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Who Kneeled For The National Anthem At The Super Bowl? Twitter Is Upset Over This Group

By Lilli Petersen14 hours ago

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When it comes to sports and political protests, 2017 was a doozy. In September, President Donald Trump chose to get involved in and comment on NFL players’ protests against police brutality and racial bias — highlighting the protests and throwing them back into the spotlight. In the weeks that followed, the protests took off like never before. So in the days before football’s biggest night of the year, it’s not surprising if everyone was on the lookout for who kneeled for the National Anthem at the Super Bowl.

This may or may not surprise you, but it appeared that not a single player or team member from both the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots kneeled in protest tonight. Before today, it wasn't clear if the players would decide to make a statement on football's biggest night and continue the #TakeAKnee protest that has persisted throughout this season. And from the looks of it, the players decided to opt out tonight. But a few spectators didnotice a few people on the field that were kneeling — the flag bearers.

Twitter users pointed this out and called it a double-standard, referencing that the players may have been asked not to kneel during the biggest sporting event of the year. However, just because the flag bearers took a knee doesn't mean the act was necessarily political. It could simply be protocol positioning for their duty.

Either way, Twitter erupted with commentary on the perceived double-standard.

https://twitter.com/aSKYLINEromance/status/960292344410099714
kingDERON@aSKYLINEromance

So the people holding the flag can kneel, but players can't

Seems pretty double sided #SuperBowlLII

5:21 PM - Feb 4, 2018


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https://twitter.com/BrittanyBeagley/status/960294698580660224
bb@BrittanyBeagley

Wow these flag girls made a bold statement during the National Anthem #TakeAKnee #SuperBowlSunday

5:31 PM - Feb 4, 2018




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The Associated Press

✔@AP

RT @AP_NFL The Latest: No players sit or kneel during the national anthem at the Super Bowl http://apne.ws/opqMiiG

https://twitter.com/QuickBitsNews/status/960296530685997056
Quick Bits News@QuickBitsNews

Maybe not the players but... #TakeAKnee pic.twitter.com/IanD15QHZ8

5:38 PM - Feb 4, 2018








the Charles republic.@CharlesToYOU

I expected these BLACK players to use this time as a moment to kneel and stand for something, but that’s what I get for expecting anything from them.

5:21 PM - Feb 4, 2018




https://twitter.com/Leremy04/status/960292684220026880
Leremy@Leremy04

#SuperBowl only folks taking a knee where the flag bearers?
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#SMH

5:23 PM - Feb 4, 2018




Anthony Mr. Shade@AnthonyH_75

Soooo the young ladies with the flag in their hands can kneel with no issues but if the players do it it's disrespect? Lets go Philly beat the Patriots #Philadelphia #SuperBowl2018

5:25 PM - Feb 4, 2018




https://twitter.com/TobinEcht/status/960293665108238336
TobinEcht @TobinEcht

Ironic that all the kids holding the giant American flag were taking a knee during the national anthem...#TakeAKnee
#SuperBowl

5:27 PM - Feb 4, 2018




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Henry Williams@bighankandsons

All the talk about taking a knee during the national anthem, look at the flag holders! #TakeAKnee

5:24 PM - Feb 4, 2018




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Donald Trump Jr.

✔@DonaldJTrumpJr

It’s that easy. Well done. #nationalanthem.

https://twitter.com/IAmMiMiG/status/960294933432213505
Mimi G@IAmMiMiG

Take a close look Jr, all the people actually holding the flag are doing what? #TakeAKnee pic.twitter.com/APCVZm0lc1

5:32 PM - Feb 4, 2018






https://twitter.com/Cartierodriguez/status/960292375875563521
Cartier@Cartierodriguez

kneel rn if you real #superbowl

5:21 PM - Feb 4, 2018



Before the game even happened, fans were assured that whatever went down, we would get to see it live. NBC Sports executive producer Fred Gaudelli said that the game — potential protests included — was going to be treated just the same as any other live event. “The Super Bowl is a live event, just like 'Sunday Night Football," he said, according to NBC Washington. "When you’re covering a live event, you’re covering what's happening. So if there are players that choose to kneel, they will be shown live."

