David Newton trying to start some controversy

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

All the protesting and kneeling has let the country know the reason it is going on and now it is time for the players to do what they are paid for and play football and end the on field kneeling already..

[SOJA]

I'm going to be in residency next year and I'm 99% sure I could still do a better job than David Newton does at covering the Panthers 

[PanthersBigD]

14 minutes ago, rbsponsel52 said:

All the protesting and kneeling has let the country know the reason it is going on and now it is time for the players to do what they are paid for and play football and end the on field kneeling already..

They are playing football. They never stopped playing football. It's time for you to stop whining and post something else already. 

[FakePlasticTrees]

The First Amendment guards against government interference with a person's freedom of speech. The Panthers are not the government. They are an employer. It is settled law that employers can restrict speech, political and otherwise, in the workplace.

Clearly, Reid DOES NOT understand his rights. It appears as though the Panthers are going to allow him to kneel. That is the Panther's right. However, unless their is contractual agreement to the contrary, the Panthers could likewise choose to restrict his ability to kneel if they so chose.

[MHS831]

The way I see it, what kind of country would we live in if we were forced to stand?

I don't have to agree or support it, but when we force our values on others and use authority and power to do it, we become worse than the protestor.  That seems to be Rivera's perspective.

 

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

2 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

The way I see it, what kind of country would we live in if we were forced to stand?

 

This is the problem because nobody is forced to do anything. You and you alone make that choice to do it.

[rayzor]

5 minutes ago, MHS831 said:

The way I see it, what kind of country would we live in if we were forced to stand?

North Korea.

[Peppers90 NC]

10 hours ago, rodeo said:

anyway i have the same military background as rivera (people have started calling me military rodeo and i appreciate that) so my opinion cancels his out. it's kneeling time baby.

Stand and Kneel for the Panthers..... I dont know how the rest of the song goes

[The Natural]

3 minutes ago, rbsponsel52 said:

This is the problem because nobody is forced to do anything. You and you alone make that choice to do it.

Didn't you just say that players need to stop kneeling? Hmmm....

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

2 minutes ago, The Natural said:

Didn't you just say that players need to stop kneeling? Hmmm....

They do but it isn't happening anytime soon. At this point to each their own.

[PantherOnTheProwl1523]

22 minutes ago, PanthersBigD said:

They are playing football. They never stopped playing football. It's time for you to stop whining and post something else already. 

 

[rayzor]

1 minute ago, rbsponsel52 said:

This is the problem because nobody is forced to do anything. You and you alone make that choice to do it.

Just like north Korea. No one is there propping them up making them stand. They just have to understand that if they don't stand there will be consequences. They have freedom to choose to stand and go along with the compulsory and coerced patriotism or face consequences.

[beastson]

14 hours ago, TheRumGone said:

Left out the beginning of that sentence 

“very respectfully, he doesn’t have a choice”

And its popping up on my phone leaving it out as well on usa today

[PanthersBigD]

28 minutes ago, rbsponsel52 said:

 

There's no debate. If the kneeling hurts your feelings, don't watch it. The football never stopped...kind of like your incessant whining, it's been going on the whole time.