Football Persuasive Essay

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It is disrespectful to kneel during the anthem because it divides the nation, causes detestation, furthermore it causes intensity between 2 dense populations of people. While the football players right to protest is god given, but that doesn’t mean they should desecrate the flag.

My first reason to disagree is because men and women died for this flag.They died protecting all of us from greater threats, which in return lets the football players checks keep coming in. The things that these football players give in return are just pitiful to the men and women who have served our country. There may be some valid points to kneeling. Some players say they’re kneeling because of the senseless killings of innocent black men. This is a very valid point however why don’t the player go into the cities and protest this violence. Furthermore why do they not protest in Compton. Instead of protesting on the field on national television, why
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The 13 stripes represent the first 13 colonies and the 50 stars represent the 50 states. The white signifies innocence and purity. The blue signifies justice, vigilance, and preseverance. The red signifies valor and hardiness. America has many religions such as Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Buddhism. See, there is no set religion, America is ripe of different languages, cultures, entertainment, and jobs. The American dream is that you can come over here and not have to worry about war,religious conflict etc. .

In conclusion NFL players should stand instead of taking a knee during the national anthem. They would disrespect a flag that men and women lived and died for. They died for the protection of this country and its people. The sooner we band together as one, only then will we become the greatest country on Earth. Even though it is their right to protest peacefully, maybe they should think about what they are protesting as a

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