[Dilbert San Diego]

There’s a certain irony here.

As they push this Colin Kapernick stuff, taking the side of the liberals and social justice warrior types, they turn off their biggest fans.

The irony is that, while they make the social justice types happy, these liberal snowflake social justice warrior types tend to not be sports fans or football fans.

So they are turning off some of their biggest fans, but they aren’t getting new fans from the social justice warriors whose approval they seek, for unknown reasons.

[SaveFerris]

Kinda like the Hillary thing.

Go, Hillary, Go! You go Hillary!! Stay on that tour!!!

rotflol

[Teacher317]

There’s a certain irony here. As they push this Colin Kapernick stuff, taking the side of the liberals and social justice warrior types, they turn off their biggest fans. The irony is that, while they make the social justice types happy, these liberal snowflake social justice warrior types tend to not be sports fans or football fans. So they are turning off some of their biggest fans, but they aren’t getting new fans from the social justice warriors whose approval they seek, for unknown reasons.

I'll take a stab at this one... it isn't the Pajama Boy SJW ratings they are after... it's women. They've worked hard for over a decade to build the female fan base, and it was going along pretty decently... and I think they're gambling on women to side with the sympathetic victim figures that the Left always tries to create. It may even work... those few women that have tuned in may just be happy and bring in another few percentage points of female fans.... but they are also presuming that they will not lose 10-20% of male fans, that our devotion to the sport is more important to us than the political annoyance. The sagging ratings should be quickly telling them that this calculation is wrong.

[proud American in Canada]

So they are turning off some of their biggest fans, but they aren’t getting new fans from the social justice warriors whose approval they seek, for unknown reasons.

It is truly mystifying. You would think they'd be a bit smarter.

Perhaps someone on the board should read FR. ;) Lots of smart people here.

I'm guessing, btw, that the SJWs are too busy playing hacky sack and grabbing a latte at Starbucks to watch football. LOL!

[grania]

I can't and don't want to get past the kneeling. I was already fed up with the silly pink ribbons for breast cancer. It's a distraction that has no place in the NFL narrative, especially during the game. The kneeling is a distraction and it's an employee/employer issue. The NFL used to stand for respect of USA values and culture. The kneeling is totally unacceptable when it's part of the presentation of the game.

It NEVER should've been allowed. Kaepernik should've been taken out of that game and suspended for at least three more. People and organizations often show their true colors when they have to make quick decisions. For the NFL and for the coach that day, the colors weren't red, white, and blue, and the reaction showed a total disdain for their fan base. Now the NFL has waited so long to stop it they've probably lost control of the ability to do so.