Source: NFL plans to play Black
national anthem before Week 1 games
ESPN,
by
Jason Reid
Original Article
Posted By: MissMolly,
7/3/2020 5:00:07 AM
"Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing," traditionally known as the Black national anthem, is expected to be performed live or played before every Week 1 NFL game, and the league is considering a variety of other measures during the upcoming season to recognize victims of police brutality, a source familiar with the league's discussions told The Undefeated on Thursday.
The song would be performed before "The Star-Spangled Banner," the source said. The NFL's season opener is scheduled for Sept. 10, with the Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Houston Texans.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
petrichor 7/3/2020 5:21:54 AM (No. 465122)
May you live in interesting times. Hopefully, not bizarre times.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 7/3/2020 5:30:19 AM (No. 465123)
The NFL is no longer welcome in our home.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Sully 7/3/2020 6:09:26 AM (No. 465140)
Ill be sure to kneel for it.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
DeplorableVet 7/3/2020 6:10:29 AM (No. 465141)
The "black national anthem"? I think the chorus goes something like "Yo man, I dindu muffin".
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 7/3/2020 6:10:53 AM (No. 465142)
I'll not be watching, they can sing show tunes before every game for all I care.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
RCFLyer98 7/3/2020 6:19:48 AM (No. 465151)
They can play looney tunes for all I care. I won't be watching. "T- - - - That's all Folks"!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
G-Tom 7/3/2020 6:31:06 AM (No. 465155)
Won't be on at my house! Been watching NFL since I was 10 (1951) Det. Lions w/Doak Walker vs Otto G. and the Browns, but not any more. Kneel and be damned.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
jorjett 7/3/2020 6:40:50 AM (No. 465164)
We have a black national anthem? Seriously? So the anthem, songs, hymns, nursery rhymes, all this has been declared racist now? How about the color of my car? Whatever genius decided we have a "black" national anthem is absolutely racist. Seeing and thinking only of skin color, that's racist.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
globalwarmer 7/3/2020 6:42:11 AM (No. 465169)
It'll be fun to see how long this crap lasts when the NFL teeters on bankruptcy.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
hoosierblue 7/3/2020 6:48:11 AM (No. 465177)
What' s the NFL.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Highlander 7/3/2020 6:52:15 AM (No. 465180)
It’s a non-event as far as I’m concerned. I don’t watch football anyway. If I were asked to recognize the lyrics and music of this so-called anthem, I would draw a complete blank, as I would with 99% of what is popular music nowadays.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 7/3/2020 7:09:45 AM (No. 465196)
Hid watch but my sock drawer needs rearranging......
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
glasslass 7/3/2020 7:11:59 AM (No. 465198)
Seems this divide and conquer is all going according to plan... What's that' song? "United we stand divided we fall"
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 7/3/2020 7:20:18 AM (No. 465207)
There is only ONE national anthem, otherwise you will break this country apart like the Balkans.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Calvinesq 7/3/2020 7:34:20 AM (No. 465219)
Maybe they'll include the third verse. Then watch the Left go crazy over these words:
God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who has by Thy might Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;
Shadowed beneath Thy hand,
May we forever stand.
True to our God,
True to our native land.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
sciteach 7/3/2020 7:40:31 AM (No. 465226)
How can we fit "Goodbye NFL" into the song "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"? It's a catchy tune and maybe it can be made into the anthem of the NFL.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 7/3/2020 7:42:40 AM (No. 465230)
We have one culture, not two! Stop the pandering! I love my Sunday football, but this is it for me.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Daisymay 7/3/2020 7:42:45 AM (No. 465231)
Only interested in watching the Bears and the Packers games. Sadly, now that too is gone! Wonder how many Black people will actually watch the NFL. Guess we'll find out when the number of viewers is posted after the Games!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
ARob101 7/3/2020 7:49:03 AM (No. 465242)
This is blatant racism!
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
aasilver 7/3/2020 8:02:05 AM (No. 465258)
The announcement forgot to add that the NFL was renamed the Negro Football League.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
marbles 7/3/2020 8:07:45 AM (No. 465265)
"The Black National Anthem" ? Is there some black nation out there that up to now has been unknown? In The United States of America we have one, count it , one national anthem because we are one country, one people.This P.C. cr*p is divisive . The football owners should be ashamed of themselves for promoting racism..
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
volksford 7/3/2020 8:08:17 AM (No. 465266)
If you don't stand you are a racist ,,,,,watch. This idea is going to create more divisiveness than ever ,the NFL has moved the Kapernick mess into the stadiums. What a pack of idiots !
