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Goodell: We Are ‘Proud’ of NFL Players’ Social Activism
Breitbart ^ | January 30, 2018 | Trent Baker

Posted on 01/31/2018 7:38:42 AM PST by C19fan

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To: C19fan

He is engaging in coprophagia to cater to the fan base. But as the fan base shrinks he will have to cater to a smaller base..and the outliers will desert..and so on and so forth..until a better football product takes its place...in my mind the nfl is not worth my time or dime anymore.

Typical game description:

Dink and dunk..4 yd run...pass interference..repeat until TD and stupid dance. Repeat with other team.
4 minutes of commercials.
Repeat


41 posted on 01/31/2018 9:03:23 AM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find)
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To: C19fan

I am proud of individuals and companies social activism, when it provides a clear benefit to those in need.
Examples would be:
Donating to a food bank.
Starting homeless shelters and rehab facilities.
Helping the elderly cope with loneliness, immobility and medication.
Donating to children’s hospitals.
Helping veterans with PTSD.
and probably 1000 other genuinely altruistic organizations.
Virtue signaling ‘game players’ spouting platitudes based on lies get zero respect.


42 posted on 01/31/2018 9:10:25 AM PST by No_More_Harkin
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The president really slammed the National Felons League last night (`stand for the national anthem'), Ha! Goodell is doubling down on failure. Keep posting your sycophantic football threads resident couch potatoes. No Super Bowl for these dice this year. Screw the junk food and circus. Image and video hosting by TinyPic
43 posted on 01/31/2018 9:15:04 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all white armed conservatives)
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To: Sequoyah101
Surely he is not that stupid?

He thinks it's 1964...forever. What an idiot.

44 posted on 01/31/2018 9:16:20 AM PST by GOPJ (Republicans care about Americans. Democrats care about illegals, corrupt elites, and criminals.)
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To: Leaning Right

I lost any respect for Villanueva after that incident. Have you noticed that USAA no longer runs the ad where he and his family are featured? Didn’t think they had it in them...


45 posted on 01/31/2018 9:27:43 AM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: C19fan

Goodell would not be “proud” if the players were kneeling to protest illegal immigration, abortion, or gay marriage.


46 posted on 01/31/2018 9:44:08 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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> I lost any respect for Villanueva after that incident. <

Me too. And given his distinguished Army service, I was surprised that he caved in so very fast. What’s certain is that someone got to him.

Perhaps Steelers coach Tomlin told Villanueva to support the team, or be benched. Perhaps other players threatened to injure him during practice, or a during game.

Regardless, Villanueva took the easy way out. And this incident actually was the one that decided it for me. No more NFL on my TV set.


47 posted on 01/31/2018 9:44:08 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: C19fan

I, too, am for social justice and economic justice, and that’s why I think the salaries of Goodell and NFL players are obscenely high.


48 posted on 01/31/2018 9:45:22 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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“Perhaps Steelers coach Tomlin told Villanueva to support the team, or be benched.”

This is my conclusion. “Rooney Rule”....ptoooey!


49 posted on 01/31/2018 9:51:18 AM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: C19fan

This guy is really stupid. Now he’s trying to make the sale that everyone tunes in, buys the overpriced tickets and buys the overpriced sanctioned merchandise in order to receive a “social justice” (by whose definition????) lesson, NOT to be entertained. If that’s what NFL former fans really wanted, I’m sure there’s a Youtube channel run by someone living in their bathrobe in Mom’s basement for them to tune into.


50 posted on 01/31/2018 11:36:34 AM PST by EinNYC
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footballsissy

 How can I support an operation that is dedicated to pushing dubious social causes?  That ain't sports.  That's a mass sashay.

The problem for them is, to paraphrase from the movie Airplane, "I picked a bad presidential cycle to jink left."
51 posted on 01/31/2018 2:50:20 PM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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