Other Sports Players Kneeling for Anthem Met with Boos Before MLS Game in Texas - Page 2

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.

**wazu** · 08-13-2020, 10:52 AM

The player comments and surprise being reported are priceless. Really shows what an echo chamber media, and particularly social media can create. My guess is when it comes to people not standing for the anthem, most Americans feel about it today pretty much the way they felt about it when Kaepernick first did it.

POND_OF_RED · 08-13-2020, 10:52 AM

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Hi, are you new to sports?

No, I’ve watched the nationalism happen for years at sporting events. Doesn’t make it any less idiotic.

POND_OF_RED · 08-13-2020, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by wazu

The player comments and surprise being reported are priceless. Really shows what an echo chamber media, and particularly social media can create. My guess is when it comes to people not standing for the anthem, most Americans feel about it today pretty much the way they felt about it when Kaepernick first did it.

Exactly. No one ****ing cares. It’s probably why there isn’t a video of the booing. It’s more than likely just a few isolated idiots being loud. The majority of the fans probably sat quietly.

**Buehler445** · 08-13-2020, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower

The reddit thread on this subject is amazing.

Link?

Deberg_1990 · 08-13-2020, 11:09 AM

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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.

First ive ever heard of any systemic racism in soccer??

ChiefBlueCFC · 08-13-2020, 11:16 AM

If you consider kneeling during the national anthem to be disrespectful, then wouldn't you consider booing during it also disrespectful?

Honestly think its kinda dumb to always do the national anthem before every game, especially when half the players aren't even American.

TexasChief · 08-13-2020, 11:21 AM

This with the ratings of the nba and ESPN related shows, the NFL needs to tread carefully.

CasselGotPeedOn · 08-13-2020, 11:23 AM

"Systemic racism in soccer" lulz

**Donger** · 08-13-2020, 11:29 AM

I've never understood the practice. Kneeling is a sign of submission and respect. Would it not make mores sense to do the worm, or the macarena, or something?

ThaVirus · 08-13-2020, 12:22 PM

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This is still America. They are free to kneel; The fans are free to boo. As far as I'm concerned both sides are exercising their right to protest. Nut up buttercup.

Pretty much.

For the life of me I can't understand why anyone would be upset about kneeling or boos in response to kneeling.

Monticore · 08-13-2020, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiefBlueCFC

If you consider kneeling during the national anthem to be disrespectful, then wouldn't you consider booing during it also disrespectful?

Honestly think its kinda dumb to always do the national anthem before every game, especially when half the players aren't even American.

I never understood the anthem being played at sporting events , most players come from all over the world , never understood booing either seems childish , people are free to just leave .

**wazu** · 08-13-2020, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Monticore

I never understood the anthem being played at sporting events , most players come from all over the world , never understood booing either seems childish , people are free to just leave .

I like that they play the anthem before games. A peaceful moment that at least used to celebrate unity. If a few players aren't from America they are still welcome to stand and acknowledge the land of opportunity that brought them here.

And without booing I don't know how I would've survived the Pioli years.

ChiefaRoo · 08-13-2020, 01:19 PM

Fu$k these “useful idiot” athletes.

Spott · 08-13-2020, 01:19 PM

It’s sooo surprising that soccer players would be butthurt so easily.

**DaneMcCloud** · 08-13-2020, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiefaRoo

Fu$k these “useful idiot” athletes.

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

Amirite?

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