It's DEFCON 1 this weekend – not between the U.S. and North Korea, despite the battle of insults between "Dotard" President Donald Trump and "Rocket Man" Kim Jong-un. Instead, the war is between the president and the sports world, specifically the NFL and NBA. It led the Drudge Report on Saturday.
Since when have professional sports become political? Long before Trump moved into the White House. The NFL is famous for its activism. Support for Black Lives Matter after Ferguson. Solidarity with Trayvon Martin. Lectures from Bob Costas – not on the upcoming game, but on gun control or global warming. Now it's disrespecting the National Anthem by taking a knee or sitting down. Colin Kaepernick popularized this before Trump was president. It's activism is spreading through the NFL and beyond, even to eight-year-old football players in Illinois.
NFL TV ratings are down. The 49ers and Rams played to a half-empty stadium, despite selling tickets for $14, less than the price of a hot dog and a beer. Declining advertising revenue is predicted to cost networks $200 million, a number likely to increase. As Rick Moran wrote recently in American Thinker, "Have we ever seen a pro sports league self-destruct? Stay tuned."
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Enjoy your right to kneel and protest, lads.
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Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. Are these players too stupid to understand what these protests are doing to the league that pays their salaries or don't they care? I thought the NFL might die in twenty years due to CTE but the protests may kill it sooner.
ReplyDeleteAre these players too stupid to understand what these protests are doing to the league that pays their salaries or don't they care?
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The NFL of today is NOT the NFL of my youth. A plague on all of their teams. I've nothing but contempt for these adult children throwing an attention seeking temper tantrum. What they do not or refuse to realize is that they have zero influence on shaping the opinion on political issues, of those who have already taken a position. The single best thing the NFL can do is to STFU. What I suspect will happen is the NFL, will continue to lecture its viewers, and then when revenues fall, they will blame everyone except themselves for it. Just like Hillary the evil blames every one except herself for losing the election.
ReplyDeletewhen revenues fall, they will blame everyone except themselves for it. Just like Hillary the evil blames every one except herself for losing the election.
DeleteI imagine. What's good for the goose.....