President Donald Trump Criticizes NFL Player Protests, Says Fans Should Exit Stadiums

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President Donald Trump criticizes NFL player protests, says fans should exit stadiumsKevin Seifert
NFL Nation
9/23/17

President Donald Trump criticized NFL players who lodge protests during the pregame national anthem, saying Friday night that he wished those players would be released and encouraging fans who are offended to walk out of stadiums.

Speaking at a political rally in Huntsville, Alabama, Trump said: "Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a b---- off the field right now. Out. He's fired! He's fired!"

Trump said the protests are "hurting the game."

Then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began the wave of protests when he sat during the national anthem before a preseason game in August 2016. During the regular season, Kaepernick modified his protest and knelt during the anthem.

Trump didn't mention Kaepernick or any other NFL player specifically during the speech. Earlier this year, Trump took credit for the fact that Kaepernick hadn't been signed.

Kaepernick opted out of his contract with the 49ers during the offseason. He has not been signed by a new team since then. Several players have continued to protest during the anthem this season.

"The only thing you could do better," Trump said, "is if you see it, even if it's just one player, leave the stadium. I guarantee things will stop. Things will stop. Just pick up and leave. Pick up and leave. Not the same game anymore, anyway."

Trump went on to say referees are "ruining the game" by calling 15-yard penalties for "beautiful" tackles. He also said that NFL ratings are down "massively, massively," because people prefer watching him. NFL ratings dropped 8 percent in 2016 compared with 2015.

"Whether or not [NFL commissioner] Roger [Goodell] and the owners will speak for themselves about their views on player rights and their commitment to player safety remains to be seen," read a statement from NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith, released Saturday morning. "This union, however, will never back down when it comes to protecting the constitutional rights of our players as citizens as well as their safety as men who compete in a game that exposes them to great risks."

An NFL spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on what Trump said.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
 

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Uniting the country like no other!

Its true - 99.99% think anyone that disrespects the flag for which so many people have sacrificed is a worthless piece of shit - id say 99.99% is pretty the definition of uniting
 

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Love it.. We don't need to be PC with this issue .. fuck them
 

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Sports used to be the place that politics were left at the door and everyone could enjoy an afternoon together.
 

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love it way to go Mr Trump, heck if someone gave me 10 thousand to name the 2 teams playing on sunday night or monday i could not name them, i have turn the nfl off all the way
 

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Thank you so much, Obama, for empowering the fools and the ingrates.

Even sports has gone into the swill bucket.

We are now f'd as a society. What's the positive endpoint of all this crap?
 

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Do LeBitch, Goodell, the NFL union and ESPN realize that, for the most part, productive pro-America, pro-military, pro-law enforcement Patriots pay their bills?

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Man i may watch 5 mins early on sunday to see what will happen, screw the nfl and it players
 

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Thank you so much, Obama, for empowering the fools and the ingrates.

Even sports has gone into the swill bucket.

We are now f'd as a society. What's the positive endpoint of all this crap?

Saul Alinsky is grinning ear to ear.
 

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