NFL plays, STANDS for BLACK anthem, disrespects AMERICAN NATL ANTHEM, DAMN EM

[powderman]

   
NFL plays, STANDS for BLACK anthem, disrespects AMERICAN NATL ANTHEM, DAMN EM
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https://www.foxnews.com/sports/bucs-cowboys-black-national-anthem

Bucs-Cowboys opener begins with Black national anthem
The NFL reportedly wants the Black national anthem to be prominent in 'big league events'
By Ryan Gaydos | Fox News

Fox News Flash top headlines for September 9
The Black national anthem was played ahead of the NFL’s first game of the season between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night.

The NBC broadcast played a video of Alicia Keys singing "Lift Every Voice and Sing" while the Florida A&M University Concert Choir joined in from Raymond James Stadium. Players from both teams stood in their respective end zones and locked arms to show unity ahead of the game.

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"Lift Every Voice and Sing" was played before the start of Week 1 games during the 2020 NFL season, and Front Office Sports reported in July the NFL planned to make the song a "prominent part of big league events."

The national anthem is usually only heard before early-season games or some primetime games, the Super Bowl and the NFL Draft. "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was played before Super Bowl LV and the draft in April.

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The league made the decision to play "Lift Every Voice and Sing" before Week 1 games last year in the midst of a summer of racial unrest across major metropolitan cities in the U.S. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell acknowledged the Black Lives Matter movement as well.

Players were also given clearance to wear a social justice decal on the back of their helmets during the 2021 season. The league also said teams will be allowed to have the phrases "It Takes All of Us" and "End Racism" emblazoned in their end zones.

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Players can choose from the following: "End Racism," "Stop Hate," "It Takes All of Us," "Black Lives Matter," "Inspire Change" and "Say Their Stories."


The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Ryan Gaydos is the Sports Editor for Fox News and Fox Business. Follow Ryan Gaydos on Twitter @Gaydos_ and if you got a tip you can email Ryan at Ryan.Gaydos@fox.com

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[Dee]

And yet, Americans claiming to be patriotic will keep right on watching.

[oldandslow]

Not this  one.

[Dee]

I quit'em years ago. A touchdown, a caught pass, or a first down, looks like a National Geographic documentary.

[billy_56081]

The F*** Joe Biden chants need to start at every sporting event.

[Dee]

I think a better alternative would be empty stadiums, rather than chants.

[oldandslow]

Agreed. Hit them in the revenue stream is the only way to get their attention.

It is not going to happen. Too many mindless sports worshipers out there.

[Ranger99]

And yet, Americans claiming to be patriotic will keep right on watching.

This ^ ^ ^

[Ranger99]

It is not going to happen. Too many mindless sports worshipers out there.

And this ^ ^ ^

[Ranger99]

I've just about quit trying to say
anything to anybody
The only thing that will get the
majority of the population to take
notice of the sad sorry state of
affairs in this nation is for the
clean water to stop flowing and
the big screen and the computer
and the smart phones to fizzle
and to stop being able to eat
regularly. Too many that never
had a first hand account of the
poverty during the depression and
WWII and having to do without.
Scores of internet commandoes
that think they're going to waltz
down to the nearest farm or ranch
and help themselves to some farmer's
crops or a rancher's livestock as
if they won't encounter any armed
resistance

[DDZ]

I'm done watching any football.  It started last year when the NFL allowed players to kneel for the Anthem.  Now the NFL wants to inject the black national anthem at every game. Whatever the hell a black national anthem is. What is wrong with Americas national anthem? I wish everyone would quit going to games and quit watching. It would be the end of the whining cry babies.

[nw_hunter]

I quit'em years ago. A touchdown,rough with a caught pass, or a first down, looks like a National Geographic documentary.

Same here ! I watched my last NFL game back in 2019. If they start this crap in College football, I am through with it as well.