Times the NFL opposed free speech

Chad Johnson
>fined $5,000 for using pylon and ball as props in touchdown celebration
>fined $5,000 for wearing a jersey with an "Ocho Cinco" name plate during on-field interview (played game with "C. Johnson" nameplate)
>fined $10,000 for wearing orange chinstrap during preseason game
>fined $20,000 for waiving a dollar bill at a referee during an official review
>fined $30,000 for wearing a sombrero on the sideline
>fined $25,000 for tweeting during a game
>fined $20,000 for wearing gold cleats during game

A total of $115,000 the NFL extracted from Chad Johnson to punish him for self-expression.

But no one is getting fined for expressing disrespect to the American flag and anthem.

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law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/301
operations.nfl.com/the-rules/2017-nfl-rulebook/#signals
legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/should
faa.gov/about/initiatives/plain_language/articles/mandatory/
asq.org/standards-shall-should
law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/30
youtube.com/watch?v=kFNDzAg6pKc
twitter.com/NSFWRedditVideo

I voted for Grompf but seriously we cant let him have the jewclear codes

I miss och football was fun back then

He was fined for breaking the NFL rules.

There's no rule against kneeling for the anthem

>fined $30,000 for wearing a sombrero on the sideline
mexicants btfo

Seriously though, the NFL's uniform rules are extremely homosexual

>player gets fined for having fun and not harming anything
>other players disrespect the people who spent $200 to sit in nosebleed seats to watch them play and were forced to build their NFL stadium with their tax money

please stop refuting lies with facts. This is America.

Actually there is.

"The National Anthem must be played prior to every NFL game, and all players must be on the sideline for the National Anthem.

"During the National Anthem, players on the field and bench area should stand at attention, face the flag, hold helmets in their left hand, and refrain from talking. The home team should ensure that the American flag is in good condition.

"It should be pointed out to players and coaches that we continue to be judged by the public in this area of respect for the flag and our country. Failure to be on the field by the start of the National Anthem may result in discipline, such as fines, suspensions, and/or the forfeiture of draft choice(s) for violations of the above, including first offenses."

--pages A62-63 of the NFL Game Operations Manual

Damn, he was so based.

remember last season when dallas wanted to wear helmet stickers honoring the 5 cops murdered by a BLM terrorist and the NFL said no?

>OP lists times rules were broken
>Complains about the fines due to broken rules
>Forgets to mention no rule exists about having to stand for the anthem

This might be the dumbest argument I've seen all day. Congrats

HAHAHAHAHA PEOPLE ACTUALLY BELIEVE THIS SHIT? Please never use the internet again

Johnson was fun to watch

>imagine being this wrong

>thinks there needs to be a rule in the NFL
>when standing at attention for the anthem is a law

does the NFL need to pass rules that players don't commit rape, substance abuse, domestic assault, or participate in gang activity too?

They know how much of a PR nightmare it would be if they fined everyone for kneeling.

>>fined $30,000 for wearing a sombrero on the sideline
What the fuck happened to America?

All they had to due was fine Kaepernick the first time. Now they could simply fine the teams and donate the money to police causes.

>should stand at attention
Should is not the same as must. Your lack of reading comprehension and critical thinking lets me know you're the product of a flyover state's educational system.

Good argument

>can't refute facts
>shitpost desperately

Apologize

Bengals somehow got every memey receiver to sign with them.

Maybe OBJ will go to Cincy once he's on the downswing of his career.

No regard because those are already against the law. Kneeling for the anthem or even burning the flag is not

Dude was a Master Troll. I could abide all these niggershines if they had half the flair Ochocinco had.
Didn't he once mail the opposing team's defense sticks of deodorant before their game? you can't make this shit up.

> you now remember that TO and Ochocinco were on a reality show together

Nice one, Moishe. These goyim write the laws, and we find the loopholes.

They already have that rule. I'm pretty sure it's under the basic fucking common law of this country section. You know about laws? I guess you think you can commit murder at the office because your employee handbook doesn't state it. You might be the dumbest person on this board

Fuck do I miss mid to late 2000s football. Everything was so comfy and the league wasn't full nazi.

cte, domestic violence, stupid rules, and now protests
JUST

NFL is a fucking disgrace with all these stupid rules. Fuck I wish league were run like in Europe here.

