Dear NFL: Please Quit Acting Out So We Can Talk About Something Important

DB Daily Update ^ | 9.26.2017 | David Blackmon

[EyesOfTX]

Speaking of the NFL, there was actually a game last night in between all the league’s and ESPN’s political activities, and the Dallas Cowboys – America’s Team – put a new twist on the whole “take a knee” deal. Feeling a burning need to engage in some sort of “unity demonstration” the team, along with the coaches and owner Jerry Jones, lined up on the field prior to the national anthem, and, when they were certain the cameras were all focused on them, took a knee for about three seconds as the boos from the Arizona Cardinals’ crowd rained down upon them. *sigh*

To their credit, the team, owner and coaches then backed their silly butts off to the sideline and actually all stood at attention while a field-size American flag was unfurled and the national anthem was sung in a quite inspired way by pop singer Jordin Sparks. Good for them, and for her.

The President had his own Twitter take on this deal, tweeting first that “The booing at the NFL football game last night, when the entire Dallas team dropped to its knees, was loudest I have ever heard. Great anger”. Well…yep.

In his next 140 character comment, the President had basically the same reaction to it all that I did: “But while Dallas dropped to its knees as a team, they all stood up for our National Anthem. Big progress being made-we all love our country!”

Sadly, given the disgusting way most other teams had allowed their players to disrespect the flag, the anthem, the veterans’ honor guards and the country without negative consequence, the way in which the Cowboys handled the whole thing in a unified way, with the entire organization participating, actually was “Big progress”, as President Trump said.

[RC one]

...films, football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult.”

― George Orwell, 1984

[humblegunner]

(Excerpt) Read more at

No, you can post your blog junk right here in full.

Nobody owes you any hits.

[bray]

Guess the Cowboys are BLM’s team.

[lavaroise]

NFL players need to quit for real instead of this fake grass root of entitled player mentality.

This is a cultural coup against the presidency, an Affirmative Action elitist coup of corporate entitlement.

The NFL as a non profit is virtually subsidized by the feds.... let that sink in, ie all that the founders were against in state support of religion.

[FatherofFive]

Turn them off. I wish the good people of Green Bay all boycott the next game. Go tailgate. Have a party. But nothing would send a stronger message than if nobody showed up at the game

[workerbee]

We can hope that, now that all these players and teams have had their 15 minutes of attention and various forms of “unity demonstrations”, they might now get back to just shutting up and playing football. But that is probably too much to ask, which more than anything else shows exactly what is really at the base of all of this: the players’ desperation for attention.

No, at the base of all this is the players' hatred of the vast majority of the fan base, and hatred of this country. So I'm not sure anyone is willing to go back to "oh, just shut up and play football."

[x1stcav]

Thanks for drawing our attention to this blog. It is very well written and thought provoking.

[EyesOfTX]

Well, that’s ok, because that’s not going to happen anyway. I was just dreaming a little there. :)

[EyesOfTX]

You’re welcome. You’re also now on humblegunner’s sh*t list. :)

[csvset]

The rest of the blog.

We can hope that, now that all these players and teams have had their 15 minutes of attention and various forms of “unity demonstrations”, they might now get back to just shutting up and playing football. But that is probably too much to ask, which more than anything else shows exactly what is really at the base of all of this: the players’ desperation for attention.

I have no use for Colin Kaepernick, but at least he was protesting against something specific and real when he was doing his one-man “look at me” act last season. He made it clear that he was protesting ongoing police brutality issues in U.S. society. But that has now been lost. What exactly are all these players, coaches and owners demonstrating against now? That they were insulted by President Trump’s comments last Friday? Really?

Let’s be honest, if that’s what they’re doing out there, then the President’s remarks, which basically boiled down to the NFL commissioner and owners are allowing the inmates to run the asylum, obviously hit very, very close to home. Otherwise, all this acting out wouldn’t be happening, now, would it? Just another day in dying NFL America.

That is all.

[x1stcav]

>You’re also now on humblegunner’s sh*t list.<

A dubious distinction, at best.

[EliRoom8]

>>No, at the base of all this is the players’ hatred of the vast majority of the fan base, and hatred of this country. So I’m not sure anyone is willing to go back to “oh, just shut up and play football.”<<

Milquetoast/sunshine patriots who just want to “keep unity” will look for any excuse to crawl back to the NFL.

[mulligan]

Grow up and act like real Americans. Not politically correct clowns.

[arthurus]

as the boos from the Arizona Cardinals’ crowd rained down upon them

It were much more effective did all those who booed, instead, exit the stadium.