ONLY NASCAR ….. AND HOCKEY

Responding to Trump’s condemnation of sports stars who refuse to stand for the National Anthem, DJ diplo tweeted:

“Trump wants to fire all black athletes with an opinion so we will only left with NASCAR.”

Hey, that’s not a bad idea. Then all those ungrateful overpaid athletes who are disrespecting the flag will have to go out and earn a real living.

But wait a minute. In addition to NASCAR we will still have hockey.

Granted, there are only a handful of black players in the National Hockey League. But, unlike the NFL and NBA, the NHL will not put up with any of its players disrespecting the flag of any country.

The National Hockey League has teams in Canadian and U.S. cities. The teams are composed of Canadian, Russian, Swedish, Czech, American and players from several other countries. All NHL players stand when the Canadian or American anthems are played, regardless of what country they are citizens of. You can bet the NHL would not tolerate any player sitting down while the Canadian or American anthem was being played.

Hockey coach John Tortorella says, “If any of my players sit on the bench for the national anthem, they will sit there the rest of the game.” Every player that suits up for a game is just dying to get off the bench and on the ice. You can bet that coach Tortorella’s declaration will have all of his players standing during an anthem with no exceptions, be they black or white.

Standing during the playing of our National Anthem shows that we respect our country and the flag under which countless of soldiers have died to protect the rights we enjoy under the Constitution’s Bill of Rights. How many of the NFL and other league players that are refusing to stand for the anthem have ever served in the military? I’ll bet none of them have.

Only NASCAR and hockey? Not a bad idea at all.