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NFL players need to get some skin in the game

Letter to The State’s editorial board
Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs, from left, Mike Wallace, former player Ray Lewis and inside linebacker C.J. Mosley kneel during the playing of the national anthem before an NFL football game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Ravens at Wembley Stadium in London.
Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs, from left, Mike Wallace, former player Ray Lewis and inside linebacker C.J. Mosley kneel during the playing of the national anthem before an NFL football game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Ravens at Wembley Stadium in London. Matt Dunham AP
Columbia, SC

So the perpetual adolescents of the NFL have made their bold statement. What a bunch of overpaid prima donnas.

If they really want to make a statement, how about this: Boycott the next game, refuse to play, and when the league and /or the owners slap them with a hefty fine, make the payment of the fine a media event. But that won’t happen because all they can do is make empty gestures that signify nothing.

As for me, I’m done with the NFL.

James Slack

Chapin

This story was originally published September 30, 2017 at 8:30 AM with the headline "NFL players need to get some skin in the game."

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