I took a knee in protest against the MFL and then I changed the channel from the Denver Donkeys game and have only watched college football since then.
Goodell is a huge problem, but compare the progressivism of the NFL to when Joe Lockhart came on board - he has assisted with the suicide and the message.
NFL out of the USA!
I can’t believe they think that the masses are so ignorant to not know that their kneeling during the Anthem is a protest against this country and veterans. It is MEANT to be provocative otherwise they’d take a knee at halftime.
FTNFL
I think not, and why would they, the TV revenue and NFL fan gear is colossal, why should they care?
They work (play) for the NATIONAL Football League.
What nation is that for whom they work/play?
How complicated is it to see that they should STAND for the National Anthem of the United States?
That's the crux of the matter - it's something a lot worse than a boycott if people find better ways to spend their weekends and don't come back at all. After 50 years of careful construction the NFL had attained the status of an American tradition, and when that was brought into conflict with a much deeper American tradition, something had to give, and it's pretty obvious what that was. The damage, though, is not yet really visible, it's structural, and when season ticket holders, some of whom have had those in their families for generations, don't renew, and advertisers cut contracts because the viewership has shrunk, there isn't much to stop the slide. Turning halftime and game openings into quasi-military pander-fests isn't fooling anyone and is so obviously phony it's causing more harm than good. And that's about all they're willing to try.
It's already too late for a John Madden-esque Thanksgiving extravaganza media blitz with the multi-legged turkeys and such. That makes this coming Superbowl hugely important in terms of tradition as well as ratings. Anti-flag and anti-anthem protests at that would put the last nail in the coffin.
Done with the NFL....not coming back, ever.
They made a bad choice
ML/NJ
The college game is much better, anyway.
- Roll Tide -
In my neck of the woods tickets are practically being given away to fill more seats the night before. Mostly to college kids at bars and stuff.
Someone today offered me 4 tickets and a parking pass to the Giants game tomorrow. I said no thanks. It is a 2+ hour drive, and makes for a long day. However, in years past, I have never ever heard of someone just giving tickets away like it is a minor league baseball game, even when they were terrible like this year.
The NFL, like most major corporations, is infected with the PC virus. Symptoms of the PC (political correctness) virus in business are virtue signaling insulting much of their market, being oblivious to lost profits, and profuse displays of how “woke” they are.
let the kneegros beware, i see a hundred mc-mansions, expensive cars and trucks and all manner of other toys going up on the market in the next few years once the salary cuts come into play to pay for their little tantrums, and it will be glorious!!! if the white boys are smart, the will start unloading their debts now before the rush
NEIL MCCOY COUNTRY SINGER
Country music star Neil McCoy debuts song mocking NFL anthem protests — and it’s going viral – BE SURE TO SKIP THE AD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGOQFhVLczk
This will continue into 2018.