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‘Thursday Night Football’ Ratings Dip As Eagles Win & National Anthem Not Shown
Deadline Hollywood ^ | October 13, 2017 | Dominic Pattern

Posted on 10/13/2017 8:46:25 AM PDT by C19fan

If you watched the Philadelphia Eagles 28-23 win over the Carolina Panthers on Thursday Night Football last night you would have seen the home turf team’s Luke Kuechly exit the game in the second quarter due to a possible concussion. However, despite a potential move by the NFL to disallow protest by players during the national anthem, one thing you would have not seen on TNF on CBS and the NFL Network last night was the playing of the national anthem.

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TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: football; losers; nfl
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To: robroys woman

I agree that not showing the anthem is worse. The only antidote for the NFL at this point is conspicuous patriotism.


21 posted on 10/13/2017 9:07:27 AM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: C19fan
And here comes the NBA. . . He'd probably be in prison if it weren't for the NBA.

What a role model for youth . . .


22 posted on 10/13/2017 9:09:24 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: jimmygrace

Die nfl...die. Who wants to watch their reprobate anti-American retards???


23 posted on 10/13/2017 9:09:29 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Defiant

The Steelers are the worst cowards. Here in PA, where they had a marvelous fan base, many are turning against them. The VFW and American Legion halls are refusing to show their games on TV. The boycott is ongoing.


24 posted on 10/13/2017 9:09:33 AM PDT by miserare ( Hillary--you lost! Get over it!!)
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To: C19fan

Now that the Eagles are 5-1, sounds like the Cowboys told the NFL that it’s ok for Ezekiel Elliott to start serving his suspension, since they aren’t going to make the playoffs anyway.


25 posted on 10/13/2017 9:09:59 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: shelterguy

I think you are wrong here....


26 posted on 10/13/2017 9:11:06 AM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: laweeks

A major punk and stupid asshole!


27 posted on 10/13/2017 9:11:09 AM PDT by miserare ( Hillary--you lost! Get over it!!)
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To: shelterguy

And to all you soccer haters...

Notice before EVERY international match, they play the anthems, and all the players are standing and singing along.


28 posted on 10/13/2017 9:11:39 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: C19fan

The preachers that gathered outside the stadium, taking a knee and throwing up the Black Power fist, should have their churches’s tax-free status removed. I hope a Trump admin person or an IRS agent was there writing down the preachers’s names.


29 posted on 10/13/2017 9:12:50 AM PDT by moovova
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To: C19fan

Fans should applaud those players who kneel for paying homage to their perceived slavemasters.


30 posted on 10/13/2017 9:18:04 AM PDT by monocle
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To: boycott
I've been thinking about what the root cause. It's a whole lot of narcissistic black racist thugs who think the only thing that matters is what they think and do.

Problem solving involves identifying the problem, then solving that problem What's the solution? Don't draft ANYONE who has a drug or criminal conviction in their past. And once they're in the NFL, a no-strike policy would be excellent. Get convicted of a crime or of drug use, and they're GONE. No second chances.

Odds of that happening are....zero

31 posted on 10/13/2017 9:18:06 AM PDT by grania (Deplorable and Proud of It!)
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To: dfwgator

The pre-game ceremonies of soccer are fine. It’s just the game itself that is so boring. And the continuous droning crowd noise on the TV is probably worse than those poor State Department spookocrats had to endure in Havana.


32 posted on 10/13/2017 9:19:12 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: VietVet876
And the continuous droning crowd noise on the TV is probably worse than those poor State Department spookocrats had to endure in Havana.

LOL, I guess they found a use for all those Vuvuzelas after the South Africa World Cup.

33 posted on 10/13/2017 9:20:15 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: C19fan

So if the media doesn’t show the players kneeling how is the protest helping the players? Don’t you have to have media exposure to bring attention to your cause?


34 posted on 10/13/2017 9:28:04 AM PDT by martinidon
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To: C19fan

So the networks don’t show the playing of the Anthem,like that’s gonna make the problem go away and bring the fans back? Are they really this stupid? Have they heard of this newfangled thing called social media, FB, You Tube, etc. and contraptions like Androids?


35 posted on 10/13/2017 9:32:33 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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To: laweeks

I would guess this is a photo shop but the Slum Dog Millionaires of the NFL are pretty smug and stupid. At any rate this is a great psy- ops turd to put in this pos’s pocket!


36 posted on 10/13/2017 9:34:28 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: C19fan

They seem to think that by not showing what we all know exists, they can appease us - seeing is believing and pretending that the anti-American ass-hats aren’t what they are ain’t gonna do it for them.


37 posted on 10/13/2017 9:38:39 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: boycott
The salary cap is based on total league revenues. As revenue decreases, the salary cap decreases. Let's see what the players have to say when their income goes down.

Pro football is a game played by, mainly, men of low character. Baseball and hockey would not put up with this many head cases, count on it.

38 posted on 10/13/2017 9:42:11 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Islam delenda est.)
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To: Defiant

“Suppose they all stand now?” Well, since Izvetsia won’t allow the public to see what the players do, re the National Anthem, we can only assume that some of them kneel, some stand with arms interlocked, a few wave clenched fists and a few brandish their middle fingers. And we, the patriotic Joe Everymans, will increasingly eschew them and their game, IN DROVES!


39 posted on 10/13/2017 9:42:47 AM PDT by Tucker39 (Read: Psalm 145. The whole psalm.....aloud; as praise to our God.)
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To: C19fan

Bump


40 posted on 10/13/2017 9:44:38 AM PDT by foreverfree
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