Seahawks players hint that team could protest together during national anthem

[freeplessinseattle]

While Wagner said he didn't know if he would sit down during the anthem he said "anything we want to do, it's not going to be individual. It's going to be a team thing. That's what the world needs to see. The world needs to see people coming together versus being individuals."

Wagner said he couldn't say exactly what the team might do, saying "whatever we decide to do will be a big surprise."

Meanwhile, Lane has the full support of Seahawks coach Pete Carroll.

&quot Lane's) pretty clear on what he did and what he was trying to express and I think it is very simple and so we'll leave that up to him," Carroll said. "But he understands the responsibility of it, I think, and shouldering it.''

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/seahawks-players-hint-that-team-could-protest-together-during-national-anthem/

[nolabear]

1. This will be interesting. Seattle is very liberal but Hawks fans aren't necessarily.

If they do it, everything that happens this year will be measured against it.

I'm in Seattle btw. I'll check out the local news when it comes on.

[Taitertots]

2. Protest together.... By giving their combined hundreds of millions to charity

Oh, their going to shit on the country that opened every door for them to prosper while doing less than nothing to improve the quality of life for people they claim to support.

[cwydro]

3. I read somewhere that it was going to be a show of patriotism

Guess we'll see.

[B2G]

4. Pete Carroll is a 911 Truther

If they go through with this, they're gonna piss off a ton of fans and look like idiots on national television.

[KMOD]

5. There is no logical reason for anyone

to be pissed off. The idiots will be the pissed off people.

[B2G]

6. Well that all depends on what they do

I could foresee it pissing off a lot of folks on the anniversary of 911.

[pintobean]

7. Russell Wilson's view

The Seahawks have a great fan base. I don't know why they'd want to fuck with it.

[milestogo]

8. Have any of these players ever protested anything on their own time?

Or is this just opportunistic activism.