Even those of us who are not football fans sometimes turn the TV on just to watch the ads. Not this year. The Army Times reports:
AMVETS officials are decrying
"corporate censorship" from the National Football League for their
decision not to run an ad in their Super Bowl program which responds to league
players’ decision to
kneel for the national anthem in protest of national equality issues.
The ad, which would have cost the
veterans organization $30,000, features the tag "#PleaseStand" with a
picture of service members saluting the American flag and information on how to
donate to the congressionally-chartered organization.
Group leaders said NFL officials
refused to include the ad in their Super Bowl publication, but did not issue a
reason why.
Ace of Spades comments:
The NFL claims it doesn't permit
ads that could be interpreted as making a political statement.
Oh, sure, the NFL totally doesn't
want political statements during its games. That's why it's permitted a year
and a half of National Anthem protests, I guess.
Sad to see the American
sports culture in self-destruct mode.
UPDATE: The Hill reports that former NFL quarterback and Kneeler-in-Chief Colin Kaepernick has been named a finalist for the NFL Players Association 'Community MVP' award.
UPDATE: The Hill reports that former NFL quarterback and Kneeler-in-Chief Colin Kaepernick has been named a finalist for the NFL Players Association 'Community MVP' award.
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