Yeah, that news is a "bombshell".
Posted on 09/29/2017 7:08:22 AM PDT by Enlightened1
The NFL ratings dropped substantially after a record number of players protested the national anthem on Sunday, and polls have even shown that the majority of Americans believe that players should stand for the national anthem. During the Patriots versus Texans game, it was blatantly obvious what fans thought of the players kneeling for the national anthem.
As “The Star-Spangled Banner” played, fans noticed 17 Patriots players kneeling. Then the stadium of approximately 60,000 began booing and screaming, “Stand up!” Watch:
But now, Sporting News is reporting that it spoke with a “behind-the-scenes TV staffer” and found that the NFL was so desperate to hold onto its fans watching at home that they told their cameramen not to show the crowd during the national anthem.
Sporting News writes:
One behind-the-scenes TV staffer at another stadium told Sporting News that camera operators were ordered to avoid crowd shots in case they showed fans counterprotesting the protests.
NBC Sports, CBS Sports, Fox Sports and ESPN pay billions each year to televise live NFL games. The league saw this weekend's unprecedented anthem coverage as a golden opportunity to demonstrate unity among players, coaches and owners — and opposition to Trump's comments.
If crowd shots were indeed purposely avoided, it was a wise business decision by the networks not to bite the hand that feeds them their most popular programming, but a weak move from a journalistic standpoint. By covering one of the most significant days in NFL history with rose-colored glasses, the networks cheated viewers. We got an incomplete picture of what really happened in stadiums on Sunday and Monday.
Despite the networks allegedly avoiding crowd shots, many people caught onto the fans' reaction and took to social media:
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Well I say, “If they take a knee, just give’em the FINGER!!”
And, bravo NRA, herein: https://youtu.be/z3j1ZKz7PWQ
The NFL is just the beginning. The Left has finally gone a bridge too far with attacking Sports. They already have all of the other Entertainment and Media industries in their tentacles. We are going to start doing this to all branches of entertainment, especially Hollywood, and Academia, we must start taking back the culture.
I’d also like to add that the 2017 NFL season’s “check” has already been cut, through the SB. Ticket sales, Neilson and Arbitron numbers now don’t influence ANTHING now.
The fans need to let the NFL and advertisers know that 2018 season is in jeopardy.
All this would stop, if they just filmed the flag.
If the BLM protestors had no news coverage...it would be gone the next door. The media is the message.
You are so right on. The NFL has become a liberal business instead of a sport. I’m glad to see they’re as ignorant as Joe Scarborough and can’t buy a clue.
You think they will be selling any pricey super brawl ads?
I’m surprised the leftist talking heads didn’t spin it thus: “Listen to those boos. It’s obvious the fans hate America and its injustices as much as the players.”
Bad move Packer fans.
NFL scum.
I'm PO'd about the Broncos, too:
"The Denver Broncos may have realized that their fans weren't happy and released a statement after 30 of its players kneeled during the anthem on Sunday. The statement said that the entire team would be standing for the national anthem from now on because of a new policy."
The players didn't see the error of their ways. No, the front office had to instruct them to stand so they could stanch their losses. If any team owner had balls, he'd fire any bastard that insults the US of A during a game.
Yeah, that news is a "bombshell".
The NFL will most likely blow it off saying it was the fan’s fault they did it.
It’s so out of control.
And goes to show what an ineffective commissioner Goodell is and therefore, he needs to go.
So much harm already done.
MAGA MAN has shown US his strength =
OUR STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
NFL execs, like TV execs are, for the most part, Ivy-league snobs and Manhattan socialites.
I’d guess many of them have never met a Trump supporter.
We cut our cable this June and had experimented with Roku and the smart tv channels on our Vizio since last december.
Besides not sending “protection” money each month to ESPN,Disney, and ABC, we are saving over $100 per month, and we are enjoying the tv we select to watch. Not what the networks want us to watch.
If someone had sent out a letter insinuating I was a racist and had to be made a “LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE “ and it was signed off by the teams QB I sure as hell wouldn’t be in the stadium cheering for him and the rest of the team during the game
Tickets bought or not
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