After Trump's comments on NFL, league sponsors will set the tone

Yahoo! ^ | 9-23-17 | Daniel Roberts

[UglyinLA]

Exactly. These millionaire blacks are feeling guilty so they pretend to be down with the struggle hoping it erases their guilt and hoping that the poor blacks are too caught up in hatred to notice these athletes are making millions in salary.

[ptsal]

Nuthur Felon Louse ...NFL

[Vision Thing]

Lol! As they say in the original BG: by your command!

[dr_lew]

Heh. Couldn't find the actual cartoon, but here it is in a composite, at the lower right. ( My favorite, BTW, is on the upper left. Caption sez, "Well, I'll wait one more hour for him and if he doesn't come by then he can go and borrow that $100 from someone else." )

[Mark17]

This is going to spread to college. Guaranteed.

I have a feeling, that you are correct. The NHL is getting ready to kick off. I hope the NHL does not bow to political correctness.

[plain talk]

Will these brands take a side in this latest battle of words: President Trump vs the NFL?

It is not Trump vs the NFL. It's Trump vs the kneeled protesters.

[roostercogburn]

They will simply stop playing the anthem before games.
That bag of shit Kapernick is going to go down in history as the man who wrecked the tradition.

[sparklite2]

If you decide to watch it, I hope your memory of the series is extensive, because SyFy is cutting out chunks of the show for extra commercials. If I wasn’t so lazy, I’d dig out my Blu-rays of the series. But, hey...

[Auslander154]

“The solution is to stop playing the anthem before games.”

Or do what one high school did and play the anthem while the players are still in the locker room.

At the very least, the NFL should find their own flag bearers and stop depending on the police and military - putting them and the flag out there to be disrespected.

[Impala64ssa]

The protests are about police brutality. A little perspective. Statistically anyone, Black or White is more likely to get involved in serious accidents going to and from the football stadiums than being victims of police brutality. For an exercise in terror, drive around Met Life stadium when the Giants or Jets are in town, same with Raymond James in Tampa.

[Sgt_Schultze]

That would be the quickest way to encourage the NFL to get a handle on the posturing little boys. If Frito Lay, Pepsi, Budweiser etc saw a sales retraction and heard feedback as to why, the message would go out.

[Ouchthatonehurt]

I follow the SEC...hopefully that will never occur.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

That’s because, in the words of Wasserman managing partner Elizabeth Lindsey, who works with brands like these on their NFL sponsorships, “Football is football… a phenomenon, a juggernaut… It’ll always continue to garner attention from the marketers, primarily because it garners that much attention from the fans.”

No. The NFL has peaked and is now on the downside. The growing evidence of CTE and damaged former players, the soaring tickets prices to pay for new stadiums, over-saturation on TV, and last but not least the politicization of the NFL - not just Kaepernick but all of the PC nonsense Goodell has indulged in. The NFL's TV ratings are down, and TV revenue will soon follow. Kids are increasingly not being allowed by their parents to play tackle football, due to the growing worries over concussions, and the NFL audience is aging.

It's all a shame - I grew up in the '70s when the NFL was on the way up, when kids at school talked about what Don Meredith said to Howard Cosell on MNF, when the MNF opening was this classic and not some half-dressed blond wailing while Eli Manning stares blankly into the camera, but those days are over. The NFL is on the way out.

[gnarledmaw]

Well its a good thing Clinton isnt still president, you would have to commit suicide by burning your own compound down.

[montag813]

So this is saying lost viewers don't hurt the NFL, just networks and sponsors. Good enough for me!

[4Runner]

We need more half-filled stadiums. A LOT more.

[EliRoom8]

Before we hear more about the Packers being a patriotic, OK franchise, let's consider the following: Green Bay Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy released this statement: _______________________________ It’s unfortunate that the President decided to use his immense platform to make divisive and offensive statements about our players and the NFL. We strongly believe that players are leaders in our communities and positive influences.

[TChris]

We strongly believe that players are leaders in our communities and positive influences.

I guess it's a good thing I stopped watching the NFL about two player strikes ago.

Professional sports already holds very nearly zero interest to me anyway, and this crap will likely drop it the rest of the way.

[apostoli]

LMAO!

[EliRoom8]

Trump doubled down: ...our Great American Flag (or Country) and should stand for the National Anthem. If not, YOU'RE FIRED. Find something else to do!