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SimulationCommander's avatar

This is BS framing. He's not 'stepping away' from the Broncos, the Broncos waived him after mandating that he get the jab in the first place. I hope he sues them so hard he becomes the new owner.

"Denver on Monday waived Hamler with a non-football illness – a roster designation for players who have suffered injuries or illness not related to football activities. Players starting the season on the list can be activated after the fourth regular season game, according to NFL.com."

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serafino bueti's avatar

Is taking a mandatory jab a ''non-football'' illness? There lies the rub. This poor kid is fucked. In a large part, I blame the unions and players associations. They have the power to say no to this shit, or at least to make it the individual player's (worker's) choice. That goes for every union, as far as I'm concerned. To my knowledge, no union stood up for their members. Disgraceful.

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Andreas Oehler's avatar

"We were all in it together. Forgive and forget?"

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serafino bueti's avatar

''We can do This!!''

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Rebel2Tyrants's avatar

Oh, so the fact that the COVID jabs are known to cause heart damage, and the fact that players were required to get the jabs, are just red herrings...

Got it.

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Gene Adaway's avatar

I was 24 once and very healthy, I was 23 in boot camp. The amount of effort required by these young athletes leaves no doubt: It’s not what they did; it’s what was done to them, meaning the vaccine.

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serafino bueti's avatar

I was 20. I remember getting multiple shots in the arms. It was in an auditorium and they had medics, 2 long straight lines of them facing each other. The recruits walked down through the middle of them from one end to the other. The medics were poised with vaccine guns...they weren't needles, per se, but some type of weird air-powered devices that administered the shots in both arms as you proceeded slowly down the line. They had the sensation of being needled, for sure. Everyone was told beforehand to NOT tense up your arms or the contraption would cut you. It was disgusting, as those who couldn't help but clench up their arms were outright bleeding, and being screamed at by drill sergeants at the same time. It was a very hot summer day, and several guys passed out at the sight of it all. WE had no clue what they were shooting us up with, only obeying orders. This was day 2 or 3 of boot camp. What a shitshow... That's part of the reason I feel so bad for these young athletes. Most don't have a clue, either.

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Gene Adaway's avatar

We have to warn those we can. We don’t thrive because of vaccines, but despite them.

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Kathleen Janoski's avatar

We would get better advice from a Haitian witch doctor.

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Andreas Oehler's avatar

Most definitely he's patient-oriented.

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PuPu Platter's avatar

At one time I hoped that athletes who have spent their lives training and staying in shape would be at the vanguard of protesting forced vaccinations. Then when almost nobody stood up for Djokovic I realized that this demographic only cares about one thing. Football players, especially, know that if you play certain positions (lineman, running back) and you are LUCKY, you will spend late middle age and beyond as a very wealthy cripple, and if unlucky just a cripple.

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Andreas Oehler's avatar

Pliable more than we could have imagined. In tune with the rest of the sheep population of late. Boy, wasn't that 2-thousand-year-old Revelation right on the money!

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jacquelyn sauriol's avatar

Lets see if Damar Hamilin lasts a season. Maybe if no one tackles him.

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Andreas Oehler's avatar

And he used a rascal scooter to cross the field.

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Fast Eddy's avatar

I regret to inform this young man ... that my mate who was a semi pro hockey player ... was initially diagnosed with pericarditis... he has improved significantly but 2 years on his endurance is severely impaired and he has to throttle back massively when he tries to return to previous form... seems this is his plateau...

His semi pro career is over.

Trying to play in the ultra competitive big $$$ NFL with even a slight physical infirmity ... doesn't happen.

He's finished.

Hopefully he can get paid so he can take care of himself.

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Stephanie's avatar

Best illustration I’ve seen in a long while! Thanks!

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Fast Eddy's avatar

It is -- but I don't see the dam breaking.

The PR Team was ready for this -- they have all sorts of excuses including Long Covid .. and my all time favourite -- vaping https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/north-carolina-mom-warns-of-vaping-dangers-after-athlete-son-15-died/ar-AA1eroQC

The Vaxxers will lap this up -- the last thing they want is to acknowledge the Vax is way more dangerous than they believed... cuz then they have to live each day worrying about dying.

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Andreas Oehler's avatar

It just might. The quantity conjuring up new quality. Hard to predict when, but the trend is in the right direction.

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Vonu's avatar

If the pericarditis epidemic was related to climate change, we could solve both by putting the executives of Moderna, Pfizer, J$J, and the CDC in jail for life or until their executions had occurred. We don't need to repeat the mistakes of Operation Paperclip.

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