He did add, however, that it didn't seem likely that it would happen at the Super Bowl. "Since Thanksgiving, a lot of that has kind of dissipated and died down," he said. "It’s certainly possible it could happen again.”

The lack of protestsat theSuper Bowl was the culmination of a pretty tumultuous football season (politically speaking). Back in late September, Trump called out the protests, in which players knelt in during the national anthem, via Twitter. He wrote, "If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our Flag & Country, you will see change take place fast. Fire or suspend!"


https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/911904261553950720
Donald J. Trump

✔@realDonaldTrump


If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our Flag & Country, you will see change take place fast. Fire or suspend!

4:44 AM - Sep 24, 2017



Trump's tweet kick-started a weeks long spate of players choosing to take a knee in response to the president’s remarks, with entire teams participating in the protest. On September 24 alone, over 150 players took the knee or protested in some other way — including 16 members of the New England Patriots. But the following week, on Oct. 1, the Patriots players chose to standon the sidelines for their game against the Carolina Panthers, while multiple players across the NFL — including the entirety of the New Orleans Saints — knelt in protest.

And when it comes to the other side of the game, the chances of fans seeing their favorites kneel were slim to begin with, but that didn't mean there were no demonstrations. Throughout the season, the Philadelphia Eagles chose not to kneel, but players such as Malcolm Jenkins and Rodney MacLeod raised their fists in protests. So it seemed unlikely that they would kneel — but hey, you never know.

The protests were originally started in August 2016 by former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick as a protest against racial bias and police brutality. During the 2016 preseason, Kaepernick sat during the national anthem (he later changed his action to kneeling as a gesture of respect to veterans who were troubled by the protest). He explained to NFL.com,

what they were ultimately about.

Well, as of today, the controversy about the protest is officially over. At least until next football season.












No players kneel during national anthem at Super Bowl


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No players knelt or sat during the national anthem as the Super Bowl kicked off in Minneapolis on Sunday, according to The Associated Press.

Pop singer Pink performed a rendition of the song as players for the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles stood on the sidelines.

Many Patriots players could be seen with their hands over their hearts, the AP reported.

Prior to the game, President Trumpreleased a statement in which he called on Americans to "proudly stand for the National Anthem."

The NFL season has been rocked by controversy as players have protested police violence and racial injustice by kneeling or sitting during the anthem, raising the ire of many on the right, including Trump.

Though the protests were started in 2016 by current free agent Colin Kaepernick, Trump fanned the flames in September when he said the league should fire the protesters.

His call led to a wave of player protests across the league, as well as heightened tensions between players and league representatives.

The protests have become one of the most contentious social issues of Trump's presidency, fueling speculation about whether players would kneel during the Super Bowl, the league's annual championship and arguably the biggest American television event of the year.

Trump hosted a Super Bowl watch party at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Fla., before returning to Washington, D.C. on Sunday.
 
I'm not seeing what the problem is here... :confused:
So, if they don't take a knee during The National Anthem, they're somehow less dedicated to ending police brutality than others...? o_O
The Superbowl was THEIR time to shine. It was about them being the best in their league(s).
- It was about their hard work.
- It was about their efforts as team.
How (and if) they chose to honor the anthem, what it represents and their solidarity to Black causes is their own business.... :dunno:
 
The powers that be win again.

They are telling you that if you are not entertaining us, your life is worthless...and they demand you stand up straight and salute them?

Boy oh boy if we as a people just for one generation pushed our kids to the standard professions (medicine, legal,scientist/engineer) instead of sports...

That's the only difference between our kids and certain immigrants...their parents push them into those fields.

