Open Letter To NFL Players... now you have gone too far.

Open Letter To NFL Players... now you have gone too far. 

You have insulted our flag, our country,our soldiers, our police officers, and our veterans. ......You are living the American dream, yet you disparage our great country. 

 

 

You graduated high school in 2011. Your teenage years were a struggle.

You grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. Your mother was the

leader of the family and worked tirelessly to keep a roof over your

head and food on your plate.

 

Academics were a struggle for you and your grades were mediocre at

best. The only thing that made you stand out is you weighed 225 lbs

and could run 40 yards in 4.2 seconds while carrying a football. Your

best friend was just like you, except he didn’t play football. Instead

of going to football practice after school, he went to work at

McDonalds for minimum wage.

 

You were recruited by all the big colleges and spent every weekend of

your senior year making visits to universities where coaches and

boosters tried to convince you their school was best. They laid out

the red carpet for you. Your best friend worked double shifts at

Mickey Ds. College was not an option for him. On the day you signed

with Big State University, your best friend signed paperwork with his

Army recruiter. You went to summer workouts. He went to basic

training.

 

You spent the next four years living in the athletic dorm, eating at

the training table. You spent your Saturdays on the football field,

cheered on by adoring fans.  Tutors attended to your every academic

need. You attended class when you felt like it. Sure, you worked hard.

You lifted weights, ran sprints, studied plays, and soon became one of

the top football players in the country.

 

Your best friend was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division. While

you were in college, he deployed to Iraq once and Afghanistan twice.

He became a Sergeant and led a squad of 19 year-old soldiers who grew

up just like he did. He shed his blood in Afghanistan and watched

young American's give their lives, limbs, and innocence for the US.

 

You went to the NFL combine and scored off the charts. You hired an

agent and waited for draft day. You were drafted in the first round

and your agent immediately went to work, ensuring that you received

the most money possible. You signed for $16 million although you had

never played a single down of professional football. Your best friend

re-enlisted in the Army for four more years. As a combat tested

sergeant, he will be paid $32,000 per year.

 

You will drive a Ferrari on the streets of South Beach.  He will ride

in the back of a Blackhawk helicopter with 10 other combat loaded

soldiers. You will sleep at the Ritz. He will dig a hole in the ground

and try to sleep. You will “make it rain” in the club. He will pray

for rain as the temperature reaches 120 degrees.

 

On Sunday, you will run into a stadium as tens of thousands of fans

cheer and yell your name. For your best friend, there is little

difference between Sunday and any other day of the week. There are no

adoring fans. There are only people trying to kill him and his

soldiers. Every now and then, he and his soldiers leave the front

lines and “go to the rear” to rest. He might be lucky enough to catch

an NFL game on TV.

 

When the National Anthem plays and you take a knee, he will jump to

his feet and salute the television. While you protest the unfairness

of life in the United States, he will give thanks to God that he has

the honor of defending his great country.

 

To the players of the NFL: We are the people who buy your tickets,

watch you on TV, and wear your jerseys. We anxiously wait for Sundays

so we can cheer for you and marvel at your athleticism. Although we

love to watch you play, we care little about your opinions until you

offend us.

 

You have the absolute right to express yourselves, but we have the

absolute right to boycott you.

 

We have tolerated your drug use and DUIs, your domestic violence, and

your vulgar displays of wealth. We should be ashamed for putting our

admiration of your physical skills before what is morally right. But

now you have gone too far. You have insulted our flag, our country,

our soldiers, our police officers, and our veterans. You are living

the American dream, yet you disparage our great country. I encourage

all like minded Americans to boycott the NFL.

 

National boycott of the NFL for Sunday November 11, Veterans Day

Weekend. Boycott all football telecast, all fans, all ticket holders,

stay away from attending any games, let them play to empty stadiums.

Pass this post along to all your friends and family. Honor our

military, some of whom come home with the American Flag draped over

their coffin.