Now Chicken Wing Producers Are Whining Over NFL Protests

Eater ^ | Dec 15, 2017, 4:03pm EST | Chris Fuhrmeister

[Olog-hai]

Another food behemoth is blaming slumping sales on protests at National Football League games.

Sanderson Farms, a poultry outfit headquartered in Laurel, Mississippi, is pointing to the protests, in which some NFL players kneel during the pre-game national anthem, as a possible reason for a recent decline, reports Fortune.

“The only thing puzzling me right now is wings,” chief executive officer Joe F. Sanderson Jr. said in an earnings call on Thursday. “It’s just been reported to us that some of our customers think that their traffic is down because of the demonstrations by some of the NFL players.”

Chicken wing sales are down 14 percent compared to this time last year, according to Fortune. …

[Olog-hai]

Well, at least where I live, they call them “tenders”, which sounds to my ear like something that ought to be attached to a steam locomotive. The “boneless wings” misnomer seems to be limited to chain restaurants.

[mewzilla]

Bias? Eater is owned by Vox Media. Nuff said.

[Buckeye McFrog]

What I want to know is when will the players get hit on THEIR pocketbooks?

Probably not until the next CBA because their current pay is locked-in by contract.