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Tennessee Titans Player Says He’ll Quit The NFL If Forced To Stand For The Anthem
2017-10-13
[DAILYCALLER] Tennessee Titans player Rishard Matthews tweeted Thursday that he’ll quit the NFL if the league implements a rule forcing players to stand during the anthem.

“No I will be done playing football,” Matthews tweeted and ultimately deleted when asked if he would be willing to face punishment for not standing if a new rule is implemented.
Posted by:Fred

#15  The Marine avatar is a photo of Matthew's half-brother Christopher Ruiz.

Ruiz was killed in Afghanistan October 2015 while working as a civilian contractor.
Posted by: Mullah Richard OTR   2017-10-13 20:05  

#14  Looked up what college degree he has to fall back on. Yeah, I'm smiling too. Apparently he only learned how to catch passes from caperneck for a couple years.

But, what is up with his twit avatard? Is that a Marine uniform?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2017-10-13 17:24  

#13  That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse;
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.


- Henry V, Shakespeare
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-10-13 12:32  

#12  He's just teasing....
Posted by: Tennessee   2017-10-13 12:09  

#11  Buh-Bye!
Buh-Bye!
Buh-Bye!
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2017-10-13 10:24  

#10  Methinks Rishard's value meter is a little out of synch with a whole lot of (former) NFL watchers.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2017-10-13 08:45  

#9  Good. Get the fuck out.

10-1 the little whiny bitch doesn't quit though.
Posted by: DarthVader   2017-10-13 07:28  

#8  Already a lot of competition in the Professional Aggrieved League. Join y0ur PALs on their socialists circuit through academia, the media and entrainment plantations.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2017-10-13 06:59  

#7  OK, fine. Now would you prefer an application to work at Starbucks or at McDonald's? (Spoiler alert: Your salary may not be what you have been accustomed to.)
Posted by: Tom   2017-10-13 06:16  

#6  global primadonna football league?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-10-13 05:41  

#5  There's ALREADY that rule.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-10-13 05:40  

#4  .....he’ll quit the NFL if the league implements a rule forcing players to stand during the anthem.

I recommend you start your on football league. Appears that's what you're after anyway. End the white owner oppression. Go for it.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-10-13 03:01  

#3  
Posted by: Hupeting Sforza8196   2017-10-13 01:16  

#2  Y'all are smirking & snorting, but I feel for the brother. First job I had working for The Man, they made me wear ugly clothes, told me what to do and even wanted me to show up on time. It was living hell. I don't know what I would have done if they asked me to stand for the Star Spangled Banner.

Actually, I'd probably have done it. It's no worse than anything else they wanted and beats the heck out of making french fries or running wind sprints.
Posted by: SteveS   2017-10-13 01:08  

#1  Hey, snowflake. You are an EMPLOYEE. You are expected to do what your employer tells you to do - while you are at work. You are free to quit - and that is exactly what you should do, if you are unwilling to meet your employer's expectations. No one is irreplaceable.

You and Kaepernick can maybe get jobs together washing cars, or bagging groceries.
Posted by: Lone Ranger   2017-10-13 00:51  

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