Well if the weather’s good, get out and enjoy that, because it’s so rare .... but if not and you’re on FR anyway, nothing better than some good ol’ NFL-bashing, because slamming incompetence never goes out of style.
But here’s a NEW conspiracy theory for ya ....
This protest mess started with Kapernick, and the NFL execs could have just ordered it stopped, and suspended him if he didn’t comply. But what if they were told not to?
At the time, Obama was still President and Lynch still AG. Given their numerous examples of meddling and intimidation in other instances, who’s to say they didn’t quietly lean on the NFL management to do nothing and let this go on? A big election was coming up, and the Dems needed to stoke the racial fires any way they could, and Ferguson just didn’t catch on, so they needed something new ...
just wondering ....
Joe Lockhart, the league’s executive vice president of communications since January 2016, has instituted an in-your-face approach learned in part from his days as White House press secretary under President Bill Clinton. The change has led to a more open and accessible NFL that is not afraid to mix it up.
https://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2017/09/28/in-shift-joe-lockhart-has-nfl-s-pr-playing-offense.html
I don’t think anyone needed to lean on the NFL for anything. By the time this whole Kaepernick mess started they had already hired former Clinton jerk Joe Lockhart as the league’s spokesman.