Burning the flag and kneeling during the anthem actually are against the law.

law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/301

based ocho

Please post a link to this "source"

>Land of the free

> should

And it's completely legal to burn the flag ever since Texas v Johnson

Imagine how many US flags were burned by Confederates in 1861. Now imagine them trying to burn them in 1866 and throughout the next 70 years of Reconstruction.

Because it didn't happen. Burning the US flag was extremely illegal. Southerners were forced to swear oaths of loyalty to the US or face death. The Pledge of Allegiance was later created in the 1920s to codify the oath for all Americans.

Damn I miss the era of NFL when Ochocinco was doing all this shit. Was so much more fun to watch back then.

It's should because if someone is playing the anthem in the middle of a gunfight, you should first try to preserve your life by getting to safety.

But you kikes seriously just can't into spirit or meaning of the law.

TO trolled every single DB before every single game, it was hilarious how mad some of them got.

IIRC he sent Sunscreen to one, to "Prevent him from being Burnt on Sunday" lol

>meaning of the law
t. Intentionalist

The weight of American jurisprudence is against what you're trying to claim.

>being this new
Neck yourself

go to Article 8. Personal Messages of this:

operations.nfl.com/the-rules/2017-nfl-rulebook/#signals

"Throughout the period on game-day that a player is visible to the stadium and television audience (including in pregame warm-ups, in the bench area, and during postgame interviews in the locker room or on the field), players are prohibited from wearing, displaying, or otherwise conveying personal messages either in writing or illustration, unless such message has been approved in advance by the League office. Items to celebrate anniversaries or memorable events, or to honor or commemorate individuals, such as helmet decals, and arm bands and jersey patches on players’ uniforms, are prohibited unless approved in advance by the League office. All such items approved by the League office, if any, must relate to team or League events or personages. The League will not grant permission for any club or player to wear, display, or otherwise convey messages, through helmet decals, arm bands, jersey patches, or other items affixed to game uniforms or equipment, which relate to political activities or causes, other non-football events, causes or campaigns, or charitable causes or campaigns. Further, any such approved items must be modest in size, tasteful, non-commercial, and non-controversial; must not be worn for more than one football season; and if approved for use by a specific team, must not be worn by players on other teams in the League."

Chad was fun as hell man. I wish he was on the Jets so I could have cheered for him more

Literally what are you trying to prove with this? A player kneeling is a "personal message" but not in the form of either a "writing" or an "illustration"

So this wouldn't cover that

Are you not aware of what the word "should" means? It does not mean "has to" or "must."

u wot m8

>Throughout the period on game-day that a player is visible to the stadium and television audience...players are prohibited from... otherwise conveying personal messages...unless such message has been approved in advance by the League office.

The League will not grant permission for any club or player to...otherwise convey messages...which relate to political activities or causes

You're retarded. The important part is
>displaying, or otherwise conveying personal messages either in writing or illustration
>either in writing or illustration

You can't just use ellipses to make rules mean whatever you want

nigga you are misreading that either because you are dumb or on purpose so I'm invoking Henlen's Razor and you're dumb.

>non-law fags
Shouldn't you be at your nightshift job at Mcdonalds?

Those are the equipment rules you retard

Using your cleats and kneepads to kneel is a violation of the equipment when you're using them for political messages.

Thanks for that fact. What the fuck does that have to do with the pledge, where this retarded "law" lesson stems? No one is refuting ocho-cinco's hilarious retardation. You go from side lines to equipment to try to prove not standing is a problem. It's not, there is no line which says they must stand, please kys.

Actually there is. See here:

yeah, you're a retard. 2/10.

Actually I'm not.

You clearly are.

>We used to have DogKiller, Ochocinco, T.O., Teboq
Now we just have Kaepernick's leftover skid marks.
What happened?

ocho cinco..

hah i miss that goofball, he was entertaining to watch.. great player.. didnt he beat his wife or somethign?

