Corrupting The Nfl

Protesting in the National Football League has been going on, as some of the country’s most beloved and highly recognized athletes are seen disrespecting the United States of America on national TV every weekend. The players’ reason for the protesting is police brutality, you can see them kneeling, raising their fist in the air, or even sit in the locker room while the national anthem is being played. Although I do understand what they are trying to do, I believe that there definitely better ways to go about their protest. The protests started in 2016 when Colin Kaepernick, quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, took a knee during the national anthem. When question about his actions he responded by saying, “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of colour”(Lake). While some people sided with Kaepernick most people took offense to his decision to kneel. In him doing this it has caused a league wide outbreak in protest; as players and sometimes even whole teams take a knee or show some type of protest during our country's anthem.

This act of kneeling down should be considered as an act of patriotic criticism, rather than a betrayal of the nation. After all, patriotism does not mean that we should love and support everything that the government conducts, but rather we should criticize for the greater good of the government, so that it could improve. Government could only improve, if they can hear the voice from the people. Only after accepting the criticism can one improve. Therefore, the focus of such protest in the NFL should be why they protested, instead of the act of protesting. After all,

Should NFL players be permitted to kneel at the national anthem? Some players that have defied team rules have been kicked off teams for kneeling. However, some advocate that this is a good way for the players to express their political views. Although these players are role models for kids of all ages, their actions imply that you can disrespect the flag, our American anthem, and our current military soldiers and veterans. NFL players should not be permitted to kneel at the national anthem because it is disrespecting our flag and military and violates team rules.

When it comes to sports, a competitive mindset is key. In American football, it’s hard not to win without communication and teamwork. In the NFL playoffs of 2015, the New England Patriots beat the Indianapolis Colts 45-7 for the AFC Championship. In a game that originally portrayed the Patriots as an offensive force to be reckoned with, ended out to be a game that goes down in history. After further investigation, the NFL found 11 of the Patriots' 12 footballs in the game to be underinflated by about 2 pounds below the NFL’s requirement. Now whether the allegations are determined to be true or not, it does raise some speculation about the truth of the AFC

Most old timers and even some of the generation that remember the middle 90’s to early 2010’s football would almost always say that was the greatest time to watch football because the athleticism of the players was not very far behind the players now and they could still do all the hitting they wanted. Many younger people who were probably only babies during those times and are only familiar with today’s football would almost one hundred percent say today’s NFL is the best it has ever been. The player’s on the field are the best they have ever been as far as complete players but these rules the NFL are putting into the game are affecting the attention span of watchers, people love seeing these huge hits a lot of these players have during games, but then they are let down by the refs and the league by them giving them either a suspension or a fine. Watchers of the NFL would love nothing less than them to just adjust the rules so the game can be at least a little more aggressive than it has been in recent memory. There are players out there in the NFL that

NFL protest has been a big deal this year. Since 2016, some U.S. professional athletes have silently protested police brutality and racial inequality during the playing of the U.S. national anthem. Throughout the 2016 season members of the NFL and other sports teams have in similar protests. Also quarterback Colin Kaepernick who played with the 49ers still cant get in the NFL due to his kneeling during the National Anthem, Kaepernick was moved to protest by the deaths of numerous African Americans by police actions or while in police custody that gained prominence in the media through the Black Lives matter movement. in recent years. .Some believe it is honoring fallen military soldiers and police officers.

ESPN explains that their employees are supposed to be respectful and responsible and represent the NFL’s values and the permissible actions that are done for the good of the league. It has been brought up that the league should dismantle its current personal conduct policy and just leave it with the bare minimum, general rules. “This bare essentials policy allows the justice system to deal with substantial behavioral breaches by players” (Goff) so that the NFL can be removed from any decision-making or investigating involved with a player’s personal conduct issues. By removing the NFL from these positions of authority, it will return the power to the “criminal justice system [which should] [have] primary responsibility” (Goff) over the players; this way the NFL does not have to worry about their players’ actions every second of every day. One cannot argue that the concept of allowing the justice system to take care of any conduct issues that arise in the NFL is not such a disastrous idea. Sometimes the league is too involved with player, even team, problems which can cause turmoil among the media and fans because the league accomplishes all they can to keep their players safe and more importantly, maintain the positive image of the

NFL players representing all 32 teams along with several team owners held an American flag burning event outside Heinz Field, home to the Pittsburgh Steelers football team, on Monday morning. According to eye witnesses, the group attempted to burn the American flag to protest. When the NFL players and owners were asked what they were protesting they said they couldn't say for sure.

Football season: everyone loves it, right? The food, the game, drinks that I’m too young to legally drink. My dad taught me that when you walk in the bar, you walk in to watch the game and drink some beers, essentially leaving your political views outside of the establishment. Which, is smart because having serious disagreements like that can lead to people getting upset and overreacting immensely due to their intoxication. But what if the politics are in the game? Players all over the US have picked up on a very controversial issue. The National Anthem. To be specific, kneeling during The National Anthem. These players are protesting. They are exercising the right America holds highest. Freedom of speech. Are they really getting their message

Football is an American sport, that many families and friends enjoy together. However, many people have not been interested in going to the football games they normally enjoy and not because of losses, but because of the disrespectful players in the National Football League (NFL). Kneeling during the National Anthem has become an issue, and some find it offensive because it’s disrespectful to people who fight for our country, it shows our country doesn’t care how we act, and it causes people of our nation to fight each other.

In May 2015, U.S. federal prosecutors released cases of corruption by officials and associates connected to FIFA, the governing body of all football. Nine current or former FIFA figures and five involved in sports marketing, were connected to wire fraud, racketeering, and money laundering. They were indicted on suspicion of receiving $150 million in bribes. The investigation focused on the officials that were bribed for their vote on the host of the next two World Cups that landed in Russia for 2018 and Qatar for 2022. Soccer federation officials were warned of the intense heat in Qatar months before Qatar won its bid for the 2022 World Cup. Because of the extreme heat in Qatar, human rights groups also warned FIFA that building the World

Justification: The first amendment of the United States specifically allows for peaceful demonstration and freedom of assembly, but if you are private sector employee, your employer can fire you at will for not following their policy’s as they see fit. The NFL players are private sector employees and although those who “take a knee” have valid and justified arguments, using their place of employment on the field is not the place or time to convey their personal agenda. The games operational manual says that the

Protesting is not a new concept. From the Boston Tea Party to the Women’s Suffrage Parade, protesting has been around for a long time, and from the looks of it, not leaving anytime soon. The most recent case has been not in the streets of Washington DC or the Boston Harbor, but on professional football fields across the nation. The NFL players way of protesting is kneeling during the national anthem. The NFL players protesting against the national anthem and disrespecting our country, should be punished.

In 2016, Colin Kaepernick started the controversial action of kneeling during the National Anthem, which generated public reaction across social media. Professional football players should be able to peacefully protest during the national anthem as it is their right according to the United States Bill of Rights Amendment 1.

To begin with, this is not a case for free speech in any way, if the players want to make a statement or gesture then they should obviously expect to receive other’s viewpoints and opinions. It should not be shocking to people that there is a disagreement, these sorts of events should certainly not be making headlines especially not for this long. Concerning legalities and free speech, the players have all signed contracts to play for money this is not an outlandish concept and in return for millions upon millions of dollars they put on hold certain rights while playing at work. Consequently, the NFL owners have every right under the law to fire employees for staging protest or bringing unwarranted attention to the corporation. It is a private for-profit