the secondary. Indianapolis has suffered several injuries at cornerback, including to No. 1 corner Vontae Davis. Davis suffered a sprained ankle last week and could miss the first month of the season. UPDATE: Cromartie's rep tells Omnisport that TMZ's report is not accurate and her client's new contract did not save him from an arrest. Vontae Davis' ankle injury turned out to be a good thing for Antonio Cromartie. The Colts signed Cromartie as a free agent Monday to replace Davis, who will be out until at least October with a sprain. The one-year, $3 million contract will reportedly keep Cromartie out of jail. MORE: NFL preseason Power Rankings According to TMZ Sports, Cromartie was facing a possible arrest for failing to pay child support to the mother of his first child. Cromartie, 32, was delinquent on payments of $4,000 per month since January to Rosemita Pierre. According to the report, Cromartie skipped a court date in Florida last week but was able to bring his account out of arrears thanks to his new deal. Cromartie, a four-time Pro Bowler who received more than $7 million last year in base salary and bonuses with the Jets, has fathered at least 12 children from eight different women. He and his wife welcomed twins in May, though Cromartie said he had a vasectomy. The New York Post reported in January that Cromartie pays an estimated $336,000 a year in child support. According to Spotrac, Cromartie has earned more than $44 million during a 10-year NFL career. http://www.espn.com/nfl/team/_/name/ind/indianapolis-colts It appears that rookie cornerback Quincy Wilson could miss his second straight game because he continues to remain out with a knee injury. But all signs continue to point to veteran cornerback Vontae Davis making his season debut and Kamar Aiken returning from a concussion for Sunday's game at Seattle. Here's a look at the rest of Thursday's injury report Full participant WR Kamar Aiken (concussion) OL Deyshawn Bond (ankle) CB Vontae Davis (groin) Did not practice RB Frank Gore (rest) QB Andrew Luck (shoulder) OL Jack Mewhort (rest) WR Chester Rogers (hamstring) LB Anthony Walker (hamstring) CB Quincy Wilson (knee) Limited participation TE Jack Doyle (foot) RB Marlon Mack (shoulder) CB Chris Milton (hamstring) In 2016, Cromartie played 4 games with the Colts and had 14 solo tackles. Some of these guys can't match that with career totals. Here is the entire Colts depth chart for RCB. Vontae Davis [Out] Nate Hairston [Rookie] Pierre Desir [4th season] Kenny Moore II [Rookie] Here is the entire Colts depth chart for LCB. Rashaan Melvin [5th season] Quincy Wilson [Rookie - knee] Christopher Milton [2nd season - hamstring]
That said, to be clear, I am not a fan of the NFL. I think the sport, like most professional sports, is overrun with whiny, juiced-up morons paid millions of dollars for providing nothing to the public except sub-par entertainment and little-to-no loyalty to the state or city in which they happen to be employed.
#2. To: Tooconservative (#1)
There are a lot of these articles that start off by disclosing that the writer doesn't watch football or more than the Superbowl.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#3. To: Deckard (#0)
#4. To: Justified (#3)
They have a right to protest but that does not mean their bosses can not fire them!
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#5. To: Deckard (#4)
#6. To: Deckard (#0)
"... constitutionally, legal precedence is on the side of the players. They have every right to act like bitches on an SJW plantation, kneeling and virtue signaling to their heart's content. And, the public has every right to stop watching the NFL, drop their ESPN subscriptions, throw their overpriced sports jerseys in the trash and move on to more important issues..."
#7. To: misterwhite (#6)
And no one, including the owners, has a constitutional or legal right to stop them."
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#8. To: Deckard (#2)
I didn't realize that you have to be a fan to express an opinion on the current brouhaha.
#9. To: Deckard (#0)
The bottom line is, whether or not you or I support their motives, constitutionally, legal precedence is on the side of the players. They have every right to act like bitches on an SJW plantation, kneeling and virtue signaling to their heart's content.
#10. To: Deckard, Justified (#4)
Antonio Cromartie becomes first Colt to take a knee during national anthem
allison.carter@indystar.com
Published 4:36 p.m. ET Sept. 25, 2016
Updated 9:27 p.m. ET Sept. 25, 2016 Terricka Cromartie: Colts released husband over anthem protest
Mike WellsESPN Staff Writer
#11. To: nolu chan (#9)
The bottom line is, whether or not you or I support their motives, constitutionally, legal precedence is on the side of the players. They have every right to act like bitches on an SJW plantation, kneeling and virtue signaling to their heart's content.
#12. To: nolu chan (#10)
(Edited)
The wife of former Colts cornerback Antonio Cromartie, who was released Oct. 4, is accusing the team of letting her husband go for taking a knee during the national anthem.
Year Team G Comb Total Assist Sack SFTY PDef Int TDs Yds Avg Lng 2016 Indianapolis Colts 4 14 14 0 0.0 -- 2 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 2015 New York Jets 15 29 26 3 0.0 -- 12 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 2014 Arizona Cardinals 16 49 44 5 0.0 10 3 0 65 21.7 40 2013 New York Jets 16 38 35 3 0.0 -- 9 3 0 20 6.7 20 “Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#13. To: Deckard (#12)
Oh...his wife said so?
Colts add Antonio Cromartie to secondary with 1-year deal
Aug 22, 2016, 8:18pm EDT By Ron Clements
Omnisport
Published on Aug. 23, 2016
Updated on Aug. 24, 2016 Mike Wells ESPN Staff Writer
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