{"id":8621,"date":"2025-11-07T04:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T04:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=8621"},"modified":"2025-11-07T04:21:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T04:21:10","slug":"steelers-coach-mike-tomlin-says-no-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=8621","title":{"rendered":"Steeler\u2019s Coach Mike Tomlin Says \u201cNo More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Mike Tomlin Bans Kneeling, Sparks Controversy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin made headlines by banning kneeling on his field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re athletes, not activists,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re here to play football, not to make political statements\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to protest, do it on your own time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/esspots.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Mike-Tomlin.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Tomlin\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger criticized the decision:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs athletes, we have a unique opportunity to use our platform to effect change\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To take that away from us is a disservice not only to us, but to the fans who look up to us as role models.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Critics note the NFL\u2019s history of socially active players\u2014from Muhammad Ali to Colin Kaepernick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomlin, however, insists, \u201cI don\u2019t want any distractions on my team\u2026We\u2019re here to win, and that\u2019s all that matters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans worry the ban stifles free expression, with one saying,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a sad day when a coach tells his players to shut up and play ball.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Tomlin Bans Kneeling, Sparks Controversy Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin made headlines by banning kneeling on his field. \u201cYou\u2019re athletes, not activists,\u201d he declared. \u201cWe\u2019re here to play football, not to make political statements\u2026 If you want to protest, do it on your own time.\u201d Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger criticized the decision: \u201cAs athletes,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8623,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8621\/revisions\/8623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}