Nfl Pros And Cons Research Paper

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.

Many players and their coaches have been protesting police brutality by ‘taking-a-knee’ during the Pledge of Allegiance. The media has been sharing and it has now become a bigger deal since the president has addressed it by saying "Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a b---h off the field right now. Out. He's fired. He's fired!" This riled up many Trump supports, secially when later on he tweeted that it had nothing to do with race and that it was about respecting the country. This leads many people to believe that the NFL players are just disrespecting their country. The stereotype about African Americans, that they are often disrespectful, is also being used to ‘justify’ what a lot of the media has to say. But, the real reason many NFL players are protesting is because they think that they shouldn't have to stand if they don't have pride for their country, and they have the right to do so, according to their first amendment. They don't lose the right to protest when they go on the field like some of the media thinks so. Many people, often white believe they live in a just- world because they have never had to deal with the racism many African Americans are dealing with so they do not think it is a big deal and that they are protesting to be disrespectful. The illusory correlation can also

In addition, people have the right to show support for something they believe without the use of violence. I personally believe the football player’s protests expand after president Trump speech on Friday, September 22, 17 “wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespect our flag, you’d say, get that son of a bitch off the field right now. Out! He’s fired” (4-5). He refers to a previous game where a few NFL players, according to Trump they disrespect the flag by kneeling during the national anthem. In addition, on Sunday Sept 24, 2017, some NFL Players protest without inciting the public participation; other players from The National Basketball Association add to the protest. Everyone interprets anything as they

It has been, for years now, that football players stand up with their hands on their hearts while the national anthem plays. In fact, it has been a social norm for every American for so long, that people identify this action as a way to show respect to our nation. Conflicts have arose since the beginning of this movement, many have called it disrespectful and unpatriotic. One of the critics of this protest, is the president, Donald Trump. He has verbally called out players who participate and insultingly called them names. In such an unpresidential way, the president continues to create a divide between the country, even on issues such as this.

Other players have joined Kaepernick which has recently caught the attention of President Donald Trump. Trump recited a speech responding to the NFL, telling NFL coaches they should fire any player who disrespects the American flag by kneeling. Unfortunately, Trump’s remarks have only worsened the situation. More players have been seen kneeling since Trump’s speech. In addition, many NFL coaches have shamed Trump’s remarks.

Since Colin Kaepernick began his form of protesting many others have joined him in kneeling for the issue. Other NFL players, more than 200, have been locking arms with their teammates, some standing and others kneeling during the National Anthem. They are using their position as professional football players to draw attention to a problem they feel strongly

In recent months, Protest of the National Anthem led by NFL (National Football League) players taking a knee rather than standing with their hand over their heart has captivated headline news. The protests, were initiated by a former 49ers backup quarterback, Colin Kaepernick, in response to his dissatisfaction with police brutality and injustices against African Americans. Some might wonder why he would protest the national anthem rather than use another form of protest to convey his message. Those who don’t support the NFL players right to “Freedom of speech” such as our current President, Donald Trump are calling for the players to be fired if they continue to “disrespect” our flag and National Anthem with their peaceful protests. The opposing views raises the questions of social, political, and legal responsibility to both the nation and private businesses.

During the pre-season of the 2016 National Football League season, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat for the National Anthem to protest racial injustice within the United States. When asked why he sat, he stated, “I’ve been very clear from the beginning that I’m against the systematic oppression” of black Americans (Willingham). The quarterback received some negative reaction to his method of protest and, after three games, met with former NFL player and Army veteran Nate Boyer to discuss his protest. During this meeting, Kaepernick agreed with Boyer and decided kneeling during the anthem was a more respectful form of protest (Willingham). Since that time, many NFL players joined Kaepernick in his protest and continue to kneel during the playing of the anthem. Through this silent, non-violent protest, many uncomfortable questions are now at the forefront of American cultural discussion. To date, Kaepernick alone has paid a price for the protest actions as currently he is not playing in the NFL since no team would dare sign such a controversial player. In addition, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, recently jumped into the debate during a speech calling any player who kneels a “son of a bitch” and stating they should lose their jobs (Jenkins). The President also inferred the protests are disrespectful to the American flag and to the members of the United States’ military. This background on the NFL protests raises several questions

According to ESPN, this past football Sunday in the 2017-2018 NFL season, about 200 players of the National Football League took a knee or raised a fist or even stretched, as a form of protest against systemic racism, during the United States national anthem. This is the largest amount of NFL players protesting ever since it started with ex-NFL quarterback, Colin Kaepernick seasons ago. The amount of protest ballooned over the comments that President Donald J. Trump made about these athletes, saying that fans should get up and leave if the players kneel and that the team owners should fire those players. But the question is aren’t these players allowed to protest and kneel during the anthem as freedom of speech? As the Americans, they are, they do have the right to speak out and protest what they feel isn’t right. The first amendment does allow these athletes to state their voice by their actions and protest. But why is there so much uproar and controversy about it? Shouldn’t they just stay quiet and play ball? Why is it when we, Americans, use our freedom of speech against something we don’t relate to, things get messy with others since they don’t agree?

