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What Is Wrong With the NFL?
Townhall.com ^ | February 3, 2018 | Steve Sherman

Posted on 02/03/2018 7:22:56 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: originalbuckeye; Kaslin
The NFL has been committing slow suicide for several years

When I was going to college in the 70s, I worked at a Sears appliance repair center. I remember one year the motivational theme was "Sears Excellence League," with a logo that was a take-off of the NFL logo (I can't find an image of it on the internet).

The reason I mention this is that I see the slow demise of the NFL following in the footsteps of the slow demise of Sears, with the leadership either not knowing or not caring about its customer base or its target market.

61 posted on 02/03/2018 9:37:44 AM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Unified blacks and whites...

It used to, as I have noticed
At the Shop.


62 posted on 02/03/2018 9:39:14 AM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Tallguy

Nobody is making $52 billion off the SB. Where ever you read that is a bunch of liars, don’t go there again. Now NBC stands to make a solid $500 million, but the NFL isn’t getting anything directly. They already got paid.


63 posted on 02/03/2018 9:43:08 AM PST by discostu (Lick here [ ] you might be one of the lucky 25.)
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To: bigdaddy45

There are few and far, and I was including college

You really want to argue this point?


64 posted on 02/03/2018 9:46:17 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat (Another Islamic terrorist event, and no “outrage” from the “Muslim community”. Again)
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To: RicocheT

“Sunday’s Super Bowl”
Is that this weekend?
Die NFL, die die die.


65 posted on 02/03/2018 9:55:06 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all white armed conservatives)
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To: Dan in Wichita

“The fact that Justin Timberlake is once again performing in the Super Bowl halftime show is another indicator the NFL is sick and dying.”

Because nothing says “current” and “relevant” like an aging ‘90s boy band member.


66 posted on 02/03/2018 9:57:37 AM PST by pinkandgreenmom
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To: A_Former_Democrat; bigdaddy45

A quick google check shows seven black NFL head coaches.

Eleven Division 1 (or FBS as it seems to be called now) black head coaches.


67 posted on 02/03/2018 10:09:41 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: Kaslin

IF Brady wasn’t playing, I would not pay one little bit of attention.


68 posted on 02/03/2018 10:14:01 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Kaslin

Tomorrow I will miss my first Super Bowl since Green Bay played the Chiefs.

I don’t know any players on the lowly AFL teams, but Lombardi’s Packers? Had to watch Bart Starr & Co.


69 posted on 02/03/2018 10:18:41 AM PST by eddie willers
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Yes. There are several black head coaches, coordinators, and position coaches. Your assertion that black players only look up to their white head coaches as role models is just eye-rolllingly stupid.


70 posted on 02/03/2018 10:56:44 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: Kaslin

The democrats have got their people running the NFL with the purpose of ruining it as it represents America. Baseball will next but I think the owners there have made it clear they will fight as you do not see any knellers there.


71 posted on 02/03/2018 11:01:14 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: minnesota_bound
you do not see any knellers there

Nope...no knellers under here either.

72 posted on 02/03/2018 11:03:43 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (The Obama is about to hit the fan.)
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To: Kaslin
footballsissy

What's wrong with the NFL?  This.

73 posted on 02/03/2018 12:18:29 PM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: Kaslin

If anything, the NFL has done a great job of making me a baseball fan.


Why not a curling fan? A cricket fan? An Australian rules football fan? My point is that nothing the NFL does could make me like something I wouldn’t already be watching without their help.


74 posted on 02/03/2018 12:24:05 PM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: Kaslin

Whats wrong with the NFL. They need competition of a different kind of draft. Like the US Armed Forces.


75 posted on 02/03/2018 12:28:09 PM PST by Clay+Iron_Times (The feet of the statue and the latter days of the church age)
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To: Kaslin
Bottom Line for me: Product Quality

There are too many teams, but not enough exceptional owners, coaches, and athletes, to staff them.

The most glaring deficiency is quarterbacks. There are 32 teams but only about 10 QBs who play at a consistently high level, and probably half of them will miss some part of the season with injuries.

Solution: Reduce to 16 teams and 12 regular season games.

Probability of That Happening: In the neighborhood of 0%

76 posted on 02/03/2018 1:36:16 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: bigbob; Kaslin
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77 posted on 02/03/2018 5:05:33 PM PST by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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To: bigdaddy45

I know there are black coaches, et al. But do the math. Incredibly high illegitimacy rates and a disproportionate number of black players. Along with a dearth of black coaches.

And read the relationships in articles, particularly college/recruiting and see who bonds with who. If you read “absolute” into my post, then you’re the one “eye rolling stupid”

Anyone with a brain could infer what I meant. And it’s not lost on me you were the only one to complain


78 posted on 02/04/2018 7:32:28 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat (Another Islamic terrorist event, and no “outrage” from the “Muslim community”. Again)
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To: anton
Oh, their football skills deserve respect,

Why? They are playing a children's game that is completely and utterly irrelevant to our society.

79 posted on 02/04/2018 9:19:16 AM PST by zeugma (Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
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To: zeugma

Agreed. I don’t respect their skills any more than I would respect the competitive video game players, but they have acquired the skills.


80 posted on 02/04/2018 9:50:57 AM PST by anton
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