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Venturer 7/3/2020 8:16:29 AM (No. 465280)
I cannot believe the NFL would be this stupid.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Catfur27 7/3/2020 8:21:10 AM (No. 465283)
Headline should read : NFL talks of committing suicide.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Bazi 7/3/2020 8:26:37 AM (No. 465287)
#16- The third verse must be included. Absolutely.
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No. 10, I guess "hookem" means you are a Texas Longhorns fan, but sadly you may have noticed your school songs "The Eyes of Texas" is now considered racist by your own players. What has infected the NFL has now arrived at the NCAA level, and if you see what happened to Mike Gundy for the sin of watching a news channel that doesn't bow down to BLM you'll see where the game is headed.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
rusino 7/3/2020 8:34:23 AM (No. 465300)
It’s a nice song...but it is not a National Anthem! The Star Spangled Banner is and will remain The Anthem I’d The United States if America!
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
udanja99 7/3/2020 8:34:27 AM (No. 465301)
Every white person in the stadium should take a knee.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Paperpuncher 7/3/2020 8:36:15 AM (No. 465303)
Several years ago Rush predicted the NFL would not last. It seems not they are committing political suicide. Their fan base is shrinking and will soon be gone all together as the insult and ignore the people who support them. The solution: Shut up, stay out of politics and just play football. I will never watch them again.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Right Time 7/3/2020 8:52:50 AM (No. 465315)
"NFL" stands for what exactly?
It must be "Not For Long," because that's what they have.
They have managed to destroy a sport and a fan base
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Historybuff 7/3/2020 8:55:56 AM (No. 465319)
The Separate but Equal anthem. Or the segregated anthem. Hope you guys know all the words, cause I want to hear you sing along beginning to end.
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Lyrics:
Dark and lonely on the summer night.
Kill my landlord, kill my landlord.
Watchdog barking - Do he bite?
Kill my landlord, kill my landlord.
Slip in his window,
Break his neck!
Then his house
I start to wreck!
Got no reason --
What the heck!
Kill my landlord, kill my landlord.
C-I-L-L ...
My land - lord ...
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A song written by a Black Republican in honor of Abraham Lincoln.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
moebellini3 7/3/2020 8:58:57 AM (No. 465327)
Really, police brutality. How about black brutality. How about facts. Oh I forgot its not about facts, its about hate. Its like black crime doesn't exist, its all the cops fault, its all Trump's fault. Fact is, its all about the hatred of our country, our flag and our way of life. And these thugs of the NFL, NBA, NASCAR and the BLM are trying to take it all away. Won't be watching any games. Done with all sports. Got it..
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Muguy 7/3/2020 9:05:06 AM (No. 465334)
Due to the planned demic, there is speculation that games may be played, but without spectators in the stands to prevent the spread of Covid.
The NFL commissioner has just cemented that almost NOBODY will be watching games played in their homes-- the 'woke' league plays to the Kapernicks and no longer the fans.
Defund the NFL.
Not sure if I will be listening to 'America's Team' on radio this year.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
stablemoney 7/3/2020 9:09:16 AM (No. 465340)
When the networks introduce the players, instead of where they attended school, I want to hear how many babies they have fathered, and by how many women, how many arrests and listing of the charges, how much they paid for college, what their college grades were, the amount of their salaries as compared to the average American, what they have been doing with all their spare time in off seasons, and a detail listing of what they spend and what they spend it on. I think that would allow us to give an honest measure of their characters, as opposed to the announcer telling us what good guys they are. I would also like to have the Commissioner tell us at the beginning of each game his beliefs and values, recite them every Sunday before the game. Then follow that with each of the owners telling us what their beliefs and values, before every game. I want to see these guys, and see if they be fools, or not.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Samsquanch 7/3/2020 9:12:59 AM (No. 465344)
Maybe they can go to Lebron's beloved China and play some games. They probably would get more viewers and Krapernick could be a qb again.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
hershey 7/3/2020 9:15:32 AM (No. 465347)
Eh, 'Black National Anthem'??? Didn't know there was one (and don't care)... ONE Nation, ONE God, Equal Under The Constitution, but never the less, Black Congressional Caucus, Black Chamber of Commerce, Black TV channel, Black History month, Black hiring preferences, Black loans (whites need not apply),Black this, Black that...getting so tired of this junk...
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I’m done with them! Not hard being a fan of the perpetual stupid factory in Minneapolis!
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
cor-vet 7/3/2020 9:17:46 AM (No. 465353)
I hope this BS doesn't get down to the high school level, which I have found to be the most enjoyable games. If we can just get the petty local tyrants and Karen's to let us enjoy the games without the social distancing and required PPE!
