In the aftermath of the NFL players "protest" against who knows what, the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears came to the realization that they might be destroying a multi-billion dollar industry, ie, cutting their own paychecks, and chose to stand arm in arm during the National Anthem in the Thursday night game.
Earlier in the week, Packer's QB, Aaron Rogers made a statement that seemed to ring a bit hollow:
"This is about equality," Rodgers said Tuesday. "This is about unity and love and growing together as a society and starting a conversation around something that may be a little bit uncomfortable for people.
“But we've got to come together and talk about these things and grow as a community, as a connected group of individuals in our society, and we're going to continue to show love and unity, and this week we're going to ask the fans to join in as well and come together and show people that we can be connected and we can grow together."
What Rogers failed to mention in his impassioned statement? Respect for the Flag and our National Anthem.
While the Packers and Bears stood arm in arm, (in a sign of “unity”), a majority of Packer fans had their hands over their hearts while singing the Anthem with pride.
Holdouts? You bet.
Tennessee Titans tight end Delanie Walker: “Stay Home if you don’t like the protest”.
"Tennessee Titans tight end Delanie Walker said fans upset by team demonstrations during the national anthem can stay home.
"And the fans that don't want to come to the game? I mean. OK. Bye," he told the Tennessean. "If you feel that's something - we're disrespecting you, don't come to the game."
Walker's fanning the flames certainly won't help the NFL as they try to escape the fan outrage. Speaking of "fanning flames", if you google "fans burning jerseys" you'll get the idea of how many football fans are offended at the sight of players taking a knee---with hundreds of videos of jerseys going up in flames.
The really scary part for the NFL. Fans across the nation are discovering Sundays don't have to be consumed with only Football or players taking a knee because they're "socially outraged".
Stand by for updates.
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