Posted on 01/10/2018 11:07:52 AM PST by EdnaMode
While national anthem protests have slowed around the NFL, it has still dominated national conversation throughout this season.
So what if such protests — namely kneeling — were to surface at the Super Bowl?
Fred Gaudelli, the executive producer of the Super Bowl, told reporters Tuesday night that the network would indeed capture any kneeling at the game.
"It was a pretty big story in our country this fall,” Gaudelli said Tuesday. “The Super Bowl is a live event, just like ‘Sunday Night Football.’ When you’re covering a live event, you’re covering whats happening.
“So if there are players that choose to kneel, they will be shown live. I would say, probably since Thanksgiving, a lot of that has kind of disappated and died down. It’s certainly possible it could happen again.”
Of course, not all protests during the anthem have been broadcast, but the attention it’s gotten seems to warrant that it be televised at the biggest football event of the year.
The anthem protest conversation reached new heights following Donald Trump's comments and tweets demanding that teams remove any players who choose to kneel.
The league united following Trump's comments that owners must "get that son of a b---- off the field" if a player protests, and the President added fuel to the fire via Twitter in the proceeding weeks.
NFL violence should be more off-putting than anthem kneeling Buffalo Bills players take a knee during the playing of the national anthem prior to an NFL football game against the Denver Broncos on Sept. 24, 2017. The symbolic kneel comes two days after Trump's harsh comments on players who don't stand during "The Star-Spangled Banner." NFL player Colin Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem last year as a way to peacefully protest police brutality against African Americans in America.
"Two dozen NFL players continue to kneel during the National Anthem, showing total disrespect to our Flag & Country. No leadership in NFL!” Trump tweeted in October.
The country can probably count on Trump to fire up his Twitter account once again if there's any protests on Super Bowl Sunday.
If a bear....
Sounds much more entertaining. :D
Hopefully it will be the lowest rated Super Bowl in a long time.
Doubt the ratings will be higher this year. Even if the Patriots or Steelers play the Eagles.
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Won't See TV.
Ugh, I’m glad I won’t be watching.
Just last year I had to explain to my kids that once upon a time, Superbowl ads were actually funny. Not political statements. I explained to them about Spuds McKenzie, the Bud-wi-zer frogs, etc. Not some illegals trying to cross the border, or two women kissing on their wedding day.
I will not be watching this year.
I quit on the NFL last year, which means I missed last year’s “Super Bowl for the Ages”. Won’t be watching this year, either. My wife and I have hosted several Super Bowl parties in the past. Now we don’t even watch any more.
Let them show whatever they like. By now the people watching it have made their choice and those of us not watching it have made ours. I’m gone, I won’t be back.
If I decide to turn it on and NBC shows players kneeling, I will promptly turn it off. There goes all those commercials. When’s the NFL gonna wake up?
I will gladly and proudly miss the Superbowl for the ninth consecutive year. Oversold and over hyped. Media circus.
it is the same idea though.
Whatever, we are not watching in my house and will not be watching anytime soon.
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