Telling the NFL (and NBA, etc) to go to hell and shunning them would do more than just mess up the revenue streams of the MSM, it would initiate a massive change to the “circus” as a whole. Remove the addiction to the opiate of the masses - which in the West is modern sports/entertainment, not religion - and the PTB would be scrambling indeed.
Look how empty the 49ers game was:
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/look-levis-stadium-is-almost-empty-for-buccaneers-49ers-game/
They say half in other stories, but that’s about 20% attendance! Beautiful.
Hannity is on Fox and Rush gets $ from Fan Duel. Doubt either of them would publicly support a boycott. But they’d certainly report on it if it continues.