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Anonymous wrote:Well it is the World Cup. The world. It means not just us.

So we should wear the symbol of a foreign company on our National team jersey because it's the world cup?

I was referring to the stupid comment about “... the World Cup in France.” There’s nothing wrong about having a sponsor, especially with how underfunded our WNT is. Also seeing as there is a VW plant in the US which employs Americans, it seems like an overly fastidious thing to whine about.

A sponsor whose product was invented by Hitler, which is something the French remember better than we do...

Quite the inventor, that Hitler

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20130830-the-nazi-car-we-came-to-love

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well it is the World Cup. The world. It means not just us.

So we should wear the symbol of a foreign company on our National team jersey because it's the world cup?

I was referring to the stupid comment about “... the World Cup in France.” There’s nothing wrong about having a sponsor, especially with how underfunded our WNT is. Also seeing as there is a VW plant in the US which employs Americans, it seems like an overly fastidious thing to whine about.

A sponsor whose product was invented by Hitler, which is something the French remember better than we do...

Quite the inventor, that Hitler

It’s funny that someone who has represented this country for 13 years is now “stomping her own country.” Ignorance is bliss.

Anonymous wrote:Oh shut up. You were probably on your couch scratching your butt while the anthem played. She showed unity for 90 minutes and scored the first goal, like a captain should. You just have some strange insecurity about what you think people should do while the anthem plays.

+1.

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Anonymous wrote:Again she’s been representing our country for 13 years. You’re a clown complaining in a moms’ forum.

You're complaining that the poster is complaining...on a moms forum.

Lol. Good one.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/301

36 U.S. Code § 301 - National anthem

(C) all other persons present should face the flag and stand at attention with their right hand over the heart, and men not in uniform, if applicable, should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart; and

Don't you know Rapinoe is a fashionable lesbian progressive who sells jerseys, so rules don't apply to her? She's got cool hair, too, so who are we to apply a standard of conduct?

Anonymous wrote:Oh shut up. You were probably on your couch scratching your butt while the anthem played. She showed unity for 90 minutes and scored the first goal, like a captain should. You just have some strange insecurity about what you think people should do while the anthem plays.

If Rapinoe has the right to disrespect our flag and our anthem, then I have the right to say, "Allez les Bleus!"

The problem with an NT member who stomps on her own country is that it liberates the fans from feeling obligated to cheer for the home team.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well it is the World Cup. The world. It means not just us.

So we should wear the symbol of a foreign company on our National team jersey because it's the world cup?

I was referring to the stupid comment about “... the World Cup in France.” There’s nothing wrong about having a sponsor, especially with how underfunded our WNT is. Also seeing as there is a VW plant in the US which employs Americans, it seems like an overly fastidious thing to whine about.

A sponsor whose product was invented by Hitler, which is something the French remember better than we do...

Anonymous wrote:Again she’s been representing our country for 13 years. You’re a clown complaining in a moms’ forum.

You're complaining that the poster is complaining...on a moms forum.

Again she’s been representing our country for 13 years. You’re a clown complaining in a moms’ forum.

Oh shut up. You were probably on your couch scratching your butt while the anthem played. She showed unity for 90 minutes and scored the first goal, like a captain should. You just have some strange insecurity about what you think people should do while the anthem plays.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/301

36 U.S. Code § 301 - National anthem

(a)Designation.—

The composition consisting of the words and music known as the Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem.

(b)Conduct During Playing.—During a rendition of the national anthem—

(1) when the flag is displayed—

(A) individuals in uniform should give the military salute at the first note of the anthem and maintain that position until the last note;

(B) members of the Armed Forces and veterans who are present but not in uniform may render the military salute in the manner provided for individuals in uniform; and

(C) all other persons present should face the flag and stand at attention with their right hand over the heart, and men not in uniform, if applicable, should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart; and

(2) when the flag is not displayed, all present should face toward the music and act in the same manner they would if the flag were displayed.

All of the team did the same thing. Except Rapinoe. Right hand over heart/USA crest on jersey, left hand behind the back. Is it really that difficult to project UNITY for two whole minutes when you are on a NATIONAL team? And she's a captain? Oh, please.
One Nation, One Team.
Except Rapinoe, because she thinks she's special.

Anonymous wrote:It hacks me off that Rapinoe refuses to put her hand over her heart for the national anthem. What a disgrace. ...

You place your hand over your heart when you recite the Pledge of Allegiance, you remove your hat and stand at attention for the National Anthem.

Anonymous wrote:It hacks me off that Rapinoe refuses to put her hand over her heart for the national anthem. What a disgrace. ...

You place your hand over your heart when you receipt the Pledge of Allegiance, you remove your hat and stand at attention for the National Anthem.