Posted on 11/01/2026 6:40:44 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
President Donald Trump has never been shy about sharing his opinions on the NFL. But at a campaign rally on Sunday, he took things a step further, questioning why anyone would want to watch football at all.
Speaking in Iowa ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections, Trump went on yet another rant about the NFL’s kickoff rule. He called the sport “boring as h***” and even claimed that he skips the start of games to avoid watching kickoffs.
The NFL introduced its “dynamic kickoff” ahead of the 2024 season in an effort to reduce injuries and encourage more returns. Under the format, players on the kicking team line up much closer to the receiving team, cutting down on high-speed collisions.
The rule worked well enough that the league made it permanent. But Trump has repeatedly complained about it, going back to September 2024, when he called it the “beginning of the end” for the league.
Trump was in Iowa on Sunday to campaign for Senate candidate Ashley Hinson, with the midterm elections just two days away. But as he often does, he went off on a number of tangents, including the state of football.
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We need the WNFL, women’s football league. I mean everyone is so excited about the WNBA games, it can’t miss. Then women’s curling, the ice thing not their hair. Women’s bowling. Women’s arm wrestling.
Exactly.
Dark days for the NFL. A bleak, shadowy umbra covers a once great league. I don’t want to watch wild rabid jungle animals on a rampage.
Along with the conduct of some of the players.
Same right here.
I’ll take a knee for that!
I stopped caring about the National Felons League a long time ago.
Not boring.
I will suggest to our POTUS, and respectfully so, that there is never a good time to offend or alienate prospective voters.
Acting PRESIDENTIAL means tact and diplomacy
Not boring.
I will suggest to our POTUS, and respectfully so, that there is never a good time to offend or alienate prospective voters.
Acting PRESIDENTIAL means tact and diplomacy
I hate football and didn’t have much interest in baseball either.
Then my son took me to a Mariner’s game. He had a season parking place, season seats in a great location and explained what might happen next and why.
That was an enjoyable game.
Watching big guys in helmets crash into each other bores me to death.
I just watch golf. I’m sure it would put you to sleep. But I tried to play years ago and know how hard it is to play well.
New neighbor loves golf and has a huuuuuge tv screen. Hog heaven over here.
(table tennis 🏓)
No game clock; only can score if on offense; one on one drama more intense; multiple opportunities to see teammates do their part every play; much more dramatic than any other sport; star power of the player not nearly as impactful to officiating; don’t need to be a bizarre physical specimen of a human to compete.
Baseball is so much better - and easier to teach your girlfriend, fiancé, or wife how the game works with plenty of time to focus attention on the game and the moments.
This from a dude who owned USFL Generals?
Geesh, Americans love their football. And with good reason.
Want boring? Golf. Soccer. Good lord.
I love watching golf. I try to play golf.
There is nothing more exciting in sports than the last five minutes of a meaningful hockey game.
Kneeling to criminal monsters while slapping law enforcement in the face.
They can go straight to hell.
Domes doomed the Ice bowls. Dome, really dome.
We’ll do other things rather than somethings dome.
“‘Who the h*** wants to watch football?’: President Trump calls football ‘boring as h***’”
he’s absolutely correct regarding NFL football, though NFL football is slightly less boring that all other sports combined, excluding NCAA Division I football ....
Pro football is. College football is the best.
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