Disrespect In Football Pros And Cons

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NFL takes a knee: while Fans take a stand The definition of disrespect is the lack of respect or courtesy. To me I think that not standing for the flag during the national anthem fits this exact definition. Not standing for the flag was very disrespectful and it was very childish. It was very ridiculous because there is no other country that you get to just play football, a kids game, and get paid millions of dollars. In my opinion, don't think you should try and test that and not stand for a flag that millions of americans have fought and died for. I understand that it is a free country and you have the right to do what you want but i think they should've tried to handle it in a different way. There would have been a better way to get your word out and it could have been a lot more respectful, and it could have got a lot more people on there side but when you disrespect the flag that much, you will probably not get a lot of people on your side. I think they had a good argument but they lost me when they started to disrespect the flag and when they started to disrespect all the americans that have fought for your right to play the game. …show more content…

They claim that they are kneeling because of all the cops shooting blacks and the first to take a stand, or in this case kneel, was last season’s-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. He began kneeling during the Anthem to protest racial injustice, particularly the killing of black Americans by police and was alone for quite awhile but he then got more and more players to kneel. But in my opinion go at it a different way. You could state there is a problem but don’t go after something that americans would think is

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