One key difference is the players are protesting while in a professional setting and the fans are the ones who spend the money which pays their salaries. Fans have every right to be upset if they're offended by something they're paying to see.

A private, anonymous citizen holding up a sign is totally different. We're not giving him our money and he doesn't need the public's approval.

quote:
But, you have people disrespecting our lord and savior Jesus.

Maybe your lord and savior. Definitely not mine.

1 ...

Report Post

Posted by pvilleguru

Member since Jun 2009

60453 posts

Posted on 11/12/17 at 3:26 pm to Globetrotter747

quote:
Fans have every right to be upset if they're offended by something they're paying to see.

I'm not paying to see the national anthem.

1 ...

Report Post

Posted by Globetrotter747

Member since Sep 2017

4311 posts

Posted on 11/12/17 at 5:54 pm to pvilleguru

quote:
I'm not paying to see the national anthem.

True. And in your case, you may not care about the NFL protests. If so, great. I don't really care that much either. But I'm sure you know that there's more to business than competence and the ability to deliver a product. People are fired all the time for actions that are embarrassing to a company or offend its customers - and many people are offended or put off by the protests. There's an image aspect that's important to business and making political statements in front of customers generally isn't a good idea.

The NFL guys get away with it more easily than John Q. Public because people who are 6'3'' 220 lbs. and run a 4.4 40 are a lot rarer than people who can fix a car engine or open a checking account for someone.

Page 1 2 3