[Pox]

The only reason I had cable TV was to watch NFL games and other sporting events.

With the advent of this display of anti-America sentiments from NFL idiot players, along with most owners who let this flourish, I decided to dispose of my cable TV.

As of yesterday, the cord is cut. Permanently.

[NonValueAdded]

One bit of ad hoc change to the uniform, and they fall on the player like a ton of bricks. Make a political statement on the field, not so much.

[pepsi_junkie]

Two data points:

1: The NFL rigged the ratings this time by changing how they work. They will be doing some sort of composite rating which rolls in online watching which was never included before. Hence the ratings they report this year will be inflated compared to last year.

2: There is already a story being floated that the NFL could see decreased ratings because of Trump. So they cooked the books but are still doing pre-emptive damage control because they think the ratings will still be down.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

The NFL has not only become boring but distasteful and offensive as well.

Goodbye and good riddance.

[okie 54]

If some sports bars in Chicago refuse to air the NFL games does anybody really give a $hit? The biggest losers in this mess will be the black community. There not too many whites in the NFL

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I'm sorry but Colin K's employment woes have very little if anything to do with his politics.

He's just not that good. Only if some team's QB goes down with a season ending injury will Kaepernick get a sniff at a job in the NFL.

[panzerkamphwageneinz]

The remedy is clear: COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!

GEAUX TIGERS!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The NFL just wants the problem to go away.

Then you should have stopped them at the dinner roll.

So many problems are caused by just letting things slide, taking the easy route.

And now you have a big problem.

My heart bleeds....

Wait, sorry... it was just some ketchup.

[JimRed]

Two sports bars in Chicago are also boycotting NFL games until Kaepernick gets a job...

They'll be two empty "sports" bars on Monday and Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons and evenings.

[Billthedrill]

We're watching the sudden termination of a product life cycle, and the individuals involved would be fired in any other industry. Consider the incident where the Burger King dessert package had a swirl on it that looked like the word "Allah". Now, no one sane accused them of doing that deliberately, and no one questioned their right to put anything they wanted on their packages, but they changed it because it repelled the customer. It hurt the bottom line. Businesses spend incredible amounts of money on market research to find that sort of thing out.

The NFL knows there's a problem with the bottom line, the numbers are clear and unequivocal. Had the Burger King employees banded together and insisted that it was their company's right to put anything they like on their packaging, people would have thought them demented. Correct, perhaps, but crazy.

Certain NFL players have co-opted their brightly-lit stage toward political ends and have forgotten that they're all entertainers who must sell their product every game. The customer hasn't. And the business is sinking.

[N. Theknow]

But the election is over, last year's lame-ass excuse, which means fans will return in droves!

[ViLaLuz]

If they don’t politicize themselves, just shut up and play football, their problems would clear up.