LOU: THE 2018 NFL SEASON ISN'T
OFFICIALLY UNDER WAY.
EXHIBITION SEASON CERTAINLY IS.
ALREADY PLAYERS ARE PROTESTING
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
DURING LAST NIGHT'S PRESEASON
GAMES, PLAYERS FROM A NUMBER OF
LOCKER ROOM OR WALKED IN DURING
THE ANTHEM.
PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY REACTED AS
YOU MIGHT EXPECT TWEETING THIS,
BE STANDING PROUDLY FOR THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM.
NUMEROUS PLAYERS FROM DIFFERENT
TEAMS WANTED TO SHOW THEIR
OUTRAGE.
THEY MAKE A FORTUNE DOING WHAT
THEY LOVE.
BE HAPPY.
BE COOL.
A FOOTBALL GAME THAT FANS ARE
PAYING SO MUCH MONEY TO WATCH
AND ENJOY IS NO PLACE TO
PROTEST.
MOST OF THE MONEY GOES TO THE
PLAYERS ANY WAY.
ANTHEM OR BE SUSPENDED WITHOUT
PLAY.
JOINING US, GINA LOUDEN.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US.
GINA, LET'S START WITH THE
PRESIDENT AS USUAL, HE HAD IT
RIGHT, HE TOLD THESE GUYS WHAT
WAS -- YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD
DECLINES IN VIEWERSHIP OF THE
WHAT WERE THEY PROTESTING AGAIN,
LOU?
CAN YOU EVEN REMEMBER?
BECAUSE I KIND OF FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE PROTESTING PROTESTING.
THEY'RE PROTESTING.
AND I THINK THE PRESIDENT MADE
THE BEST POINT, AND THAT IS
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO PROTEST.
SHUT UP AND PLAY BALL.
THAT'S REALLY HOW -- THE
PRESIDENT DIDN'TCY THAT PART.
HIRED TO DO AND BE ACTUAL
PROFESSIONALS.
LOU: WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> WELL, LOU, RIGHT MERE IN
PHILADELPHIA, THIS MALCOLM
JENKINS, ONE OF THE LEADERS
A NEW TWIST, NOW THEY'RE WEARING
SHIRTS IN THE PREGAME THAT THE
MEDIA IS GIVING A LOT OF
OUT.
THIS ISN'T JUST A BLIP ON THE
SCREEN.
THE PRESIDENT TRUMP SECOND TO NO
PRESIDENT THAT I KNOW OF IS ON
THIS, HIS INSTINCTS ARE CORRECT.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CARE ABOUT
THIS.
THIS IS A SHOWDOWN IN WHICH THE
NFL PLAYERS STILL NOT GOING TO
RELENT.
THEY WILL NOT STOP.
THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
MIDTERMS AND REPUBLICANS ARE
FOOLISH RUNNING FOR CONGRESS IF
THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT IT.
LOU: WELL, THERE'S A LOT OF TALK
LOVE THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
HERE, LOU, SO THE SPORTS
MEDIA --
LOU: THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS,
AND THE SPORTS MEDIA HERE IN
PHILADELPHIA SAYS THE MOST
OUTLANDISH SILLY THINGS LIKE,
DON'T THEY HAVE A FIRST
BUT A LARGE CONTINGENT OF PEOPLE
ARE ANGRY ABOUT THIS.
THEY AGREE THAT THESE PLAYERS
HAVE MAXIMUM PLATFORMS.
I WOULD PUT MALCOLM JENKINS ON
PLAYERS' UNION AND AFRAID OF THE
MASS OF PLAYERS.
THEY EAR GOING TO GO PAST TRUMP
ON THIS AND TRUMP WILL GET TIRED
OF IT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL NOT AND
NEITHER WILL THE AMERICAN
LOU: IF THEY DO STAND FOR IT,
THE COUNTRY WILL HAVE TAKEN A
SUBSTANTIAL DECLINES IN
VIEWERSHIP OF THE NFL, FANS ARE
OUTRAGED.
BUY THESE TEAMS ARE DOING WHAT
GOODELL TELLS THEM TO DO, WHICH
IS TO DO NOTHING, APPARENTLY.
AND I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY GROWN
MEN AND WOMEN WOULD SIMPLY JUST
SAY, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU SAY,
ROGER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND GO
ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS.
AS IF THEY HAD NO INFLUENCE
THEIR BUSINESS.
>> WELL, IT'S PR THAT FRANKLY
FOOTBALL DOESN'T NEED RIGHT NOW.
I'VE NOTICE AS I'M LOOKING AT
SCHOOLS FOR ANY CHILDREN
FOOTBALL PROGRAMS ARE
DIMINISHING IN SCHOOLS, REGULAR
THEY'RE PUTTING LESS MONEY INTO
THEM.
AND I REALIZE PART OF THAT IS
BECAUSE OF THE PHYSICAL DAMAGES.
BUT FOOTBALL IS AN AMERICAN
INSTITUTION.
I LOVE FOOTBALL AND I HATE
I SWITCHED OVER TO WATCHING SCC.
BUT I DO THINK AS LONG AS
THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP UP --
LOU: SOME WOULD SAY THERE'S VERY
LITTLE DIFFERENCE.
>> ROLL TIDE.
BUT THIS IS NOT A WINNING ISSUE.
EVERYONE WHO IS RUNNING WHO IS A
REPUBLICAN SHOULD BE MENTIONING
THIS.
TAKE NOTES FROM THE PRESIDENT,
THIS MAN KNOWINGS HOW TO MARKET
HIMSELF.
AND OVER AGAIN.
LOU:
LOU: DOM, YOU GET THE LAST WORD.
>> YES ON THE BIG ISSUES, CHINA,
RUSSIA, ALL OF THESE THINGS HE
IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF
PRESIDENT.
BUT HE GETS THE GUT OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE AND WITH TWITTER
HE CAN EASILY STAY ON TOP OF
THIS ISSUE.
THIS WILL GO RIGHT THROUGH THE
MIDTERMS.
REPUBLICANS SHOULD NOT DISMISS
IT SAYING AREN'T THERE MORE
IMPORTANT THINGS.
LOU: WHEN PEOPLE QUIT CARING
WE'VE ARRIVED IN A VERY, VERY.