Originally posted by jerp
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I tend to agree, though I think your estimation may be a little off, hence the reason the NFL is now saying that players WILL stand. If it were a 50/50 wash, why bother from a business standpoint. I have a feeling that there are ALOT more folks that are pizzed about them not standing than the number of those who are pizzed for making them stand.
I know it's been said already, but the NFL is a private entity as is each individual team. When a player is "at work" and representing the league and their team, they DO NOT have freedom of speech, just as the rest of us don't while we're at work. Freedom of speech has to do with the government restricting a person's speech, not the company by which one is employed.
Yes, I think the NFL has put themselves in a tough spot because they botched this from the beginning.
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