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TexasTowelie

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Mon Oct 2, 2017, 08:51 PM Oct 2017

New Jersey mega car dealer pulls TV ads over NFL protests

RARITAN TWP. -- In response to the ongoing controversy surrounding NFL players kneeling during the national anthem, the owner of Flemington Car and Truck Country has pulled the dealership's ads from broadcasts of games for the remainder of the 2017 season.

"The National Football League and its owners have shown their fans and marketing partners that they do not have a comprehensive policy to ensure that players stand and show respect for America and our flag during the playing of the national anthem," Steve Kalafer said in a statement. "We have cancelled all of our NFL advertising on the Optimum and Infinity (cable) networks."

Kalafer is also part of the Somerset Patriots' ownership group, an independent professional baseball team based in Somerset County.

"As the NFL parses the important nationwide issues of 'social justice' and 'freedom of speech,' it is clear that a firm direction by them is not forthcoming," Kalafer said in the statement.

Read more: http://www.nj.com/hunterdon/index.ssf/2017/10/flemington_business_owner_pulls_tv_ads_over_nfl_pr.html

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New Jersey mega car dealer pulls TV ads over NFL protests (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2017 OP
They lost a lawsuit due to their own negligence. Dawson Leery Oct 2017 #1

Dawson Leery

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1. They lost a lawsuit due to their own negligence.
Mon Oct 2, 2017, 09:31 PM
Oct 2017
http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2012/10/family_awarded_75m_in_lawsuit.html

"The jury found that the dealership, Flemington Chevrolet in Raritan Township, was negligent in servicing the vehicle three days before it flipped over on Route I-95 in Virginia on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009, and that the company's negligence was the cause of the accident.

The decision came on Oct. 23 after a month-long trial.

Steve Kalafer, chairman of the Flemington Car and Truck Country dealerships, said their attorneys are examining all options, including their right to appeal."
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