Look at Nigerian and Caribbean children who tend to be high achievers...it just starts at home.
 
umm, I believe Kap won already!
HIS protest was followed by many other players during the season to DRAW ATTENTION to the problem of American police brutality to Black people.
Attention was focused; some distorted the message - that actually served to reveal what organizations/people really have a problem with ending the injustice.
Kneeling evolved to activists being empowered to fight on stronger and MANY (Black & others) speaking up.
If Black players are expected to keep kneeling until the injustice ends they'll never get up.
Look at the hypocrisy on display last night with the flag holders kneeling. It shows how shallow they are criticizing the players who took a knee.
There was a more prominent goal to every Black player last night - BE THE BEST at what they do for a living.
 
The powers that be win again.

They are telling you that if you are not entertaining us, your life is worthless...and they demand you stand up straight and salute them?

Boy oh boy if we as a people just for one generation pushed our kids to the standard professions (medicine, legal,scientist/engineer) instead of sports...

That's the only difference between our kids and certain immigrants...their parents push them into those fields.

Look at Nigerian and Caribbean children who tend to be high achievers...it just starts at home.
Jagu >>>>>>>>
 
umm, I believe Kap won already!
HIS protest was followed by many other players during the season to DRAW ATTENTION to the problem of American police brutality to Black people.
Attention was focused; some distorted the message - that actually served to reveal what organizations/people really have a problem with ending the injustice.
Kneeling evolved to activists being empowered to fight on stronger and MANY (Black & others) speaking up.
If Black players are expected to keep kneeling until the injustice ends they'll never get up.
Look at the hypocrisy on display last night with the flag holders kneeling. It shows how shallow they are criticizing the players who took a knee.
There was a more prominent goal to every Black player last night - BE THE BEST at what they do for a living.

I don't think anything was won because nothing has changed. There is no time limit on a struggle. And struggle has limited impact when it doesn't disrupt.

Might be hollow yet they still do it...It easier when there are a very limited amount with the gumption to protest.

Let's not forget when the owners wanted to show solidarity against what Trump said, every swinging dick in the NFL participated gladly locking arms with the same owners that belittled the protest and threatened players who continued. None worse than the entire black roster of the Cowboys.

The last sentence is hot garbage and that goal wasn't a black goal.
 
This whole taking a knee thing is silly. When has taking a knee ever been considered a sign of disrespect? So many instances of where taking a knee is seen as a sign of respect. Sitting down is totally different.
 
I don't think anything was won because nothing has changed. There is no time limit on a struggle. And struggle has limited impact when it doesn't disrupt.
Might be hollow yet they still do it...It easier when there are a very limited amount with the gumption to protest.

So you're saying Kap DIDN'T take a knee to BRING ATTENTION to the issue?
You're now confusing the issue, just like the "They are disrespecting the military" people.
As for "nothing has changed"..., we've seen cops indicted, cops fired/forced to quit due to saying/doing racist shit like we've never seen before. Not every single incident, but more than in the past. The attention Kap brought has media and internet ready to post as many cases as can be revealed. But OK, nothing has changed...

Bringing attention is just the 1st part. Next they have to acknowledge the wrong. Then we bring about the necessary change.

Let's not forget when the owners wanted to show solidarity against what Trump said, every swinging dick in the NFL participated gladly locking arms with the same owners that belittled the protest and threatened players who continued. None worse than the entire black roster of the Cowboys.

It was the thing to do at the moment, yeah, to show Trump a BIG FUCK YOU!
Don't forget it's personal with NFL owners vs. Trump. They deemed him unfit to be part of their club.
They did their anti-Trump gesture and went on back to business. Right or wrong/good or bad, they had their own agenda. Owners were revealed to be true assholes (Jerry, Mara, shit- Richardson got caught in the MeToo bullshit).

The last sentence is hot garbage and that goal wasn't a black goal.

"There was a more prominent goal to every Black player last night - BE THE BEST at what they do for a living"
I challenge you to find a Black Eagles player who didn't think PLAYING THEIR BEST and WINNING wasn't #1 thing to them.

(somma y'all are on something today...) :smh:
 
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Kaepernick took a knee to bring awareness to an issue, other players “Chose” to join in.

It was not a requirement and doesn’t mean you don’t support the cause. Everyone has the freedoms to chose how to protest.

