# Ram Players disrespect St Louis Police. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 1, 2014, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-players-disrespect-st-louis-police/706011 "2014-12-01T05:07:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-players-disrespect-st-louis-police/706011/15 "2014-12-01T16:21:36Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > They have a right to their opinions but expressing them during a game isn’t acceptable. The NFL will need to punish that behavior. “Isn’t acceptable”? “need to punish”? I can see that maybe the NFL might want to make a business decision that it’s more lucrative to impose some kind of financial/participatory consequences on the players if it’s determined that they stand to make more money by doing something than not, but this “need to punish” nonsense is just that, nonsense. Why does the NFL “need” to do anything? To quote you from another football-related thread: > [@Ray Rice goes Tubthumping.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-rice-goes-tubthumping/689126/259): > > Mob rule even indirectly through public pressure is not acceptable. > > Sure on an individual basis each person has the right to an opinion. Boycott the NFL if you want. Refuse to watch a Ravens game. It’s a free country and everyone can make their own choices. > > \ > > Unfortunately organizations like the NFL are very sensitive to public opinion. They allowed a vocal and outraged group to have their way. This has become the norm in this country. Any outrageous public statement or criminal act can unleash a firestorm in the press and ruin them. So, I ask: why should the NFL give in to the public pressure from you and/or the St. Louis Police Officers Association? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ram-players-disrespect-st-louis-police/706011)._