Crazy. I wonder how they vote?

If the NFL never played another game, the only impact it will have on my household is that we will miss the superbowl commercials the day after. That's it.

Another weekend came and went and this time I didn't even catch a glimpse of the highlights. I simply don't care. They've successfully turned away a huge fan for life.

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Originally posted by nojoy:
Crazy. I wonder how they vote?

Probably with crayons.

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Originally posted by rusbro:
LOL...Look at these virtue-signaling pussies!





Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es9eUT2tpAo

It is Ann Arbor. Not really a surprise.

‘Thursday Night Football’ Ratings Down As Raiders Score Close Win Over Chiefs

In Week 7 of a season that has seen NFL ratings down over 15% on CBS from last year, that’s down 7% from the Philadelphia Eagles’ 28-23 October 12 win over the Carolina Panthers in the early numbers – which was down 5% from the week before.

http://deadline.com/2017/10/do...-nfl-cbs-1202191943/

^^^ Awesome.

Can you hear us now?

^^ I'm sure Hank Jr is under a tight contract but he's quite conservative and I would guess he does not approve of the thug takeover.
Seems like yesterday....

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ESPN pulled the song midseason in 2011, following controversial comments made by Williams on Fox News that compared then-President Barack Obama golfing with then-Rep. House Speaker John Boehner to a meeting of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Adolf Hitler. Williams also called Obama and Joe Biden "the enemy."

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The Chiefs were 4-0 when I quit watching, now 5-2. I missed it for a while, surprising how quickly I quit caring. No sting from losses anymore.

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Originally posted by pbslinger:
The Chiefs were 4-0 when I quit watching, now 5-2. I missed it for a while, surprising how quickly I quit caring. No sting from losses anymore.

To stop watching football was not a big leap for me. I discovered beer tastes the same if football is on or if Gilligans Island reruns are on.
But there is a lot, A LOT of people out there that are totally invested in the NFL and will ignore this entire fiasco and continue to watch and invest money. Gambling on the games is enormous.
The parking lots at the local bars around here are still jammed on Sundays with people watching. The Monday morning office water cooler NFL chat is still vibrant everywhere I go.

When Aaron Rogers broke his collarbone you would have thought some catastrophic event happened the way everyone was talking.

The NFL maybe getting pinched a bit but they know it's going to survive this and the news cycle will move on to the next thing. It always does.

Gorgeous fall Saturday's were made for football. I have better things to do on Sunday.

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Originally posted by lastmanstanding:

When Aaron Rogers broke his collarbone you would have thought some catastrophic event happened the way everyone was talking.

As a Packers fan, that just made it easier for me to continue not watching the NFL this season.

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Originally posted by lastmanstanding:
^^ I'm sure Hank Jr is under a tight contract but he's quite conservative and I would guess he does not approve of the thug takeover.
Seems like yesterday....

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ESPN pulled the song midseason in 2011, following controversial comments made by Williams on Fox News that compared then-President Barack Obama golfing with then-Rep. House Speaker John Boehner to a meeting of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Adolf Hitler. Williams also called Obama and Joe Biden "the enemy."

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I remember that. May seem like yesterday, but times certainly have changed.

Today, if he was still associated with ESPN, and compared the POTUS with Hitler, he'd be a "hero" and could then add "activist" to his resume.

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Originally posted by lastmanstanding:
A LOT of people out there that are totally invested in the NFL and will ignore this entire fiasco and continue to watch and invest money.

Of that I never had any doubt.

Other than a few adult years watching the Detroit Red Wings, following my home team in high school, and having listened to Tiger's baseball when I was a kid, I have never watched or followed sports. Not any sports. On a regular basis somebody has asked me what I thought about this-or-that team or player or what-have-you and I tell them "I don't follow sports." "None?!?!" "Nope, none."

They look at me like I'm from another planet.

What's generally running through my mind at such times I'll forgo relating, out of consideration and respect for my fellow forum members

Somehow I think many of the lefties are thrilled with all of this for a reason larger than the protest itself.
A real part of Americana is dying. Football, particularly the NFL was/is uniquely American.
I honestly can remember a time when as long as football was on on Sundays all was right with the world. Nothing bad could happen. Players were admired and looked up to.

Sundays were an event, something everyone looked forward to. Families and friends gathered to share food and drink and watch the big game and talk smart to one another.

Now it's become another divider, Compartmentalize everyone just a little more.
Sad in it's own way.

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Originally posted by lastmanstanding:
Somehow I think many of the lefties are thrilled with all of this for a reason larger than the protest itself.
A real part of Americana is dying. Football, particularly the NFL was/is uniquely American.
I honestly can remember a time when as long as football was on on Sundays all was right with the world. Nothing bad could happen. Players were admired and looked up to.

Sundays were an event, something everyone looked forward to. Families and friends gathered to share food and drink and watch the big game and talk smart to one another.

Now it's become another divider, Compartmentalize everyone just a little more.
Sad in it's own way.

