Posted on 11/26/2017 6:40:09 PM PST by Kaslin
Well, who would have thought that putting out a bad product and spitting on the American flag would be bad for ratings. The National Football League has seen its week eleven ratings and they’re not good: one million fewer viewers from last year. The NY Post reported that the ongoing battle between Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has been the center of NFL coverage. Goodell has put up insane contract demands of a $50 million salary, along with free flights, and health care for his family—for life. This coming from a man who has failed miserably to handle the national anthem protests that has engulfed the league in controversy:
The TV audience for NFL games steepened its slide in Week 11, losing 1 million viewers versus last year’s season-to-date average.
The 6.3 percent slump — worsening from comparable declines of 5.6 to 5.7 percent during the previous three weeks — plagued a week whose off-the-field drama made gridiron tackling seem almost tame by comparison.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones remained the major distraction by continuing to battle with fellow team owners and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Jones brought even more tension to Week 11 when video footage surfaced late last week of the football tycoon making a racially charged remark at a 2013 wedding party.
President Donald Trump added to the off-field antics with a tweet calling for the suspension of the Oakland Raiders’ Marshawn Lynch for not standing for the national anthem during a game played in Mexico City.
Most thought Donald Trump picked a cultural battle he couldn't win when he trashed NFL players who took a knee during the Star-Spangled Banner back in September. Well, that just wasn’t the case, as the overwhelming majority thought taking a knee during the anthem was unpatriotic and disrespectful. Also, former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, not Trump, fired the first salvo. Kaepernick spent Thanksgiving celebrating “Unthanksgiving” at Alcatraz.
Today, I was on Alcatraz Island at the Indigenous People’s Sunrise Gathering, in solidarity with those celebrating their culture and paying respects to those that participated in the 19 month occupation of Alcatraz in an effort to force ???? to honor the Treaty of Fort Laramie. pic.twitter.com/KdNtY3dp72— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) November 24, 2017
Good points.
If 10% of Disaffected NFL fans spent as much time on politics as they did on football... we might turn the country around!
yes, we’ve discovered that dog shows (and the ones where the pooches compete, run courses, etc) are much much more interesting than NFL.. surprisingly perhaps but they’re fascinating!
and the dogs don’t try to insult or show contempt for us, the audience, either
Superbowl. That multiweek hyped time when a bunch of illiterate millionairs who are not from the city play for a team that is only loyal to a city for as long as they can bilk the taxpayers for a new stadium, around a little kids ball in between commercials and interrupted midway through with a super krappy hate filled left wing political indoctrination masquerading as a pop music show that can be described as mediocre at best. I think my time would be more productive sanding my eyeballs while carving all the letters of the alphabet into my teeth with an emery board then chewing on some nice tasty aluminum foil
How do the stands look? I saw a lot of empty seats right now, but it’s halftime.
“I’ve taken my boycott one step further. I watch soccer whenever there’s a football game on whenever possible.”
I’d rather watch high school football.
Don’t watch the far left , racist players anymore. Screw them. The only way for the NFL to wake up, and be American is for us to boycott them.
Ah yes, that scene is from the Star Trek episode with the tribbles.
Hit the high school games...
3 of us since I , and the family have boycotted them
The NFL is showing weakness by keeping Roger Goodell, they should replace him with Al Sharpton.
Not rooting for anyone since they are racist, anti American.
Yeah, that’s the trouble with it. ;)
I think this us all headed for an NFL rule for next year that the anthem is to be played before the players take the field
No NFL in our house.
Won’t watch the NFL, only college and of course, the CFL. (Stamps won the Grey Cup today! They beat the Tranna Argonauts 24-16.)
we haven’t done highschool games yet but some college games are loads of fun to watch.....
I don’t think Condi wants to push for the job.
She may have had enough with people hating her because she was part of the Bush White House. Condi may be reluctant to jump back into that noisy Snake Pit of the media.
I hope I’m wrong. Her being given that appointment would be a real sea change and would attract a tremendous amount of attention.
This may be a somewhat thankless job that very few would willingly take, because no matter what side you favor, there is always going to be someone who hates your guts with a passion.
“all LA superbowl”
That would serve them right. It’d be a fitting way to end this debacle.
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