Posted on 10/16/2009 6:50:02 AM PDT by rface
In the annals of rightwing hubris, we haven't seen much to equal this: one of the conservatives enraged that Rush Limbaugh's ex-partners have excluded him from their plans to buy the Rams (which Limbaugh and his followers blame on liberals) has proposed that patriots counter-attack by... boycotting the NFL.
"I have cancelled my DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket package (including the Supercast)," declares "Teflon" of Moltenthought.com. "I will not watch ONE MINUTE of NFL games or coverage this season -- including the Super Bowl." .......
Raise hands, citizens, and take the pledge! Major conservative blogs endorse Teflon's plan.
So, Limbaugh loyalists, send in your photos of yourself ignoring a football game! George Washington will give you a giant-foam-#1-finger from the Great Sports Bar in the sky.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.villagevoice.com ...
we all have our choices to make.....I have made mine.
I hope Favre does well this season, and I hope he goes to the SuperBowl and wins!......but I won't be watching to find out. I guess I will hear the results on the radio.
Maybe I will watch the Movie: "Heidi" on SuperBowl Sunday instead. [ click link to see history of the "Heidi Bowl" ]
If I watched football or subscribed to DTV, cable or satellite, I’d join this boycott!
I have already decided to not watch any NFL football the remainder of the season and the playoffs.
One of the easiest things I’ll do this year.
No one needs to urge me. I won’t be buying the usual NFL gear for holiday gifts and my football jerseys are back in the closet to stay.
NFL can go to hell.
“NFL can go to hell.”
Gee that has a nice ring to it!
Sorry, but I’m an addict and must have my football “fix” several times a week!
I will write letters & e-mails, though.
All over this! I hate NFL anyway......
Text of my e-mail to NFL commissioner follows:
“Screw you and the NFL! I’m outta here!
Good Day!”
No NFL this season? Fine by me. I can’t afford to see my team at Jerry’s extravagant new stadium anyway. And Romo isn’t the star everyone thinks he is.
I’ll support Rush.
I couldn't fathom what the NFL brass was thinking when they let Vick back into the league. Now, given what's happened to Rush, we know they're just another bunch of short-sighted, lily-livered weasels.
I would love to have a bumper sticker with
NFL and the red line through it.
No NFL? Not a problem for me!
I hope millions join in the boycott, oh wait calling it a BOY-cott is racist. We’ll have to name it something else, like maybe NFL-sucks
I’m boycotting the “Village Voice” instead.
Heidi-LOL!
I was watching that game, and was like WTF? Scrambled around for a radio, only to turn it on and hear the bizarre turn of events where the Raiders scored two TDs within seconds of each other- disbelief...
Jet fans got a big measure of revenge several weeks later when they beat the Raiders in the AFL Championship and went on to defeat the Colts in the SB.
College football rocks. It is purer, less BS, most of the players will never get NFL contracts- they play for the love of the game.
The NFL= the No Fun League.
Article is sarcasm. You simply ca not cancel DirecTV's NFL ticket. It's impossible. Trust me on this.
Hell, I can't afford the parking!
I took my son to a Rangers game last month. Good seats (front row, third deck), parking and concessions...total spent $50.
Standing room only at JerryWorld: $30.
I’ll stick to college football, which is better anyway ! Ironically, Rush has shed some light on the fraud organization known as the NFL !
If you are unwilling to part with the NFL, here is a suggestion:
Part with just the game on Sunday night.
Why that specific game? Because it is shown by NBC, who still has not apologized or retracted statements about the Soros-generated ‘slavery’ quote, plus has Keithy Olberdork on the pregame and halftime show.
NBC is already in financial trouble, help put a nail in its coffin and tank their Sunday night ratings, and actually go do something with your family on Sunday night.
This why I am glad hockey season has started.
I didn’t know anything about hockey, but I went to Canada and worked for 6 years in a row, (work 30 days, come for 30 days), and really enjoyed it.
Something new for an old West Texas boy.
Yea, like I really care what the Village Voice has to say. According to them Ronald Reagan gave their readers AIDS. This is a really in-touch newspaper. I have to wonder though, how many VV readers actually watch football?
So I guess none of you enjoy the NFL.
