USA Today's liberal video commentator Trysta Krick, who fashions her shtick as something of a Jim Rome wannabe, is calling for the NFL to severely punish the Houston Texans over an unwise remark by the team's owner at a recent league meeting. She suggested a fine or the loss of a draft pick.
Those comments came to public light two days ago in an ESPN the Magazine story about a recent meeting at NFL headquarters. They were gathered there, a few players and owners, to meet with the commissioner and others to discuss player protests, social justice issues and the NFL's precipitous fall from grace with its fan base. In this meeting, Texans' owner Bob McNair complained about the protests, saying:
We can’t have the inmates running the prison.
This careless remark incensed McNair's own team and others. Today about 40 Houston players knelt during the national anthem in Seattle for the first time all season in apparent protest of McNair, claims The Guardian's Tom Lutz. Not being the kind of SJWs to let a good protest go to waste, some members of the Seahawks sat on their bench, including Michael Bennett, Sheldon Richardson, Cliff Avril, Jarran Reed, Frank Clark, Quin Jefferson, Marcus Smith, Branden Jackson and Nazir Jones, according to ESPN.
Why is it that every issue NFL players have a beef with results in kneeling during the national anthem and dissing the veterans who fought and died to gain and preserve our freedom? The issue today was Bob McNair, but who was really disrespected with these players' actions? Veterans.
USA Today sports has firmly aligned its political positions with the Left, without exception. Krick's latest left-wing rant addresses the Texans' situation, and she demands the NFL administer ridiculously stiff penalties against the team:
To be honest, this should shock no one. Right? I'm not even mad, because at this point I'm numb to the ignorance and the disrespect. If the NFL is serious about listening to their players wanting social justice, let's be real. Ending the protest during the national anthem, they ... need ... to discipline ... Bob McNair. A fine. A loss of a draft pick. Something. Send. A. Message though.
Krick also ridiculed McNair's two apologies, saying, sarcastically: "He backtracked Friday saying he regrets that he used that expression. He never meant to offend anyone. He wasn't referring to players. It was a figure of speech. And was never intended to be taken literally. Of course you guys are not prisoners. You can leave whenever you want."
Houston's DeAndre Hopkins and D'Onta Foreman skipped a day of practice in opposition to the club owner. "In fact, multiple Texans' players wanted to walk out due to those comments and had to be persuaded to stay," Krick harped.
Krick referred to the critical tweets of two NFL players from other teams:
Richard Sherman, of Seattle's "SeaActivists," tweeted: "I can appreciate people being candid. Don't apologize! You meant what you said. Showing true colors allows ppl to see you for who you are"
Sherman also told reporters that it the Houston players had guaranteed contracts he believes they would have refused to play today.
The New York Giants' Damon Harrison tweeted: "Nah. Bob McNair didn't say that, nah ... y'all tripping. He couldn't have. Nope he didn't. Did that wake some of y'all up now?"
Isn't it interesting that Krick hasn't ever recommended punishment for Colin (Never) Kaepernick over his cops-are-pigs socks while a member of the San Francisco 49ers? Outrage and calls for punishment only go one way from the mouths and writings of the far Left media.
Krick ended her rant with these remarks:
Now I'm not calling for him (McNair) to be pushed out like Donald Sterling (former owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers, purged by pro basketball for racist remarks). But we're in a place where things are starting to bubble over. And ... McNair ... just threw gasoline on that burning jersey. Soooooooo. Now what? NFL: ball's in your court. Sincerely. Good luck.
ABC News is reporting that a coalition of NFL players is attempting to organize a meeting in Philadelphia tomorrow in hopes of bringing Commissioner Roger Goodell, McNair, "NeverKaepernick" and others together. The disrespect beat goes on.
