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Should Some Action Be Taken Against Those Players Who Refuse To Stand For The American National Anthem?

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anotheoldgit | 08:50 Mon 09th Oct 2017 | News
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Like what?

Any suggestions of " punishment " AOG ?
And for what? It isn't a crime.
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Fining them or dropping them from the team.
No.
It is an harmless form of protest.
Patriotism cannot be compulsary with strict penalises for failure to comply. Patriotism must be something you feel, and want to do/show.
No

The US is supposed to be the land of the free and that includes freedom of choice
Is it not peaceful protest ?
No.
AOG. I take it that you always stand when you hear our National Anthem?
I won't stand for the British national anthem (which calls upon a god I don't believe in to 'save' a so-called queen whom I refuse to acknowledge).

So what are you proposing should be done about it?
Ignore them.........the Black athletes did a similar thing in the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City, but it all faded out.
This also will be a non starter within 2-3 years.
I don't stand for the British national anthem for the same reasons as Buenchico (plus the "rebellious Scots to crush" verse, but I do stand for the Scottish national anthem.
Chris, why do you refuse to acknowledge the Queen?
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Well we all know that there are not many patriotic British these days, perhaps that is because of the multi racial country that we now live in.
But surely if one is representing one's country, either in sport (as in this case) or belonging to the armed services etc then surely it is expected as a mark of pride and allegiance to stand in public for one's National Anthem.

NoMercy:
The Russians knew what to do with so-called 'royal' families.
I was at our local British Legion a few year ago when folk were standing for the National Anthem. I remained seated and that was an issue for them so I was asked to leave the hall while it was playing and was allowed back in only when it finished.
In the US, the players are NOT representing their country when they play American football are they?
// there are not many patriotic British these days, perhaps that is because of the multi racial country that we now live in. //

Didn't take long to turn a question about American Sportmen into a one about multiculturalism.
LOL tcl. By the time they put you out it would be time to let you in again !!!
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Pride and allegiance have to be earned. There is a lot wrong with American Society, when that is fixed, then ALL its citizens will have something to take pride in.

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