The NFL has led newscasts everywhere in recent days. And it was not for what was arguably the most exciting and impressive on-field action in recent memory on Sunday, either.
Donald Trump on Friday put the sports world on blast with a speech in Alabama talking about how great it would be if the owners and teams fired the “sons of b–” who protested during the anthem.
We need to take an aside right here before we get to the substance of this debate. The leader of our country and the free world should not talk this way – period. It’s embarrassing and small-minded. And to insult those players’ mothers? It’s bush league, and someone in that office – with that platform and position of power – should always be better than that. Always.
Another thing: the president’s protest of the protests, and the protesters’ protest of the president’s protest is getting a little hard to follow. Shouldn’t we have better things to do, for George Washington’s sake?
Jay GreesonDarren Rovell tweeted that President Trump in recent days tweeted 12 times about the NFL and the anthem. He tweeted twice about North Korea, the country whose foreign minister told the UN general assembly that “our rocket’s visit to the entire U.S. mainland is inevitable.”