NFL Players Who Protested the National Anthem - 2017
The purpose of this website is to catalog NFL teams, players and coaches who have publically protested the National Anthem and hold them accountable. A service for the fans, NFL player valuation, sponsors and more. We decided to start this website on September 24th, 2017 in week 3 of the season after hundreds of players protested and boycotted the National Anthem. We had enough of it and decided to do something about it: call these players out, keep track of them all, and hold them all accountable.
We believe the "protests" are based on a lie and they are unpatriotic - a disrespect of our country and the people who fought and died for our freedom.
We believe that protesting the National Anthem is protected by the 1st Amendment, just as Nazi marches and KKK marches are protected - as disrespectful as that speech is. However, even if that public speech is legal, it is not always a good idea and can reflect poorly on that person or anyone associated with them - especially when that protestor stands on the wrong and immmoral side of history.
As NFL fans, we believe that when a player is protesting while wearing the team uniform, then the NFL team organization endorses the protest of the national anthem.
We believe that when an NFL team protests the national anthem, the US military, police, firefighers, EMT and other patiotic groups should also apply the 1st Amendment and boycott that protesting NFL team, and not appear for the game.
We believe NFL teams should fire or dicipline team members who protest the National Anthem while in uniform. We believe NFL teams should make it mandatory for all team members in uniform to rise for the National Anthem as most Americans do.
We believe the National Anthem is a sacred moment in which we stand in silence and honor the United States, our freedom, our homeland and the people who bravely fought and died for it throughout history. This is NOT an acceptable time for protest. Players can find another time to protest, such as before or after the National Anthem - not during. Players who have taken advantage of the National Anthem to protest, have crossed a red line. The sooner NFL players, coaches and owners realize their error and correct themselves, the sooner the games will return to their former glory.
The Most Unpatriotic Team(s) in the NFL and All of Sports:
In Week 3, the Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee Titans both decided as teams, in complete unity, to boycott the National Anthem. Both teams chose to stay in their locker rooms until the anthem was over. They claim that they are still patriotic, which is contrary to their actions of standing in solidarity against the National Anthem - refusing to honor and salute America. The entire Pittsburgh Steelers team (except for our hero Alejandro Villanueva) boycotted the National Anthem. Alejandro Villanueva (former Army Ranger) was the only Steelers player to attend the National Anthem, while Coach Mike Tomlin wanted the entire team to boycott if no consensus was met.
NFL Players Union Teams Up With George Soros - Funds Leftist Advocacy Groups:
October 7, 2017 - Tax documents show in 2015 that the NFL Players Union (NFLPA) donated $5,000 to the "Center for Community Change Action", which is leftist group funded by many liberal organizations, including George Soros' "Foundation for Open Society". This group is also in the anti-Trump resistance movement.
The NFLPA (a member of AFL-CIO) also contributed in 2013 and 2015 to Working America (AFL-CIO affiliate), which Open Secrets said the group spent $1 million in 2016 to defeat Donald Trump. Working America is currently working against the Republican-led tax cut bill, which would save money for millions of Americans. The NFLPA also donated $5,000 in 2014 to Jobs with Justice, another Soros-backed organization, and$5,000 in 2013 to the progressive "Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy". All of these donations were made even before Donald Trump was elected President. Source: http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/10/06/nfl-players-union-teamed-george-soros-fund-leftist-advocacy-groups
So clearly the NFL is using YOUR tax dollars to help fund left-wing, progressive liberal organizations, along with George Soros' agenda. What we need to ask ourselves again is: If the NFL can afford to donate money to George Soros-backed organizations, then why are we giving the NFL $1 Billion each and every year in taxpayer-funded subsidies and tax exemptions?
What You Can Do to Fight Back:
1) BOYCOTT, BOYCOTT, BOYCOTT - Share on Facebook & Twitter to spread the word like a wildfire, let the fans know these players are being held accountable!
Keep in mind: When you purchase jerseys and apparel for patriotic players (such as Steeler's Alejandro Villanueva), the money from those sales is split between everyone in the NFL - including unpatriotic players.
2) Did you know the NFL receives BILLIONS of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, tax-free loans, municipal bonds, rent waivers, and property tax exemptions? Each and every year, the NFL and it's teams receive over $1 Billion from Federal, State and Local taxpayers. Read more about it here: The NFL Has Its Hands Deep in Taxpayer Money
Solution: Write to your Local, State and Federal Congressmen and President Donald Trump, and demand an end to taxpayer subsidies for the NFL. It literally takes less than 5 minutes to find your congressmen's contact page on Google. The NFL is a private organization that makes revenues of nearly $14 BILLION each year, and has absolutely no need for tax dollars (corporate welfare). These billions of dollars in taxes can be better spent elsewhere, not for left-wing "social justice" protests (based on lies and shoddy reasoning) that drag our flag through the mud, insults the nation and the people who fought and died for it. Make the NFL pay taxes to AMERICA, not the other way around!
3) Revoke the NFL's Anti-Trust Exemption. Here is some basic background on what the Anti-Trust exemption means: "The NFL's anti-trust exemption allows major sports leagues to negotiate and speak on behalf of the teams in their leagues in the context of media deals. As a result, the leagues are enabled to act as a monopoly and secure lucrative broadcasting contracts that have resulted in billions of dollars every year. The exemption, at times referred to as a "blank check,' has been challenged by Congress several times in recent years due to numerous domestic violence crimes committed by major sports players. In 2014, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) introduced a bill to eliminate the anti-trust exemption for all major sports leagues in the US, instead requiring leagues to qualify for renewals every five years. The renewals would be determined by congressional review and consider the behavior of those within the leagues." - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-mKwmJeYUs
Solution: WRITE TO YOUR CONGRESSMEN LIKE CRAZY - Demand them to remove the exemption and drain the swamp of NFL lobbying "bribes". If there was ever a time in America to drain the NFL swamp, with President Donald Trump firmly against them right now, THIS would be the moment to HIT THEM HARD! This is the big-ticket item that allows the NFL to ride the gravy train. Removing the exemption would punish the NFL like nothing before, and level the playing field so that NFL prices for game broadcasting and apparel come down to fairer and more reasonable levels. If the NFL supports players that REFUSE TO STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM - and praises those players as "social justice warriors", disrespecting the flag, the national anthem, the US military and those who fought and died throughout history for our country - then there is no reason why the American People should continue to give them special treatment, taxpayer dollars and tax exemptions.
4) Demand that Roger Goodell, the NFL Commissioner, be fired. The NFL went to hell under his radical leadership. Demand NFL policies that REQUIRE players to STAND for the National Anthem, WITHOUT PROTEST. Enforce salary cuts and hefty fines for those who protest at "America's Game". Players have the 1st Amendment Right by LAW to protest during the anthem. That means they can legally protest and not be prosecuted by the law. BUT, the NFL and their teams do not have to keep that player if it gives the teams a bad name and a bad reputation, and it can "fine" players within NFL regulations (which are NOT laws). They can protest before or after, but NOT DURING the National Anthem, which is a sacred time for honoring the entire nation in unity, and those who fought and died for it throughout history. Protesting during this time is crossing a RED LINE, not acceptable under any circumstance, and we will hold them accountable.
In the future, we plan to expand this site to also include protestors in the NBA, MLB and elsewhere who disrespect the flag, our national anthem and America.
