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he is, but here is the thing.....NFL fines players for wearing the wrong color shoes,gloves, etc...... but lets them kneel during anthem?????
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by
groiny
I fail to see how the two are even remotely similar? -- nm
Posted by
decline (aka Decline)
Nov 1 '17, 09:49
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guy wears pink shoes for cancer awareness, gets fined 10k.
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groiny
Nov 1, 09:53
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he's not being fined for supporting cancer awareness, he's being fined for wearing a shoe that doesn't align with a financial contract the NFL has -- nm
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decline
Nov 1, 09:55
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And the protester would not be fined for opposing injustice, he'd be fined for causing a distraction that affects NFL financial contracts... -- nm
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Ender
Nov 1, 10:22
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Because forcing people to participate in staged patriotic displays for commercial purposes is what America is all about! -- nm*
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znufrii
Nov 1, 10:43
it's not as if people haven't criticized the NFL publicly for those other fines, it's just that they didn't care. -- nm
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Reagen
Nov 1, 10:25
Right. -- nm
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David
Nov 1, 09:58
The NFL has always tightly controlled their brand and image, except in this one area that’s actually negatively affecting that image... -- nm
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IrishStephen
Nov 1, 09:51
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That's not about brand and image. It's about licensing contracts. -- nm
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David
Nov 1, 09:54
They have to keep up the fiction that displays of patriotism are purely voluntary.
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znufrii
Nov 1, 09:54
the NFL limits the clothing players wear because they have lucrative contracts with competing companies. Not because of political or social protest -- nm
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decline
Nov 1, 09:53
2
if the shoes are the same brand, but pink, they still get fined -- nm
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groiny
Nov 1, 09:55
1
correct, because the licensing contract stipulates which of those branded shoes he can wear -- nm
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decline
Nov 1, 09:57
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