“Not sure of that. The left must be ecstatic this morning that two of their foes (The NFL and flag-loving conservatives) are attacking each other. How is the left not winning this?”
You are making a fundamental error in thinking that the NFL are a foe of the Left. The NFL owners are elitist billionaires who are mostly leftists themselves (as nearly all of the very rich in America are). They’ve hired a millionaire Leftist, Goodell, to be their commissioner. The players are mostly black...and are often millionaires themselves. The coaches are there to keep their rosters - again over 70% black - functioning as a single unit. They do as they are told and will, thus, support the leftist bent of this big industry. Flag Loving Conservatives will walk away...I’m a lifelong sports fan...I’m walking away today from NFL football, and won’t come back untill they permanently change.
It’s easy to forget that before the merger, the NFL took a huge back seat to college football, and certainly baseball was still by far the most popular of professional sports.
Looks like were going “Back to the Future.”