Tuesday morning, former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw appeared on “Fox & Friends,” where he talked about, among other things, the national anthem protests that have been led by San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and that have picked up across the NFL.
“I’ve never had a problem with people expressing themselves — it’s one thing great about our country and the First Amendment rights, everybody has them,” Bradshaw said. “I do have a problem with the flag. I am a man that loves the flag. I love the national anthem. I find it extremely disrespectful, but, if in fact that’s what they want to do, then they do it. There are repercussions. I think that you are going to pay for it some way or another.”
He said if the protests affect the ratings, which affects the pocketbooks of the owners, something will have to happen.
He continued: “I don’t mind what Colin is doing that’s bringing attention to it. I don’t have a problem with that at all. Absolutely no problem with it. I do have a problem when people in this country don’t respect our flag and national anthem, and all you got to do is look around. This country is getting worse and worse and more and more immoral, and we’re rotting from within.”
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