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Though it may occasionally seem so, the NFL is not a government organization.

• ceejayoz 8y ago
  That makes it more of a free speech issue for the government to be meddling in its employer/employee interactions, not less.
  • lolpython 8y ago
    The government doesn't meddle in the NFL. The NFL issued the bans
    • ceejayoz 8y ago
      That's plainly false. "NFL execs admit pressure from Trump a factor on anthem policy": https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/05/24/nfl-execs-admit-pressure-from-trump-a-factor-on-anthem-policy/ https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/05/24/nfl-execs-a... "Trump says U.S. should change tax law to punish NFL": http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20978787/president-donald-trump-says-us-change-tax-law-punish-nfl http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20978787/president-donald... "The report found the Department of Defense had spent $6.8 million on what they called 'paid patriotism' between 2012 and 2015. This money was spread out among 50 pro teams from the NFL, NBA, MLB, NASCAR, MLS and others.": https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/25/us/nfl-national-anthem-trump-kaepernick-history-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/25/us/nfl-national-anthem-trump-...
      • lolpython 8y ago
        Thanks for the correction, you are right. I did not read the OP clearly enough, and thought they were arguing the government issued the ban.
      • isoskeles 8y ago
        Interesting, although I can't say I care much about the fate of these organizations that accepted money from the DoD. Accepting payments for allowing these patriotic displays is, IMO, a sort of deal with the devil (I don't actually think the U.S. is the devil). This sounds even less of an issue of government abridging free speech and more like the NFL breaching contract.