You might “feel the league blackballed him” but he has to prove it in a court of law. Going to be impossible to prove that owners had agreements not just conversations about them not wanting to sign him
You might “feel the league blackballed him” but he has to prove it in a court of law. Going to be impossible to prove that owners had agreements not just conversations about them not wanting to sign him
Eric, I absolutely support the causes and message that is important to you. I personally didn’t have a problem with your protests but man why aren’t you using better judgement with your desire to get a new NFL contract. 1. Just 3 days into free agency what did you do?.... hurry and jump on twitter to bash NFL owners…
Eric! WTH are you doing leaking the details of your interview to the media??!!! Are you trying to sabotage your chances at getting an NFL team to hire you again? First you leave the players coalition and accuse the owners of paying $89 million to end the protests (which had no factual evidence whatsoever) Then 3 days…
He offended his bosses, team owners, teams sponsors, endorsing company’s much more than the military. The NFL is a business. Privately owned by 30 men and their families. It was his right to do what he did but when you do it on the job there will be tremendous backlash
national platform only because many are watching but it is also a private work place. NFL teams are owned by individuals and families. Many of them own the stadiums. Those fans are their clients. They do not want their employees making political protests that only a percentage of their paying customers agree with.
agreed. The problem is those NFL teams are privately owned and most of the players “bosses”/owners, do not want their work place being a platform for individual players/employees to carry out their own political agendas. Right or wrong I can’t blame them. What if next week one of Evans teammates wants to protest…
I can almost guarantee it was his agent. A business decision. you have a young 23 year old athlete that has 10 years in front of him. He didn’t think his client would be fairly treated the rest of his career for making political protests within the NFL. Endorsement deals are lost and other teams shy away because they…
which would be unfortunate but when an employee takes political protests inside the work place, the owner of the company also has the right to exercise and implement his preferences.
Most Americans associate the national anthem with Freedom and Liberty. Our Freedoms are maintained and fought for by our military. The national anthem doesn’t specifically and only mean the military but yes the military is a significant symbol of the national anthem.
I’m not a veteran but Ill try and give an honest, practical reason why some in the military find it offensive. Ill just use the example of troops on the ground in Iraq or Afghanistan. Not that those wars have had fabulous outcomes but they have spent years attempting to free those citizens from brutal dictators and…
Voting is the most impactful action any citizen can perform. It directly decides who makes decisions for us. Other contributions are fantastic but voting is the most critical
Mike Evans protested the result of the election. The reason why it offends some in the Military is because they are fighting for our right to maintain a democratic system where the people get to vote and choose their leaders. Most probably wouldn’t have been offended until they heard he didn’t even vote at all.