Woman berates ’Hawks players
There is no offseason for protesting NFL national anthem protests.
A driver confronted a few Seahawks players Sunday in Renton, Wash., outside the team’s headquarters and practice facility.
The unidentified woman, wearing sunglasses, badgered Seattle cornerbacks Neiko Thorpe and Mike Tyson to “get off your f–king knees” in an angry rant about standing for “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
Both were amused by the onslaught that was probably misdirected. Tyson did not play in a game last season, and it is unclear whether he ever dressed. It is also not certain whether Thorpe had ever knelt for the anthem.
Regardless, the anger flowed.
“Get up and be a man,” she said from inside her car in video Thorpe tweeted. “And you gotta get on your little f–king knees and not represent the American flag that made you what you are.”
The woman declined to reveal her identity and was uninterested in learning who she was accosting.
“I don’t care who you are,” she said. “All I care about is the fact that my tax dollars pay for you to play — and go f–king play. Get off your f– king knees.”
The players’ money comes from the team’s owner, who collects it from ticket-buying fans, broadcast contracts, sponsors, etc.