Of course the mission is to destroy the fabric of America. That is how soft rebellions woek. You have to destroy what exists in order to replace it. With what? I doubt most of those loosely involved ever considered it.

Roger Goodell and Our Faltering Patriotism

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was asked if NFL players were told to commit to standing during the national anthem, he answered: "We did not ask for that." However, he did not follow up by telling the press what the NFL did ask for. Civility? Patriotism? Respect for the fan base? Loving one’s neighbor as oneself? Loving the Lord with all your heart, all your mind, and all your strength? Goodell, it seems, thrives on pap and evasiveness. Perhaps he is emblematic of a mindset in American public life, in politics as well as big business, namely the making of vapid circumlocutions. Could it be that Americans are becoming exceedingly tired of the public vapidity of our politicians and other public figures? Could that be an element in the election of and appreciation for “The Donald?”

Previously, the Associated Press reported that 11 owners and more than a dozen players convened, and one of the topics of conversation was enhancing the players' platforms for speaking out on social issues. Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross said the session was "constructive.” On another player-related topic, Goodell also was asked about the prevalence of the degenerative brain disease CTE in NFL players. The issue of brain damage now forms the basis of a lawsuit against the league by the family of Aaron Hernandez, a former pro player convicted for murder who ultimately committed suicide in prison. He replied, "I think there's been a great deal of focus on this issue of brain trauma," [but] "we'll let the lawyers handle that and deal with it." However, he was not asked if there were any discernible connection between degenerative brain disease and refusal to stand for the singing of the National Anthem.

Peter King, writing for Sports Illustrated, believes the League is trying to negotiate for and put in place a kind of community engagement project for players. These projects might try to “highlight and sponsor work on civil rights causes in NFL communities. They would be promoting better police-community relations, or working on reduced sentencing and work-release employment programs.” In short, the NFL is considering implementing some social justice programs to placate its players who are insisting that there is considerable, intractable injustice towards the black community by the police and by the racist mindset of the justice system. Like former President Barack Obama, many of the players may believe that racism is almost part of white DNA. Since the racist DNA has not been mapped by the Human Genome Project, it may be a little difficult to prove this assumption, so the next best thing is to politicize the idea as if it were true, and then extort tens or hundreds of millions of dollars from the NFL to promote that falsehood.

In the progressive world, these anti-social players are actually johnny-come-latelies to the progressive anti-American program. Disrespect for the flag and for the nation was and is standard fare. For example, in the New York Public High Schools where this writer taught for 21 years, the National Anthem was only played or sung at graduation (almost no one knew the words). In the 1990s, I taught at one high school where the only song of allegiance played or sung was “Lift Up Your Heart and Sing” (referred to as the Black National Anthem). In another school that was more racially diverse, the students were asked to rise and say the Pledge each morning (after 9/11 -- prior to that date the Pledge had not been recited since 1966, the height of the Vietnam War protests). Ninth graders would almost all rise to say the Pledge. About half the tenth graders would stand; then, two or three in each homeroom of 11th graders; and finally, 0–1 of the seniors. Not one patriotic song like “God Bless America,” “America The Beautiful,” or “My Country Tis of Thee” was ever sung at any assembly at any time in over 20 years! Again, the National Anthem was only sung (listened to) at the graduation ceremonies.

Roger Goodell is only the most recent of gutless wonders in a long line of cave-ins to the progressive, anti-American agenda. He is a classic empty suit. He's another pretty face. He's as vapid as a bottle of formaldehyde. When I was younger, before the anti-American face of the Democrat Party fully revealed itself (undoubtedly it was apparent to those with eyes to see), the Goodell type was already appearing on the public’s screen -- vapid, self-seeking, but attractive by reason of good looks and seeming amiability (however, it is an amiability masking intense self-absorption). Moving through the years, the "Goodell types" became identified in my mind not only with vapidity but with the American thralldom with mediocrity that is the essence of our mores. We have some high achievers with incredible drive. We have creative souls who break new ground in every field of endeavor, and there are some learned ones with a high bar for moral and intellectual achievement. However, the mass culture becomes increasingly mediocre with every passing year and decade. The mediocrity is intensifying. A depressing sameness and couldn't-care-less quality is moving like glacial moraine throughout the culture.

The mediocre disguised as political correctness and so-called "social justice" keeps making headway against common sense and a true valuation of the moral and just. “Goodelism” might be a good name for the acceleration and spreading of the mediocre. A Goodellian might be called a "loser," but the essence of mediocrity is that it is too tasteless and moribund to either win or lose. It's an empty suit even when it's full.

http://www.americanthinker.com...ring_patriotism.html

“Reduced sentences...” lololololololol!

Guess how many convicted felons live in my suburb?

Guess how many live in the inner city?

These idiots will do nothing but release violent predators into the areas where the people they say they want to help are living. Morons.

I’ll simply pay a few bucks more to increase the police force in my town. What’s the plan for the poor folks who will have to live with these shit bags?