Maybe you simply don't get that to the majority of the population of our state this is about disrespect of our country not racism. Many of these people in our state served in the military under our flag. The other incident in NC involved a black family... are you also calling them racists.
NFL not expected to implement new national anthem policy this season
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Maybe you simply don't get that to the majority of the population of our state this is about disrespect of our country not racism. Many of these people in our state served in the military under our flag. The other incident in NC involved a black family... are you also calling them racists.
GWB should know that,he is a George Zimmerman supporter.
And now the Carolina Panthers have this idiot as their owner.
Panther tickets are now showing up on GroupOn / Fanxchange at a steep discount after his absurd comments.
The Carolina's --- even in the middle of a hurricane -- are not going to put up with this nonsense which offends many of the military & former military members here. Many people are urging the new idiot owner to move his team elsewhere as soon as possible.
NFL Owner Rips Trump for Criticizing Anthem Protesters
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2018/09/13/nfl-owner-rips-trump-for-criticizing-anthem-protesters/
Dave Tepper has not been an NFL owner for a very long time. However, he’s wasted no time letting everyone know where he comes down on the issue of NFL anthem protests.
Tepper, the billionaire businessman and hedge fund manager who purchased the Panthers in the offseason, decried President Trump’s rants against the protesters as “the biggest bunch of bull-dinky ever.”
According to the New York Post:
NFL players are the ‘most patriotic people’ in the country — with substantial charitable contributions to their local communities, Tepper said in an interview on CNBC.
Tepper did not mention Trump by name but at one point in the interview referred to the red-headed man in Washington.
During the interview, the hedgie recited the Pledge of Allegiance, calling its words among the most patriotic things he knows and it being what America is about. Tepper emphasized during his pledge the words, ‘and justice for all.’
In a nod to the social justice cause NFL players claim to be protesting for, Tepper said the national anthem during his interview, placing special emphasis on the words, “and justice for all.”
This is hardly Tepper’s first foray into politics. Just prior to the 2016 election, the founder of Appaloosa Management blasted both Hillary Clinton and then-candidate Trump.
“You have one person with questionable judgment and the other person may be demented, narcissistic and a scumbag. Not saying which one’s which. You can make your own decision on that,” Tepper explained in October 2016.
The protest movement launched by former 49er Colin Kapernick, is entering its third year.
Kaepernick filed a collusion grievance against the NFL earlier this year alleging that the league’s owners had conspired under pressure from President Trump, to keep him out of the league. The former 49er’s legal team won their summary judgment case against the league last week, meaning that the case can now proceed to the trial phase.
The NFL changed their anthem policy in May, requiring all players on the field to stand and show respect during the playing of the Star-Spangled Banner. However, the NFLPA filed a grievance against the league, accusing the NFL of not including them in the decision making process. The NFL then suspended the enforcement provisions of the new rule, until the two sides could come to a compromise on a new rule.
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and yes the article is from Breitbart -- if you don't like it then you can read the information elsewhere such as the referenced NY Post article - https://nypost.com/2018/09/13/nfl-owner-slams-trumps-attack-on-national-anthem-protesters/
It is time to follow-up with this idiot, Dave Tepper, the owner of of the Carolina Panthers. They are calling him the "Trump of the Carolinas". His politics, which lean left, have nothing to do with Trump -- but his business behavior is a mirror of Trump. He has a continual record of not paying vendors and contractors, and of putting his companies into bankruptcy in order to avoid his financial obligations despite being wealthy.
The most glaring example is the GT Real Estate Holdings, LLC firm owned by Dave Tepper filing for bankruptcy to avoid paying the vendors who built the new Panthers practice facility in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
At this point -- most of the locals are simply hoping Tepper moves the team to another city and finds a new group of victims to rip off. Not completing the practice facility (which is 90% finished) is one sign that he may do so.
Subcontractors talk of ‘significant’ impacts in wake of failed Panthers-Rock Hill project
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/development/article262966203.html
Some quotes:
Earlier this year, Forbes magazine’s annual ranking of the world’s richest sports team owners put Tepper’s net worth at $16.7 billion, earning him a No. 8 spot on the list.
“I never dreamed there could be a chance of him shutting the job down and then not paying us,” Sherrill said.
Pointing to Tepper’s net worth, Sherrill said: “Paying his bills is not a problem if he wanted to do the right thing.”