[pgawdx]

This is my first post on FR after lurking for 15+ years.

I just called and cancelled my DirecTV service after having been a customer since around 1995 (I live in a rural town with no cable TV).

I had my wife explain to the nice customer service guy that I could no longer pay $$ to ESPN, the NFL, etc... All over, done. This virtue signalling BS is out of control.

I recommend everyone do the same. For me its $126/month that is no longer going to directly fund my avowed enemies.

I'd say that if I really wanted to watch a game - I'd go to a bar or something (I live in NE Patriots territory). But after hearing the drunken packaging-magnate owner of the Patriots chime in on this whole National Anthem thing - my desire to ever see a game again has just evaporated.

[MountainDad]

Welcome aboard as an active FR participant!

[Persevero]

good for you. Perhaps you can take up college football or another sport that isn’t actively attacking our country and our veterans.

[Flycatcher]

Good first post.

Now keep it that way or we'll be forced to give you the ZOT.

Welcome.

[vladimir998]

I think it’s great that you dropped your Direct TV. I know millions are dropping ESPN in any way they can in the last few years.

I dropped cable 2 years ago. I don’t really miss it. I’m saving money and complain less about the crap on TV!

[Stand Watch Listen]

 

Youtube:    Pittsburgh fan, viral  "Done with NFL,  3:18

"............... Pittsburgh Steelers fan—who said his name is Robert L. Williams, a master electrician from Texas, said he’s “done with the NFL.”

He took out “a $450 leather jacket” with the Steelers logo on the back. “Watch me burn it,” Williams stated. He also took out his hats and sweaters.

“My great uncle’s bones are lying in the bones of Pearl Harbor,” Williams added. “You do not disrespect the flag and the country, and the Constitution, and why we have our freedoms,” he said. “So watch this stuff burn.”?.............

 Worth repeating online message:

When my president lied to me and claimed 4 of my comrades were murdered because of a video insulting Muslims...I didn't take a knee.

When my president shipped pallets of cash to my sworn enemy...I didn't take a knee.

When my president failed to identify Muslims as terrorists and Islam as an enemy of the state...I didn't take a knee.

When my president claimed that a man who tried to kill another man who lawfully defended himself could be his son...I didn't take a knee.

When my president defended a thug who bum rushed law enforcement...I didn't take a knee.

When my president ordered businesses to spend unnecessary funds to appease a minority of people who need mental intervention far more than they need their own toilet...I didn't take a knee.

When my president ordered that words 'one nation under God' be removed from the pledge of allegiance...I didn't take a knee.

When my president lied to me and said I could keep my doctors and my premiums would go down...I didn't take a knee.

When my president spent my tax dollars in foreign lands to interfere in their elections...I didn't take a knee.

While my president sat by passively and enabled ISIS to emerge as a stronger force dedicated to spreading Islamic ideals by committing murder, rape and torture...I didn't take a knee.

When my president allowed dictators and murderers to violate his red lines and continue to murder women and children with chemical gas...I didn't take a knee.

When my president chastised law enforcement for their actions but ignored the violence in our streets...I didn't take a knee.

When my president identified the weather as the greatest threat to America's safety while Muslims worldwide are murdering innocent people...I didn't take a knee.

While my president's insistence that pacifism and reform in numerous areas of the globe would bring peace but instead led to the strengthening of those that seek to destroy us...I didn't take a knee.

When the election of my president broke barriers never thought possible in America ended up being the high point of his eight years in office...I didn't take a knee.

In all that time I never disrespected our Country, our Armed Forces and Veterans, or our Nation. I remained vigilant. And I got a new president...... #maga

 NFL = National Football League

NFL = National Felon League

NFL = Not For Long

NFL = _{No Fans Left}