Kaepernick kneeled down to bring attention to the peaceful protest. According to Tennessean, Kaepernick wasn’t the first athlete to protest. Olympic medal winners have protested before. In the 1968 Summer Olympics, “Smith and Carlos raised their fists in the air to protest against social injustice, racism, and discrimination” In addition, many other NFL players have joined this protest. More than 200 NFL players do not stand for the National Anthem before their games on Sunday. Overall, kneeling players and arm-locked teams to show of unity or defiance.

Recently NFL players have decided to kneel during the playing of the national anthem. The reason they are doing this is to protest a number of things ranging from the unfair treatment of African Americans to protesting against various things in their local communities. The protests started out as just a few players taking knees during the anthem, but this past week it escalated to the majority of the NFL taking part in some sort of protest. What sparked these players to join in was a tweet by Donald Trump that read, “If a player wants the privilege of making millions of dollars in the NFL,or other leagues, he or she should not be allowed to disrespect our Great American Flag (or Country) and should stand for the National Anthem. If not, YOU'RE FIRED. Find something else to do!” (Trump). This tweet led most NFL players to take part in their teammates protest to join in solidarity. While many people believe that these non violent protests are effective, there is also a large number of people who believe that these protests are disrespectful to our flag and country. They want their professional athletes to stick to sports and not make it so political.

Kneeling during the national anthem has gotten bigger than I would ever thought it could be. It was 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick who started the trend last year to protest police brutality. He first took a knee during the national anthem people thought he was the most disrespectful person ever. Some fans boo’d him when he came into stadiums, some even burned his jersey. I find it hard to believe that people support the movement when other teams started to do it but just last year they hated Colin for doing it. In week 4 of the NFL 2017-18 season teams around the league decided to all link arms and kneel. It is crazy because teams never kneeled as a whole until President Trump’s incendiary comments. I wonder if he would have never came at the NFL players would this deal have gotten this big. Fans had many different reactions to what they have been doing. Some fans were with the movement and understood why the players were kneeling, but some fans didn't care why they were kneeling. They thought it was the most disrespectful thing to do. They thought it was showing that the players did not care that we have troops over seas fighting to keep america free, so kneeling was a sign of disrespect to everyone fighting for us. A few war veterans that attended the games that players took a knee at took it as a punch in the face. Felt as what they did really didn't mean anything to those players and felt really disappointed, but it was never aimed at the veterans it was all towards

The National Anthem and the American Flag are things that America is all about. Both are saluted during football games, baseball games, and many more events. This is not just to salute the country, but the men and women who died for it and are still fighting for it. Lately though, many people in the NFL were offended by something President Donald Trump said, and decided to take a knee during the singing of the National Anthem. His exact words were, “ Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son a b**** off the field right now. Out. He’s fired. He’s fired!’”(Trump). Many think that this is suppressing the NFL players’ rights, but really Trump has good reasoning.

Kaepernick kneeled down to bring attention to the peaceful protest. According to Tennessean, Kaepernick wasn’t the first athlete to protest. Olympic medal winners have protested before. In the 1968 Summer Olympics, “Smith and Carlos raised their fists in the air to protest against social injustice, racism, and discrimination” In addition, many other NFL players have joined this protest. More than 200 NFL players do not stand for the National Anthem before their games on Sunday. Overall, kneeling players and arm-locked teams to show of unity or defiance.

Players around the NFl are protesting in a very unusual way. They aren't standing for the national anthem. Many players from just about every team in the NFL are protesting by kneeling or sitting during the national anthem. There are many people that believe that this is very disrespectful and they should be punished for it. A recent survey showed that 16 out of 20 people think that these actions are disrespectful and the players should be punished for it. Even the owners of these NFL teams even threatened to punish players by not letting them play if they don't stand. “Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, who took a knee with his players before standing for the playing of the national anthem in a high-profile prime-time game on Sept. 25, said Monday his policy has been that any player on his team who declined to stand wouldn't play.” (Futterman)