How the NFL is shooting itself in the foot,
over and over
American Thinker,
by
Peter Skurkiss
Original Article
Posted By: ladydawgfan,
8/16/2020 5:32:25 AM
The NFL is on the verge of precipitous decline due to a weakening of the three legs of the stool upon which the league's empire sits: attendance, viewership, and revenue. All of these items are interrelated. All three are being eroded. Taken together, it is likely that the NFL has reached its high water mark and instead of expanding, as it dreams, the league will instead diminish in importance from here on out.
As to the underlying causes for the NFL's problems, start with the most glaring: the Wuhan virus.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Rondino 8/16/2020 6:08:05 AM (No. 511426)
NFL...what was that?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
gwholmessr 8/16/2020 6:53:18 AM (No. 511444)
I don’t think it really matters any longer. The ones that gave it up are never coming back. The one left watching.....let’s just say ...how to say this nicely....well I can’t, their morons.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
franq 8/16/2020 7:01:29 AM (No. 511452)
Going the wide and easy PC path of destruction many large businesses are taking.
25 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 8/16/2020 7:17:49 AM (No. 511466)
Foot? You mean feet......
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 8/16/2020 8:03:30 AM (No. 511503)
The animal was wounded by Kapernick ,commercials and bad calls on the field. It was easy for China to finish it off. But HEY!, we've still got the NBA! And if you're having trouble sleeping , there's always soccer.
11 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
BRADCRO 8/16/2020 8:11:01 AM (No. 511510)
I don't need any complicated explanation. I simple will not watch knuckleheads kneel for the anthem. I not only shut off the game I cancelled ESPN for carrying it.
29 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
Daisymay 8/16/2020 8:30:40 AM (No. 511531)
Add to the NFL, the NBA with their very LARGE lettering on the floor of Black Lives Matter. It's offensive. So Click! They want to announce to the world that "their People" matter. Are they talking about their Inner Circle of Millionaires? Maybe they could share some of that Wealth with their Home Boys. Meanwhile, Viewers are going to find other things to watch. Hockey was worth watching this week! NASCAR is at Daytona, but they've shot themselves in the foot backing their only Black Driver when He announced he found a "Noose" in his garage (when it really was a left over garage door pull). So,I think they lost a good number of their Fans. That along with the fact that most of the Big Shot Drivers (who drew the big crowds) have retired! So for me, back to Hallmark and Netflix!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Paperpuncher 8/16/2020 8:40:16 AM (No. 511548)
I am done with the NFL and NBA. I will not tolerate an overpaid coddled athlete taking a knee protesting the very nation that has provided the opportunity for them to make millions of dollars playing a stinking game. And presently I am on the edge as far as baseball is concerned. I have not watched a game yet this year and am not likely to.
We do not need them anymore. There are better things to spend your time doing.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
MMC 8/16/2020 8:44:25 AM (No. 511553)
I went to my nephews little league games.. best kinda summer happening!! Better than crowded overpriced stadium- ok hot dogs..
But a game for the joy of going!!
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My only loves were baseball and football. I haven't watched football in a couple of years and this year killed off baseball. I haven't stopped on YES for a while.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
MickTurn 8/16/2020 9:12:25 AM (No. 511587)
The National Fumble Losers.
Seems they need to shoot themselves in the knees so they DON'T Kneel...all they are doing is playing cheap Leftist Politics and losing their fan base...AND all their MONEY! Good Job Morons, keep it up!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
worried 8/16/2020 9:15:42 AM (No. 511593)
From a post elsewhere:
I've NEEDED a doctor;
I've NEEDED a teacher,
I NEED farmers every day;
I have NEEDED a plumber, a auto mechanic, a house painter and a lot of other everyday people.
But I have NEVER, not even once, NEEDED a pro athlete, a media personality or a Hollywood entertainer for ANYTHING!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 8/16/2020 9:17:10 AM (No. 511595)
"As to the underlying causes for the NFL's problems, start with the most glaring: ..." How 'bout Affirmative Action that's applied in in other business by federal law. Same goes for the NBA.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 8/16/2020 9:18:53 AM (No. 511599)
"... applied in any other business by federal law ..." Darn fat fingers.
5 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Strike3 8/16/2020 9:27:13 AM (No. 511614)
The Kung Flu is a minor cause compared to the disrespect for the American Flag displayed by the ungrateful, low IQ, moronic, SJW filth led by Colin Kaepernick. That is what prompted millions of fans to go away for good. The virus will go away, hatred of America can not be forgiven.
15 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
DVC 8/16/2020 9:37:29 AM (No. 511631)
I don't care. Won't be watching ever again.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
HotRod 8/16/2020 9:47:15 AM (No. 511644)
Unfortunately, a once great sport has been ruined by undereducated, overpaid thugs. Listening to them talk, and watching them act makes it impossible to enjoy the games. Sadly, the good men playing the game are helplessly watching the thugs destroy it.
10 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
red1066 8/16/2020 9:51:16 AM (No. 511650)
The Chinese virus was just an excuse to advance the idea that BLM is about black people and police. When does SOME ISOLATED police brutality have anything to do with the national anthem? Look at just about every instance where the police were viewed as overstepping the rules of behavior, and they all start with blacks not respecting the police or following the instructions of the officers. The situation ramps up to the use of force by police because they have to use force.
7 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
stablemoney 8/16/2020 10:05:25 AM (No. 511663)
I do not want to watch the NFL, or the media that broadcast the NFL. The commissioner, the owners, the players, and their broadcasters are disrespectful to the American people. The game is no longer about a game, but about them. The rock has been lifted, and nothing but roaches underneath.
11 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 8/16/2020 10:16:07 AM (No. 511679)
My beloved sport of baseball disappointed me with that stupid BLM stunt on the pitcher's mound so they are gone for good. The NFL I haven't watched in five seasons and 'warlord' Lebron James and the NBA have been off my radar since the 1990s.
It's going to fun to watch the millionaires renegotiate contracts for 15K just to play with their friends on the other teams with no fans in the stadiums or endorsements. No more highly paid entertainment at the Super Bowl it will be Trixie the cocker spaniel doing tricks on stage at half time. It will do my heart good to see pro sports going belly up because of some average sleazy quarterback taking a knee. Live with chumps and owners.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Ditto1958 8/16/2020 10:37:48 AM (No. 511706)
This is an issue that tears me apart. I love the Green Bay Packers. Yet the league has alienated me since the kneeling fiasco a few years ago. They should have stopped that in its tracks. Instead, they waffled and now even seem to support disrespect for our flag.
5 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
smokincol 8/16/2020 10:38:41 AM (No. 511707)
have not (for a long time), am not and will not watch any professional football. stopped watching when Jim Brown, Sam Huff and some of the other GREATS of the game hung up their shirts.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
YorkieMom 8/16/2020 12:28:26 PM (No. 511824)
Tune in to the hockey playoffs. No kneeling going on. My team, the Vegas Golden Knights played the Chicago Blackhawks on NBC. Believe me, if someone had kneeled, they would have shown it. It was hockey all the way and a close exciting game.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
JHHolliday 8/16/2020 5:08:01 PM (No. 512111)
"They're filled with endless commercials and a blizzard of game-stopping penalties,"
That alone was enough to drive me away...the commercials and stopping the action every couple of minutes to run them. You get two or three plays and then 10 commercials. Toss in the millionaire players insulting and dishonoring the US, its military, and its patriotic citizens and I will never watch another game. They can move the league to another country...Nigeria or Ghana would be appropriate..
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