flacaltenn
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- Jun 9, 2011
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LOLOLTry listening to yourself....You're not listening. It's NOT in rules of Football. It's a PROPRIETARY business document that lays out Franchise operation rules on Game Day. AND -- it's been officially leaked by SEVERAL NFL officials. Dont' expect KFC to link to the 7 secret spices and don't expect the NFL to publish it's Operations Manuals.
"And the Rule Book calls for respect for the pomp and ceremony."
I gave you a link to the official rule book -- quote where it says that...
Nice try to attempt to spin my words into something I never said.Protests at PRIVATE EVENTS by employees are NOT "protected speech". Give it up.. ESPECIALLY when they're kicking the country as a whole in the teeth without a message..
Fail.
I never said that their First Amendment rights are protected while on the job. In fact, I even pointed out the NFL has the right to not allow them to protest. But the NFL is allowing it and they are indeed expressing their First Amendment rights.
Which is what brave Americans have fought and bled for.
What a shame you can't understand that.
Now you're being intentionally dumb. It's not in the rules of football. It's in CORPORATE manuals for operations on game day. And you KNOW that. You're just promulgating the lie that got you by.. Nice try. Doesn't fly. By -try - fly...
I'm quoting you ... soooo .... if I sound dumb ..............
But again ... YOU SAID, "the Rule Book calls for respect for the pomp and ceremony."
So show me where the rule book says that........
Now you've past dumb and you're just trolling me. MULTIPLE rule books exist. Not just the one that explains a "safety or field goal"..
An "operations manual" is not a "rule book". By definition --- YOU CAN'T HAVE TWO RULE BOOKS.
How many Constitutions does the United States have? What would happen if we wrote a second one?
The bottom line remains that the national anthem has no function at a football game, or any other sporting event, unless the event is part of the Olympics........ where nations compete against each other.
Since you stilll won't address that matter, let's try yet another angle.
If the game of football did not exist, and you invented it tonight and wrote up its rules and designed a league made up entirely of intranational teams --------------------------- would those rules involve a national anthem?
Don't be dense. Takes a LIBRARY of "rule books" to run an org like the NFL. Not just the one that lays down the rule for game play.. What LOGOS a player can wear is NOT a "football" rule e.g.
I'm sure if a Brit team is invited into the team -- the operations for game day would run much the same.