Other Sports Players Kneeling for Anthem Met with Boos Before MLS Game in Texas - Page 4

Deberg_1990 · 08-13-2020, 10:19 AM

I imagine this is what the NFL will receive as well......

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/san...sts_po-organic

FRISCO, Texas -- There was a smattering of boos when players from FC Dallas and Nashville SC collectively took a knee during the national anthem before their MLS game on Wednesday night in Frisco, Texas.

Dallas defender Reggie Cannon said he was disgusted by the boos at Toyota Stadium when players and officials knelt to call attention to racial injustice. He said teammate Ryan Hollingshead turned to him afterward and said he was sorry.

“You can’t even have support from your own fans in your own stadium. It’s baffling to me,” Cannon said. “As a team we try to give the best possible product on the field and these last six months have been absolute hell for us. Absolute hell.”

Dallas and Nashville had not played a game since the season was suspended on March 12 because of the coronavirus. While Major League Soccer’s other teams played in the MLS is Back tournament in Florida over the past month, Dallas and Nashville were forced to withdraw before the start because of positive COVID-19 tests among players from both teams.

The teams met as MLS restarts the regular season in local markets. Some of the games will include fans if local jurisdictions allow it. Just over 5,000 were allowed to attend the match at Toyota Stadium, although the crowd that showed up appeared smaller.

Nashville won the game, 1-0. The two teams meet again on Sunday.

The death of George Floyd has spurred a number of MLS players to form the group Black Players for Change, which seeks to address systemic racism in soccer and society.

At the opening game of the MLS tournament in Florida, members of the group collectively stood in silence, fists raised, for more than eight minutes. Players and coaches wore Black Lives Matter T-shirts throughout the event.

Eight minutes, 46 seconds is the length of time prosecutors say Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was pinned to the ground under a white Minneapolis police officer’s knee before he died.

The anthem was not played before games at the tournament. Cannon said the players had asked that it not be played before the game because they didn’t feel it was right “for the anthem to be played in this moment.”

“We had someone chanting U.S.A., but they don’t understand what kneeling means. They don’t understand why we’re kneeling. They can’t see the reason. They think we’re the ignorant ones,” Cannon said. “It’s incredibly frustrating. I’m sorry to have this tone, but you have to call it for what it is.”

Cannon said he expected to have some negative pushback over the unified response.

“It hurts me because I love our fans, I love this club, and I want to see the support that the league has given us, that everyone has given us, from our fans,” he said.

**DaneMcCloud** · 08-13-2020, 02:47 PM

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You do realize they make lots and lots of money for playing children’s sports, right? They’re not out there entertaining us against their will.

I realize that but I don't think you realize it.

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They are more than welcome to express their political beliefs on the stage if they wish, but we as the fans who pay their salaries for playing games are also more than entitled to disagree with the message they are sending.

It's not a political belief and this is The Lounge. If you want to talk politics, there's a forum for those types of discussions.

Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan · 08-13-2020, 02:56 PM

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It's not a political belief and this is The Lounge. If you want to talk politics, there's a forum for those types of discussions.

It is ABSOLUTELY a political stance.

It may be a mild one, but there are definitely political ramifications to any protest.

**loochy** · 08-13-2020, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

It's not a political belief

lolwut

**BigRedChief** · 08-13-2020, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Wisconsin_Chief

Mahomes doesn’t strike me as the type to take a knee. I assume he’ll try to set up a scenario where the whole team locks arms or something instead being divisive. I could be wrong, who knows.

But yeah, I wouldn’t boo him either.

He’s already said he’s taking a knee.

Pasta Little Brioni · 08-13-2020, 03:03 PM

Somewhere Zoccer just had a temper tantrum and had to be put down for a nap

**DaneMcCloud** · 08-13-2020, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by loochy

lolwut

Oh that's right, I forgot that I was posting on Alt Right Planet.

Silly me.

Wisconsin_Chief · 08-13-2020, 03:06 PM

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He’s already said he’s taking a knee.

Ahh, OK then.

To each their own. If there are fans in the stands I highly doubt anyone is going to give him a hard time for it.

BigCatDaddy · 08-13-2020, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Yeah, they should just dance like monkeys for your entertainment and shut the **** up.

Amirite?

Only when China tells them to.

**DaFace** · 08-13-2020, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Oh that's right, I forgot that I was posting on Alt Right Planet.

Silly me.

I'm most certainly not alt right or anywhere near it. Saying that kneeling isn't political is silly.

**ChiTown** · 08-13-2020, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Wisconsin_Chief

Ahh, OK then.

To each their own. If there are fans in the stands I highly doubt anyone is going to give him a hard time for it.

There will definitely be some fan in the stand reaction to players kneeling - but I doubt it will be directed at anyone individually. That's not at all surprising because the anthem creates a visceral reaction, and yes, it has absolutely been politicized.

Deberg_1990 · 08-13-2020, 03:11 PM

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Stop playing the anthem at beginning of games

That might be coming. I know they cancelled all "live" performances of the anthem for this year because of COVID.

Wisconsin_Chief · 08-13-2020, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Oh that's right, I forgot that I was posting on Alt Right Planet.

Silly me.

Taking a knee 5 years ago when Kap first did it wasn't political. That is true.

At this point, it has absolutely become politicized whether you care to admit it or not. To some people at least, on both sides. The media made sure of that.

Me personally, I couldn't care less what they do, I just want to watch sports. I find people overreact way too much on both sides.

Just play the anthem and start the game.

**loochy** · 08-13-2020, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Oh that's right, I forgot that I was posting on Alt Right Planet.

Silly me.

So if you agree with it then it's not political?

Deberg_1990 · 08-13-2020, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Wisconsin_Chief

Taking a knee 5 years ago when Kap first did it wasn't political. That is true.

your kidding right?

**DaneMcCloud** · 08-13-2020, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

I'm most certainly not alt right or anywhere near it. Saying that kneeling isn't political is silly.

It was made out to be a political stance by people other than those kneeling

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