You Make The Call Veterans Day NFL

[diyer2]

I thought I would pass this on.

 

An open letter to the NFL players; 
 You graduated high school in 2011. Your teenage years were a 
struggle. You 
grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. Your mother was the 
leader of the 
family and worked tirelessly to keep a roof over your head and 
food on your 
plate. Academics were a struggle for you and your grades were 
mediocre at 
best. The only thing that made you stand out is you weighed 225 
lbs. and 
could run 40 yards in 4.2 seconds while carrying a football. Your 
best 
friend was just like you, except he didn't play football. Instead of 
going 
to football practice after school, he went to work at McDonalds for 
minimum 
wage. You were recruited by all the big colleges and spent every 
weekend of 
your senior year making visits to universities where coaches and 
boosters 
tried to convince you their school was best. They laid out the red 
carpet 
for you. Your best friend worked double shifts at Mickey D's. 
College was 
not an option for him. On the day you signed with Big State 
University, your 
best friend signed paperwork with his Army recruiter. You went to 
summer 
workouts. He went to basic training. 
 
You spent the next four years living in the athletic dorm, eating at 
the 
training table. You spent your Saturdays on the football field, 
cheered on 
by adoring fans. Tutors attended to your every academic need. 
You attended 
class when you felt like it. Sure, you worked hard. You lifted 
weights, ran 
sprints, studied plays, and soon became one of the top football 
players in 
the country. Your best friend was assigned to the 101st Airborne 
Division. 
While you were in college, he deployed to Iraq once and 
Afghanistan twice. 
He became a Sergeant and led a squad of 19 year old soldiers 
who grew up 
just like he did. He shed his blood in Afghanistan and watched 
young 
American's give their lives, limbs, and innocence for the USA. 
 
You went to the NFL combine and scored off the charts. You 
hired an agent 
and waited for draft day. You were drafted in the first round and 
your agent 
immediately went to work, ensuring that you received the most 
money 
possible. You signed for $16 million although you had never 
played a single 
down of professional football. Your best friend re-enlisted in the 
Army for 
four more years. As a combat tested sergeant, he will be paid 
$32,000 per 
year. 
 
You will drive a Ferrari on the streets of South Beach. He will ride 
in the 
back of a Blackhawk helicopter with 10 other combat loaded 
soldiers. 
 
You will sleep at the Ritz. He will dig a hole in the ground and try 
to 
sleep. You will "make it rain" in the club. He will pray for rain as 
the 
temperature reaches 120 degrees. 
 
On Sunday, you will run into a stadium as tens of thousands of 
fans cheer 
and yell your name. For your best friend, there is little difference 
between 
Sunday and any other day of the week. There are no adoring 
fans. There are 
only people trying to kill him and his soldiers. Every now and then, 
he and 
his soldiers leave the front lines and "go to the rear" to rest. He 
might be 
lucky enough to catch an NFL game on TV. When the National 
Anthem plays and 
you take a knee, he will jump to his feet and salute the television. 
While 
you protest the unfairness of life in the United States, he will give 
thanks 
to God that he has the honor of defending his great country. 
 
To the players of the NFL: We are the people who buy your 
tickets, watch 
you on TV, and wear your jerseys. We anxiously wait for Sundays 
so we can 
cheer for you and marvel at your athleticism. Although we love to 
watch you 
play, we care little about your opinions until you offend us. You 
have the 
absolute right to express yourselves, but we have the absolute 
right to 
boycott you. We have tolerated your drug use and DUIs, your 
domestic 
violence, and your vulgar displays of wealth. We should be 
ashamed for 
putting our admiration of your physical skills before what is 
morally right. 
But now you have gone too far. You have insulted our flag, our 
country, our 
soldiers, our police officers, and our veterans. You are living the 
American 
dream, yet you disparage our great country. I am done with NFL 
football and 
encourage all likeminded Americans to boycott the NFL as well. 
 
National boycott of the NFL for Sunday November 12th, Veterans 
Day Weekend. 
Boycott all football telecast, all fans, all ticket holders, stay away 
from 
attending any games, let them play to empty stadiums. Pass this 
post along 
to all your friends and family. Honor our military, some of whom 
come home 
with the American Flag draped over their coffin.

 

[The Zip]

Your story for the most part describes life in America as a specific minority ethnic group, who are 2 brothers or folks from the same neighborhood.  The brother that went into the military, is he going to protest the brother that went to the NFL?  No, you will see one at the fifty yard line or the other at a military promotion.  Reason, they are generally happy for each other because of the similar life they experienced living in America.  There is history how certain American ethnicities have been treated and money or education level doesn’t change that.  The kneeling during the National Anthem by players is not because of patriotism, it's because they were called out.  If not, they would have been doing it long before Kaepernik starting it.  Could the NFL players do it differently, maybe.  Talking about patriotism, I was in a large Sports Bar the other day and no one kneeled.  But no one also stood, removed their hat, or stopped drinking either.  Yes there will be a loss of support for the sport, but know when the brother comes back home with a flag draped over his coffin, the other one will be first in line to help put him in the ground.  And if the military brother happens to come home standing, he will be a fan and a season ticket holder.  

[diyer2]

Zip

Not my story. Received in an email.

I posted this to allow those that may be interested in the cause to participate, not open a debate.

 

[The Zip]

I should have said the story you forwarded, no debate.  Kneeling, holding hands, or whatever during the National Anthem is not about patriotism, the group depicted in the story is way past the front line.  The story will get misguided, but being involved with the military in some form or fashion at the end of Vietnam to well past Desert Storm, from the father to the son, I’ve seen both posts.      

 

Charlie Mike Out

[Fix29]

I am not looking to get into a debate about it but I will simply say this. You want to say it's your right to take a knee in protest, fine. It's also my right to not turn the game on on Sunday. I will say that boycotting for one weekend is kind of silly in my honest opinion. I personally will not watch at all, no need to single out one weekend.

[KARNUT]

I kinda burnt out on football a few years ago and generally don’t watch till after NASCAR. I got tired of players extreme celebrations in the end zone especially when they were losing. The whole deflate gate thing, especially since Brady did better in the second half after the balls were in spec.


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