Sunday, September 10, 2017

NFL Suicide

Yet again, players are sitting and kneeling for the National Anthem.  After Colin Kaepernick demonstrated the wonders it does for a player's career and the ratings hit is caused, the NFL has decided to let it ride.  Sure, it's a penalty to celebrate too much after scoring a touchdown but kneeling during the National Anthem is free speech.  These geniuses whose paychecks depend on ratings are succeeding in depressing the ratings.  Combine this we-hate-America 'virtue' signaling with the ever progressing concussion story and you have a recipe for killing the sport.  I used to love football but now it feels like yet another opportunity for someone to tell me I'm a bad person for supporting a violent sport or that America is bad because... I don't even remember what Kaepernick's beef was at this point.   Yeah, I'm white and privileged while he is a multi-millionaire who is black and oppressed.  Who was head of state when Kaepernick started his protest?  Barack Obama, a black man.  Who was Attorney General when Kaepernick knelt for oppressed blacks?  Loretta Lynch, a black woman.  That was the national government and the National Anthem is about the nation, not the Ferguson PD or the Baltimore PD.  Do you see the distinction, Colin?
 
The NFL is letting these highly-paid players smear the reputation of the NFL.  Suicide by virtue signaling.  The only game I may watch this season will be the Super Bowl.

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