NFL says players can wear red, white and blue on 9/11

steveo395 · 09-10-2011, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by VegasSkinsFan

True. Maybe I'm just cynical, I hate that I already know that at least 30 min of the pregame shows are going to have some stupid piece on 9/11. It's not that I don't care, it's just that I don't like sports and politics to mix.

In my opinion sports should be an escape from real life not a reminder of it. I was in the pentagon parking lot that day an I lost some friends in the world trade center. I'm going to remember for the rest of my life. I don't need my escape to be a constant reminder.

What does 9/11 have to do with politics?

VegasSkinsFan · 09-10-2011, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by steveo395

What does 9/11 have to do with politics?

I could put about 20 pages here, but I don't want to turn this into something else. I'll leave it at I don't want pregame shows to be about anything other than football. I don't want to hear about Katrina every time the saints play, the economy, or about anything else . I like sports to be sports.

If players want to wear something patriotic I'm all for it, glad that aren't going to be fined.

Alvin Walton · 09-10-2011, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by steveo395

What does 9/11 have to do with politics?

What doesnt it have to do with politics?

Kindoy · 09-10-2011, 12:05 AM

America!

good to see the league loosening up a little and being human beings.

12thMan · 09-10-2011, 11:53 AM

Not sure who's on Twitter, but Adam Carriker just posted an awsome tweet about remembering 911, prayers for the families, and leaving it all on the field tomorrow for country and team. A few other Skins seemed really psyched too.

Ruhskins · 09-10-2011, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 12thMan

Not sure who's on Twitter, but Adam Carriker just posted an awsome tweet about remembering 911, prayers for the families, and leaving it all on the field tomorrow for country and team. A few other Skins seemed really psyched too.

Adam Carriker is a cool dude to follow on Twitter. He's actually responded to a couple of my Tweets to him.

dmek25 · 09-10-2011, 12:19 PM

the league can mandate players wearing pink for breast cancer, but not for this? please....

NC_Skins · 09-10-2011, 12:46 PM

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the league can mandate players wearing pink for breast cancer, but not for this? please....

Might as well mandate something for Pearl Harbor, Vietnam, War War II, Korean War, Iraq War I & II.

Breast cancer is a ongoing battle, and claims more lives a year than 9/11 did. That's just one year. Don't compare the two please. I know you guys are all emotional about this, but think.

Mechanix544 · 09-10-2011, 01:00 PM

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Might as well mandate something for Pearl Harbor, Vietnam, War War II, Korean War, Iraq War I & II.

Breast cancer is a ongoing battle, and claims more lives a year than 9/11 did. That's just one year. Don't compare the two please. I know you guys are all emotional about this, but think.

i think the reason that we take this seriously, is because of how recent it happened, and how football played a part in getting the entire society back on the track of "normal" when it happened. to compare it to wars and battles is ridiculous when this was basically an attack on our views and ideologies, and on us as an entire nation, all while being done right in the countries biggest city, visible to all. very different.

NC_Skins · 09-10-2011, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Mechanix544

this was basically an attack on our views and ideologies, and on us as an entire nation. very different.

Wrong. Try foreign policy.

nonniey · 09-10-2011, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Wrong. Try foreign policy.

You sure about that? How do you explain the many other attacks Islamic extremists commited such as the Luxor Massacre (Primarily Swiss victims), The Qahantaniya bombings (Yazidi victims) etc, The Jordan Wedding Massacre (Jordanian Moslems). Was it their foreign policy?

RedskinRat · 09-10-2011, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Wrong. Try foreign policy.

I have al Qaeda's stated goal as follows: 'establishment of a pan-Islamic Caliphate throughout the world'.

I suppose if protecting ourselves from that is a Foriegn Policy faux pas then, yeah, we're 'just asking for trouble'.....

<rolls_eyes>

Mechanix544 · 09-10-2011, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by dmek25

the league can mandate players wearing pink for breast cancer, but not for this? please....

exactly

VegasSkinsFan · 09-10-2011, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by dmek25

the league can mandate players wearing pink for breast cancer, but not for this? please....

I'm with you on it.

Counter-Tre · 09-10-2011, 03:23 PM

I heard the Giants were gonna wear red, white, and blue uni's tomorrow. Oh wait...

09-10-2011, 12:05 AM	#4
Kindoy The Starter Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Culver City, CA Posts: 1,013	Re: NFL says players can wear red, white and blue on 9/11 America! good to see the league loosening up a little and being human beings. __________________ RIP 21

09-10-2011, 11:53 AM	#5
12thMan MVP Join Date: May 2005 Location: washington, D.C. Posts: 11,460	Re: NFL says players can wear red, white and blue on 9/11 Not sure who's on Twitter, but Adam Carriker just posted an awsome tweet about remembering 911, prayers for the families, and leaving it all on the field tomorrow for country and team. A few other Skins seemed really psyched too.

09-10-2011, 12:19 PM	#7
dmek25 MVP Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: lancaster,pa Age: 64 Posts: 10,672	Re: NFL says players can wear red, white and blue on 9/11 the league can mandate players wearing pink for breast cancer, but not for this? please.... __________________ "It's better to be quiet and thought a fool than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt." courtesy of 53fan

09-10-2011, 03:23 PM	#15
Counter-Tre Special Teams Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Venice Beach, CA Age: 53 Posts: 347	Re: NFL says players can wear red, white and blue on 9/11 I heard the Giants were gonna wear red, white, and blue uni's tomorrow. Oh wait...

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