At this point players no longer need to kneel because the message is lost. It’s no longer and the killing of innocent Black men, it’s about a flag and military.

The media has changed the narrative and no longer mentioning the message.

Players need a new way to get the message across.
 
Kaepernick took a knee to bring awareness to an issue, other players “Chose” to join in.

It was not a requirement and doesn’t mean you don’t support the cause. Everyone has the freedoms to chose how to protest.

At this point players no longer need to kneel because the message is lost. It’s no longer and the killing of innocent Black men, it’s about a flag and military.

The media has changed the narrative and no longer mentioning the message.

Players need a new way to get the message across.
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Kaepernick took a knee to bring awareness to an issue, other players “Chose” to join in.

It was not a requirement and doesn’t mean you don’t support the cause. Everyone has the freedoms to chose how to protest.

At this point players no longer need to kneel because the message is lost. It’s no longer and the killing of innocent Black men, it’s about a flag and military.

The media has changed the narrative and no longer mentioning the message.

Players need a new way to get the message across.
Black players choosing to boycott the NFL and NBA where mostly black players play in is the only way to get the message across. Taking money out of the owners pocket and dimishing their team value is the only way to get the message across on a major level.

Players are not gonna boycott this way though cause they don't want to lose any money and they want to keep getting their millions.

It starts with making a big bold statement, but nobody really wants to make that bold statement because of money purposes.
 
Black players choosing to boycott the NFL and NBA where mostly black players play in is the only way to get the message across. Taking money out of the owners pocket and dimishing their team value is the only way to get the message across on a major level.

Players are not gonna boycott this way though cause they don't want to lose any money and they want to keep getting their millions.

It starts with making a big bold statement, but nobody really wants to make that bold statement because of money purposes.

What would players be “Boycotting” for?
 
So you're saying Kap DIDN'T take a knee to BRING ATTENTION to the issue?
You're now confusing the issue, just like the "They are disrespecting the military" people.
As for "nothing has changed"..., we've seen cops indicted, cops fired/forced to quit due to saying/doing racist shit like we've never seen before. Not every single incident, but more than in the past. The attention Kap brought has media and internet ready to post as many cases as can be revealed. But OK, nothing has changed...

Bringing attention is just the 1st part. Next they have to acknowledge the wrong. Then we bring about the necessary change.



It was the thing to do at the moment, yeah, to show Trump a BIG FUCK YOU!
Don't forget it's personal with NFL owners vs. Trump. They deemed him unfit to be part of their club.
They did their anti-Trump gesture and went on back to business. Right or wrong/good or bad, they had their own agenda. Owners were revealed to be true assholes (Jerry, Mara, shit- Richardson got caught in the MeToo bullshit).



"There was a more prominent goal to every Black player last night - BE THE BEST at what they do for a living"
I challenge you to find a Black Eagles player who didn't think PLAYING THEIR BEST and WINNING wasn't #1 thing to them.

(somma y'all are on something today...) :smh:

in 2017 1% of officers were charged or indicted with a crime.

I have said it before, this is nothing new except that now there is video .internet and social media.

Kap brought attention and instead of a movement starting or spreading it was still Kap.....as soon as a few players started to get brave the owners clamped down on them and they fell right back in line...

Nobody said anything about kneeling during the game so that argument doesn't hold water. If it did they wouldn't participate in the dog and pony show of even being on the sidelines for the anthem doing what the league and owners are paid to have them do.

I challenge you to find a Eagles player or patriots player who didn't think PLAYING THEIR BEST and WINNING wasn't the #1 thing to them.

I haven't forgotten what the owners and Trumps relationship is but if black players can show Trump how the owners feel but those same owners threatened them if they stood up (kneeled) for their blackness like because they play a sport they are exempt is my point.

and there is no time limit...because as soon as you stop bringing attention to the issue the issue gets pushed behind the curtain.
 
What would players be “Boycotting” for?
Crooked cops killing unarmed black people and the crooked judicial system who let the crooked cops go free that should be in prison who committed the crimes against the unarmed black people. Also systematic racism.
 
