Posted on 10/18/2017 10:30:17 PM PDT by ForYourChildren
Like many Americans, I find it distressing to see multi-millionaire athletes kneeling during the playing of our national anthem before professional football games. In my lifetime, football has been a big part of our image as Americans.
In my working-class Cleveland, Ohio family, Sunday football was always a big event. One of my cousins was married to Lenny Dawson who would become a Hall of Fame quarterback. It was a rare Sunday during football season when we weren’t gathered around our TV or radio for the Cleveland Browns or the Kansas City Chiefs game (both if possible).
As we watched those games, I had no idea the political affiliation of any of the players and I certainly don’t recall any political discussions during the games (a rarity). We ate, the adults drank, some smoked, and we all felt a part of something both exciting and uniquely American.
I came to love the game. Seeing Jim Brown run down the field is as much a part of my youth as JFK’s inaugural address. I’m not equating their historical relevance. But, both inspired and encouraged my generation regardless of your race, religion or political affiliation. They were simply uplifting.
"Employees have no constitutional right to alienate a business’ customer base, damaging the business that employs both them and their co-workers, not to mention the owners who have taken the financial risks to create that business."
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“Andy Puzder was chief executive officer of CKE Restaurants for more than 16 years, ..”
Thanks for the background info on this guy and his new book.
I’m coming to think the NFL (and NBA) has deserved placement in the category of #FakeSports for a while, it is just becoming more obvious now that they are under closer scrutiny. The Derek Carr incident was a pivotal moment - true or not, it has become believable as intentional in a way that it would never have been before.
New #Fakefootball League
“Let’s Hit Al Hirt in the Mouth with a Brick Contest”
(Snicker, snicker)
This has “chaos theory” written all over it.
The NFL owners are flying blind—and they still have no clue how bad this is going to get.
They have empowered the players to virtue signal on and off the field—and empowered the previously complacent fans to give them the middle finger.
Both the players and fans are beginning to get intoxicated by the power—power the owners have lost.
The long-term is always hard to predict, but the owners have added big-time systemic risk to their business—their Business School Grade is F-.
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