Posted on 06/10/2020 2:08:04 PM PDT by janetjanet998
NASCAR announced in a statement that "the display of the confederate flag will be prohibited from all NASCAR events and properties.
The "folks" running NASCAR should just go bankrupt.. and maybe go choke while they're going bankrupt.
Ban the Confederate Flag?
Really, let’s see how that works out for you...
No Stars and Bars - NO NASCAR at my House.
Oh I agree, but when the corporations who sponsor and broadcast your activity threaten to cut cash flow, it does get your attention.
“The only flag they really approve of flying is the white flag”
That would be appropriate to represent the las days of the Confederacy.
Who ever runs that organization doesn’t realize how much money that sport generates and the ripple effect it has.
The sponsors do.
Yep, sports is all about Corporations now. And what Corporations Want, Corporations Get.
And that’s the end of NASCAR.
“How likely are folks who support the rebel flag likely to comply?”
People who would actually fly the flags will probably stay away. And some people who don’t fly the flag but don’t like being told they are racist will probably stay away.
We don’t actually know how many are in these categories.
But attendance at NASCAR events is down anyway, mostly (I think) due to generational changes.
The real question is how many young people want to watch evil gasoline-guzzling cars go round and round and round.
Bill France Senior, who was George Wallace’s Florida campaign manager in 1972, must be spinning round and round himself.
Well there goes NASCAR!!!
I would be tempted to say, “and so it begins” if I wasn’t pretty sure it is already over.
OK, I’m done.50+ years, but no more. And I’m not racist.
NASCAR just called every proud southerner a racist.
This will make that Gillette screw-up look like positive marketing.
IMSA for the win baby !!!
I myself have never been interested in NASCAR, but my understanding of their history makes me think they are absolutely nuts for trying to pull a “woke” stunt like this. So far as I know, their only fan base is predominantly Southern men.
Daisy Duke will be sorely distressed
Pissants
If NASCAR drivers that disagrees with this petty edict should defy it , 100%
Can’t blame this one on New York City or Los Angeles.
Wow
“If NASCAR drivers that disagrees with this petty edict should defy it , 100%.”
This was not Richard Petty’s edict.
They were probably afraid of racially based fights breaking out. Plenty of people drink too much and get rowdy at sporting events regardless.
How about BMM. Bowel Movements Matter.
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