I own season tickets...so....nope. I will not boycott the NFL.
boycotts are stupid and accomplish nothing. work to get the goons out in 2010 and 2012.
This was orchestrated by a Obamaton Players association scumbag and Goodell caved. Then Checketts caved.
This was a victory for the stalinists in the whitehouse.
DEFEAT THEM.
this has nothing to do with the NFL.
This is the first year I don't follow the NFL since a boy. Obama's taxes chased away most conservative owners away.
Goodall has been a joke.
Even though he followed Rush in getting rid of the bad behavior as Rush suggested.
It was the repeating images of striking multimillionaire pro athletes that finally did it for me.
"$30 million a year just isn't FAIR!"
*GAG* Forget the lot of ya.
I won’t give up my football, do you think Rush is going to quit watching? We heard from a couple of stupid players and the libs in charge of the union, 1 team owner(the colts) and the commissioner, hardly the whole nfl. You don’tknow who would have supported Rush had they spoken up. I won’t look at the commissioner the same and I hope the colts lose every game,but I’m not going to quit watching because of this.
If you can quit watching football over something that doesn’t involve you directly, especially when the person involved directly isn’t going to quit watching, then you probably weren’t a huge fan anyway.
If this happened in nascar would you quit watching that?
Me too
Boycotting the NFL will be easy for me. College football no way!
Its real simple folks - the next time bammie wants face time at an NFL game, boo him. The message will be sent to one and all, players, owners, players unionistas, advertisers, ad naseum. Just boo bammie. Do it once and he won’t come back for more.
The left has declared themselves the arbiters of everything. YOU conservatives cannot buy a business if they get their way. Are we going to let THEM literally run our lives??
How is that for leftwing hubris?? Leftwing McCarthyism.
I knew our boy Irsay Jr. here in Indianapolis was a Baraqqi from living here and watching him funnel our extorted tax dollars to Democrats via campaign contributions.
And Rooney from the Steelers was one too, and got an ambassadorship out of it.
What surprised me was that no NFL owners would speak out on the other side.
I already told my wife that we’re not buying any NFL licensed products this year. No jersey’s for Christmas...of course being a Redskins fan I wouldn’t be buying much anyway. The NFL didn’t only tell Rush to kiss off...they told all of us.
Ah, the Village Voice...that bastion of free speech and individual liberty. True worshipers of the American dream.
I haven’t watched NASCAR in years. Its kind of boring to watch the cars go round and round and round.
Sorry, but I’m an addict and must have my football “fix” several times a week!
I hope college football is in your rapporteur of options.
Now that’s a plan. When I heard Irsay who owns the Colts and who I support, because I live in Indiana I decided to not watch the Colts and it’s not a problem to stop watching NFL. I love College Ball anyway.
Good points, I agree.
Also, as much as I like Rush it’s hard to feel sorry for
a guy with a boatload of money and a far reaching very popular pulpit.
I’ll continue to enjoy my NFL.
We finally get some professionals in here, some decent people whom it's easy to root for, and now this...
And watching the game on Sunday with it's silly pandering to Mexicans, "futbol Americano."
I gave up baseball, which was much more ingrained in my life. Won't really miss football much, except to realize how much of my life has been made unpleasant by liberals.
It would be interesting to know what percentage of NFL players votes Republican.
Last year I was successful in cancelling my NFL Gameday package.
Just to make it so I won’t forget I’m boycotting ESPN as well as NFL games. Hate to miss my drag racing, but a line needs to be drawn.
Not exactly sure what the game day package is, but you likely canceled it before it started.
How about the hubris of people who publish false statements as the truth. How about the hubris of some African Americans who think they can make a charge of racism, and get anything they want? I’m through with people like this author at the “Village Voice”, who lie and expect us all to believe their lies.
Since the author has no respect for me or my beliefs, I have no respect for him - nor is he deserving of any.
Just remember, when you watch the game, that the participants have no respect for you or your conservative beliefs.
“This is one boycott that promises 100% failure.”
No one expects the NFL to shrivel up. It comes down to a question of personal principles versus three hours of time wasted.
Hockey’s a great game, and I would even go out on a limb and say that by and large the NHL has only minimal problems with thugery off the ice, certainly compared to the NFL and NBA.
Yep, we should get groups together outside of football stadiums during game play and chant, "NFL can go to he**"!
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