Gerald McCoy (Tampa Bay Bucs): It's going to be an uproar if players are forced to stand

Please do it players. Lol

Please players...do it!

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basically taking away a constitutional right to freedom of speech.

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I really wish someone would explain to them what the right to free speech really means. Every time someone makes this claim I just check the "Stupid fricker" box and tune them out.

So, a league that tells them EXACTLY what clothes to wear at work, suspends it BIGGEST star for 1/4 of the season for 3 psi of air pressure, penalizes and fines players for anti-gay slurs.....somehow MUST let a player kneel if he "chooses"?


silliness.


I don't even give a sick rat's arse if they DO stand, kneel, sit, lie down, etc. I was never impressed by them standing and I'm not chagrined if they don't. BUT, this is their workplace. If they are told exactly what to wear, and what NOT to say out loud...they can be told when and where to STAND by their bosses.

These guys that kneel, can be easily replaced.

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I seriously doubt that any of the protesters have actually know a damn thing about the 1st amendment and what it protects and doesn't

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Obviously they don't.

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you're basically taking away a constitutional right to freedom of speech.

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But, suspend for a game and give up one game check and the wives will have them standing at attention with the quickness

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Yep. I remember reading stories in S.I. about the last strike and players having to take loans to pay bills after the first week of no checks.

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They have no 1st amendment protections at work.

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They absolutely have 1st amendment protections at work. They don't cover employer actions for the speech, but they do protect them from government action against their speech.

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"I don't think guys are gonna like it," McCoy said, when asked about the possible reaction from players. "I think it's gonna be an uproar if that is to happen because you're basically taking away a constitutional right to freedom of speech. If guys wanna have a, I guess you would call it a peaceful protest, I don't think it's right to take that away."

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I don't watch sports talk shows but is anybody correcting these morons on their failed understanding of the First Amendment? It's really not a difficult concept to grasp but the ignorance is epidemic.