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By Jim Johnson
NFL Owners have relinquished their power to the players. Now, executives at sports television network ESPN have interceded to appease multi-million-dollar players by not airing the playing of the National Anthem before NFL Monday Night Football games.
How soon before other networks follow this PC liberal morass?
Background: Jonathan Baird works for the Social Security Administration, Dan Williams is a government teacher. Both work in union dominated workplaces; my opinion stems from that and that both of them get the new NFL policy wrong from different viewpoints. Mine? The owners own the teams – they can make policies that their employees have to follow; Baird disagrees (reformatted, emphasis mine):
The new policy outlined by Commissioner Roger Goodell that requires NFL players to stand during the national anthem did not come out of any collective bargaining agreement between the owners and the players. It was a unilateral assertion by management. Up until now, there has been no NFL rule that prohibited players from demonstrating during the national anthem. I am at a loss to understand how the owners think they can enforce a unilateral declaration.
If you listen to sports talk radio, you’ll know that the NFL’s recent announcement about the National Anthem has more than a few detractors. I’ve heard everything from it’s a free speech issue, to Goodell muffed it, to the owners were not unanimous (some abstained), to the players union knew nothing about it, to why would we care?
Here’s what I think because that is, after all, why you are here.
The NFL has announced a new policy regarding the National Anthem, agreed to by all 32 NFL owners.
By Jim Johnson
The National Football League and a handful of player advocates have compromised to reach what they believe is workable consensus 90 million dollars over seven years. A mere pittance when compared to league Commissioner Roger Goodell’s salary. (Between 2008 and 2015 Goodell was paid more than $205 million).
“Our partnership is designed to equip athletes as influencers and community leaders with the mechanics to develop their advocacy platform.”
By Jim Johnson
A special secret meeting was held by NFL owners and players in October 2017. “This was not a “league meeting,” per se, but rather a scramble by both players and owners to try and grab ahold of the kneeling situation that was unfolding, amid President Trump blasting the NFL repeatedly for allowing players to kneel.”
So, it’s President Trump’s fault???
From Facebook. (Rumors…) A conglomeration including Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, and, very likely, Donald Trump and Bob Rich have purchased the Buffalo Bills from Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. for an unknown sum, probably in the $800Million to $1Billion range. Wilson is said to have sold based on the expectation that both estate taxes and capital … Read more
CNN Reports that the ‘Real” Refs of the NFL, yeah it kind of is like reality TV isn’t it (with the exception that it really is real) will be back on the field starting tonight. “Our officials will be back on the field starting tomorrow night,” Commissioner Roger Goodell said. “We appreciate the commitment of … Read more