Crooked cops killing unarmed black people and the crooked judicial system who let the crooked cops go free that should be in prison who committed the crimes against the unarmed black people. Also systematic racism.

So the players should in essence, quit their jobs to protest a crooked judicial system and to bring awareness to that issue.

An issue that has nothing to do with their actual jobs?

I’m sorry but that doesn’t make sense.
 
So the players should in essence, quit their jobs to protest a crooked judicial system and to bring awareness to that issue.

An issue that has nothing to do with their actual jobs?

I’m sorry but that doesn’t make sense.
Well I can't think of another reason how things will change then if not this way.
 
Well I can't think of another reason how things will change then if not this way.

We have to vocal and get Black people as elected officials, judges etc...

We have to put ourselves in places to make decisions and make change.

What I’m saying is, if all players boycotted by not playing. That’ll have a huge effect on money, it has nothing to do with the judicial system though.
 
in 2017 1% of officers were charged or indicted with a crime.
I have said it before, this is nothing new except that now there is video .internet and social media.

Kap brought attention and instead of a movement starting or spreading it was still Kap.....as soon as a few players started to get brave the owners clamped down on them and they fell right back in line...

How many charged/indicted before 2017??
And isn't the abundance of video/internet evidence something we didn't have before?
I haven't seen these kind of vids on BGOL in years past - seems like something new to me...
High School palyers, College players followed in taking a knee - BRINGING ATTENTION to the problem.
The MOVEMENT SPREAD!

Nobody said anything about kneeling during the game so that argument doesn't hold water.
If it did they wouldn't participate in the dog and pony show of even being on the sidelines for the anthem doing what the league and owners are paid to have them do.

uhh, whachu talkin' 'bout Willis???
NOT kneeling before SB is why we're in here discussing it now.
AGAIN, to continue to judge who is kneeling or not is a waste of energy & attention.
Obama & Holder found fault with many municipal PDs. Trump & Sessions trying to undo it.
The momentum is found in getting rid of the asshole politicians trying to stop progress.

YOU'RE STILL NOT ANSWERING THIS QUESTION THO~
I challenge you to find a Eagles player or patriots player who didn't think PLAYING THEIR BEST and WINNING wasn't the #1 thing to them.

I haven't forgotten what the owners and Trumps relationship is but if black players can show Trump how the owners feel but those same owners threatened them if they stood up (kneeled) for their blackness like because they play a sport they are exempt is my point.

and there is no time limit...because as soon as you stop bringing attention to the issue the issue gets pushed behind the curtain.

somebody translate for me???
Whatever you were trying to say, here's a fact for you - the owners have their own agenda.
You have a BILLION DOLLAR business, you better believe you get to say what's what and set the work expectations/office climate.
That is until you pull a Jerry Richardson - even a billionaire idiot gets the Heisman stiff arm.
NOBODY was counting on owners to fully buy in to Black issues - the same owners who colluded to keep Kap out of a starting job.

YOU'RE STILL NOT ANSWERING THIS QUESTION THO~
I challenge you to find a Eagles player or patriots player who didn't think PLAYING THEIR BEST and WINNING wasn't the #1 thing to them.
 
How many charged/indicted before 2017??
And isn't the abundance of video/internet evidence something we didn't have before?
I haven't seen these kind of vids on BGOL in years past - seems like something new to me...
High School palyers, College players followed in taking a knee - BRINGING ATTENTION to the problem.
The MOVEMENT SPREAD!



uhh, whachu talkin' 'bout Willis???
NOT kneeling before SB is why we're in here discussing it now.
AGAIN, to continue to judge who is kneeling or not is a waste of energy & attention.
Obama & Holder found fault with many municipal PDs. Trump & Sessions trying to undo it.
The momentum is found in getting rid of the asshole politicians trying to stop progress.

