Just in case the big sports fans have forgotten the history of the NFL in the past decade, here are some key events leading up to the allowance of players to kneel during the national anthem:
* In 2012, the NFL had an issue with Tim Tebow kneeling before each game to pray, they also had an issue with Tebow wearing John 3:16 as part of his eye-black to avoid glare, and made him take it off.
* In 2013 the NFL fined Brandon Marshall for wearing green cleats to raise awareness for people with mental health disorders.
* In 2014 Robert Griffin III (RG3) entered a post-game press conference wearing a shirt that said “Know Jesus Know Peace” but was forced to turn it inside out by an NFL uniform inspector before speaking at the podium.
* In 2015 DeAngelo Williams was fined for wearing “Find the Cure” eye black for breast cancer awareness.
* In 2015 William Gay was fined for wearing purple cleats to raise awareness for domestic violence. (Not that the NFL has a domestic violence problem…).
*In 2016 the NFL prevented the Dallas Cowboys from wearing a decal on their helmet in honor of 5 Dallas Police officers killed in the line of duty.
* 2016 the NFL threatened to fine players who wanted to wear cleats to commemorate the 15th anniversary of 9/11.
So, how does the NFL support free speech and expression? The NFL has taken stifled speech by NFL players demonstrating respect for God, for causes like mental health, for cancer, for domestic violence, for fallen cops, or for the Memory of 9/11…
But they WILL ALLOW demonstrations of disrespect for our flag, our national anthem, for America, and for the people who serve it overseas.
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Honor our military; too many of whom have come home with the American Flag draped over their coffin.
— author unknown
No NFL – United We Stand