Posted on 10/09/2017 4:56:00 PM PDT by 11th_VA
The aftermath of the NFL national anthem protest has not been good for the football league.
Disgruntled fans, low ratings, and very public fights have lowered the public opinion of the NFL to record lows. Now the owners in the league are attempting to take control.
Multiple reports from teams across the league indicate that team owners and management are cracking down on anthem protesters. The Miami Dolphins head coach has ordered his team to stand, according to IJR reporting ... (long story, worth the read)
The report indicates that many players are “scared” to protest, especially if they are not starters, "People have to feed they family,” the one member of the coaching staff says.
(Excerpt) Read more at ijr.com ...
This is not about Trump.
The left always says they want “social activism” and “people power”.
Well, they got it—football fans en are mad as hell and not taking it any more.
As someone else said, “it’s silly to compare web traffic during the NFL playoffs to the fifth week of the regular season.”
They’ll be back.
Online traffic at NFL.com dropped by 20 million since January. They’re at 8 million now.
Good , used to use ESPN for scores, now go to Fox Sports....
Haven’t watched a game other than Dallas ( my team ) when I would usually watch the other NFC East teams, or a good AFC matchup.
You guys got suckered by BLM , and put in a catch 22, now that it hurts where it should , your livelihood you hopefully will learn
Just shut up and play
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