YOU'RE STILL NOT ANSWERING THIS QUESTION THO~
I challenge you to find a Eagles player or patriots player who didn't think PLAYING THEIR BEST and WINNING wasn't the #1 thing to them.



somebody translate for me???
Whatever you were trying to say, here's a fact for you - the owners have their own agenda.
You have a BILLION DOLLAR business, you better believe you get to say what's what and set the work expectations/office climate.
That is until you pull a Jerry Richardson - even a billionaire idiot gets the Heisman stiff arm.
NOBODY was counting on owners to fully buy in to Black issues - the same owners who colluded to keep Kap out of a starting job.

YOU'RE STILL NOT ANSWERING THIS QUESTION THO~
I challenge you to find a Eagles player or patriots player who didn't think PLAYING THEIR BEST and WINNING wasn't the #1 thing to them.

question 1.....about the same 1%

just because the information is nationwide now doesn't mean what is /was happening is new.

the information was more local and regional before...... if police killed somebody in Boston they knew about in Boston and that area.

Question 2 Obama and Holder found fault but to say Trump is undoing it means something was being done in the first place....they didnt put those departments into receivership they entered voluntary consent decrees.

No sir the momentum is changing the mindset of the cops both federal and local. But taking pressure off and saying okay y'all know now is dumb. They always knew .

YOU'RE STILL NOT ANSWERING THIS QUESTION THO~
I challenge you to find a Eagles player or patriots player who didn't think PLAYING THEIR BEST and WINNING wasn't the #1 thing to them.

Now you change the goalposts....you said only black players felt that way and when I said all players now you revised the bullshit.


what does kneeling before the game have to do with the game itself? Not a damn thing and them fukkas wasn't kneeling before the super bowl so lets not act like they focused for this game and that is why.

The owners scared them when Jones said any of his players kneel they ain't playing .

Fuck their billion dollar business. I guess you skipped the graphs i posted that showed NFL players on average are suckers........
 
Looks like white people have figured out the easiest way to control a nigga is not to threaten him with violence. Just throw enough money at him and he falls back every time. Damn shame...


For real! Wow how can you as a black man hold your head up when the FLAG GIRLS have to represent. Masa has broken you. They have to realize without them there is no football.
 
We lost the moment we insisted on making this protest revolve around the flag or the NFL and not local police stations around the country.

As I said when this whole boycott started, in the end, the only things that will happen is that Trump will use this to help his standing with his base, not a single police force will change, not a single new law will come about, folks will think they did their part by not watching football.

Besides that, not a fucking thing would change.

Police kill black people and in return we boycott the NFL and think that will change the police.

Checkers not chess the 2017 edition.
 
question 1.....about the same 1%

just because the information is nationwide now doesn't mean what is /was happening is new.

the information was more local and regional before...... if police killed somebody in Boston they knew about in Boston and that area.

Question 2 Obama and Holder found fault but to say Trump is undoing it means something was being done in the first place....they didnt put those departments into receivership they entered voluntary consent decrees.

No sir the momentum is changing the mindset of the cops both federal and local. But taking pressure off and saying okay y'all know now is dumb. They always knew .



Now you change the goalposts....you said only black players felt that way and when I said all players now you revised the bullshit.


what does kneeling before the game have to do with the game itself? Not a damn thing and them fukkas wasn't kneeling before the super bowl so lets not act like they focused for this game and that is why.

The owners scared them when Jones said any of his players kneel they ain't playing .

Fuck their billion dollar business. I guess you skipped the graphs i posted that showed NFL players on average are suckers........

MY ORIGINAL STATEMENT: (go up and look at it)

I challenge you to find a Black Eagles player who didn't think PLAYING THEIR BEST and WINNING wasn't #1 thing to them.

I didn't add Patriots player initially because I was focused on the winners.
There was no need to add "patriot" by me, but somehow it was added.
You can't discuss/debate when it's not honest.
Kneeling would be a distraction; how many network cameras were looking for that? That's how they caught Butler crying on the sidelines.

C'mon man; exposing the shit as nationwide vs. isolated/regional shows it's a systemic problem.
Don't oppose a position just for the hell of it.
 
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