ESPN Pundit Jemele Hill Reprimanded for Calling Trump White Supremacist

[TheBigA]

And all the taxpayer-subsidized billion dollar stadium projects?

That's local taxes, not federal. The governor of Missouri is talking about cutting state tax breaks for the Kansas City Chiefs.

But once again, the protests are by the players, not the owners. If they want to penalize the players, they can arrest them. Not sure what charge.

 

[TheBigA]

So the NFL owners, who are the ones being threatened, are proposing a new rule:

https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/10/10/national-anthem-nfl-owners-rule-change-players-stand-update

The problem is it's the players who are protesting, and the players union is very powerful. The owners may get their rule, but the players will use it as leverage come contract negotiation time.

 

[bobjim45]

That's local taxes, not federal. The governor of Missouri is talking about cutting state tax breaks for the Kansas City Chiefs.

But once again, the protests are by the players, not the owners. If they want to penalize the players, they can arrest them. Not sure what charge.

Im not going into to much detail because this is a broadcast board and not a tax or political board but the federal government in the last 15 years has subsidized billions for stadiums from just having municipal bonds tax-exempt. There has been bills in congress to stop the practice.

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opin...jemele-hill-column-suzette-hackney/755963001/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jemele-hill-should-speak-outjust-maybe-not-on-espn

Heres an update

 

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

http://deadline.com/2017/10/jemele-hill-suspension-espn-donald-trump-twitter-feud-1202192862/

An Update Jemele Hill will return to ESPN Soon.

 

[TheBigA]

I'd like to know since when the White House is in a position to define a "fire-able offense." What law did she break?

If she could get fired for her tweets, what resort does the public have with the president's tweets other than waiting 3 years? They're both entitled to their opinion. It's about time everyone realize that. You can't have it both ways.