Today’s “Express Posting” of Hour 1… more to follow.

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If you’ve attempted to follow disciplinary events in the aftermath of the collisions of the USS Fitzgerald and the USS McCain you’re probably confused.  We are too.  Sam LaGrone is the Editor of the United States Naval Institute’s News Department, he joined ALL MARINE RADIO to discuss the appointment of a “Consolidated Disposition Authority,” the court martials that are taking place in Washington D.C. and the basic facts surrounding both collisions that are still murky.

Col Duffy White, USMC (ret) carried the “Nuclear Football” for President Bill Clinton; he joined ALL MARINE RADIO to talk about the experience of working inside the White House and some of the incredible events he was able to witness including the presentation of the Medal of Honor to retired Marine Corps MajGen James L. Day in 1998 for actions during the battle for Okinawa, watching the space shuttle launch and meeting South African President Nelson Mandela.

Should you be surprised if you’re an NFL player who has taken your social activism onto the playing field and no NFL owner wants to employ you? I don’t think you should be one bit surprised, choices have consequences and most assuredly, public and controversial choices have consequences.  ADDITIONALLY, we fans all got the memo “…IT’S THEIR RIGHT to protest during the National Anthem at NFL games…”  BUT, NFL players are not the only people who have rights and make choices, NFL owners have the same rights and get to make choices as well.

Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid have joined together to sue the NFL, claiming that “collusion among NFL owners” is the reason that neither has been offered an NFL contract. Kaepernick and Reid will lose their lawsuit, neither has a job because their juice as NFL football players simply isn’t worth the squeeze on a team’s ticket revenue and community goodwill that surely will come with hiring either of them without some guarantee that they won’t bring their protest on the field at their new place of work. This issue is simply about the cold harsh reality of business and social activism — owners are acutely aware of the downward trend of NFL ratings and looking for ways to reverse that decline, not to accelerate it.

Finally, from the Washington Times on February 8, 2018:

Survey: Main reason for NFL’s ratings slide was player take-a-knee protests

UBS Securities analysis finds kneeling cited most often by tuned-out fans

In this Sept. 24, 2017, file photo, several New England Patriots players kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Houston Texans in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer) 

By Valerie Richardson – The Washington Times – Tuesday, February 6, 2018

The reasons for the NFL’s ratings decline have been hotly disputed, but a newly released survey suggests that the take-a-knee protests were primarily to blame.

A UBS Securities analysis released Tuesday showed that 50 percent of U.S. consumers who watched less football in 2017 cited their disapproval of players refusing to stand during the national anthem, the most popular response and up from 32 percent last year.

The second most checked explanation was “not as interested in professional football,” which registered 29 percent, followed by off-field player behavior, which was cited by 23 percent.

 

“The National Anthem protest was not only the most frequently cited reason, it also had the largest annual increase of any explanation cited for watching less NFL,” said the UBS Evidence Lab in its note to investors.

The survey comes with the