At some point, this season even, we're gong to start to see a downward trend in the number of "vendors" they hire for the games.

And now we have Stevie Wonder singing the National Anthem on his knees at the Formula 1 Grand Prix.

What a disgrace!

Link

^^^

For the record I think that was at his concert on Sunday night after the race. The pre-race Anthem was sung by a Navy guy.

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Originally posted by ChicagoSigMan:
And now we have Stevie Wonder singing the National Anthem on his knees at the Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Waitaminute! Didn't Stevie Wonder once say he'd never again perform in an SYG state? And isn't Texas an SYG state?

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Originally posted by furlough:
^^^

For the record I think that was at his concert on Sunday night after the race. The pre-race Anthem was sung by a Navy guy.

We didn't stay for the Sunday show, but I can confirm that SW did not do the pre-race anthem.

I thought the Navy man did a good job.

Also, Lewis Hamilton did not take a knee, despite his comments that he was considering it.

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Originally posted by furlough:
^^^

For the record I think that was at his concert on Sunday night after the race. The pre-race Anthem was sung by a Navy guy.

I don't think this makes SW any less of a douchebag.

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Originally posted by P250UA5:

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Originally posted by furlough:
^^^

For the record I think that was at his concert on Sunday night after the race. The pre-race Anthem was sung by a Navy guy.

We didn't stay for the Sunday show, but I can confirm that SW did not do the pre-race anthem.

I thought the Navy man did a good job.

Also, Lewis Hamilton did not take a knee, despite his comments that he was considering it.

I thought Lewis Hamilton was British. Why would a foreigner want to inject themselves into this foolishness?

I thought Lewis Hamilton was British. Why would a foreigner want to inject themselves into this foolishness?[/QUOTE]


Ego. He wants to the center of attention.

NFL has invited Kaepernick to attend the next meeting between the players and the owners.

On Wednesday, during the league’s weekly conference call, NFL Spokesman Joe Lockhart confirmed that an invite would be extended to Kaepernick and said, “We look forward to him joining the conversation.”

Those meetings are scheduled for next Tuesday in New York.

http://www.breitbart.com/sport...ting-players-owners/

Meanwhile.... the NFL is still searching for reasons for its ratings dip...
Could it be.... over-saturation?

TV execs claim over-saturation as cause of NFL ratings drop, want to reduce TNF package

Could football fatigue be at the heart of the NFL's ratings dip?

With NFL ratings failing to rebound this season after a startling drop last year, it is becoming more and more clear that the league faces a real problem, not merely a blip.

As America hysterically debates the causes of the NFL’s ratings woes, television executives have their own explanation, according to Sports Business Journal: over-saturation of football.

Consider how much football fans have to choose from. There’s Thursday Night Football. There are high school games on Friday, if you’re into that. There is a huge slate of college matchups on Saturday. There are NFL games in London many Sunday mornings. Then there are the regular games in the afternoon. Then Sunday Night Football. Then, finally, Monday Night Football. It’s hard to blame even a diehard for getting a little worn down by the end of the extended weekend.

And so, per SBJ, television executives have a couple potential solutions to this problem. They have reportedly lobbied the NFL to cut back its Thursday Night Football package from 18 games back to eight, as well as to slide the league’s London games back to 1 p.m. ET (6 p.m. in London).

http://awfulannouncing.com/nfl...don-start-times.html

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Originally posted by chellim1:
Meanwhile.... the NFL is still searching for reasons for its ratings dip...
Could it be.... over-saturation?

Well let's see, they started up TNF because the ratings were so great. Initially poor ratings due to the matchups being pure shite (Patriots vs Browns and such). They got better matchups (because the network carrying it demanded it) and ratings for it went up. Couple years ago NFL had it's highest ratings ever. Then Colon Crapyerdick took a knee.........

[denial] ain't only a river in Egypt.....

AB Inbev reports a q3 reduction in beer sales, attributes it to the Hurricanes, Heck I didn't know that Houston, FL and PR made up that big a piece of Bud's sales.

Perhaps another reason is the massive reduction in people buying beer at NFL stadiums and at restaurants/sports bars with the NFL BS.

https://www.usatoday.com/story...r-profits/801841001/

Shoot I haven't been through a recent hurricane in NC lately but with the few scares we have had beer is one of the first things gone from the shelves. Followed by bread, milk, and ass wipe.

https://trib.al/HPjRYiS

Breitbart article says Niners kneelers giving $500k to gun control causes.

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Originally posted by HRK:
AB Inbev reports a q3 reduction in beer sales, attributes it to the Hurricanes, Heck I didn't know that Houston, FL and PR made up that big a piece of Bud's sales.

I switched to Coors. I live on the West coast. I wonder if/how they account for people like me. I can't be the only one.

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Originally posted by Leemur:
https://trib.al/HPjRYiS

Breitbart article says Niners kneelers giving $500k to gun control causes.

Let me get my shocked face.

yeah, as if we needed another reason to despise the 49ers

http://www.breitbart.com/sport...un-control-measures/

The San Francisco 49ers pledged $500,000 Thursday to secure a suppressor ban and other gun controls.

The push comes in the weeks after the Las Vegas attack. Suppressors were not used in that attack, but the 49ers are dedicated to banning the devices anyway.

According to ESPN, the 49ers presented the gun control pledge as part of creating a “more understanding and safer America.” The $500,000 will also be used to push a ban on bump stocks and armor-piercing bullets.

The ban on armor-piercing bullets is somewhat ambiguous, but appears similar to a ban which was unsuccessfully pushed by the Obama administration in 2015. The Obama-era actually targeted bullets that would have to be re-categorized as armor piercing in order to be banned.

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Originally posted by sdy:
yeah, as if we needed another reason to despise the 49ers

http://www.breitbart.com/sport...un-control-measures/

The San Francisco 49ers pledged $500,000 Thursday to secure a suppressor ban and other gun controls.

The push comes in the weeks after the Las Vegas attack. Suppressors were not used in that attack, but the 49ers are dedicated to banning the devices anyway.

According to ESPN, the 49ers presented the gun control pledge as part of creating a “more understanding and safer America.” The $500,000 will also be used to push a ban on bump stocks and armor-piercing bullets.

The ban on armor-piercing bullets is somewhat ambiguous, but appears similar to a ban which was unsuccessfully pushed by the Obama administration in 2015. The Obama-era actually targeted bullets that would have to be re-categorized as armor piercing in order to be banned.

I wonder how many of them stuff a glock in their pants before they go out to party... hypocrites

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Houston Texans owner Bob McNair issued an apology Friday after a story by ESPN’s Outside the Lines quoted him as making an offensive statement during NFL owners meetings last week.

In a discussion about player protests during the national anthem, and the effects the protests were having on NFL business, McNair said, “We can’t have the inmates running the prison,” according to a story by ESPN’s Seth Wickersham and Don Van Natta. ESPN reported that NFL vice president of football operations, Troy Vincent, a longtime NFL player, was offended, and McNair later apologized personally.

He extended that apology Friday after the story’s publication.

“I regret that I used that expression. I never meant to offend anyone and I was not referring to our players,” McNair wrote in a statement released by the Texans. “I used a figure of speech that was never intended to be taken literally. I would never characterize our players or our league that way and I apologize to anyone who was offended by it.”

McNair has been a donor to President Donald Trump, and is viewed in the league as an ally to Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, the lone NFL owner to publicly state he would bench players for protesting during the national anthem.

https://www.usatoday.com/story...rs-anthem/806600001/

People are freaking out again and his players wanted to walk out.
http://www.nydailynews.com/spo...rk-article-1.3593267