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#1: Lod    To: Horse (#0)

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - According to FrontOfficeSports.com, the NFL is planning to play the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing", which is referred to as the Black National Anthem, in addition to "The Star-Spangled Banner", before what are being termed "tentpole" events in the 2021 season.

It's unclear what constitutes a "tentpole" event, but that will likely include the NFL Playoffs, the Super Bowl, and the NFL Draft.

The NFL has not commented officially on this.

I'd hope they would limit that song to a few events.

Goodell is no Pete Rozell.

Lod posted on 2021-07-22 16:23:27   Reply   Private Reply

#2: randge    To: Horse (#0)

I won't be watching any games.

Used to, but not any more. Not in a long time.

I've known a number of young people that have sustained serious injuries playing HS football. Injuries to joints and such as well as neurological damage - some of it long term.

It's like professional boxing. Watched a fight once that ended with one boxer in an ambulance on a final trip to the ER.

I wonder if these sports are worth it, and whether any of them are a worthy adjunct to an education.

The wife loves baseball. I stay up with her on the games, standings and stats.

randge posted on 2021-07-22 16:37:18   Reply   Private Reply

#3: Cynicom    To: randge (#2)

Being a white racist,I tuned out pro and college sports long long ago when they turned black.

Seven foot basketball players, 300 pound football linemen and baseballers that whacked the ball out of the yard.

Cynicom posted on 2021-07-22 17:59:53   Reply   Private Reply

#4: Horse    To: randge (#2)

My mother loved baseball. She was a Brooklyn Dodgers fan.

Horse posted on 2021-07-22 19:05:45   Reply   Private Reply

#5: Dakmar    To: Horse (#0)

If they have a different National Anthem, they are a citizens of different nation. Time to deport.

Dakmar posted on 2021-07-22 21:52:52   Reply   Private Reply

#6: randge    To: Horse (#4)

Yeah well, we try to maintain some love for whatever traditions we still have left after the cancel culture tramples all over our shit.

Baseball is afflicted with the least of the wokeness that going around & I love me wife more than the way most sports have sunk into the mire.

("Guardians" not withstanding.)

randge posted on 2021-07-23 12:44:56   Reply   Private Reply