No big deal. No money involved. Plus uou can punish kids. Colleges and the NFL?
The radio station itself is losing sponsorship $.
And East Carolina Pirate fans realize that if a station is going to take a one-week boycott stand costing them $, then perhaps, they, too, could boycott a home game.
That translates into less tickets sold; less concessions bought; no parking $.
It also translates into riled-up university donors who may transfer donations elsewhere.
PLENTY of $ involved!
NFL tells players where to go, what to weigh, what to wear, what they can eat or drugs they can take.
They COULD tell them to stand for the Anthem.
But they choose not to.
Boycott and cost them money. That’ll fix it.
...No big deal. No money involved....
Actually, money is involved. College football broadcasts make alot of money from commercials sold specifically to be broadcast exclusively in the broadcast coverage. The company received zero money for those ads since they did not air. Bravo for their stand against these insults to the flag.
Uh, there is a heck of a lot of money involved. Alumni, big athletic donors, and student recruitment are all affected by the action. The band and music departments at most big universities get healthy contributions for the band to play at games. The band members get free trips to games, some to major events etc payed for by the athletic associations, if that money dries up the bands dissolve and music departments reduce considerably in size.
The other students should be enlightening the juveniles among their ranks and if that does not correct the problem those students can be removed for all such activities involving the marching band.