{"id":77315,"date":"2018-01-23T09:19:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T14:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=77315"},"modified":"2018-01-23T08:33:43","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T13:33:43","slug":"nfl-rejects-amvets-please-stand-ad-for-superbowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=77315","title":{"rendered":"NFL rejects AMVETS’ #Please Stand ad for Superbowl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tim sends a link to the Daily Caller<\/a> which reports that the NFL rejected an ad submission from AMVETS because of a hashtag (#Please Stand) that was included in the ad. Vice President of Communications at National Football League Brian McCarthy explains;<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Super Bowl game program is designed for fans to commemorate and celebrate the game, players, teams and the Super Bowl,\u201d McCarthy explained. \u201cIt\u2019s never been a place for advertising that could be considered by some as a political statement.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NFL has long supported the military and veterans and will again salute our service members in the Super Bowl with memorable on-field moments that will be televised as part of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAMVets (sic) submitted an ad last Wednesday with the line \u2018Please Stand\u2019 (no hashtag),\u201d McCarthy continued. \u201cWe looked to work with the organization and asked it to consider other options such as \u2018Please Honor our Veterans.\u2019 They chose not to and we asked it to consider using \u2018Please Stand for Our Veterans.\u2019 Production was delayed as we awaited an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the program was going to production, the organization asked about including a hashtag and was informed that approval would not be provided in time and was asked to approve the ad without the hashtag. The organization did not respond and the program ultimately went into production to meet deadlines.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Personally, I don’t care either way. Football fans have voted with their feet on the issue, and the NFL is a public corporation that can do whatever it wants. If football players don’t like veterans (and I believe that is NOT the case) that’s fine with me. It’s a free country and opinions shouldn’t be stifled.<\/p>\n

I do believe, however, that all of this kneeling for the National Anthem actually contributed to the outcome of the presidential election last Fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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