Posted on 05/09/2020 10:51:15 AM PDT by Conserv
It's "official" now: conscience-lacking NFL owners are part of President Donald Trump's re-election project, says Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation magazine. Unbelievably, so is ESPN! They're all willing to risk lives and support the president's re-election campaign by going ahead with the NFL season this fall. "He and his cronies want the games back, even if it means watching from hermetically sealed bunkers while the players risk their lives," writes Zirin.
"Culturally, there is no greater sign of normalcy than the NFL coming back into the routine of our lives," Zirin says. "It’s the country’s most widespread entertainment obsession. Its absence tells voters, particularly Trump’s base, that after all these months, we are still in an unconscionable and unnecessary death spiral."
MLB at least is thinking of alternative sites to play baseball. The NFL needs to be careful because all it takes is the likes of Governor Nuisance or Governor DeWhine to hold up the NFL by refusing to play games (hint: Cuomo has only 1 NFL team in his state - the Buffalo Bills).
It’s too early to say this publicly, but the NFL better have a backup plan for when the East Coast, West Coast, Chicago, Detroit and New Orleans are still under lockdown thanks to Democrat malfeasance.
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