100% correct. The owners and coaches draft these guys, wine and dine them, recruit them during free agency, and the players have the upper hand in most dealings. So naturally the owners’ and coaches’ first priority is usually to pacify and bend to the players desires.
Except in this situation, they might learn that the fans should have been the number priority.
“Except in this situation, they might learn that the fans should have been the number priority.”
There is a way to change this. Deny the owners tax breaks for taking a loss on a sports franchise.
Let’s look at winners and losers.
Winners - Owners. They will just write it off. The Left. They wanted to get rid of the NFL for years. It seems to be happening. Existing players. They will all get paid.
Losers - Fans. A national pastime will be gone. Community. Those stadiums cost money and sales and jobs for local economy. The tax payer. They fund the stadium. Countless kids from youth through college who dreamed of one day playing pro football.
Anything else?
“Except in this situation, they might learn that the fans should have been the number priority.”
They don’t see us as sober customers, but as addicts to their opiate of the masses. And you can hardly blame them after all fans is short for fanatics.
They figured they got us so hooked on what they’re pushing that we’ll keep buying their stuff.
And you know something the verdict is still out on whether they’re right or wrong.
So far quite a few addicts are abstaining, but will they weaken and get sucked back in?