{"id":2245990,"date":"2024-05-16T13:30:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-throws-conservative-chiefs-star-under-the-bus-over-commencement-speech\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T13:33:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T17:33:58","slug":"nfl-throws-conservative-chiefs-star-under-the-bus-over-commencement-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-throws-conservative-chiefs-star-under-the-bus-over-commencement-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Criticizes Chiefs Player for Commencement Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnfl-throws-conservative-chiefs-star-under-the-bus-over-commencement-speech%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2245990&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The NFL has criticized Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker for his bold stance \u200don <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leah-remini-says-her-16-year-old-daughter-keeps-her-woke\/\" title=\"Leah Remini Says Her 16-Year-Old Daughter Keeps Her \u2018Woke\u2019\">family values<\/a> during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/haley-dems-miss-the-mark-inject-race-into-everything\/\" title=\"Haley: Dems miss the mark, inject race into everything.\">recent commencement speech<\/a>. Butker, a\u2062 married Christian with two\u200c children, challenged radical gender ideology, defended traditional family values, and called out President Joe Biden. \u2064The NFL distanced itself from\u200c Butker&#8217;s views, \u200bsparking \u200bcontroversy\u2063 and backlash.\u200b The NFL criticized Kansas City Chiefs\u2063 kicker \u2062Harrison Butker for his strong stance on family values in a recent commencement speech. Butker, a married Christian with two children, challenged radical gender \u2064ideology, upheld traditional family values, and addressed President Joe Biden. The league&#8217;s disassociation from Butker&#8217;s views triggered controversy and negative reactions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sports\/\">  Sports <\/a>    <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/%20\"><span>Johnathan Jones<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 16, 2024 at 10:11am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The weak-kneed corporate drones who run the National Football League have thrown Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker under the bus for having the audacity to stand up for family values.<\/p>\n<p>Butker delivered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/super-bowl-champion-shreds-biden-commencement-address-support-murder-innocent-babies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-bill-maher-televisions-last-true-liberal\/\" title=\"Is Bill Maher Television\u2019s Last True Liberal?\">commencement address<\/a><\/a> at Benedictine College last week in Atchison, Kansas, and took down the far-left\u2019s morally bankrupt ideas and agenda with couth.<\/p>\n<p>Butker, 28 and a married Christian with two children, challenged radical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/powerful-teacher-unions-coached-educators-inject-gender-ideology-politics-classrooms-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gender ideology<\/a>, defended family values, called out the hypocrite who is Present <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vile-biden-comes-fire-invoking-jesus-promoting-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>, and warned against the sins of \u201cpride\u201d when taking on the LGBT community.<\/p>\n<p>When addressing the school\u2019s Catholic graduating class, the three-time Super Bowl champion made statements that 10 years ago would have been accepted as so normal they would not have even been considered newsworthy.<\/p>\n<p>His remarks predictably drew the ire of leftists on social media while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tolerant-left-starts-change-org-petition-fire-conservative-kansas-city-chiefs-kicker-hits-110000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a petition<\/a> to have him kicked off the Chiefs is circuiting online.<\/p>\n<p>No one expected the NFL to defend Butker.<\/p>\n<p>Not a single serious person would have predicted Commissioner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/espn-shields-blm-shill-roger-goodell-frantically-kills-live-interview-getting-roasted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roger Goodell<\/a> would come out and say, \u201cThe NFL agrees with the kid\u201d \u2014 which he did not.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-aaron-rodgers-tells-tucker-carlson-nfl-forced-players-get-vaccinated-follow-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The league<\/a> could have just stayed quiet and lost no revenue. Instead, it issued the most pathetic response imaginable when addressing the blowback to Butker\u2019s remarks on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarrison Butker gave a speech in his personal capacity,\u201d said NFL senior vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer Jonathan Beane in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/harrison-butker-nfl-does-not-share-views-in-graduation-speech-8649229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a> magazine.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you support Harrison Butker?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Beane concluded, \u201cHis views are not those of the NFL as an organization. The NFL is steadfast in our commitment to inclusion, which only makes our league stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fact that the NFL \u2014 a league of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-court-reinstates-late-aaron-hernandezs-murder-conviction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminals<\/a> past and present \u2014 even has an executive on the payroll whose job title virtue signals its inclusivity commitment tells us all we need to know about the people running the organization.<\/p>\n<p>The sport would be better off if people such as Beane were fired and the mostly-black NFL focused its efforts on promoting the game and not reminding us how diverse it is. We all get it.<\/p>\n<p>But in the year of our Lord 2024, the statement and Beane\u2019s continued employment are par for the course.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/irate-leftists-wage-war-chiefs-star-kicker-conservative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Butker<\/a> essentially told students last week at Benedictine the following irrefutable facts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>It is acceptable for a man to work while his wife raises their children if both parties agree that such an arrangement works for them.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Abortion is murder, and women cannot become men while men cannot become women.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The president of the United States is a hypocrite for proclaiming to be Catholic while worshiping at the altar of the blood of the unborn.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Where were the lies told and just what was so controversial about any of those stated facts that required a response from the NFL during the offseason?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/surprising-demographic-rejecting-leftist-ideology-twice-likely-conservative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The cultural rot<\/a> that has poisoned much of America\u2019s youth spread to the NFL years ago.<\/p>\n<p>But the league can\u2019t stop reminding sports fans that it is ready at a moment\u2019s notice to jump out and ensure it does not offend green-haired leftists and other reprobates \u2014 many of whom have likely never seen a football game.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. If we lose this one to the wealthy elites who hate us, hate God, and hate what America stands for, we can only assume that 248 years of American history and the values we hold dear to our hearts may soon vanish.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The end game is here, and as Benjamin Franklin said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>All of this means that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, it\u2019s over. 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They lose control. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>A monthly Western Journal Membership costs less than one coffee and breakfast sandwich each month, and it gets you access to ALL of our content \u2014 news, commentary, and premium articles. You\u2019ll experience a radically reduced number of ads, and most importantly you will be vitally supporting the fight for America\u2019s soul in 2024.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We are literally counting on you because without our members, The Western Journal would cease to exist. Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44767\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44767\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44767\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44767\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44767\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Johnathan Jones has worked as a reporter, an editor, and producer in radio, television and digital media.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Johnathan &#8220;Kipp&#8221; Jones has worked as an editor and producer in radio and television. He is a proud husband and father. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a controversial move, NFL executives criticized Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker for his recent commencement address at Benedictine College, where he advocated for family values. 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