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NFL Is Freaking Out After Camera Caught What They Tried To Hide At Disrespectful Veterans

Day Game.

After three months of perpetual protests and a continuing decline in ratings and revenue,

the National Football League had a chance to start to mend the problem they created

for themselves by doing the right and respectful thing for Veterans Day games.

While on the surface there seemed to be some show of honor and praise for the military

and our country, the camera caught something else they tried to hide.

Now it's too late for the league as the final nail has been hammered into the coffin

of their season and perhaps the sport and the NFL is freaking out.

While it's appreciated that there was some effort to honor veterans day within the anti-American

NFL, one day of salutes and perhaps more players standing than before, doesn't make up for

three months of disgusting behavior.

The boycott of the NFL is still in full swing but there was something special planned for

this past weekend in knowing that Veteran's Day weekend and football games would collide.

The constant disrespect that these players had shown all season so far wasn't going

to be tolerated by those who have and are currently serving our country.

Using the NFL's favorite excuse for still allowing kneeling during the National Anthem,

that it's a player's right to free speech to make such a statement, veterans and others

who support our military planned their own use of the First Amendment, regardless of

what the league has set up to commemorate this day on their behalf.

A massive Facebook group with hundreds of thousands of followers and likes called for

a nationwide boycott of the National Football League on Veterans Day Weekend.

The site urges fans around the country to change the channel "in solidarity" with

Americans who respect the national anthem, our flag, and those who served to protect

our rights and freedoms.

The official statement from the site urges people not to watch or listen to NFL games

on November 12 in solidarity with veterans around the country, as football players have

continued to disrespect the national anthem, the American flag, and everything our nation

stands for.

And lastly, it adds that until millionaire football players stop protesting the National

Anthem of the United States the site will be there encouraging patriotic Americans to

boycott the National Football League.

True to their word, everyone in the group seemed to follow through with the stated mission

this weekend in a massive protest of their own that sent a very clear message.

Their effort was certainly noticed as cameras caught the emptiest stadiums seen this season,

with far more vacant seats than filled ones.

"The Houston Texans are playing the Los Angeles Rams at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

this Sunday and it looks like the kneeling controversy is still hurting attendance in

a big way," according to the Gateway Pundit.

AP Reports:

The Houston Texans defense is off to an impressive start against the high-powered Rams offense.Jadeveon

Clowney and his teammates limited Jared Goff and the Rams to 131 total yards in the first

half at the Coliseum, keeping Los Angeles out of the end zone entirely.

The Rams entered the game with the NFL's highest-scoring offense at 32.9 points per

game.Greg Zuerlein hit three field goals for the Rams, who led 9-7 at halftime.

Zuerlein has already surpassed his previous career-high for a season with 27 field goals

in the first nine games for the Rams, who are mediocre in the red zone despite their

prolific points totals.

Fox LA sports anchor Liz Habib took snaps of today's game showing a more than half

empty Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

The stadium is more than half empty well into the first quarter.

Soldier Field had an especially depressing show of fans, or lack thereof.

This comes after months of NFL players publicly protesting the performance of the Star-Spangled

Banner during pre-game ceremonies which has caused millions of fed up fans to change the

channel, stop buying NFL merchandise and boycotting their sponsors.

The fact that there is so much resistance now against their show of resistance, with

no signs of slowing down, shows that there's no coming back from the destruction they have

caused this industry, at least anytime soon.

We all know most football players are illiterates who really don't seem to be able to understand

the negative repercussions their actions will have, but the owners should know better, at

least if they care about saving their massive investment.

That doesn't seem to be the case as they prioritize allowing players to make a point

over making profits.

The should have told these entitled players from the start, "You don't stand for the

anthem, you don't play!"

It would have been so simple and would have saved their season but now that time to do

something about it has long since passed and everything they desperately do now is only

seen a move made in vain.

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What To Do In Rotterdam, The Netherlands | Eileen Aldis Travel Channel - Duration: 7:10.

Hi guys!

Today's video is a city tour or guide of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

I feel like cities are a little bit like people.

Sometimes they're shy, a bit reserved, it's a little bit harder,

takes more effort to get to know them.

Sometimes people just stick their hand out and give you a firm handshake

and you get this immediate sense of exactly who they are.

I feel like Rotterdam is definitely in the latter category.

The word that I think of when I picture the city of Rotterdam is vision.

Above all, the city has vision.

It knows what it wants to be and how it wants to be perceived.

And when you look to its history and the photos of the past

you see that during the Second World War Rotterdam was completely destroyed.

And the city used that absolute devastation as an opportunity

to rebuild something new, something different.

Really like a phoenix just rising from the ashes of war.

It was a tabula rasa - a completely blank canvas - for architects and artists

and they took advantage of that opportunity.

When you're walking around the streets of Rotterdam,

to me, there's a very clear choice that you see all around you.

This was a city that was levelled by war - absolute devastation -

and there's a choice to rebuild something new, something modern

and that choice is all around you and that's why I find Rotterdam inspiring.

