NFL launches new ad proclaiming
'football is gay, football is lesbian...'
American Thinker,
by
Eric Utter
Original Article
Posted By: Hazymac,
7/17/2021 4:27:13 PM
The National Football League (NFL) recently joined virtually every other American institution in lauding — and marketing to — the LGBT community during Pride Month in June. It did so by releasing a new 30-second commercial proudly proclaiming that "football is gay, lesbian, queer, transgender, bisexual and exciting."
The ad begins by stating "football is gay" to the sound of drums rolling and people cheering. (I'm not sure what Dick Butkus would have to say about this advertisement, but I digress.) [Tweet] The ad is in part a direct response to Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib's recent announcement that he is gay, a league spokesperson said.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
wilarrbie 7/17/2021 4:33:25 PM (No. 848907)
The more you force-feed your fan base, the more we shall vomit you out.
76 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
Northcross 7/17/2021 4:35:46 PM (No. 848911)
Not from the Onion? Not from the Babylon Bee? This is real? If so, the NFL's only hope is that the ad only plays in San Francisco and maybe Key West.
44 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 7/17/2021 4:36:14 PM (No. 848912)
If it is possible to commit an unforced fatal error at the corporate level, the nfl has found a way. It just appeased itself out of existence.
64 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
Ming 7/17/2021 4:41:42 PM (No. 848915)
Good for them. I'm sure their two remaining fans appreciate it.
59 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
DeepSouth 7/17/2021 4:46:34 PM (No. 848920)
As if I needed another reason to not watch.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
bad-hair 7/17/2021 4:47:28 PM (No. 848921)
I don't know. Except when the LGBTQWERTY players started kneeling, in my house Football Is Off.
31 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
JL80863 7/17/2021 4:52:33 PM (No. 848926)
Football is toast.
51 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
Flyball Dogs 7/17/2021 4:52:45 PM (No. 848927)
I haven’t regularly watched football since NapHead kneeled.
I became a fan as a child, listening to Bama’s Tiny Giants on the radio, and later when I moved to NoVa, the Redskins became a bonding mechanism for my dad and me. At one time, I knew all teams, their division in the NFL, their major players, and their head coach.
Bye, NFL. Thanks for the memories.
45 people like this.
Yeah, that’ll work……
Gayness, shoved down our collective throats year after year.
52 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
red1066 7/17/2021 5:01:37 PM (No. 848934)
I saw this ad. Then about ten seconds into it, I changed the channel. To me, the NFL is dead.
52 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
tsquare 7/17/2021 5:09:04 PM (No. 848942)
It is the great American homosexual game of tag. All I ever wanted to know about was the game on the field…as I am not interested in being slapped in the face with sexual practices . my viewership will be nil
42 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
lakerman1 7/17/2021 5:10:43 PM (No. 848946)
Dick Butkus? Seriously? Think about that -Stop - you're killing me! We're being junior high school boys with such humor!
The NFL commissioner, Goodell, is retiring, and seems to be going out with a bang! Lord hep us, I did it again!
I played some football in my youth, but I did not play split end, tight end, or wide receiver.
Never mind.
27 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
Omen55 7/17/2021 5:19:31 PM (No. 848953)
The Woke business model.
Drive away your fan base & lose $$$ for "social justice".
Brilliant 🤦♂️
34 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Blue Hen1 7/17/2021 5:22:10 PM (No. 848956)
Football is gone…..
28 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
snapper451 7/17/2021 5:22:37 PM (No. 848957)
Actually, no it’s not! But it is dead to me now.
19 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna 7/17/2021 5:34:48 PM (No. 848966)
Football is honest and merit based. It is goal oriented and forthright. It is militaristic and brutal. It is as American as the Bronze statues being yanked down everywhere.
It is being intentionally poisoned and removed from American culture. This is not a corporate mistake. It is part of the remaking of our once great nation. Liberals don't do honest and straightforward contests.
And those who do must be re-educated or eliminated.
51 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
His_Highness 7/17/2021 5:39:59 PM (No. 848970)
The NFL is dead to me. I don't watch, don't know how the teams are doing. I used to be a fan. That stopped with Colin K. Thanks to him, I have useful things to do on Sundays.
31 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
Venturer 7/17/2021 5:45:14 PM (No. 848974)
It won't matter. The jocks who get off on watching mercenary Football players will still watch in spite of anything the NFL has to say.
There are some men in America who are so tied in with watching Sports that nothing will stop them.
It may hurt them a little, but not dangerously so. Many people enjoy paying too much for tickets , getting ripped off on concessions, and watching over weight black players bang up against each other. It's as close to the Roman Coliseum as they can get.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Grateful 7/17/2021 5:46:31 PM (No. 848977)
I believe the National Felon League will try to appeal to the potential LGBTQWXYZ fans by having a fantasy football league of only tight-ends.
