Trump Escalates War With NFL In Early Tweetstorm

Scataphagos

Scataphagos

s War With NFL In Early Tweetstorm

"Many people booed the players who kneeled yesterday... The issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race. It is about respect for our Country, Flag and National Anthem. NFL must respect this!"

___________________________________________________________

Disagree.

1st Amendment right to express your views.

Of course if you don't like someone's views, you can tune them out.

(Getting so I don't care to watch highly paid black athletes play games... not to mention how righteous they feel about something...)
 
The NFL Operations Manual, an internal league document, specifically requires that teams stand respectfully for the National Anthem. Various potential penalties are listed for violations, including loss of draft picks. That's how serious it was considered to be.

For some reason Goodell is looking the other way. He was certainly on the job when the league threatened a player who wanted to wear 9/11 commemorative cleats. Ditto when a player wanted to wear purple cleats for some domestic violence awareness campaign. Not allowed. Disrespecting the flag is ok though.
 
AAAintheBeltway said:
The NFL Operations Manual, an internal league document, specifically requires that teams stand respectfully for the National Anthem. Various potential penalties are listed for violations, including loss of draft picks. That's how serious it was considered to be.

For some reason Goodell is looking the other way. He was certainly on the job when the league threatened a player who wanted to wear 9/11 commemorative cleats. Ditto when a player wanted to wear purple cleats for some domestic violence awareness campaign. Not allowed. Disrespecting the flag is ok though.
More...

http://www.snopes.com/must-nfl-players-stand/
 
Clubber Lang said:
Rule of thumb for snopes-
If it says "mixture of true and false" most of the time it's true but doesn't fit the liberal narrative that the website pushes.
More...


http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article175221581.html


"In an email, Brian McCarthy, the NFL’s vice president of communications, shared the portion of the manual that addresses the anthem, and that language is what has been shared on social media but mistakenly attributed to the rulebook.


McCarthy stressed that passage about the national anthem is a guideline and not a requirement. The key words in the operations manual are “should” and “may” and not “must.” No player is required to stand at attention.


That’s why the league has never issued a punishment for a player who didn’t follow the recommendation.


“There is no discipline being considered for any action yesterday,” McCarthy said Monday.


Troy Vincent, the NFL’s executive vice president of football operations, told The Sporting News in March that “the league didn’t discuss setting a standard protocol for all players during the pregame playing of the anthem.”


That Sporting News story said Vincent told Vic Carucci and Alex Marvez: “Frankly, the players have that right. They’re asked (to stand), but not required.”
 
AAAintheBeltway said:
The NFL Operations Manual, an internal league document, specifically requires that teams stand respectfully for the National Anthem. Various potential penalties are listed for violations, including loss of draft picks. That's how serious it was considered to be.

For some reason Goodell is looking the other way. He was certainly on the job when the league threatened a player who wanted to wear 9/11 commemorative cleats. Ditto when a player wanted to wear purple cleats for some domestic violence awareness campaign. Not allowed. Disrespecting the flag is ok though.
More...


Wrong,just like nearly everything else you post.The arrogance to think you know more than The NFL's top brass.
 
AAA stated it was in the NFL operations manual. He was correct.

Apparently your quote even confirms AAA was correct about it being a rule in the operations manual.

Apparently the NFL is choosing not to enforce the rule or provision in the operations manual.

That does not make AAA wrong. It may be that the league is just making a choice.

So lets go deeper.

when you look up the word should... you can see it does have more than one meaning.

and I think when reading a few dictionaries The idea that "should" means... obligation in this context is a pretty strong argument.

But not necessarily the only one.

You can also argue "should" could also be interpreted to mean its not mandatory but highly suggested.

The reality is the people who drafted the rule or provision were probably familiar with statutory construction. They probably knew they could have used must... but instead chose the word should to leave it open to interpretation. I would not say this is a case of the league knowing more than AAA. I would say it is the league being "cute" with the rules for myraid reasons.


Tony Stark said:
Wrong,just like nearly everything else you post.The arrogance to think you know more than The NFL's top brass.
More...
 
jem said:
AAA stated it was in the NFL operations manual. He was correct.
More...


AAA said The NFL operations manual "specifically requires that teams stand respectfully for the National Anthem."


It does not say that so AAA was wrong.



http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article175221581.html

"McCarthy stressed that passage about the national anthem is a guideline and not a requirement. The key words in the operations manual are “should” and “may” and not “must.”"


"No player is required to stand at attention."-Brian McCarthy, the NFL’s vice president of communications
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top