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The saddest thing, though, is that no one — not Goodell, not the Republican establishment, will acknowledge their own demise as a cautionary tale, as a valuable lesson in never again falling for propaganda.

Rather than come to terms with the reality of an America that looks like this, they would prefer to see it all burn down.

1 posted on 10/21/2017 1:02:38 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Altura Ct.

Rush claims the left’s agenda is to destroy the NFL, and that’s why things are happening this way. I think he’s wrong.


2 posted on 10/21/2017 1:09:24 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: Altura Ct.

F the nfl—
haven’t watched but maybe 10 minutes, and that’s because it was on in a restaurant I was in. Even then I didn’t want to look at it.
H3ll with them...overgrown, overpaid, ignorant children..


3 posted on 10/21/2017 1:10:56 PM PDT by bantam
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To: Altura Ct.

Roger Goodell>>
Makes 26 million a year
Is the son of liberal Republican Senator Charles Goodell from NY.
In office: September 10, 1968 – January 3, 1971
Appointed by Nelson Rockefeller
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Goodell


11 posted on 10/21/2017 1:19:19 PM PDT by dennisw (Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it is enemy action.)
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To: Altura Ct.
At first, I thought the pandering to women was to increase viewership by getting women more interested in football. That's fine, if he'd appealed to women who might be interested in watch the men do their guy thing without trying to change it.

Instead, we get gal referees, doing commentary, even those pink ribbons last year. These are issues of the liberal left women's agenda. They're never going to like football. They have a real problem with guys doing guy things.

Next step, make the NFL more tolerant of diversity, less violent, more gal-friendly. Result....Goodell alienated those who liked NFL football just the way it was but will never win over those who will never like football, if it even resembles the game.

Add to that this year's fiasco. Race was never an issue in the NFL before. Now it is. The rules don't apply to blacks and confidence is waning that all of the black players hold white players in the same high regard as they hold "brothers".

As I type this, I can't believe nobody said "enough" before it got out of control. Now, it does seem that the inmates are running the asylum they were enabled to create.

12 posted on 10/21/2017 1:20:55 PM PDT by grania (Deplorable and Proud of It!)
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There’s nothing sad about it. A dominant industry destroys its brand and throws away its future through its own missteps. It happens all the time.


16 posted on 10/21/2017 1:33:26 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Tell them to stand!" -- President Trump, 9/23/2017)
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To: Altura Ct.

This column is about much more than Goodell and the NFL and it is right on target.


18 posted on 10/21/2017 1:43:07 PM PDT by John W (Trump/Pence 2020)
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To: Altura Ct.
(Possibly Forever)

Nothing is forever.

19 posted on 10/21/2017 1:50:51 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Altura Ct.

Well. The owners were also fooled. Or they would have fired Goodell.


30 posted on 10/21/2017 2:29:54 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Altura Ct.
I hope all the freepers who are not tuning in the NFL games anymore write a blue dart to one or more TV sponsors with a copy to Goodell at his headquarters.

Otherwise, you're just playing Dr. Feelgood with yourself, as no one will know or care that you're not watching if you don't have a polling meter in your home or are surveyed by phone (one in a billion chance....)

I hope someone will post that NFL sponsor list with the appropriate sponsor contact info that was on this board last week....it should be posted on every NFL thread.

Leni

31 posted on 10/21/2017 2:42:37 PM PDT by MinuteGal
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Goodell and Colin, thanks to you as BLM/NFL useless idiots, you woke Americans up to the NFL scam on our tvs and in our tax payer stadiums. Your contribution to Americans will be remembered, like 8 years of Obama and H. Clintoon's campaigning gave us President Trump!

NFL = NEW FAR LEFT!

More NFL teams renamed: Oakland Traitors, Baltimore Cravens, Buffalo Bolsheviks, Green Bay Pinkos, Washington Red Guards, Los Angeles Chekists, Jacksonville Jacobins.

The Dallas Cowgirl Pussies!


37 posted on 10/21/2017 4:03:10 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Trump is kicking their a$$es, they, ______________, want to quit. (Fill in the blank!))
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To: Altura Ct.
Due to copyrights, we have to provide the link below to see the future of the Former Niners.


38 posted on 10/21/2017 4:05:05 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( Trump is kicking their a$$es, they, ______________, want to quit. (Fill in the blank!))
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What are we, catatonic? Are we unable to create wonderful versions of what should be? Where are our rich and our resourceful? If we, the real heart of American people, would just get going and stop acting like we are all entrenched in the mud, what wonderful, wonderful things we could do. Again, what is keeping us so very impotent?


39 posted on 10/21/2017 4:11:57 PM PDT by Bellflower (Who dares believe Jesus?)
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and empty stadiums

High light videos I watched to see if this was true showed filled stadiums
41 posted on 10/21/2017 4:25:22 PM PDT by uncbob
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Would a soccer team going to Olympics or world cup survive a kneeling at their National Anthem? What would that do the the morale? What about the basket ball drem team? Are we going to praise globalist corporatist logos instead of nations at Olympics, Hungrr hame style?

Seriously, Goddell and NFL have fallen trap for leftist suicide and replacing it with nothing


42 posted on 10/21/2017 4:26:59 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucifiedc)
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44 posted on 10/21/2017 4:32:04 PM PDT by timestax
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I’m not all that impressed by Obie’s so-called political skills. He took his community agitators act nationwide...and won because of his complexion.


56 posted on 10/21/2017 8:59:11 PM PDT by gogeo (Leftists are a parasite that destroys the host.)
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What is pathetic is Goodell failed to take the hint from President Trump when he told NFL owners, “Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of bitch off the field right now. Out. He’s fired!’” Trump said. “Some owner is gonna do that. He’s gonna say, ‘That guy disrespects our flag. He’s fired.’ And that owner, they don’t know it. They don’t know it. They’re friends of mine, many of them. They don’t know it. They’ll be the most popular person, for a week. They’ll be the most popular person in this country.”

Now the NFL is vulnerable to their own demise because they failed to read the sentiments of the American sports fan. Such fans do not want sports to be political. They love football because it is something they can share with their friends. It is something they can talk about with their co-workers because it is names, statistics, instant replay and in living color. It is real life that is not distorted by some reporter or mixed up player. The political issues are a distraction and set friend against friend and co-worker against co-worker.


57 posted on 10/22/2017 4:53:11 AM PDT by jonrick46 (Trump continues to have all the right enemies.)
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To: Bob Ireland

Ping


58 posted on 10/22/2017 5:20:43 AM PDT by Bob Ireland (The Democrat Party is a criminal enterprise)
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