Eric Trump whips up outrage over protests ahead of NFL kickoff – By Jay Busbee (Yahoo Sports) / Sept 8 2020
On Sunday evening, the Dallas Cowboys will open their NFL season against the Los Angeles Rams. The two teams will play for 60 minutes of game time, presumably scoring touchdowns and/or field goals. Rams quarterback Jared Goff will try to justify his monster contract, while Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott will try to play his way into one. There will be passes and runs, there will be tackles, and barring a tie, someone will win and someone will lose.
I lay out all these obvious facts to remind you that this weekend’s NFL games will not be three straight hours of protesting. No flags will be burned at midfield. No players will carry signs as they run their routes.
There will be protests, one way or another. And, as the NBA showed us a couple weeks back, there’s no guarantee that the games themselves will take place — though it’s almost certain they will. But when the games kick off, you will be able to watch the NFL … that is, if that’s what you really want to do.
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