Packers Get Steady “Feedback” On Their Anthem Approach

The Green Bay Packers say they’re getting a “steady stream of feedback” on both sides, following their first real display of protest during last Sunday’s national anthem. And the players’ attempt at damage control is not doing too well, as they’ve gotten heavy criticism for their attempt to show unity before tonight’s (Thursday’s) Packer/Bear game by inviting fans to lock arms as the players and Coach Mike McCarthy will do. Facebook is full of Packer fans vowing to boycott the N-F-L and give up their season tickets, saying the players should focus on football instead of politics — but the team says it has received no requests to take their names off the ticket list, and just one of the 355-thousand Packers’ stockholders has turned in his shares. The Packers say they’ll take back stock from those who want to give it up — but they won’t pay back the purchase price, which was 250-dollars in the last sale a few years ago.