Posted on 10/12/2016 9:43:28 AM PDT by 11th_VA
The NFL still doesn’t get it. Its not just about Kaepernick’s protest. That may have been the final straw for a lot of viewers but its not the only issue they have with the league and its overly commercial broadcasts.
I drive past the Redskin’s training facility everyday (have #boycottNFL bumper stickers on my car). I love it when the car behind me turns into the Redskins complex - I know they must talk about it ...
Me also - unfortunately my football loving relatives are coming at Thanksgiving ...
There's something else at play here. Some of these #BoycottNFL fanatics feel emotionally betrayed by the NFL.
Over the years, they loved the fighter jet flyovers, the giant flag displays on the field, the heartfelt salutes to the U.S. Armed Forces that some critics felt were overly militaristic.
They thought the NFL actually believed this stuff. Now they suspect the NFL was conning them all along. That it was just part of the show, along with the cheerleaders, pyrotechnics and pink ribbons for breast cancer.
Then we learned that a lot of the 'military appreciation' was actually a paid commercial out of our tax dollars! Not patriotic, just a commercial break!
Also unmentioned is the regular habit of billion$ teams regularly holding their fans in blackmail for better taxpayer-PAID stadiums and facilities. Nothing says greed quite like such actions.
Yet another NFL ASSOCIATED annoyance is the bias shown by the sports broadcasting channels. Lots of approving talk from many ex-players about these issues but several commentators have been suspended or removed for non-PC statements. Double standards has crept, nay, stormed, into the press box as well as on the field!
I’m the proud son of an American Patriot who fought in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. I and my siblings were raised to dearly respect the flag. I have also enjoyed watching NFL since the merger.
There is no doubt whatsoever that with the NFL knuckling under to left wing dirtbags I have dropped them like a hot POS. On the bright side, I’ve found other things to do that are of benefit.
My boycott of sports, all sports, is permanent, and has been since 1992. Not one down, inning, play since. Have no idea who has been winning world series, championships in college sports, super bowls, etc since I have not seen even one down or play and I don’t read about sports on the internet, other than a rare post on FR that involves sports / politics. I will NEVER go back to sports. I will NEVER to go Target again. I will NEVER buy a Government Motors vehicle.
“...NFL executives found “no evidence that concern over player protests during the national anthem is having any material impact on our ratings.”
NFL and Target leadership must attend the same customer base-building seminars.
Firstly: The NFL became a billion dollar industry on the backs of white males aged 18-50, WE are demographic that made the league what it is with our financial support and the NFL TURNED AWAY from us at every opportunity.....
Secondly: I find the term vigilante to be quite endearing :)
He's the one who lost two endorsement deals over his support of Kaepernick.
That was not lost on his fellow players, as very few players have continued to protest.
The writer begins with a cliche and an unproven assertion.
What ‘pain’ is caused by avoiding games and seditious players? None that I can see. Most, if not all, anecdotes of those avoiding NFL viewership talk about increased time for family, travel, activities, home projects, etc.
He also, as usual, mischaracterizes Limbaugh’s statements and stance. Limbaugh has been in the NFL’s corner all along, advising and even begging them to tread lightly. At no time has he actively encouraged a boycott.
Finally, have you noticed that liberal boycotts are given huge initial coverage but their ineffectiveness (eg NAACP boycott of South Carolina/Myrtle Beach) is never mentioned, whereas conservative boycotts are ignored at first until their economic impact is keenly felt? At that point, of course, the conservatives are blamed but never the offending entity.
“Correlation does not imply causation.”
Well, sometimes it does.
And in an exaggeratedly disproportionate ratio.
“They’re tired of being lectured and hectored by TV talking heads.”
Nailed it! Amen, amen, amen...bears repeating over and over again.
That was not lost on his fellow players, as very few players have continued to protest.
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With the players its all about money. That’s all they really care about in the end.
I hope the local politicians and voters remember this the next time a team wants taxpayers to pay for one of their playpens.
The decent, America loving players need to step up and deliver some reality to the likes of Kapernick and others. These insignificant punks should never have been allowed to become the conscience of the NFL. They never earned it and now severely damage the brand. Just like the Dixie Chicks, they had no idea who their audience was.
All the politicking was my original reason for tuning out, but “upon further review,” I’ve decided was that the NFL was becoming an idol, was bullying people over the moral views, and was embracing the worst aspects of contemporary culture, and that even some churches would alter their schedules or shorten services so as not to compete with the NFL.
I ain’t watchin’ and I ain’t drinkin’ Budweiser.
The Sporting News appears to be the only sports journalism outlet that is reporting truthfully on this.
The others are all spouting pathetic NFL spin and denial.
The NFL has a deeper underlying problem in its discrimination against white players.
Look at game films from the 1960s and 1970s. The teams today look like undisciplined mobs by comparison.
Somewhere, in a remote cabin in central Pennsylvania, Jack Lambert cackles maniacally in agreement.
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