>wearing a sombrero
Wow he was trying to salute mexican culture, how disgustingly unprogressive of the NFL

He's a black NFL player. Of course he did

The only true Mexican football player. He's a Chivas fan apparently. I don't know much about soccer so don't know if that's good or bad.

Tony casillas falcons higrh draft pick didnt like nfl

They really should have killed all of the confederates tbqfwu.

If he was truly Mexican, he would of fix the name Ocho Cinco

this

>But no one is getting fined for expressing disrespect to the American flag and anthem.
keke
you dont seem to understand what your flag and anthem stand for

protip: the flag and anthem are NOT military logos.

The league went all in with the No Fun rules. And consider the continual drop in ratings, apparently the "purists" they acquiesced to aren't don't offset the casual fans pushed out by the ads/flags/fines for stupid shit/ect.

>It's illegal not to stand for a song
>Land of the free

How can americans stare at ball playing Negroes for 2 hours and not throw up?

Should means must in legal text

No it doesn't. "Shall" does; should implies it's discretionary but suggested. No lawyer would use should when they meant must or shall. It's for that reason that the text says
>The National Anthem must be played prior to every NFL game
Not should be played prior to every game

...

>shall (redirected fromshould)
>legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/should

The anthem is, it was written about the military (rockets red glare, bombs bursting in air)

Did you forget to read this part?
>shallverbas required will,by compulsion will,by imperative will,mandatorily will,obligatorily will
Associated concepts:shall be lawful, shall be legal, shall beeome, shall give, shall have, shall not, shall perform, shall work

The part you read first is "shall" like "thou shall not kill" and in that context in means "should"

But in a legal modern document? It means must.

That just tells you the definition of shall and redirects from should. There's a reason there's no specific definition for sshould.

No good lawyer or legislature would use should instead of shall or must. It wouldn't stand challenge because it's vague.

faa.gov/about/initiatives/plain_language/articles/mandatory/
>Legal reference books like the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure no longer use the word "shall." Even the Supreme Court ruled that when the word "shall" appears in statutes, it means "may."

asq.org/standards-shall-should

Thats perfectly fine. The franchises will be fined in the form of a declining fanbase.

>Until RECENTLY, law schools taught attorneys that "shall" means "must." That's why many attorneys and executives think "shall" means "must." It's not their fault. TheFederal Plain Writing Actand theFederal Plain Language Guidelinesonly appeared in 2010. And the fact is, even though "must" has come to be the only clear, valid way to express "mandatory," most parts of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs) that govern federal departments still use the word "shall" for that purpose.
Read your own source first

>source: my ass
>also I'm a Spaniard who specializing in American law interpretation

top wew

Right shall means/meant must and is being phased out. Should and shall are not synonymous. You don't know what you're talking about

>What should you say if someone tells you "shall is a perfectly good word?" Alwaysagreewith them because they're correct! But in your next breath, be sure to say "yes, shall is a perfectly good word, but it'snota perfectly good word of obligation.
SourceNon-lawfags talking about law are always funny

No they should've industrialized the south to keep it on par with the north but they were too petty. Now we've got a giant shit stain of poverty all along the south eastern coast

UNDER LAW you are required to stand for the national anthem
>36 U.S. Code § 301 - National anthem
>all other persons present should face the flag and stand at attention with their right hand over the heart
law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/30

Lol you've switched from defending should to defending shall.

There's a reason there is a definition for shall in black's but not should. Should is only a valid word to use for obligation if it's defined as such in the document.

>should

It's a recommendation

>diff user
Then the U.S. should just make a fucking WikiHow on the pledge of allegiance. How can that be a law if it's not explicitly enforced?
>giving states the right to enforce it
Shits getting overthrown in court.

Not arguing with you. It just seems stupid.

Right that totally trumps the first amendment

You are now aware that, in addition to the Rule Book, which confusingly covers some pre-game activities as well as in-game rules, there is a Games Operation Manual that covers what must happen on Game Day.

He didn't bring enough for everybody. We're about equality.

youtube.com/watch?v=kFNDzAg6pKc

Guy sucks at mime.