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The sport is overlong, packing a whopping 11 minutes of action into a commercial-stuffed four hours of viewing time.

Bingo. The game is unwatchable. Big time college football is almost as bad. Football is a fine game when teams go out and play. But extended breaks every few downs kill any sense of rhythm. Get rid of the commercial breaks. That would mean a lot less money, of course, but if the fans want a decent product, the fans should simply turn off the television until the game changes.

The politicization is secondary but not unimportant. Football was always a red, white and blue all-American game. The change began years ago when the colleges sold out to television and the big bucks, and lowered standards to accommodate the recruitment of the thugs. Now thug culture is doing to the NFL what it did long ago to the NBA. It's becoming another ghetto game.

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I agree thug culture is ruining football and basketball. I have gone back to watching baseball and am enjoying it very much this year.

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The politicization is secondary but not unimportant
Very important to me. NFL football used to be a man cave thing. Guys being guys. Now we have pink uniforms, ESPN liberals telling us Kapernick is courageous, and bills to the Department of Defense for pregame salutes to the military. Not to mention the general taxpayer revolt in this country. Why should the taxpayer be on the hook for multibillion dollar stadiums that bring in only 8 regular season games? Who benefits from that?