New NFL rules for standing during the pledge, will you return?

[sheepdawg]

Well the NFL just announced that they are going to crack down on the kneelers. No more disrespecting the flag, if you do penalties will be handed out. If you have problems with the pledge, stay in the locker room. I watched The Super Bowl last year and that was it and only because of the two kickers being University of Memphis alumni.

Will you watch the NFL this year or did you ever leave?

 

[Old cop]

I stopped watching the NFL when all this nonsense began, and I'd been following the Washington Redskins since I was a kid. Disrespect the flag, and our military & police and I'm done w/you.

 

[harleyvato]

I never forgive a sheep/chicken killing dog. These players are in the same category as far as I'm concerned. I know they would still be kneeling on the inside!

 

[Mals9]

I did not watch a single minute of football, since the kneeling began. I won't watch again.

Mals

 

[Watchdog]

The original proposal involved penalizing the offending team as a whole with a 15-yard penalty in the game. I guess they ditched that idea.

This doesn't really interest me a whole lot, but for those it does, here's a synopsis of the NFL's new rules:

• "All team and league personnel on the field shall stand and show respect for the flag and the Anthem."
• "The Game Operations Manual will be revised to remove the requirement that all players be on the field for the Anthem."
• Personnel who choose not to stand for the Anthem may stay in the locker room or in a similar location off the field until after the Anthem has been performed."
• "A club will be fined by the League if its personnel are on the field and do not stand and show respect for the flag and the Anthem."
• "Each club may develop its own work rules, consistent with the above principles, regarding its personnel who do not stand and show respect for the flag and the Anthem."
• "The Commissioner will impose appropriate discipline on league personnel who do not stand and show respect for the flag and the Anthem.​"

Make of it what you will.

 

[Bugkiller99]

Nope. To coin an old phrase

They defecated in their own hat.

Now it's time to wear it.

 

[HARDWARE]

stopped watching people play games a very long time ago.

virtually anything is time better spent than watching sports

 

[rwsmith]

Just drives me farther away.....

I'm not saying I'll never watch NFL again as I hardly watch it now. But this is a big hit on top of a lot of little hits that have accumulated.and drives me farther and farther away. I know I always use this when something like this happens, but it makes me feel good to watch it.

Rick Monday makes the best play in baseball.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrV8QPQAhxo[/ame]

 

[Bastogne71]

I didn't miss them at all last year. No interest in watching any NFL this coming season either.

 

[XAVMECH]

Too little, too late, IMO

Good grief, it took that long to come up with this?? I can't imagine myself spending another minute watching the NFL.

 

[16thVACav]

If it takes a year to figure out whether or not you'll side with respectful loyal Americans or with ungrateful overpaid complainers, you've already shown your true colors.

 

[onebadvet]

They get paid a lot of money, and not stand for there country to me why watch these highly paid Football player.
When one team not naming the team from Jacksonville a Navy town went to England put a knee down durning our National Athen, but when England Athen was played they new how to stand at attention.
What do we call that, no respect for our Country.

 

[BONDOBOB]

I would be more inclined to watch IF;

EVERY PLAYER THAT SAT last year would be REQUIRED to give a ONE MILLION DONATION to the wounded Warriors fund BEFORE taking the field for the 1st game of the season

 

[HARDWARE]

i was thinkin more along the lines of an open air concentration camp in north dakota

 

[Absalom]

The "I never watched" option is missing on the poll.

I have no sympathy for overpaid celebrities pushing political buttons. I don't care much for the huffing and puffing from those who love having that button pushed either.

Turn off the stupid TV and go find some small-town high school football to watch instead. No problems with respect there, and you support something worthwhile. It's the only kind of spectator sports I watch, whether football, soccer or others.

 

[Scorpion520AZ]

I never left the NFL. The NFL left me, and I've moved on.

 

[BC38]

Nope. My wife will watch the Seahawks and by default I will be around when the game is on, but I have no intention of intentionally watching, and may actually make a point of finding something else to do while it is on.
Marshawn Lynch was one of the last kneelers last season, and the fact the the Seahawks tolerated it soured me on the NFL for good. Not that I had much respect for them to start with.

 

[HARDWARE]

predictably, the liberal media is outraged. im quite certain they'll find some alternate fashion of insult to further alienate the fans.

 

[FifthWheel]

Now that's a tough stance! NO I will not be watching. IMHO that should have been implemented long ago.

 

[rwsmith]

I like it but.......

Will the rule 'stand up' when it becomes some kind of discrimination court case? Well, whatever. I'm glad they came to their senses.