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    ESPN Says It Won't Air National Anthem Before Monday Night Football Games

    Avoiding potential controversy over showing players kneeling in protest of racial inequality, ESPN won’t broadcast the national anthem before any Monday Night Football games this year.



    “We generally have not broadcasted the anthem and I don’t think that will change this year,” ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro said Friday, according to news site Axios. “Our plan going into this year is to not broadcast the anthem.”



    The national anthem had long been a staple of sports games until two years ago, when San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick started kneeling to protest racial inequality and police brutality. Then-presidential candidate Donald Trump capitalized on the ensuing firestorm and has railed against the protests ever since.


    The furor has put broadcasters a difficult spot. If they broadcast protests during the anthem, they risk adding to the controversy. If they don’t show the anthem, they face criticism from people who support the kneeling players.

    In October, Fox Sports said it would no longer air coverage of the national anthem before NFL games after members of the New Orleans Saints team kneeled before the music began. In January, NBC decided to air the anthem and any protests that accompanied it, although no players kneeled when the anthem was played.



    ESPN broadcast the anthem during certain games last year, when it was played alongside events the network deemed newsworthy, such as moments of silence to honor tragedies. Pitaro said that ESPN does not see itself as a political organization.



    “It’s not our job to cover politics, purely, but we’ll cover the intersection of sports and politics,” Pitaro said. “When something happens, when the Eagles are disinvited from White House, or when someone takes a knee, if we think newsworthy we’re going to cover it.”


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    They should have done this the second it started last season. I guarantee it will stop the bullshit because players will no longer get face time, which is basically why 99% of these guys do it. Most could give two fuks about the cause. They just want the attention.
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    Good move

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    Story is bullshit

    Kap started kneeling because he was butt hurt over losing the QB job to Gabbert

    Alex Smith lost his job to Kap... What did Alex do ?

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    good move

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    Why not just show the flag or the person singing it? Pretty easy answer.
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    Now just start the broadcast from kick-off.

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    I always turn on game at kickoff. I'm placing bets during anthem.

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    NFL should do away with the anthem. No one gives a shyt about that outdated bull shyt.

    Mad respect to players not respecting that stupid bullshyt.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigBusiness View Post
    NFL should do away with the anthem. No one gives a shyt about that outdated bull shyt.

    Mad respect to players not respecting that stupid bullshyt.
    Agree. They should play N.W.A.'s Fukk The Police or N.W.H.'s Fukk The Security Guards before every game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kermit View Post
    Agree. They should play N.W.A.'s Fukk The Police or N.W.H.'s Fukk The Security Guards before every game.
    Espn not airing the anthem is huge progress. For one, no one gives a flying fukk about the anthem other than bigoted trump supporters and when the anthem gets shown, the tv gets turned to another channel until its over.

    The anthem is worthless in todays america. It represents outdated idiology that is no longer welcomed by the growing public in todays america.

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    Did any of yall even read the article??? THEY NEVER SHOWED IT ANYWAY
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    Quote Originally Posted by Venom72 View Post
    Did any of yall even read the article??? THEY NEVER SHOWED IT ANYWAY
    It is rarely shown on national television anyway. If not for the networks going out of their way to show the viewers what players did during it, no one would ever know.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kermit View Post
    It is rarely shown on national television anyway. If not for the networks going out of their way to show the viewers what players did during it, no one would ever know.
    That is true

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    Great news. Why do we need the Anthem at penetrating sports events?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DwightShrute View Post
    good move

    Lollollloll he’s buried

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kermit View Post
    It is rarely shown on national television anyway. If not for the networks going out of their way to show the viewers what players did during it, no one would ever know.
    The media loves the drama,we need to stop giving them what they want.
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    The national anthem was never shown (except for conference title, Super Bowls) until the whole kneeling thing. That’s fine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stealthyburrito View Post
    The national anthem was never shown (except for conference title, Super Bowls) until the whole kneeling thing. That’s fine.
    Was really after 9-11

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigBusiness View Post
    For one, no one gives a flying fukk about the anthem other than bigoted trump supporters and when the anthem gets shown, the tv gets turned to another channel until its over.

    The anthem is worthless in todays america. It represents outdated idiology that is no longer welcomed by the growing public in todays america.
    This is the basic principal behind progressives and liberalism.

    They can't even hide it anymore. They hate America.

    No joke.

    The best country in the history of the world with the most opportunity for ALL it's citizens and they absolutely hate it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PAULYPOKER View Post
    Pitaro said that ESPN does not see itself as a political organization.



    “It’s not our job to cover politics, purely, but we’ll cover the intersection of sports and politics,” Pitaro said. “When something happens, when the Eagles are disinvited from White House, or when someone takes a knee, if we think newsworthy we’re going to cover it.”
    Forget politics this guy should be a comedian

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    CARY, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina say a man shot and wounded his son on Thanksgiving after a heated fight about NFL athletes kneeling during the national anthem.

    Cary police say 21-year-old Esteban Marley Valencia and his brother argued during dinner about the athletes’ protest of racial injustice. News outlets report 51-year-old Jorge Luis Valencia-Lamadrid told officers Valencia then physically attacked his other son so he retrieved a shotgun.

    Valencia-Lamadrid said Valencia started throwing furniture and hit him in the face with a water bottle. He said he had been holding the gun by its pistol grip and squeezed the trigger. Valencia was shot in the hand and leg. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.

    Valencia-Lamadrid was arrested and charged with aggravated assault. It’s unclear if he has a lawyer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sam Odom View Post
    Story is bullshit

    Kap started kneeling because he was butt hurt over losing the QB job to Gabbert

    Alex Smith lost his job to Kap... What did Alex do ?

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