What is happening now is in essence the laws of the jungle, karma, what happens when you are a moral contradiction, when you lose vision of what your primary purpose is.
Instead of the NFL being about FOOTBALL, a number of years ago they decided they’d be a Social Justice Experiment and put their heads into the yoke of Socialism/Marxism. For some preferential treatment, or perhaps responding to liberal blackmail, they’ve sold their souls to the Devil.
You reap what you sow NFL!
What seems to confuse a lot of people is mistakenly thinking the sporting aspects which were emphasized during the 'golden years' (60s-90s) were some kind of morally superior metric. They weren't - rather, football athleticism is what sold to the viewing masses during that era. The problem, however, with all mature businesses which reach a certain market saturation, is they can't achieve any further growth locked into their traditional base(s).
So, what do they do? Why, they look outside their traditional core of course. That means, for the NFL, women & families. But, to appear to females & families, the NFL needed to expand their selling points aka appeal to other aspects other that just a sports entertainment vehicle delivering athleticism & competition.
The end result is what we see today; in pursuing new markets, the NFL is quickly losing the support of its core base fans. Same is true for NASCAR, etc, etc, etc. My guess right now is that there are plenty of discussions occurring right now debating the direction the league wants to take. Perhaps a few understand the need to get back to basics, but are facing resistance from others that are still able to increase franchise value from a mixed appeal.
Ultimately, and this happens every time in every market, a fire alarm goes off and there's a mad rush to preserve the business before it goes into some kind of death spiral. NASCAR already seems ot be there - I wonder how long the NFL will take.
That idiotic month of wearing pink was a sure sign of PC gone overboard