[Zakeet]

According to this rather long article ... your boycott is making those poor dumb jocks pee their jerseys ...

[Caipirabob]

They have the leftist thugs power and this is what they did with it. The NFL is just a microcosm of when you cater to a culture that should be confined to a Petri dish.

[Grampa Dave]

The left wing ESPN pukes are peeing in their custom made suits and on their imported Italian loafers as ESPN continues to whack and remove these left wing Social Justice Warriors from their payroll.

ESPN is planning another round of layoffs just six months after the network fired more than 100 employees, Sporting News reports.

Multiple sources told the sports news site that 40 to 60 people including on-air talent and radio personalities may be sent packing.

The layoffs could come as soon as late November or early December.

ESPN declined Fox News’ request for comment.

Excerpted, for full story go to the link below.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/10/27/espn-preparing-for-more-layoffs-report-says.html

[Pearls Before Swine]

The comments are interesting, and pretty evenly divided. <>p The article itself is long, but I'd say on balance, a bit more sympathetic to the players' side. But the thing I take away from the article is the picture of the fans at the top:

[odawg]

I don’t know if it is just me, but I was rather shocked at a close-up of a bunch of those players on their knees at a game with that truculent look on their face. Their faces were not ennobled by a look of heart felt purpose or concern; it was all defiance. And I thought to myself: You mean that is what I have been watching?

They all looked like a lynch mob.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

BOYCOTT THE NFL!!!™

[Tenacious 1]

The NFL branding, “We don’t like our country.”

They have a very patriotic and mostly conservative fanbase (or had maybe).

The NFL should hire the DixiChicks as consultants. They know a thing or two about kicking their fans in the balls.

[Drango]

FU NFL

[Snickering Hound]

Anna Isaacson, the NFL's vice president of social responsibility, chief marketing officer Dawn Hudson and others had presented the plan to Goodell and top executives, including public relations chief Joe Lockhart, chief operating officer Tod Leiweke, chief media and business officer Brian Rolapp and general counsel Jeff Pash. Isaacson characterized the plan as a chance to seize the social moment and make an impact beyond football. There was also a request for a huge marketing budget.

The league's business executives ripped it, accusing Isaacson -- who had joined the NFL after working in merchandising and community relations for baseball's Brooklyn Cyclones -- and Hudson of losing sight of the goal, which was to persuade all the players to stand for the anthem. The plan was "too political," they said, and would likely invite further attacks by Trump. "How could you possibly present this to owners?" one executive asked. As the proposal was discussed, Goodell remained mostly quiet but seethed because he felt the plan was uninspired.

Where ever there is a problem, there is some chick that is the 'Vice President for Social Responsibility'...

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Apparently, last night was a thugfest that the NFL deserves

[Kahuna]

So what a typical liberal ploy. The NFL holds a big pow wow in New York with players and some owners. Why just “some owners”? Owners like Jerry Jones and Dan Snyder are not invited by Goodell because they have sounded the alarm bell and want the league to demand that all players stand for the anthem. So with a biased group of 11 balless owners the group kowtows to the players and wants to spend a huge amount of money running an ad campaign that explains how the players have a valid cause. Good luck with that as even their own internal polling shows their favorability rating falling 40 some points to 11%.

[GSWarrior]

40 to 0 beatdowns are not good for ratings either.

[Awgie]

Football fans are mostly right-leaning Conservative Republican so hearing the anti-American leftist crap from players is a no-brainer dumbass thing to be doing

[Sicon]

New York Jets linebacker Demario Davis stood up in the center of the room and told owners: "I'm going to break it down for you guys. You guys aren't supporting us, and until you do, there's going to be an issue."

Imagine being in a meeting with your boss, and saying this. You wouldn't even be given the chance to return to your desk - they'd throw you out the door on the spot.

The owners should fire every single player that refuses to stand for the anthem. I'd rather see a bunch of lower-skilled players than in any way support these social justice warrior morons.

Actually, it doesn't matter, as I count myself among those who will never support the NFL or watch it again, unless and until these SJW posers are shown the door. Not disciplined, not forced to stand for the Anthem - SHOWN. THE. DOOR.

[Sicon]

after all, some players privately view the commissioner as the puppet of ruthless billionaire owners.

Yeah, "ruthless billionaire owners." You idiots are being payed millions of dollars a year to PLAY A GAME! Those owners are so "ruthless", eh? Try working a real job in the real world, and see what a "ruthless" employer actually looks like.

[wbill]

I forgot that there was a game on Monday, also last night (until I saw this article). I've no idea who played either game, or what the score was.

Two years ago, such a thing would have been completely unimaginable to me.

"Indifference" is far worse to the NFL, than "Boycott". I may never go back.

[Beave Meister]

I guess both the owners and the players need a good old fashion lesson in economics...

[SoFloFreeper]

apparently a letter to the editor from one of our Florida newspapers.