GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

 

I think that I may have come upon the perfect solution to this whole NFL national anthem controversy.

Just a few months ago the Ravens and Jaguars were playing an exhibition game in London when a number of players knelt during the American national anthem but then rose and stood for God Save the Queen.

That’s when it hit me like a light from heaven I realized the answer to this conundrum has been staring me right in the face.

For a moment just consider those four very powerful words

 

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

 

GOD

 

God is a great word. What we need now more than anything else is unity. What could be more unifying than God? This is so clever. You see, these words do not reference the Christian God or the Jewish or Muslim God – it’s just God. Any God the person wishes –  they can pick and choose their favorite: Krishna God, Buddha God, Mormon or Jehovah Witness God. A person can even make up your own – a virtual God buffet. For the atheist there is No-God. For the more creative there is even the spaghetti monster God!

 

SAVE

If that isn’t enough to pull us all together we have save.

Who doesn’t like to save? We save money by shopping on Amazon. We save coupons, stamps, coins and some people save money in savings accounts (that is a great thing). Some people save time, and others save energy and still others save souvenirs from their fabulous vacations. People are saved from drowning, terrible accidents and kidnappings. Princess Leia was saved by Han Solo. Private Ryan was saved by U.S. Army Rangers. Anthony Weiner saved photos of his wiener. Some people meet Jesus and they are saved. All this to say that everyone loves to save or to be saved.

 

 

THE QUEEN

The Queen. Can you imagine anyone who would not want to save the queen? The queen has endured more than any person ever should. She is so miserable but can’t let on – because she is the queen. Her family has gone from scandal to scandal, her children are inbred and look funny and none of them can stay married. Her son, the future king once remarked that he wished he was a tampon. Please…someone…Save the queen!

And that brings me to one of the greatest Rock and Roll bands of all time. Queen. Who doesn’t miss Freddie Mercury? He left us far too soon and if there were any way possible – who wouldn’t save Freddie Mercury?

So – putting all of these pieces together here is the obvious solution.

Instead of bringing out the American flag before NFL games we should roll out an enormous picture of the Queen. I mean enormous – forty, maybe fifty feet high or more and it could be on wheels pushed by the players. At the same time we should play We are the Champions and play it as loud as possible. While playing We are the Champions everyone in the stadium will then hold hands with the person next to them and then lift their arms triumphantly in the air –black, white Latino, Eurasian, Pacific Islander, rich and poor, smart and dumb, people of all races, creeds, men, women, boys and girls, those still undecided, young and old…. all together as one family – not divided but united together and…then look directly into the eyes of the person beside them and declare as one….

We are the champions, my friends

And we’ll keep on fighting to the end

We are the champions

We are the champions

No time for losers

Cause we are the champions of the world