If you don’t understand why respecting the anthem is important to the people who are getting beers/in the bathroom during the anthem, I dunno what to tell you.

And god knows all the people who NEED the anthem before domestic sports games to RENEW THEIR PATRIOTISM on a weekly basis are gonna be livid.

So’s Joe Flacco apparently. Vehemently:

I don’t know that it’s intended as an escalation, but I think it comes across as one, in that it’s more dramatic and noticeable than kneeling. At the least, it puts us one step closer to just doing away with pregame anthems.

Point taken, but Houston is absolutely not going to bench a rookie QB they’re very invested in for a free agent veteran quarterback.

And Europeans are like: “But why do you guys play the national anthem during domestic competitions at all?”

Help me with this...is this to be taken as a “fuck you, Trump” move or a “SUPPORT THE TREWPS, LIBS!” move?

Guess he finally realized this is the only way people can think he’s better than jordan.

I applaud LBJ for his candor and speaking out against Rump. However, his comments make the assumption that sports are all-unifying and free from division. This is a narrow view. Sports, at their very essence, are designed to do just that — divide. I would argue that the sporting mentality is at the core of a lot of…

He’s just giving a shouout to Maiden.

This isn’t a conspiracy theory this is just a fact. End of story. I decided that and I think we should all agree.

White supremacist mows down an American citizen using ISIS tactics. “Very fine people on both sides.” Athletes practice 1st amendment rights to bring attention to injustice plaguing a marginalized group, “get that son of a bitch off the field.” The President of the United States people, God Bless America!

Who said they don’t have respect for the citizens of the US? I don’t have respect for citizens who’ve voted for a known liar, male chauvinist, braggadocio, who’s proven time and time again that he doesn’t know what he’s talking about vis a vis world events and US government but acts like he does. Everyone should

I have this weird, vague sense that maybe Trump has dementia and is narcissistic, and is a liar, and a bully, and a racist, and also doesn’t really grasp complicated issues.

“I’ve been called worse things by better people” Pierre Elliott Trudeau, on Nixon calling him an asshole. Sadly of all the presidential traits Trump could mimic, he unerringly picks the worst.

I believe in Kap’s protest, and wish more players and NFL fans would embrace it. That flag doesn’t protect or represent me, and it has been actively used to denigrate myself and countless others.

I’m betting that the same people telling Kaepernick, Bennett, Curry, etc. to stick to sports would’ve told Jackie Robinson to stick to his league.

* Colin Kaepernick did not vote in 2016

To be fair, he chose to do it in another state entirely, so in that way he did make New Orleans more fun, by him not being there.

The masturbating was in California.