The NFL (345 Park Avenue, N.Y., N.Y. 10154) trembles at the thought of asking their overpaid players to stand and salute our flag and national anthem which is a federal law with no penalty.
Now listen up: The NFL had no problem refusing an ad by our vets (with one million war dead) “Please stand and salute,” which is in the federal flag code.
The NFL says it is too political. Wow. And joining arms and now saluting is not a political statement. Another wow.
Most of the NFL owners went along with their commissioner as they raised his salary from $44 million to $50 million per year.
Now we go to the Superbowl.
During our national anthem and display of our beautiful flag, nine Philly players were shown on TV, six did not salute. The Patriots, 16 on TV, all saluted.
We vets proclaim the Superbowl score as Patriots 16 Eagles 3.
P.S: The all service color guard should have refused to attend as the TV showed the Eagles displaying disrespect for the flags they were holding.
Also during the season the D.O.D. paid the NFL $5 million to have the Color Guards on NFL fields during the season.
PS #2: Check this out: 30 percent of Congress against the Wall live in some type of gated community. Hello.
Clara Rucker
Floral Park
