Posted on 11/05/2017 7:26:11 PM PST by 11th_VA
Vin Scully, the Dodgers' Hall of Fame broadcaster, said Saturday protests by NFL players during the national anthem will keep him from watching the games.
Scully made the remark during an appearance Saturday night at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in California.
During a question and answer session after his speech, he was asked about the players' protests.
Said Scully: "During the fall and winter, I watch the NFL on Sunday, and it's not that I'm some great patriot. I was in the Navy for a year, didn't go anywhere, didn't do anything, but I have overwhelming respect and admiration for anyone who puts on a uniform and goes to war. So the only thing that I can do in my little way is to not to preach; I will never watch another NFL game."
Two thumbs up. The Millionaire Football League is done.
Vin saying this has sent progressives into orbit. LOL.
Hey NFL! Youse better put some ice on that! It’s gonna leave a scar.
Have you seen the nauseating new NFL Pro-Miliary PR campaign? Billboard ads around town here, TV ads, etc.
I haven’t seen that. The MFL is scared to death right now. This is the beginning of the end for the thug league. JMO
Shame on NFL!
Shame o the NFL!
” I will never watch another NFL game.”
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Vin, I am with you. Disrespectful thugs have ruined the game.
Vin is he of the greatest figures in baseball history...right there with The Babe, Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb, Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Sandy Koufax, Casey Stengel, Yogi Berra and Red Barber.
In the pantheon of greats, he is in the top room. And he shows again here what a great man he is.
God bless him for speaking up!
Leni
Somehow, I don’t think he EVER watched football. Even during the off season, I think he watches tapes of baseball.
He broadcast NFL games at one time.
He did do the call on “The Catch,” so I’ll give him that one.
I believe that Cowboys vs 49ers NFC game “The Catch” was his last time calling a football game
If you watch the last five minutes of that Cowboys-Niners NFC Championship Game, Scully was brilliant building up the drama just as he did so often with baseball games, not saying too much, not saying too little, giving the analyst (Hank Stram if I recall) time to give us his insights and then came... The Catch.
Al Michaels is very good but most NFL announcers just aren’t very good or insightful.
Jack Buck was the best at calling NFL games. Haven’t heard anyone close since then.
God bless Vin Scilly!!
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