{"id":44000,"date":"2016-09-08T16:21:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T20:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/washington-spirit-owner-blocks-players-from-hearing-national-anthem-so-megan-rapinoe-cant-protest\/"},"modified":"2016-09-08T16:21:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T20:21:16","slug":"washington-spirit-owner-blocks-players-from-hearing-national-anthem-so-megan-rapinoe-cant-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/washington-spirit-owner-blocks-players-from-hearing-national-anthem-so-megan-rapinoe-cant-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Spirit Owner Blocks Players from Hearing National Anthem So Megan Rapinoe Can\u2019t Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Washington Spirit Owner Blocks Players from Hearing National Anthem So Megan Rapinoe Can\u2019t Protest<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Rapinoe.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Rapinoe.jpg?resize=740%2C555\" alt=\"Megan Rapinoe\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Rapinoe.jpg?w=960 960w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Rapinoe.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Rapinoe.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday night, Bill Lynch, the owner of the Washington Spirit soccer team,&nbsp;took it upon himself to personally thwart protest of the National Anthem by FC Reign star Megan Rapinoe, and broadcast the national anthem while teams were in the locker room.<\/p>\n<p>This prevented Rapinoe from refusing to stand during it, as she did on Sunday night in solidarity with 49ers star Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick has been refusing to stand as a protest of the nation&rsquo;s treatment of black people, and Rapinoe said she was also doing it for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> people.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/09\/07\/soccer-team-sneaks-in-anthem-to-stop-hijacking-kaepernick-fan\/\" target=\"_blank\">The <em>NY Post<\/em> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe, a US national team member who plays for the Seattle Reign, and members of both teams warmed up for about 25 minutes following a rain delay. They then left the field before the anthem and returned shortly after for the start of the game.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Sports\/wireStory\/soccer-star-rapinoe-knells-national-anthem-41865284\"><b>Rapinoe said<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was very intentional. It was a little nod to Kaepernick and everything that he&rsquo;s standing for right now. I think it&rsquo;s actually pretty disgusting the way he was treated and the way that a lot of the media has covered it and made it about something that it absolutely isn&rsquo;t. We need to have a more thoughtful, two-sided conversation about racial issues in this country.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Being a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> American, I know what it means to look at the flag and not have it protect all of your liberties. It was something small that I could do and something that I plan to keep doing in the future and hopefully spark some meaningful conversation around it. It&rsquo;s important to have white people stand in support of people of color on this. We don&rsquo;t need to be the leading voice, of course, but standing in support of them is something that&rsquo;s really powerful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lynch wasn&rsquo;t having it, and sent out a lengthy press release about the same time he broadcast the national anthem, which you can read below:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement from Washington Spirit owner Bill Lynch on decision to play national anthem with teams not on field. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NWSL?src=hash\">#NWSL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RKgkIyvHUb\">pic.twitter.com\/RKgkIyvHUb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeff Kassouf (@JeffKassouf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffKassouf\/status\/773669540471443456\">September 7, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lynch said he was preventing fans and friends from being subject to disrespect from&nbsp;Rapinoe, and said he objected to&nbsp;her &ldquo;hijacking&rdquo; the national anthem for &ldquo;a personal &ndash; albeit worthy &ndash; cause.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lynch explained that as a veteran-owned team, he couldn&rsquo;t allow it.<\/p>\n<p>Rapinoe reacted<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/soccer-insider\/wp\/2016\/09\/08\/megan-rapinoe-responds-to-washington-spirit-playing-national-anthem-with-teams-in-locker-room\/?postshare=301473314422285&amp;tid=ss_tw\" target=\"_blank\"> in an interview with the <em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t hear it and I wasn&rsquo;t exactly sure why it wasn&rsquo;t played. It&rsquo;s [expletive] unbelievable. Saddened by it. It&rsquo;s pretty clear what the message is I am trying to bring to light in Chicago and what I continue to try to talk about the last few days. Clearly with [Spirit owner Bill Lynch&rsquo;s] actions, it&rsquo;s a necessary conversation. It was incredibly distasteful, four days before one of the worst tragedies in our country, to say that I tried to hijack this event. &hellip; It&rsquo;s just really disappointing and disrespectful. We want to talk about disrespect, and me disrespecting, he didn&rsquo;t even give both teams a chance to even stand in front of it and show their respects. It&rsquo;s unbelievable. It&rsquo;s truly an unbelievable act to me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/09\/bill-lynch-national-anthem\/\">Washington Spirit Owner Blocks Players from Hearing National Anthem So Megan Rapinoe Can&rsquo;t Protest<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/\">Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=gmSTD5JYYfo:we7FNLhF4Ls:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=gmSTD5JYYfo:we7FNLhF4Ls:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.towleroad.com\/~ff\/towleroad\/feed?a=gmSTD5JYYfo:we7FNLhF4Ls:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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