20 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
Folsomguy 7/17/2021 5:49:50 PM (No. 848980)
Yes, it is and that's why this once avid fan hasn't watched a single minute for 2 years.
19 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
Fosterdad 7/17/2021 5:54:41 PM (No. 848985)
Looks like the major sports leagues are all bound and determined to commit suicide. Half of the NBA kneels during the National Anthem. MLB screwed over the people of Georgia based on nothing but lies, and now this.
28 people like this.
NFL is pandering to one percent of the population. (Yes, a segment of that one percent is loud and obnoxious.) How many stadium seats does the NFL expect to fill with that crowd? How many television viewers does the NFL expect to gain with that crowd?
Everybody point and laugh at the NFL. Suicide.
33 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
bad-hair 7/17/2021 6:16:37 PM (No. 848997)
WooHoo !!!
I can hardly wait to see the next Super Bowl half time show. Then again I may need to arrange my sock drawer.
17 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
BarryNo 7/17/2021 6:26:54 PM (No. 849007)
I don't watch 'Gayball' or 'Lesbiball'.
I don't watch football anymore, either.
18 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
Krause 7/17/2021 6:33:20 PM (No. 849012)
I think they're actually trying to turn customers away.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
panther361 7/17/2021 6:33:28 PM (No. 849013)
These "brilliant" people are rapidly running out of nails for the lid on football's coffin. What bothers me is the systematic dismantling of the American way of life and her domestic interests. Football, baseball and other pastimes are being corrupted and the citizens are being riled on a daily basis to weaken their resolve. I fear once our political and military strengths no longer pack the gear or have the teeth they once had, it will begin to get very dark unless we can ra!ly like we used to.
20 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
Grounded 7/17/2021 6:36:17 PM (No. 849015)
Old news. Original story posted about 3 weeks ago.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
AbeSimpson 7/17/2021 6:36:36 PM (No. 849016)
There is perfectly good professional Rugby. The men look like monsters, they battle like Vikings, and are exceptionally respectful towards one another.
It's the 100% opposite of American BLM/Gay/Lesbian/ANTIFA Football.
13 people like this.
Reply 29 - Posted by:
seamusm 7/17/2021 6:39:09 PM (No. 849018)
.....and football is dead to me.
10 people like this.
Reply 30 - Posted by:
LanceLink1 7/17/2021 6:41:41 PM (No. 849021)
Hitting a tight end deep in the end zone takes on a whole new meaning.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
stablemoney 7/17/2021 6:49:16 PM (No. 849032)
I am not interested in the NFL's politics, or predilections. I would, however, like to propose that the NFL, instead of announcing where they went to college in their introductions, gave their criminal histories. The NFL does mention when someone makes an appearance at a children's hospital. Why not mentioning the appearances before a judge, when there is so much more of that.
18 people like this.
Reply 32 - Posted by:
joew9 7/17/2021 6:55:20 PM (No. 849037)
I used to watch sports as an escape. For fun. But now it's just one long lecture telling me how terrible I am.
If every team jet plunged into the side of a mountain it wouldn't bother me a bit. 'cept for the greasy spot left on the poor mountain.
12 people like this.
Reply 33 - Posted by:
udanja99 7/17/2021 7:00:16 PM (No. 849044)
They’re trying to create a new fan base because their traditional one has dumped them. It reminds me of all those churches flying the rainbow flags trying to get warm bodies into the pews and cash in the collection plates. How many homosexual men like football? Probably not many.
10 people like this.
Reply 34 - Posted by:
bighambone 7/17/2021 7:04:08 PM (No. 849050)
In reality NFL football has always been for everyone who can afford a game ticket and that’s the way it will always be, unless the Biden crew decides to socialize professional football with the US Government picking up the ticket tabs and pay reparations to the Black players who have it so rough financially.
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Perhaps the NFL owners believe the stereotyping and imagine that ballet performances will be deserted as their patrons rush to fill football stadia?
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
DVC 7/17/2021 7:07:38 PM (No. 849057)
Football is not on my TV.
7 people like this.
Wokeism causes viewers to leave you. Maine Cabin Masters and Mike Holmes are better.
7 people like this.
Reply 38 - Posted by:
Kate318 7/17/2021 7:38:39 PM (No. 849088)
Football is gay, football is lesbian, football is done.
13 people like this.
Reply 39 - Posted by:
TarAndFeathers 7/17/2021 7:39:25 PM (No. 849090)
Ever tried to catch a football with a limp wrist? Not pretty.
17 people like this.
Reply 40 - Posted by:
MickTurn 7/17/2021 7:42:30 PM (No. 849093)
This too will bite the NFL on the arse...Hope they go Bankrupt, I'll be cheering from the cheap seats (at home)!
