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The Prayer Trend in NFL That Networks Keep Ignoring
Real Clear Politics ^

Posted on 01/22/2026 7:26:15 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET

It happens almost every week, in almost every stadium. If you blink you’ll miss it. The sight of several young, wealthy, influential men bowing in submission to a higher power is a glitch in the matrix. It doesn’t fit the script.

It is a glaring disconnect between the reality of the players and the media covering them.

It’s time we turned the cameras back on, and if the networks don’t, the players will do it for them.

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KEYWORDS: football; media; msm; nfl; prayer; sports
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To: DIRTYSECRET

It would have to be pre-anthem. Once the coin toss happens there’s gathering until the end. And they probably wouldn’t turn the cameras.


21 posted on 01/22/2026 8:01:05 AM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I keep waiting for a Caucasian singer to perform The Black National Anthem at an NFL game.


22 posted on 01/22/2026 8:06:53 AM PST by kawhill ("Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong". Oscar Wilde)
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To: dfwgator

Apparently an electrical substation is also on the suspect list:
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47685487/niners-look-everything-including-substation-theory

Crazy, but really, they need to try everything.


23 posted on 01/22/2026 8:08:37 AM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: JSM_Liberty

CJ Stroud has a compelling back story. His father has been in prison for 10 years, with many more to go. So CJ has turned to faith in Jesus Christ to help him.

Many of these young men are finding the real God, and know that money and fame isn’t it. It’s happening in the college game, too.


24 posted on 01/22/2026 8:15:15 AM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: JSM_Liberty

Doesn’t mean what you think


25 posted on 01/22/2026 8:25:55 AM PST by Dartoid
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To: DIRTYSECRET

This has been happening for decades. No one is “not covering it.” The networks have limited time, they do their interviews, and then move on.

This false persecution narrative is false witness.


26 posted on 01/22/2026 8:29:25 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: dfwgator

Yes, that’s my impression too. Somewhere along the line he landed himself a very radical, very black girlfriend and she in turn radicalized him. Too bad.


27 posted on 01/22/2026 8:55:33 AM PST by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: discostu; dfwgator

Have you seen the recent speculation that the 49ers’ injury problems are somehow related to the electromagnetic noise from the substation located just outside their facility?


28 posted on 01/22/2026 8:58:03 AM PST by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: Blurb2350

I remember hearing something about that a few weeks ago. Who knows, anything is possible.


29 posted on 01/22/2026 8:59:08 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Rome had the same problem when the gladiators started praying with the Christians.


30 posted on 01/22/2026 10:41:30 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: Vermont Lt

**No one is “not covering it.” The networks have limited time, they do their interviews, and then move on.
This false persecution narrative is false witness.**

U gotta be joking. Networks had plenty of time for Kapernick coverage during the national anthem. How many fans really want to listen to the song?


31 posted on 01/22/2026 10:48:14 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

I think you miss my point.

Let me try again.

They normally showed the national anthem. Up to the Kapernick period anyway. So, when he started his shenanigans, it was in front of live cameras.

At the end of the game, the networks want to “get out of the coverage” as fast as they can. The cost to transmit a game is astronomical. Every minute they cover AFTER the game is final costs thousands of dollars in staff and satellite/transmission time. There is no reason to continue that coverage unless something critical is going on. That is why they cut to another game almost immediately. Or they will cut to the studio which is a lot less expensive to run. (10 people running the show vs 50 at an NFL game.)

I think a lot of people are assigning intent, when the only intent is to keep the costs down. No one is selling commercial time to see a prayer circle. So they won’t show it.


32 posted on 01/22/2026 12:07:35 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: DIRTYSECRET

A bit off topic, but what’s with the “Consider Love” on the back of NFL helmets?


33 posted on 01/22/2026 2:13:06 PM PST by WASCWatch ( WASC)
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To: WASCWatch

No no no. It’s CHOOSE LOVE. Off topic? Not at all.


34 posted on 01/22/2026 3:43:33 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Vermont Lt

They did not NORMALLY show the national anthem. I’ll let other creepers agree or disagree with us.


35 posted on 01/22/2026 3:44:44 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

That’s freepers.


36 posted on 01/22/2026 3:45:45 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Well, they did the first 50 years I watched football on TV. Maybe not in your area.


37 posted on 01/22/2026 4:19:43 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: DIRTYSECRET

The reason I remember is because my Dad used to bitch about how they butchered it. LOL.


38 posted on 01/22/2026 4:21:12 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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