Posted on 11/30/2017 11:31:42 AM PST by AbolishCSEU
I purchased 4 tickets before all the hoopla started with the NFL. Two of the tickets were for son and daughter-in-law who are not involved too much in politics but like the Green Bay Packers.
My husband decided not to go at the last minute due to the protesting and the fact that he had a lot of work to catch up on anyway.
I tried to sell his ticket and it wouldn't sell at even 1/5 the price. The stadium was pretty full but I think that was due to people recognizing that tickets are now cheap.
NONE of the players knelt from what I could see. They all stood up and almost the entire audience SANG the Star Spangled Banner. There were pyrotechnics during the national anthem as well which was invigorating!
There was a tribute to the armed services AND a tribute to the players of the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s (when football was a REAL MAN'S sport as my husband would say)
I think just perhaps the NFL is getting the message that people will NOT pay to watch baseless protesting but instead, want to enjoy a sporting event ONLY!
You mentioned the Packers but I’m assuming you were NOT in Green Bay?
Not so much protesting. It’s theFLAG
Con not go against the Flag and survive
It’s primal
Godell is an idiot. So are tge owners and their wives are too for not dope slapping them out of this
The hoopla didn’t start when Trump chimed in.
It was in Pittsburgh Steelers vs Packers
Agreed. it was pretty dead though until the idiot players decided they would protest DJT which is what it’s really about.
The waiting list for Redskins season tickets has fallen over time from 20 years to available right now. For the past few seasons there have been billboards promoting tickets for the NY J-E-T-S. There was no need for marketing NY J-E-T-S tickets when I was growing up in the area.
I believe next year at this time, if they haven’t done a 180 on all of this crap, they will lose a good third to half of all profits.
I know we are NOT buying any NFL gear which used to be a major part of Christmas presents.
BTW, the seats did NOT fill up until the very last minute. At first it looked like those photos of bare stadium. Then, because the tickets are so cheap by comparison now, (ex. a $500 ticket was going for $80 just before the game—unprecedented) the stadium filled up quite a bit just before “showtime.”
Carefully listen to and observe the sidelines and post halftime and post game interviews. Both the interviewer and the interviewer are reading off of carefully and totally consuming scripted cue cards.
Pathetic.
NFL management will do whatever it takes to bring in the $$. They will suck up to leftist ESPN and media with their narratives, and then go over-the-top on the military appreciation for fans who like that.
I had tickets to a few games also. The week Trump called Kaepernick a “bastard” our local stadium had a military flyover before kickoff from 3 jets - hadn’t had even ONE in the previous 4 years. Coincidence?
NFL management are simply tone-deaf, crony-capitalist, elitist media insiders, trying to squeeze every last $$ out of the public. I’m sick of it.
I saw pics of the armed forces tribute and it looked like the stadium was full. I have friends who are diehard Packers fans who kinda watch thru their fingers til they see whether anyone kneels, and if not then they enjoy watching the game. The NFL is definitely getting the message, they just aren’t doing anything about it yet.
They probably feel we’ll forget all about this and their pampered millionaires can do whatever they wish.
I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of athletes and actors have been told what to say.
Unfortunately the teams don't care what the tickets are going for now on the secondary market because someone originally paid face value for that ticket. For those who cop really cheap tickets and still want to stick it to the owners - don't spend a dime while in the stadium. Eat and drink before you go and don't buy any of the overpriced merchandise.
Too little too late.
That $90 mil says otherwise.
Again, wait until next year. If these owners don’t right the ship, they will be in a world of hurt.
F the NFL.
They have NOT gotten the message.
The NFL is going to pump 100 million into SJW projects in the next couple of years with no guarantee the protests stop.
While the Packers aren’t taking a knee, they are all “linking arms in solidarity”, so protesting some vague inequality boogie man.
I’ve been a lifelong Packer fan, wrote Mike Murphy ( President of the GBP) and Goddell when this crap started. I spent several thousand a year on NFL from going to games, to NFL Sunday Ticket and Game Pass ans merch. No more.
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