Persuasive Speech : The NFL Players Should Be Ended In The Nation

The current debate over kneeling or sitting in protest during the national anthem to protest police brutality was ignited by Kaepernick in 2016, and later adopted by many other professional football players, high school athletes, and professional athletes in other sports, all who have refused to stand for the national anthem. These protests have created disagreement and sparked a public conversation race, police brutality, the flag and if the NFL is the best forum for to protest such issue. Colin Kaepernick has since said “he’s not protesting the flag but police brutality against African Americans. www.Procon.org

A big problem protesters like Colin Kaepernick and others are facing is that since they don’t participate in the National Anthem people think that they don’t like our country and are unpatriotic. For example Donald Trump and his aides took the situation into their own hands when calling out the protesters by saying, “protests are unpatriotic and disrespectful to the flag and those who have fought to protect the United States”(Tatum). After these comments players fire back by saying they’re exercising free speech by not participating in the National Anthem while standing with their hands over their hearts. Protesting is a

I think that the players in the NFL need to stand for the Anthem. America keeps us safe and we all need to respect our country. Some of these sports players have the biggest influence on us and there are many kids that may look up to them. These kids are influenced spin these players actions. But then I think I can see why some people kneel during the Anthem. Let’s use African Americans for example, they haven’t always had their rights in the U.S and sometimes aren’t always treated fairly because of racism. Maybe they don’t respect the flag because they feel like America has disrespected them. But here’s what I think should happen to the people who kneel. Each player that kneels should either have a two game suspension or be fined. For

If you ask many of the kneelers why they are kneeling they would tell you its because they believe the flag symbols racial inequality and bigotry and they don’t want to stand for that. However, that is no where close to what the American flag stands for. The flag and Star Spangled Banner symbolize courage, hope, and compassion. Many men and women of all colors have fought to give us our freedoms. And many have died to give me and you the freedoms and lives we have today. The professional athletes that kneel need to think through the fact that our soldiers have fought and some died to give these athletes the ability to play a game and make millions of dollars. And these soldiers have families just like everyone else and these families give up more then we will ever know, many not knowing if their family member will come back alive. Everyone, not just athletes, should be eternally grateful to these men, women, and families who have served our country and the least we can do is stand and respect the flag and national anthem (Deasey). William H. McRaven, chancellor of the University of Texas System and retired Navy admiral, sent out letters to many college presidents and athletic directors asking them to encourage their athletes to stand and show respect throughout the anthem. In his letters he said, “I spent 37 years defending freedom of speech and freedom of expression. Nothing is

Protesting the National Anthem is a form of exercising the first Amendment, but this form of protest is not always acceptable. There is a time and place for protests, but it is not on the football field where many of these horrifying protests are taking place. There are two definite reasons for not joining the ugly protests of the National Anthem. First, the protest could be seen by soldiers as disrespectful. Secondly, protesting the National Anthem indirectly teaches the American youth that it is ok to disrespect the country.

This act of defiance against the National Anthem was said to be disrespectful to the men and women that have protected this country. Many war veterans agree with this because they believe that the athletes are dishonoring the symbol that gave each of us our freedoms. “I stand for our flag and anthem, and I kneel for our fallen. That's what patriots do,” (Griggs). The veterans of our country are not the only ones expressing their beliefs on the subject; a publication by the Wall Street Journal states that before the National Anthem in Foxborough, Massachusetts, fans held a sign reading “Real Patriots Stand Up For Their Country” (“Anthem

The contraversy of kneeling during the National Anthem goes way beyond the football field. Morals, values, respect, and many other things come into play when dealing with this touchy topic. It is one strictly of opinions, whether right or wrong, and affects millions of people all around the world. There seems to bemore validity and reasons to believe that these actions are inappropriate,disrespectful, and that they are simply just not OK!!

Refusing to stand for the national anthem is disrespecting the flag and every member of the armed forces. Celebrities and others have all chimed in and gave their opinion on Colin’s protest. One person to chime in and has a lot patriotism in her family history is Carole Ishlam, she is one of the great-great-great-granddaughters of Francis Scott Key, the writer of the national anthem. "It just blows my mind that somebody like Kaepernick would do what he does to dishonor the flag of this country and the national anthem” Ishlam said in an interview. She continued, “we have young men and women overseas fighting for this country, people that have died for this country” (ProCon.org) Even supporters of Kaepernick’s message disagree with his actions. One of these supporters is New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who said, “It 's an oxymoron that you 're sitting down, disrespecting that flag that has given you the freedom to speak out” (ProCon.org) Not only did celebrities talk about it, people who are fighting in the war and are representing the flag have put out their own opinions on Kaepernick’s

NFL players are kneeling and the people who have served and are in the process of serving for our country, plus their family members believe that this is disrespectful to them. However, some service men and women are okay with this, they say the players have the right to protest and that is why we have so many rights supporting freedom in our country. Donald Trump said in his speech last week in Alabama the people who own NFL should fire all players who kneel during the anthem. Trump used harsh words when he was describing the way the players should be kicked off the teams. Pat Tillman, former NFL player and now Army ranger shows on twitter that it’s not disrespecting veterans to kneel during the anthem. As this is what he and others fought for, the right to protest, some veterans agree. Although, Kevin Ferrell and other service men and women, thinks this is not what they went to war for and took the chance of dying for. Some feel this is showing they don’t want to be an American, but nothing is stopping them from living elsewhere.

Another reason that taking a knee during the anthem is okay is because it shocking people to pay attention. There is evidence that people have been aware from this, hearing it from news, articles, newspapers, or the internet. There reactions have been outrage and there has been support. Many have started to burn clothes of the NFL players who knelt while others have made threats. Then there are some who have followed the footsteps of these ones and it has allowed them to use their freedom of speech. This proves that people are noticing and taking action and being well aware of how are world is becoming.

What has this world come become when people don’t even respect the people that gave their own lives for their freedom? Towards the end of the 2016 National Football League (NFL) preseason, a few players began to kneel while the National Anthem was playing and are proceeding to do so throughout the 2016-2017 regular season. Players in the NFL should not be allowed to kneel during our nation's song.

Should Football players be allowed to kneel? Football players are wanting to kneel during the national anthem, while president Trump is saying that they should stand and honor the flag. Although president Trump wants football players to stand, everyone in America is a free person, and that means they can honor the flag however they want. In the first place, football players should have the choice to stand or kneel.

Taking advantage of the rights by disrespecting those who fought and died for those rights is wrong and disrespectful. Just because they are football players does not give them the right to take advantage of those rights. They believe that just because they are rich and famous, they can just keep do whatever they want. It is not fair to those who fought for Americans rights to be disrespected and Americans should stand together. It may be a first amendment right to protest, but it does not, give them the right to kneel. There are others way players can protest that do not involve disrespecting America.

The NFL has just started to disrespect the flag by kneeling during the national anthem. They have been trying to free their expression rights in other ways. America's gift to my generation is freedom of expression. Not only players are kneeling during the anthem, it is affecting college players also. It also affects their standing and their pocket book.Losing thousands of dollars every year.

Disrespect is the only word I can come up with that describes my feelings towards this matter. There are more ways you can protest things besides doing it during the National Anthem. You can send your message in a more peacefully way without disrespecting the flag. The United States has been around since 1776 and we have protected it ever since, and we still are but right now in 2016-17 we have hit another bump in the road. The brave men and women who have been protecting this land since 1776 are all being pushed to the side because most NFL players don't want to stand for the National Anthem. On top of that, your upsetting