Argumentative Essay: The Controversy About NFL Players

763 Words2 Pages

Football players all around the country taking a knee is the most important social issue in our time because it is making havoc with higher authority and fans. President Trump should not be worrying about NFL players but instead, be worrying about more important problems. Lately, this problem has been causing fans to become hostile. They are starting to fight in the crowd or trying to hurt others including players. Anthem kneeling has also caught the attention of the president. He is starting to join in on the action which is not good because he will be occupied from his job and keeping us safe. The fans of the NFL have not been amused by the actions of the staff and/or the players. Most of these fans are starting to bring racial …show more content…

The NFL made a poll to see how long term fans feel about the players kneeling and if they wanted to see them get financial consequences. The head of the NFL is still thinking if he should make this movement happen. Fewer NFL players kneeled once President Trump called for the protest to end and threats to fire the players that kneeled. If most or all of the players stopped kneeling President Trump would not worry about the NFL as much and he can focus on his bigger problems. Fans love their teams but don't love what they are doing. The announcer says how the Ravens are kind, bold, and generous. The crowd cheers for them, but once the players knees hit the ground the crowd boos them. This shows that fans will not tolerate this type of action. The fans act like this because they think the kneelers are disrespecting the country. The NFL is also losing their fans. The fans are …show more content…

Although some NFL players kneel for things like not having a fair government, they don't believe in respecting the country when they don't respect them, etc… the main reason are racism, and brutality that is brought upon their race. They are fighting for their freedom and safety and while they are doing that it is starting more of what they are fighting for. Many players are fighting or arguing with the president on twitter. This isn't smart because it will start or strike up more controversy from the president and he will try even harder to stop protests. The president should not pay attention or even worry about the NFL players because he has bigger problems like terrorism, wars, keeping the country safe, and many more roles. Although some coaches kneel or support their players they aren't worried. The players don't have one main goal for protesting. They do it to see what people will do and if anything will change. Even though Trump won't stop until the players stop it is all one giant problem. President Trump isn't worried about the country but instead colored football players that have an

More about Argumentative Essay: The Controversy About NFL Players

Open Document