Given the fan base of the NFL is men and men vote GOP more than women, the NFL moves to:
1. allow their commissioner to smear Limbaugh when trying to become a minority owner of a team while accepting rappers,
2. make the game more female, by limiting the defense from hitting,
3. putting their games on NBC with Olbermann on the pre-game for many years and a “green” broadcast
could only be expected to chase off some of their fan base. Their fan base is not NYC liberals. They need to fire the NYC commisioner and really move their offices out of NYC.
Turn off a couple thousand watts of stage lights so you can brag about how green you are over megawatts of broadcast antennas. If they were really green they would keep the lights and use candles to power the transmitters. Oh, wait, that would cut into their advertising revenue and can't do that because smugness doesn't pay the bills.
4. Run commercials for a hybrid car.
Another thing, having chicks on the sideline asking questions and giving “color commentary” is silly. I used to hit the mute button so quick they must have heard it in their ear buds. The chickafacation of men’s sports is ridiculous. Quit watching NFL last year. I will watch Super Bowl for the beer and pizza though.