Open letter to the NFL players...read and share

CaptainCruise · 10-25-17, 01:41 PM

Found this the other day and it hit pretty hard. Check it out and pass it on if you like:

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 like minded Americans to boycott the NFL as well.
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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.

Thanks for reading.....
"CC"

Dowly · 10-25-17, 01:59 PM

How about you go play on a minefield?

Catfish · 10-25-17, 02:19 PM

There is so much wrong in this text.. pretty much sums up what is wrong in this world.

u crank · 10-25-17, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

How about you go play on a minefield?

How about you cut that out?

Dowly · 10-25-17, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by u crank

How about you cut that out?

Why? It was a stupid answer to a equally stupid post.

u crank · 10-25-17, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

Why? It was a stupid answer to a equally stupid post.

Well if you think it was a stupid post why don't you explain why you think that?

Dowly · 10-25-17, 04:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by u crank

Well if you think it was a stupid post why don't you explain why you think that?

Because it accused NFL players who kneeled of a) disrespect the flag b)disrespect the country and c) disrespect the soldiers who fought for their freedom to do just that.

That is my quick, drunken, Finnish explanation of it as I understand it.

Subnuts · 10-25-17, 04:48 PM

u crank · 10-25-17, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

That is my quick, drunken, Finnish explanation of it as I understand it.

I guess that is better than no explanation.

ET2SN · 10-25-17, 05:11 PM

Someone has something backwards.

The citizens don't bow to soldiers, its the soldiers who bow to the citizens.

Think of who paid you when you wore a uniform. Sometimes we forget that.
Those pampered NFL players pay a lot in taxes, I think its fair that they get to express their opinion.

Besides, my team is tied at the top of the division.

Dowly · 10-25-17, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by u crank

I guess that is better than no explanation.

I gave you explanation, you chose to ignore it. Right there post #7, you seem to have missed it.

Commander Wallace · 10-25-17, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

I gave you explanation, you chose to ignore it. Right there post #7, you seem to have missed it.

U crank wasn't debating the merits of the pros and cons of kneeling during an anthem. U crank was saying the comment " go play in a minefield was uncalled for. I also agree.

To be fair, I don't think these players meant to be disrespectful but rather wanted to call attention to an unequal application of the law. It just back fired on these players in how they chose to make their feelings known and the forum in which they chose to do it.

Rockstar · 10-25-17, 05:56 PM

Those NFL players, even drunken Finlanders have every right to peacefully protest. Not too long ago Kapernick took a knee in peaceful protest of perceived injustice. Now the very reason he took a knee has been swept under the rug and forgotten. Hijacked by so called patriots accusing him and others of being un-American for not venerating an inanimate object.

u crank · 10-25-17, 06:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dowly

I gave you explanation, you chose to ignore it. Right there post #7, you seem to have missed it.

I didn't miss it. I'm just not drunk enough (yet) to comment on it.

Dowly · 10-25-17, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

U crank wasn't debating the merits of the pros and cons of kneeling during an anthem. U crank was saying the comment " go play in a minefield was uncalled for. I also agree.

He asked me to explain myself, I did. Read the posted replies before answering. It is not rocket science, I explained myself did I?

10-25-17, 01:41 PM	#1
CaptainCruise Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Long Island, New York...home of the 5 gallon economy bucket of "Cruiser's Crunchy Egg Salad"!!! Posts: 141 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	Open letter to the NFL players...read and share Found this the other day and it hit pretty hard. Check it out and pass it on if you like: 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 like minded Americans to boycott the NFL as well. --- SHARE, SHARE, SHARE --- 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. Thanks for reading..... "CC"

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ET2SN Ocean Warrior Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 2,652 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Someone has something backwards. The citizens don't bow to soldiers, its the soldiers who bow to the citizens. Think of who paid you when you wore a uniform. Sometimes we forget that. Those pampered NFL players pay a lot in taxes, I think its fair that they get to express their opinion. Besides, my team is tied at the top of the division.

10-25-17, 05:56 PM	#13
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Those NFL players, even drunken Finlanders have every right to peacefully protest. Not too long ago Kapernick took a knee in peaceful protest of perceived injustice. Now the very reason he took a knee has been swept under the rug and forgotten. Hijacked by so called patriots accusing him and others of being un-American for not venerating an inanimate object.