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NAACP calling for boycott of NFL, Atlanta Falcons
Fox 5, Atlanta ^ | AUG 18 2017 | Aungelique Proctor

Posted on 08/18/2017 6:27:40 PM PDT by Lonely Bull

ATLANTA - The NAACP has called for a boycott of the NFL. The organization says the league treated free agent Colin Kaepernick unfairly for his headline grabbing protest during the national anthem.

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Kaepernick has not been signed by an NFL team. This boycott is not just here in Georgia. It is nationwide. The NAACP says they are planning to send a strong message to not only commissioner Rodger Goodell, but NFL owners like Arthur Blank.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: atlanta; atlantafalcons; boycott; colinkaepernick; falcons; kaepernick; naacp; nfl
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1 posted on 08/18/2017 6:27:40 PM PDT by Lonely Bull
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To: Lonely Bull

I support this boycott.


2 posted on 08/18/2017 6:29:14 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Lonely Bull

I think I just found what leftist pre-arranged social-agitation scheme is coming next after “Russia-gate” and “Confederate Statues”


3 posted on 08/18/2017 6:29:43 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Lonely Bull

And there will be a boycott if somebody does sign him. So looks like the NFL has created quite a mess for itself!


4 posted on 08/18/2017 6:29:59 PM PDT by KyCats
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To: ladyjane

That’s nice. I’m sure you will be missed! /s/


5 posted on 08/18/2017 6:32:05 PM PDT by TaMoDee (Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2017!)
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To: Lonely Bull
Too late!

NFL ratings predicted to drop again this season The biggest commercial buyers are preparing for another dip.

6 posted on 08/18/2017 6:32:25 PM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: KyCats

Delicious!


7 posted on 08/18/2017 6:32:31 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Lonely Bull

I bet the NAACP ends up with egg on their faces. People won’t give up football.


8 posted on 08/18/2017 6:32:38 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Lonely Bull

So half the fan base will boycott because he is not signed. The other half will boycott if he is signed.


9 posted on 08/18/2017 6:32:45 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: Lonely Bull
What's Roger Snowflake to do, now? 😱
10 posted on 08/18/2017 6:33:21 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Lonely Bull
LOL!
Running out to be in front of the parade I see...
Lots of people will be boycotting the NFL if they continue to turn a blind eye to their employees who publicly insult the Nation.
11 posted on 08/18/2017 6:33:23 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Have you seen the ratings? Folks are indeed giving up NFL football.


12 posted on 08/18/2017 6:34:19 PM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: ladyjane

I’ll be watching the Jets. That’s suffering enough.

I wonder if those who support the NFL boycott here would support banning something THEY really like.

The exception to watching the Jets is if ANY player on either side does ANY antics during the national anthem.

I’ve stopped shopping at Target, now Walmart after the CEO stabbed Trump in the back. slashed purchases from Amazon, and on and on and on.

Not going to stop living because liberals own a lot of businesses.

Are those who are protesting football here doing ANY shopping at Target Walmart or Amazon? Buying ANY Apple products? Using Microsoft when the Gates are so high on contraceptives?

That’s what I thought.


13 posted on 08/18/2017 6:35:23 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know that if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Lonely Bull

It’s too late to pretend to be leading the parade when they’re running you out of town on a rail.


14 posted on 08/18/2017 6:36:18 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Rummyfan

Besides that fact that he was terrible as a QB in his last stint and I don’t think he got any better during his whiney protester phase.


15 posted on 08/18/2017 6:36:27 PM PDT by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: mewzilla
Madison Avenue Predicts Football Viewership Will Drop Again This Year (EXCLUSIVE)
16 posted on 08/18/2017 6:37:11 PM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: Lonely Bull

The NFL is a rotting corpse (and so is ESPN)


17 posted on 08/18/2017 6:37:53 PM PDT by shalom aleichem
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To: Lonely Bull

I like it. Half the people will support the ACLU boycott and the other half will boycott because of Kaepernick’s actions. No one will watch.


18 posted on 08/18/2017 6:38:23 PM PDT by rey
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To: Lonely Bull

NAACP v. NFL?

As Shakespeare wrote in an entirely different context:

“A plague on both your houses.”


19 posted on 08/18/2017 6:38:33 PM PDT by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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To: Lonely Bull

Sure, boycott over an over-payed spoiled brat ass-clown who would bring nothing but division to any team he goes to.

If I were an owner I’d much rather face a boycott by a bunch of fool racists then I would want to face the boycott by the rest of the country.


20 posted on 08/18/2017 6:39:32 PM PDT by Bullish (Whatever it takes to MAGA)
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