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(a) Whoever, being a covered government person, with the intent to influence, solely on the basis of partisan political affiliation, an employment decision or employment practice of any private entity—
(1) takes or withholds, or offers or threatens to take or withhold, an official act, or
(2) influences, or offers or threatens to influence, the official act of another,
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 15 years, or both, and may be disqualified from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.
(b) In this section, the term “covered government person” means—
(1) a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;
(2) an employee of either House of Congress; or
(3) the President, Vice President, an employee of the United States Postal Service or the Postal Regulatory Commission, or any other executive branch employee (as such term is defined under section 2105 of title 5, United States Code).
originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: Metallicus
Would you like a tissue?
originally posted by: Metallicus
a reply to: Kali74
And you couldn't post this in an existing thread on this topic why?
You added nothing of value to the discussion.
originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: TerryMcGuire
I think that's only part of it unfortunately.
solely on the basis of partisan political affiliation
originally posted by: Metallicus
a reply to: Kali74
And you couldn't post this in an existing thread on this topic why?
You added nothing of value to the discussion.
originally posted by: crimsongod21
Here is the thing right or wrong these players have the ability to inspire and promote change. The people that argue against them using this platform either don't want change or want to remain blind to it.
I have seen a bunch of this across my news feed the last few days and honestly it's sad. I have seen comments such as " I watch football to get away from xyz..." Or "these rich ungrateful xyz's no respect, have it good why are they protesting" and so on and so forth ranging from comicly ignorant to racist garbage.
The reason these high profile players are protesting is for the people without a voice that cannot be heard. Its not that they are disrespecting America it's troops or even the law enforcement community as a whole, but that they are doing something that is all honesty is as American as baseball and Apple pie all out together, they are fighting g for the rights of a minority group that is being subjugated and treated as second class citizens.
While it is true we have came a long long way in the last 100 year's, it is also true that we still have a long way to go before we as Americans are all treated equally without regards to the color of our skin, the God we pray to or who's hole we want to poke.
Was this the best platform? Maybe maybe not but it has gotten people talking so it is working.
originally posted by: TerryMcGuire
originally posted by: Metallicus
a reply to: Kali74
And you couldn't post this in an existing thread on this topic why?
You added nothing of value to the discussion.
This topic has been hashed over a half dozen times today.
Funny thing though, your comment about adding Kali's post to an existing thread??
Why is it you did not object to the anti-player protesters thread that appeared just prior to this one.
Fortune
But Trump’s plan was typically audacious and risky. Rather than organically grow a new league, he hoped to force an immediate merger with the NFL, which would provide huge returns for surviving USFL team owners. That goal hinged in part on an antitrust lawsuit alleging the NFL was an unlawful monopoly.
But things didn’t go Trump’s way. While the USFL technically won the antitrust case, the jury concluded mismanagement was mostly at fault for its problems. There was no merger and no buyouts. By 1986, the USFL was finished.