7 people like this.
Reply 41 - Posted by:
smak90 7/17/2021 7:52:04 PM (No. 849105)
Alienating 97% of the population to target 3% seems like a really bad business plan.
20 people like this.
Reply 42 - Posted by:
earlybird 7/17/2021 7:52:13 PM (No. 849106)
At some point the majority of the players who are neither gay nor lesbian will take off their tolerant hats and say “enough”!
11 people like this.
Reply 43 - Posted by:
4Liberty2020 7/17/2021 7:55:50 PM (No. 849111)
At least they didn't actually show what each word meant.
The poor parents that now have to explain what each word meant to their preteens and younger kids.
7 people like this.
Reply 44 - Posted by:
BeatleJeff 7/17/2021 7:57:56 PM (No. 849117)
If you ask me, it all began when Namath admitted to wearing pantyhose.
3 people like this.
Reply 45 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 7/17/2021 7:59:27 PM (No. 849121)
No argument from me.
3 people like this.
Reply 46 - Posted by:
RUReadyY3K 7/17/2021 8:12:49 PM (No. 849133)
Don;t know about Namath, but this is unf'ing believable.
3 people like this.
Reply 47 - Posted by:
JrSample 7/17/2021 8:13:22 PM (No. 849134)
What else is new? Large men in tight pants, chasing and tackling one another on plastic grass. Then there's the tight ends and wide receivers huddling together, not to mention the penalty for ''illegal use of hands''.
2 people like this.
Reply 48 - Posted by:
mean Gene 7/17/2021 8:16:44 PM (No. 849140)
So, the NFL throws whites and Catholic Hispanics under the bus (over 50% of the population) but reaches out to get more of a minority of 2% (LBGTQ????++++) and 13% black?
Seems a dumb strategy considering those group's buying power.
9 people like this.
Reply 49 - Posted by:
Faithfully 7/17/2021 8:29:03 PM (No. 849151)
The owners (a pox on their heads) know that our generation will be gone in twenty years. They are after the kids. They are willing to destroy the culture for money. This is the time for the players to take a stand. I have hope.
5 people like this.
Reply 50 - Posted by:
downnout 7/17/2021 8:29:55 PM (No. 849152)
They are committing ritual suicide. Amazing…and to think Goodell wanted $50 million a year.
7 people like this.
Reply 51 - Posted by:
edgar 7/17/2021 8:35:55 PM (No. 849157)
The NFL is everything but football and the ratings will show it.
3 people like this.
Reply 52 - Posted by:
hershey 7/17/2021 9:00:40 PM (No. 849169)
Football is screwed....no pun intended...
4 people like this.
What’s an NFL?
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
jimboscott 7/17/2021 9:55:28 PM (No. 849197)
How about 'Football is Done'?
4 people like this.
Reply 55 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 7/17/2021 10:14:24 PM (No. 849205)
Football is OVER.
3 people like this.
Gonna get real interesting when the center passes the ball to the quarterback. Are they going to paint the seats rainbow colors?
4 people like this.
Reply 57 - Posted by:
columba 7/17/2021 10:20:28 PM (No. 849210)
JUNG: There thinkers, intuits, feelers and sensors. Football fans tend to be people who place sensation up front. It appears from mental health records that homosexuals share the consciousness of sensation. This penchant of homosexuals does not make football "gay".
People with morals know better.
2 people like this.
Reply 58 - Posted by:
DVC 7/17/2021 10:49:38 PM (No. 849228)
I could have written post #10, exactly my experience.
0 people like this.
Reply 59 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 7/17/2021 10:59:12 PM (No. 849235)
I can hear the death knell from here: Dum da dum dum. (Dragnet theme).
1 person likes this.
Reply 60 - Posted by:
Ned1766 7/17/2021 11:03:48 PM (No. 849237)
Pride? Pride? Would someone kindly explain to me what there is to be proud of. Thank you.
7 people like this.
Reply 61 - Posted by:
Son of Grady 7/17/2021 11:54:33 PM (No. 849259)
I actually remember the first NFL game I saw on TV_1968 B/W tv.
The last time was 2019 color tv.
1 person likes this.
Haven't watched since 1993 when I discovered hockey, and will never watch again. I don't follow hockey anymore either, because I find watching sports to be nothing but a total waste of time that I could be shooting, reloading, or working around the house or in the woodshop doing something constructive.
Free yourselves of the shackles of TV, and you will never look back. Cutting the cord changed our lives.
5 people like this.
Reply 63 - Posted by:
PChristopher 7/18/2021 12:23:06 AM (No. 849265)
The media would have you believe that half the country is gay, bi, trans, whatever, and that the other half is racist. Corporations that push this line of BS do so at their own peril!
9 people like this.
