re: Athletes are the priests

No, you really miss the point. People (some people obviously) do not get worked up about a President of the U.S. talking about grabbing private parts, bragging about barging into beauty contestant changing rooms, mocking a POW, or any of the crap he spews, yet, we'll be damned if an athlete dares to quietly kneel during the National Anthem? Aren't our priorities a little skewed? That was my point.

As I said, John Rocker was an Atlanta Braves' pitcher who said some politically incorrect racial things a while back, and he was skewered ... "suspend him! Kick him out the game!" Why? He threw a baseball for a living, and routinely scratched himself and spit out tobacco chaw. Why does society hang on athletes' every word and action? Same with Reggie White; he played for the Packers, he was an ordained minister, and he stated politically incorrect views about homosexuality. Again, so what?

I just don't understand why the whole country is on this tense precipice and on the edge of its seat to see if a few jocks sit or stand or kneel or stand on their head before the game. Really bizarre, in my view.

I think Mr. Trump is quite clever and did what he set out to accomplish: deflect attention from his little Russian problem.