Silver: league rule is "players stand during anthem"

[JSD]

Kyrie will be standing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxvW_V7JmFo

As is his right.

My service in the U.S. Navy gave players like Kyrie the right to stand.

It also gave players like Colin the right to kneel.

Yup. And it's other folk's right to think it's a grandstanding, DB move. Personally, I don't care, the kneeling doesn't bother me, the fake narrative that police target black folks does bother me, and they're promoting those bad ideas.

Another thing. Nobody is saying for them to go to jail for their 1st amendment rights. If some idiot went on a racist tirade on Facebook she has the right to do it, doesn't mean she won't face repurcussions at work. Kneeling for the anthem is a slap in the face to many people out there and is bad for business.

I do wonder if Tom Brady and not Kap was the first person to kneel for basically the same type of issue, what the fan reaction would be.  I'm guessing not as many would oppose it.

Of course not.

Why? People would have been burning Brady's jersey it would have been a million times worse. Kap is a nobody compared to Brady

Think long & hard about it, JSD.  You're a smart guy.

For a "nobody", Kap sure elicited a helluva reaction.

I'm not that smart, but I know this. Brady turned the world upside down after he was accused of deflating footballs. Had he kneeled for the flag, and called cops pigs, and compared them to slave hunters etc. People would have lost their minds.

[Donoghus]

Kyrie will be standing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxvW_V7JmFo

As is his right.

My service in the U.S. Navy gave players like Kyrie the right to stand.

It also gave players like Colin the right to kneel.

Yup. And it's other folk's right to think it's a grandstanding, DB move. Personally, I don't care, the kneeling doesn't bother me, the fake narrative that police target black folks does bother me, and they're promoting those bad ideas.

Another thing. Nobody is saying for them to go to jail for their 1st amendment rights. If some idiot went on a racist tirade on Facebook she has the right to do it, doesn't mean she won't face repurcussions at work. Kneeling for the anthem is a slap in the face to many people out there and is bad for business.

I do wonder if Tom Brady and not Kap was the first person to kneel for basically the same type of issue, what the fan reaction would be.  I'm guessing not as many would oppose it.

Of course not.

Why? People would have been burning Brady's jersey it would have been a million times worse. Kap is a nobody compared to Brady

Think long & hard about it, JSD.  You're a smart guy.

For a "nobody", Kap sure elicited a helluva reaction.

I'm not that smart, but I know this. Brady turned the world upside down after he was accused of deflating footballs. Had he kneeled for the flag, and called cops pigs, and compared them to slave hunters etc. People would have lost their minds.

Moranis was talking about kneeling.  You're bringing the other stuff into it now.

[JSD]

Then hold the other stuff. People still would have went crazy

[Moranis]

Then hold the other stuff. People still would have went crazy

Ok so Brady has baggage, but what if it was Peyton Manning or Brett Favre?

[JSD]

Then hold the other stuff. People still would have went crazy

Ok so Brady has baggage, but what if it was Peyton Manning or Brett Favre?

So Brady has baggage and those guys don’t? What’s your point, White privelege? I don’t believe that. Any person that knelt for the anthem, regardless of race, was going to receive blowback. Tim Thomas got a ton of crap for not going to see Obama.

[Moranis]

Then hold the other stuff. People still would have went crazy

Ok so Brady has baggage, but what if it was Peyton Manning or Brett Favre?

So Brady has baggage and those guys don’t? What’s your point, White privelege? I don’t believe that. Any person that knelt for the anthem, regardless of race, was going to receive blowback. Tim Thomas got a ton of crap for not going to see Obama.

Sure some, but if you honestly don't think race play a a part in it you are just putting your head in the sand

[Celtics4ever]

It was great to see the guys back on the floor last night and root for the Celtics.  Wasn't it?

Sports is best when sports are sports.  It is clear that the owner in the NFL underestimated public backlash but the NBA did not.

[JSD]

Then hold the other stuff. People still would have went crazy

Ok so Brady has baggage, but what if it was Peyton Manning or Brett Favre?

So Brady has baggage and those guys don’t? What’s your point, White privelege? I don’t believe that. Any person that knelt for the anthem, regardless of race, was going to receive blowback. Tim Thomas got a ton of crap for not going to see Obama.

Sure some, but if you honestly don't think race play a a part in it you are just putting your head in the sand

Good argument.

[Moranis]

Hertha Berlin took a knee before their Bundesliga game.

https://sports.yahoo.com/german-soccer-team-kneels-match-solidarity-nfl-protests-151641076.html