{"id":627368,"date":"2021-08-09T20:51:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T00:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=627368"},"modified":"2021-08-09T20:51:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T00:51:49","slug":"subway-owners-want-kneeling-megan-rapinoe-dropped-as-spokeswoman-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/subway-owners-want-kneeling-megan-rapinoe-dropped-as-spokeswoman-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Subway Owners Want Kneeling Megan Rapinoe Dropped As Spokeswoman: Report"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fsubway-owners-want-kneeling-megan-rapinoe-dropped-as-spokeswoman-report%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=627368&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/screen_shot_2019-08-20_at_2.13.01_pm.png?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Subway franchise owners want purple-haired, anthem-kneeling U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe booted from her role as one of the restaurant\u2019s spokespeople.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous franchise owners and some customers, particularly from red states, have complained about Rapinoe being featured in ads for the chain, specifically noting of the soccer player\u2019s political activism and apparent disrespect for our nation displayed when she has taken a knee during the playing of \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d before games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLate last month on a discussion forum hosted by the North American Association of Subway Franchisees, a Wisconsin store operator posted a picture of a hand-scrawled note from an irate customer taped to the front door of his shop,\u201d Fox News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/subway-franchisees-megan-rapinoes-tv-ads\">reported<\/a> over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoycott Subway until Subway fires the anti-American \u2026 Megan Rapinoe, the creep who kneels for our beloved National Anthem!\u201d the note reportedly&nbsp;said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ad should be pulled and done with,\u201d the shop owner said. \u201cIt gets tiring apologizing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As noted by Fox&nbsp;News, franchisees are charged&nbsp;4.5% of their revenue for a national advertising fund, which Subway controls.<\/p>\n<p>Reps from the NAASF claim they\u2019ve received complaints about the Rapinoe ads. Fox News reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15\">\n<p><em>\u201cYour NAASF Board has already communicated with [Subway] leadership the concerns voiced by NAASF membership,\u201d the group\u2019s executive director, Illya Berecz, told franchisees, according to a letter obtained by The Post.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI had a bunch of franchisees calling me on this today,\u201d a lawyer who represents Subway franchisees told The Post earlier this week. \u201cThey are trying to get the ads pulled.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe are so politically divided in this country and Subway should have done more careful due diligence, without a doubt, before choosing [Rapinoe],\u201d said&nbsp;John Gordon of Pacific Management Consulting Group.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. women\u2019s soccer team was expected to win gold at the Tokyo Olympics, but fell short with a bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p>Sparking backlash, most players on the Team USA, including team captain Rapinoe, took a knee before Olympic matches to apparently protest alleged systemic racism in America.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Rapinoe&nbsp;stood by the team\u2019s kneeling protest at the Games.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lee-article-text\" readability=\"55.442477876106\">\n<p class>\u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity for us to continue to use our voices and use our platforms to talk about the things that affect all of us intimately in different ways,\u201d the forward said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/news\/megan-rapinoe-alex-morgan-soccer-players-take-knee-protest-tokyo-t226302\">according<\/a> to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p class>\u201cWe have people from Team USA, from all over the country, from all backgrounds, and people literally from all over the world for every other team so I obviously encourage everyone to use that platform to the best of their ability to do the most good that they possibly can in the world, especially as all eyes are on Tokyo these next couple weeks,\u201d Rapinoe continued.<\/p>\n<p class>\u201cWe\u2019re on the global stage, with the world\u2019s media, and eyeballs and people\u2019s attention, all drawn to one place with a collection of incredible athletes from all over the world, who care a lot about what they\u2019re doing here in Tokyo in terms of their sport, and who care a lot about a lot of other things.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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