Because you see the future, and hope for the future, everywhere you look.

For me, the perfect symbol for Rotterdam is the Floating Forest.

It's the first of its kind anywhere in the world

and it consists of 20 floating trees in the harbour.

It calls attention to art, innovation, and sustainability

which are all things that Rotterdam cultivates.

And one of Rotterdam's defining features is its harbour.

It's the largest harbour in Europe and you honestly can't talk about Rotterdam without mentioning the water.

And these 20 live trees are bobbing around on the water in old sea buoys.

The trees themselves are also recycled in a way because they come from the city's tree bank.

So there are 20 trees out on the water and a 21st tree is located on the land

so that you can look at it up close.

And the artists, Jorge Bakker, hopes that the forest will raise questions

about the relationship between the city dweller and nature.

And I think, in this time of climate change, this is not only relevant to Rotterdam

but to the entire world.

The water is such an important feature of Rotterdam

and so is the Erasmus Bridge or, in Dutch, the Erasmusbrug.

It separates northern and southern Rotterdam.

It's a suspension bridge built from light blue steel and it's 800 metres long.

It has 40 large steel cables and, at its highest point, it reaches a height of 139 metres.

It has this lovely nickname 'the swan' and people in Rotterdam love this bridge.

Whenever I asked a local person what I should not miss out on in the city,

everyone said the Erasmusbrug.

And I can see the swan but, to me, it actually looks more like one of those Egyptian dogs

with the pointy ears that kind of sit like this.

I don't know if it's just me but from certain angles you can see the posture and the silhouette so-

I see the dog but I can also see the swan.

And, if you can believe it, in 2005 as part of the Red Bull Air Race

some planes actually flew underneath the bridge so-

very talented pilots.

Not far from the Erasmus Bridge is the former head office of the Holland America Line

and now it is Hotel New York.

The Holland America Line was founded as a shipping and passenger line

and what's interesting about this is it was actually

the first connection between the Netherlands and the United States

and the first connection between the two continents.

It stopped operating as a Dutch line in 1989

when it was purchased by Carnival Cruise Lines for a cool 530 million Euro.

The Market Hall or Markthal is another example of totally unique architecture in the city of Rotterdam

and it's the first covered market in all of the Netherlands.

And why was it built?

Why did they need a covered market?

Because of stricter European regulations on selling produce like fish and meat and cheese in the open air.

And, as usual - I love this - the city of Rotterdam saw this limitation as an opportunity.

A challenge to innovate and they set about to build a market

that would not only adhere to the new regulations

but would be a mind-blowing example of architecture and multi-use space.

So not only is this hall complete with food vendors and shops and restaurants,

it's also a residential space.

There are 230 apartments,

many of which have windows that face into the hall.

You can see people cooking or doing their laundry

and it also includes underground parking for 1200 cars in downtown Rotterdam.

It opened in October 2014 after five years of construction

and it's built nearby where Rotterdam was founded in 1270.

So there were a lot of medieval objects that were found during the construction

like vases and tools and canon balls.

The exterior is covered with grey natural stone

and it's the same as what you'll find on the Rotterdam pavement on the streets.

So all of the focus is drawn to the interior.

And, my god, what an interior it is.

All of the attention is drawn to the roof of the Markthal.

It's a painting by an artist named Arno Coenen.

It's called the Horn of Plenty and it's been called the world's largest painting.

It covers 11,000 square metres.

It's huge.

It's bright and colourful and now it's called the Sistine Chapel of Rotterdam.

Just across the square from the Market Hall are the iconic cube houses.

These were conceived and designed by an architect named Piet Blom in the 1970s

and he was given the task by urban planners in Rotterdam

to solve the dilemma of building housing on top of a pedestrian bridge.

Aside from the uniqueness of the asymmetrical design,

the cube houses are meant to represent an abstract forest.

Floating forest, abstract forest, rebirth, growth -

I hope you're getting the theme of Rotterdam here.

Structurally, the cubes sit tilted on a hexagonal pole

and completing that tilted design the walls and windows are all angled at 54.7 degrees.

So it gives excellent views of all the surrounding area.

But although the houses optimize the space on the outside,

unfortunately the same can't be said for the inside.

The drawback, which is kind of ironic, is that, despite a total area of 100 square metres,

the angled structure means that only a quarter of that space inside is actually usable.

I was extra excited to see these cube houses because in Toronto,

where I lived before becoming a nomad, they also have cube houses.

And I didn't realize until visiting Rotterdam that that's what they were inspired by.

And I guess in Toronto the plan was always to build more but, in the end, Toronto only has three.

I really enjoyed visiting Rotterdam and I hope that you enjoyed seeing these highlights as well.

Leave a comment down below.

Tell me what your favourite part of Rotterdam is

and if you enjoyed this video please give it a thumbs up.

Subscribe to my channel, if you haven't already, for more travel videos.

And don't forget to hit that little bell beside the subscribe button for notifications of new videos

and I'll see you in my next one.

Bye!

A great big bridge!

The water dam is such an important part…

The water dam?