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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“Football is not nearly as boring as baseball.”
No kidding.
Still remember with a laugh that clip some wag put together showing the entire Kentucky Derby running in the time between two bazeball pitches.
True dat.
Golf is the dumbest...soccer is next...
Sports are fine.
But, sports should be treated like sex.
It’s something you should actively participate in and not just sit on the couch, drink beer and watch others do it.
There is nothing more exciting in sports than the last five minutes of a meaningful hockey game.
You can smash into a guy....tackle him by the ankles...but pull on his shirt...and...omg....cost ya 10 yeards.
I remember watching hockey when my son was about 8. He loved it. I was just being a ;oving mom. Then, years later, I lived nextdoor to a fellow who worked for the Chicago hockey team. He took me to a game, explained every move and made it fun to watch.
Sometimes you just have to know a how and why players are doing what they do. to enjoy it. I hate football but watched it with two friends who understood what was going on, what might happen next and why. Only football game I ever enjoyed.
Can't get over Cook...he gets smashed every time out and pops right up like a jack in the box.
LMAO. When we were kids, we called it gnip gnop.
I can’t imagine wasting three hours watching a game. You’d do just as well waiting and watching the last five minutes or even waiting for the two minute warning...
President Trump gets my prayers daily. NFL’s dynamic kickoff is good, because researchers knew in the 1990’s that kickoffs are the place of most injuries and kickoffs should be removed in high and college games. NFL and college footballs teams are healthy expressions of American patriotism and strength. All foreign sports, such as the Tour de France and World Cup, wish they had American managers. For example, the Yankees are a team from 1913 and the Tour de France has no teams from 1913. American sports managers at all levels need to realized that God has blessed us with wonderful sports teams that are the envy of the world.
Get rid of the kickoff. Place the ball at the 20 yardline
And turning college teams into farm clubs for the NFL.
Football is best watched on a DVR. The plays are exciting. The meetings (huddles) are boring. The reviews, refs’ discussions on penalties, player posing, timeouts and contiuous commercials are even more boring. Fast forward past all of those and a three and a half hour game can be watched in an hour.
Or has the outrage evaporated?
Regards,
Did you ever try to play golf? It’s incredibly difficult to be consistently good at it.
Golf is the only sport I watch on TV.
Did you ever try to play golf? It’s incredibly difficult to be consistently good at it.
Golf is the only sport I watch on TV.
Yep - DVR is the best. We recently moved and can’t get our favorite football team on TV usually. I’ll pull up a website with the score and the plays. It is unbelievable how long it takes until the next play is run.
I try to work on something else, but then my team will have the ball and it is 3rd down and 2 yards so I’ll wait to see what happens. Waiting. Waiting...
Not for me.
Unforgivable.
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