Some Eagles Planning on Protesting The Anthem on Monday

[Sect 236]

So says Malcolm Jenkins (who will be one of the players).

He says they waited until this week as to not disrespect 9/11 survivors and victims.

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/malcolm...ry?id=42153773

[Ground_Meat]

Great original idea, guys. I'm glad we're focused on winning football games...

[SCREAMIN EAGLE]

So says Malcolm Jenkins (who will be one of the players).

He says they waited until this week as to not disrespect 9/11 survivors and victims.

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/malcolm...ry?id=42153773

Maybe it would be a good idea to keep in mind the 2 cops that were ambushed by the animal in West Philly while your doing your little unoriginal protest on Monday night.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20...ladelphia.html

[bk]

Last sentence of article: "But I doubt that we'll have anybody kneeling."

[BIG JAY]

Jerry Jones gave his players a stern warning...will Jeffey do the same? Ya, right!!

[art vandelay]

I didn't realize the two were mutually exclusive.

[Maniac]

Agree with his views or not, Jenkins is not "protesting the anthem "

For me, it has nothing to do with this country or the flag or the anthem in itself," he said. "Really it's just to continue to push forward the conversation about social injustice, and that's a range of things from police brutality to wages and job opportunities, education. There's just a lot of things systematically that have been set up in this country since its inception that put minorities, especially African Americans, at a disadvantage when you talk about quality of life and actually growing in this country.

"So we want to continue to keep that conversation going and push it to as many people as we can obviously while doing our part in bringing forth change. Obviously this has been a hot topic, and the more players that join in, the further this conversation goes."

[Sect 236]

I wrote the thread title late last night after a few beers and forgot the word "During" so sue me.

[AthensEagle]

shut up stop posting

[BigSlizz]

The Sirius update just said that Pedey says if the players asked him to join, he would.

[Maniac]

No big deal. I'm just tired of this national anthem is sacred crap and they are attacking veterans. That's BS.

[IronEagle]

No big deal. I'm just tired of this national anthem is sacred crap and they are attacking veterans. That's BS.

We didn't even have a "National Anthem" until 1931. It's not like it is enshrined in the Constitution or anything.

I prefer "God Bless America" anyway. That song is not PC for at least two reasons. (Not the reasons I prefer it)