The Pros And Cons Of The NFL Protests

In 2017 controversy struck when the NFL tried “taking a stance” and protesting the National Anthem. In this protest, many NFL players one by one knelt down while the National Anthem played at their sporting event. The National Anthem is a song for our country and symbol to represent all of the men and women who have fought in our military. This song is not played just for our entertainment, it is to honor the flag and what it stands for. The protesting was started by Colin Kaepernick, last season, when he was the quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. He was the first player to take a knee during the playing of the National Anthem, now many other NFL players this season are following in his path and doing the same thing. Many players and viewers claim it is for police brutality and the injustice that is being served, while other viewers see it as entitled millionaires disrespecting the flag and the military. Everyone has different opinions on the issue, but no matter what the country needs to respect one another as humans and be united; the American Flag is a symbol of our freedom and the NFL needs to recognize the National Anthem rather than kneeling and disrespecting what it stands for.

NFL players are kneeling during the national anthem. The protest that has been ongoing since last season is finally getting some attention albeit mostly negative. Since mentioned by Trump there are many sides to this story, people are saying it’s disrespectful to kneel in protest while others are joining the protest themselves. John Legend, the author of “The NFL Protests Are Patriotic,” would take a knee if he had the chance. Legend believes that the protests are just another stepping stone to creating equity to minorities living in America. Legend gives a logical argument by providing historical protests that spurred changes in favor for civil rights and applies it to the current protest happening today. Overall his argument is well put together but is hindered by how Legend speaks of Trump in his introduction paragraph. This protest is sparking outrage throughout the nation because of how the peaceful protest is occurring and forgetting the importance of the protest itself.

The American flag represents this so-called notion of equality and patriotism, even though it was used alongside with the pledge of allegiance to capitalize on the people’s love of the country. The current controversy is that protest at NFL games is not only disrespectful to the country, but is also a disrespect to our armed forces who fought for our constitutional rights, this paper is simply an observation piece that will discuss the various arguments surrounding the NFL protest and will explore people’s current feelings toward the silent protest.

Sports, particularly football, has became a political debate in September. The author of the article, CNN Sophie Tatum, called “Athletes, activists spar on kneeling National Anthem protests”. She explained that President Donald Trump began to criticize players on his twitter account who would kneel during the national anthem to protest against police brutality. Sophie Tatum writes that Trump and his aides are arguing that the protests are unpatriotic and disrespectful to the flag. Trump also adds that it is disrespectful to the people who fought to protect our country. Although players argue that they are just exercising free speech. In the beginning of the article Sophie Tatum adds an interview, Spike Lee, who is speaking out for the players who take a knee. He defends the players that they are simply protesting against law enforcement and want to be heard on the issues at hand. Reading the title of the article before I read the rest and

Picture this, an NFL player getting on the field and warming up. Then, as the game gets closer to starting the field clears so they could get the flag on the field to do the national anthem. This is when something tragically happens. This is when some NFL players kneel during the national anthem. Many people think that protesting the national anthem by kneeling is a bad thing. However, it’s what the players feel like doing even though it is a little disrespectful. Many players kneeled on one day and that was when president Trump made a comment about football.

If society was to take a look back time in the history of the United States, during World War II, it was stated, “The Supreme Court struck down such a demand for a flag salute during the Pledge of Allegiance” in which the supreme court reason was “the ruling gave strength to individual freedom of mind in preference to officially disciplined uniformity for which history indicates a disappointing and disastrous end” (Sachs and Zatz 1-2). By Supreme Court ruling this way, it gave the people the right to be individuals and be able to have the freedom of speech or to protest against the ways that society is doing wrong by its people. As stated in the First Amendment of the Constitution, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievance” (First 1). So, as citizens of the United States, the sports players have rights to protest and exercising their freedom of

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.

In the Atlantic article “They Took A Knee,” author Megan Garber describes the recent outbreak in NFL players and coaches, who have participated in the protest against social oppression, by kneeling during the national anthem. The article describes how there an been an extensive increase in the protests of NFL athletes “after President Trump’s harsh condemnations towards them, for kneeling during the national anthem”. As stated in the article, NFL protests began in 2016, when NFL player Colin Kaepernick “knelt during the pre-game singing of the national anthem...to protest racial oppression against African Americans.” This action has now been replicated by NFL athletes all over the country standing up for equality

Therefore, Americans recount to this in a very personal matter. When the players of the NFL kneel during the anthem, not only do they feel disrespected, but they feel their loved ones that they have lost are being disrespected. With this being such a personal issue for many American citizens, it is a very essential subject to be addressed. Therefore, the NFL should be preventing the players kneeling, and not just encumbrancing it. The NFL is not addressing the issue the way it should be. This has angered the hearts of many Americans back home who watch the disrespect on National

These Two Articles Explaining the NFL Player Protests During the National Anthem is about the NFL teams protesting about police brutality against the African-American community. More and more NFL players are taking a knee during the National Anthem. Others are standing and linking arms during the national anthems. This, President Donald Trump responded to, he approves of the people who lock arms but he disagrees on those who kneel. It shows a disrespect to the flag and the veterans who served in the military.

As a son of immigrants, I admire the American flag because it represents strength and sacrifice from brave people who died for standing up for what is right. People often make mistakes and misinterpret certain situations. The protest made by NFL players aren’t done in a form of disrespecting the US flag. What is disrespectful is the reaction of President Trump’s inappropriate response towards the NFL players who kneeled calling them a “son of a bitch.” The way on how I view the situation is that the NFL players in a respectful and peaceful manner are protesting against the social injustices that are ignored in modern society. This form of protesting has never happened in sports, which is why I think that people need to realize the seriousness of the situation. The players only want to make people aware of the

Recently, the National Football League has been under fire for its players kneeling through the national anthem. The league has received complaints, accusations and insults from fans, news and sports broadcasts, and our president himself. As a response to the negative attention, Eric Reid wrote an article where he explained that he went directly to a U.S Army Special forces veteran, Nate Boyer, and asked advice on the most respectful way to protest police brutality. They came to the conclusion that kneeling was a more respectful and peaceful form of protest. The NFL player’s “Take a Knee” protest is being misinterpreted as disrespect of the flag, the soldiers, and the anthem.

Having peaceful protest are becoming more violent and dangerous every year.When people are having these peaceful protest they should not worry about their safety and wellbeing at these peaceful protest. People should be able to kneel during the national anthem and express their opinion in public because, it’s their first amendment right to do so. Therefore no one should tell them they can’t kneel during the national anthem, and if NFL players do decide to take a knee there should be no repercussions as they are just standing up for what they believe in.

The article I chose is “NFL Protest Spread as Trump’s Feud with Athletes Escalates. The article is about the NFL players and the president’s feud. The players of NFL has been protesting during the national anthem because of the issues affecting the African-American community. Some players are kneeling while other interlocked arms to show solidarity against discrimination. A debate has started after the president used social media to express his disagreement with how the players were protesting because he believes it’s disrespectful to our flag. And many people are supporting the president because they feel the protest during the anthem it’s disrespectful.

Over the last week, we have deeply discussed the protests against the National Anthem and American flag. We were asked to share our stand on the situation and mostly everyone shared in our “safe place”. However, as in most cases like this not everyone agreed, which created tension in the room. In the end that was what was expected out of the discussion, and that is what happened and I feel we tackled this monster of a controversial topic in our classroom.