I'm not really a "boycotter", I'm just a Vet that doesn't care to invest time and interest in having me and my wonderful Country and way of life insulted by some truly ignorant and ungrateful millionaires.
I don't feel like an irate member of an organized "boycot" community, I'm just someone who pulled the NFL plug, and did so from my attachment to my national heritage and my pride in my (and my family's) military service. The separation was remarkably easy, and the desire to re-up just is not there.
What this amounts to is this.
The NFL players could start standing this week, and I would be unconvinced and uninterested. It takes dozens of positives to undo a negative, and they are not even at one.
So, there is no bitterness, just an informed choice to reclaim my Sundays and to maintain my self-respect. (As proof, I have no idea who's in first place in any division; and, I have no idea who my once-and-former fave team played this week, month, or season.)
It is not likely that I would ever come back to the NFL fan fold even if, with all predictable reluctance, all of the players began standing again.
“It is not likely that I would ever come back to the NFL fan fold even if, with all predictable reluctance, all of the players began standing again.”
Same here. Now that I know how these ignorant, ungrateful, unthankful, unappreciative fools feel about my country, my heritage, my veterans, my flag, my anthem, it can’t be undone. The NFL was never about politics until THEY made it about politics.
The simple ritual of honoring the flag, the country, our veterans and our military was always a special moment for me. The flyovers always put my heart in my throat for a moment. I thought most of us loved that minute or so of remembrance. They trashed it and it can’t be undone. I will never enjoy the NFL again.