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
jinx 7/3/2020 9:18:05 AM (No. 465355)
Let's see. The NFL is filled with black football players who make millions playing football. Some are great people but some have been accused of many crimes. Do we condemn them all for the sins of a few? The stadiums are filled with white football fans who pay thousands of dollars to watch them play. The Media survives on million dollar ads from those dastardly corporations run by white men. Where's the beef????? Why do millionaire black football players who often come from poverty hate America? Where else could they have done any better? They obviously have no idea what they are fighting for. If this keeps up, all will lose. The money will dry up and go away. It has already started.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
bighambone 7/3/2020 9:31:45 AM (No. 465373)
How about in Week #2, should the NFL play the Mexican hat dance before the National Anthem?
It’s unbelievable that a commercial entity like the NFL that is all about making money would potentially drive away about half or more of their paying customers. As the reason most people attend or watch professional football games is to get away for a few hours from their everyday troubles including politics.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
LadyHen 7/3/2020 9:33:12 AM (No. 465376)
Folks, stop watching all sports. Just stop supporting them, college and pro. They hate the average American, hate! And it isn't just pros.
They are going after college ball too. UofTexas player and maybe players by now boycotting play until his BLM demands are met, one of which is donating to BLM and another is get rid of The Eyes of Texas. In a just world, the school would just say, oh well, sorry you won't be attending next year and give his scholarship to someone else but not anymore. It's all about the $$. There will be nothing left when these destroyers are done.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
starboard 7/3/2020 9:44:22 AM (No. 465389)
I love the game and won't be giving up watching the NFL. This year's Super Bowl was one of my favorites. The Chiefs better not be changing their name.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
red1066 7/3/2020 9:47:36 AM (No. 465393)
Black national anthem? There's a black national anthem? Who knew? What nation does it refer to? Do most blacks even know the black national anthem, and how it goes? I'm curious what the words are to the anthem. How long has this song been around? Seems the NFL is purposely trying to put a wedge between fans of the sport. I was not ok with the pink fest that made everything but the football itself pink during a month of the season. I mean a week is ok, but a whole month? How many players are going to get breast cancer. Why not a month of blue for prostate cancer. Every one of these players is going to get prostate cancer at some point. It's just a matter how long they live.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
jimkata 7/3/2020 9:52:05 AM (No. 465398)
Idiots!!!
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
mc squared 7/3/2020 9:59:59 AM (No. 465412)
My white privilege has prevented me from knowing that: " Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing," doesn't have an E in every. I guess it was looted.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
BarryNo 7/3/2020 10:09:56 AM (No. 465421)
Really? Every voice?
Or if white people choose to sing, will they be excoriated for appropriating black culture?
Doesn't really matter to me. I'm done with the NFL, and pretty much done with ANY televised sports.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
lana720 7/3/2020 10:47:28 AM (No. 465478)
One more good reason to see KC in the rear view mirror. As Baltimore before it, for me, both WERE once beautiful cities.
Stop the insanity, please! This is America, a Republic, if we can keep it!
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 7/3/2020 11:07:03 AM (No. 465528)
The NFL can play anything it desires I won't know about it or watch players kneeling with black fists held in the air. I quit watching four season ago the same with the racist group the NBA with their spokes person LeBron James.
I didn't know there was a black national anthem like Kwanzza I could care less. Will Snoop Dog sing it? Nothing like beauty to the ears like f-bombs and the word ho being sung.
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
MrBaht 7/3/2020 11:16:24 AM (No. 465551)
Instead of playing the black national anthem (which no one knew existed) why not announce the names of all the illegitimate children the black players have sired. Then at halftime could announce all of the felony arrests of each player.
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
DVC 7/3/2020 11:49:39 AM (No. 465599)
There is no black national anthem, no matter how often they claim that there is.
Fake News.
Driving even more people away. NFL is committing literal suicide.
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
franq 7/3/2020 12:41:52 PM (No. 465687)
Well, the few games I watched last season, the National Anthem was skipped altogether. At least on TV. They performed it for the Super Bowl (which I watched halfway). So to decide to use the BNA seems like pandering.
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
Polecat49 7/3/2020 12:54:05 PM (No. 465705)
May the nfl go to H-ll and move into the dust bin of history!!
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
tsrtexas 7/3/2020 1:47:07 PM (No. 465755)
Bye bye NFL. Your time in our nation's sports history will go to the wayside if you continue with your plan to denigrate white people with this absurd black national anthem. Hopefully, common sense will prevail!
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