And then Colin Kaepernick brought it all to a screeching halt.
I wonder how many watched; percentage from a few years ago?
Imagine telling people back then, what would become of sports?
And that was the beginning of the end of the NFL, as it became just another means of Entertainment, and not just sport.
The world was a better place when all college football games were on Saturdays, and all NFL games were on Sundays.
Actually, what you are positing started with ABC’s Wide World of Sports. That really started the sports on TV legacy. MN+F just cashed in on this and made it into something like a cult.
Remember how the best part of MNF was the Halftime Highlights, because in the days before ESPN, that would be the only way you could actually see highlights of your team.
People would go nuts if their favorite team wasn’t included in the Halftime Highlights.
For the first time in 50 years, I am not watching Monday Night Football nor the NFL on any other day!
I can hear Dandy Don Meredith singing “Turn Out the Lights, the Party’s Over”
Need to bring back the AFL (AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE).
Players must stand for the National Anthem or you’re fired.
Only thing players are allowed to talk about is football on air during the game or in any interview concerning the game or you’re fired
Any mention of politics they’re fired (same as rule #1 but better defined)
Any drug test coming back positive you’re fired.
Any physical abuse of spouses or anyone else beside the team you play against you’re fired.
REAGAN, LENNON & MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
https://aaronjhill.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/reagan-lennon-monday-night-football/
Some years back, a liberal friend on FB posted “Those whom the gods would drive mad, they first make think America will choose them over football.”
It died with Howard Cosell. He made Ali and Monday Night Football.
I recall the days when the networks gave movies like Heidi precedence over pro football. If the game lasted so long that it overlapped the movie’s time slot, they would cut away from the game and show the movie at the time it was scheduled.
The New Orleans Saints are going to kill the Raiders tonight in their new Stadium. Keep an eye on Taysom Hill.
Only mistake was starting it at 9pm est, should have been 8pm.
I will continue to post this until I see it reported in the NY Times, WaPo, and on NBC, and CNN
Please share the letter on any other media sites that you use.
(Please disregard if you have already seen it)
Letter to the NFL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kcFR_uQwiw&feature=emb_logo