Disabled Vet Refuses Award From New Orleans Saints

An award is only worth as much as whoever awards it. That is why an award from an NFL team in the age of taking a knee is not worth having:

The Saints organization was going to honor retired Cmdr. John Wells, the executive director of Military Veterans Advocacy, with the Peoples Health Champion award during last week’s game in New Orleans, according to The Advocate.

On Wednesday he told the organization he was unable to accept the award at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome because of the anthem protests. Saints players have been seen kneeling before the anthem and some continue to do so during the national anthem.

Referring to this ongoing pageant of disrespect, the disabled veteran said,

“I am unable, in good conscience, to enter an NFL stadium while this discourtesy prevails. Since this award is tainted with the dishonorable actions of the NFL and its players, I cannot accept it.”

The NFL can’t have it both ways. It can keep pandering to political correctness and earn pats on the head from the moonbats at ESPN, or it can insist on respect for our country and fill the seats with patriotic Americans. It can’t do both.

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