Reply 64 - Posted by:
amylu 7/18/2021 12:43:13 AM (No. 849273)
I watch in horror as our nation is spiraling ever faster into unbelievable godlessness and immorality, and I'm taking this opportunity to state that I will be forever thankful and proud that I was created to be a straight, white, Christian, MAGA Patriot! If that offends anyone...I no longer care.
14 people like this.
Reply 65 - Posted by:
Penney 7/18/2021 12:46:11 AM (No. 849274)
Is there still any doubt remaining that the rampaging political left Is determined to destroy every peaceful pastime and innocent pleasure possible in this country?!! The lefties get way too much attention directed at their theatrics.
7 people like this.
Reply 66 - Posted by:
DARling 7/18/2021 1:25:36 AM (No. 849285)
It is not only the sports organizations. Even a lot of churches are pushing the types of behavior that led to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. There is nothing in the Bible that remotely says that homosexual behavior is acceptable, yet gay ministers and bishops are celebrated. The foundations of society started crumbling way before the NFL jumped on the bandwagon. We are a nation in serious danger of forgetting what made America the envy of the world. It sure as heck wasn't Drag Queen Story Time.
10 people like this.
Reply 67 - Posted by:
mifla 7/18/2021 5:08:17 AM (No. 849308)
I hope their new fan base has lots of money to spend on football, give that they just alienated their traditional fan base.
4 people like this.
Reply 68 - Posted by:
5 handicap 7/18/2021 5:48:52 AM (No. 849328)
Football is DEAD to me!
4 people like this.
Reply 69 - Posted by:
Miceal 7/18/2021 5:53:28 AM (No. 849329)
That's nice, but NFL football will not be viewed in my home.
2 people like this.
Reply 70 - Posted by:
Highlander 7/18/2021 6:41:18 AM (No. 849341)
This PC nonsense permeating the NFL, the NBA, and MLB will eventually bite those organizations on their collective derrières and send the whole sorry business back to the obscurity they so richly deserve.
3 people like this.
Reply 71 - Posted by:
Ruhn 7/18/2021 6:57:01 AM (No. 849358)
Here’s a fun fact: current NFL Director of Communications is none other than Joe Lockhart. Remember him? He was Clinton’s press secretary during the Lewinski scandal.
6 people like this.
Reply 72 - Posted by:
janjan 7/18/2021 7:07:34 AM (No. 849367)
Perhaps the 5% of the population who are gay will develop a passion for football and make up for the 95% they lost.
2 people like this.
Reply 73 - Posted by:
Hazymac 7/18/2021 7:13:55 AM (No. 849370)
National Football League: POOF.
The Left is trying to "queer" everything virtuous and worthy. A lot of people are heading "Downward to darkness on extended wings." Hell ain't half full.
3 people like this.
Reply 74 - Posted by:
philsner 7/18/2021 7:14:24 AM (No. 849371)
Football is gone.
2 people like this.
Reply 75 - Posted by:
subman47 7/18/2021 7:26:24 AM (No. 849378)
The NFL is going to crash and burn if this woke policy continues. Give people a reason to watch or do something else, they will. The clock is ticking.
1 person likes this.
Reply 76 - Posted by:
rytwng 7/18/2021 7:34:56 AM (No. 849385)
So all the players in the NFL are gay.
3 people like this.
Just another nail in the coffin of the dead horse. They have beat this horse to death and now they wonder why the fans are not sticking around to enjoy the stench of the NFL racist owners and players.
2 people like this.
Reply 78 - Posted by:
homefry 7/18/2021 7:45:51 AM (No. 849402)
Football is gay, thats why I have never watched it.
2 people like this.
Reply 79 - Posted by:
Strike3 7/18/2021 9:51:40 AM (No. 849503)
It has a nice flow to it, NFLGBT.... You overpaid, under-brained SJW idiots can be what you like, I will not be spending a cent to help you do it and I won't be watching any of it. You might even have to get jobs as used car salesmen when the league folds.
1 person likes this.
Reply 80 - Posted by:
Petronius 7/18/2021 10:07:57 AM (No. 849514)
The NFL is gayer than a bag of gerbils.
2 people like this.
Reply 81 - Posted by:
Hazymac 7/18/2021 10:46:21 AM (No. 849550)
Exchanging cleats for ruby slippers ain't gonna make it.
2 people like this.
Reply 82 - Posted by:
broken01 7/18/2021 11:17:04 PM (No. 849997)
….football is dead.
0 people like this.
Reply 83 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 7/20/2021 4:11:34 AM (No. 851036)
Football is a nonentity. As far as I am concerned, pro sports no longer exist.
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Comments:
The NFL is immunizing itself against its traditional fans, probably the most stupid corporate decision in a year rife with them. They're going to drive off all their old fans, and there won't be enough new ones to make up the difference.