My NFL musings

Sep 27, 2017, 6:12 AM

TL;DR NFL Sucks, Go Tigers

I can imagine this was a hotly debated topic the past week

I rarely get on the boards anymore since I switched professions almost 2 years ago, I neither have the time nor easy access to the internet I had while working in banking. But these recent NFL protests has made me curious as to how many others share my views

Last year when Kaepernick started all this mess I wrote it off as some delusional idiot influenced by a wacko muslim activist girlfriend, and while it ticked me off at the time, he played in one of the most liberal cities in America so I wasn't surprised when his team didn't do anything about it. Nevertheless it still turned me off on wanting to watch the NFL and I pretty much just watched the Panthers games, not caring about the rest of the league. His reasoning for protesting our flag, albeit flawed in reasoning from the start in my opinion, was immediately made void when he wore that Castro shirt, and thus any argument in support of him was made laughable.

The 4 letter network pundits were all too quick to point out how it was his and other players 1st amendment rights to kneel during the anthem in protest which I scoffed at as utterly ridiculous, because as employees you give up a lot of 1st amendment rights and you don't have the right to do whatever you want even if you feel strongly about it. For instance when I was in banking would I have the right to put a sign on my desk stating that abortion is murder, something I feel strongly about? Of course not, I'd be told to take it down or I'd be fired. So the notion that they can kneel and the owners/coaches can throw up their hands and say "well it's their right to protest" is absolutely insulting to anyone that can think logically.

This season with the spread of protesting I became completely off put by it all. The owners and coaches had had an entire off season to address it and get things straightened out. All they had to do was put in guidelines saying "while you're wearing that uniform or representing this team you will respect the flag of the United States, on your own time you can champion whatever cause you feel like promoting." It's literally that simple, that's all that needed doing, and it wasn't done. With the spread of protests mounting through the pre season I became increasingly incensed with the lack of control coming from owners and coaches, until week 3 of this year I only watched two games, both Houston Texans games because I wanted to cheer for Watson and see how he did

Then of course this past weekend President Trump exercised his 1st amendment rights and all the media lost their minds over it and acted like he was the one that started all this divisiveness even though it had been going on and alienating people for well over a year. Suffice to say obviously a lot more players were going to jump on the FU Trump bandwagon but now to me it was made personal and the owners were so quick to try and appear like they backed the players "right" to disrespect our flag. That was the last straw for me, the utter stupidity of the NFL and owner not having a finger on the pulse of the majority of football watching Americans, they wanted to be so quick to be seen as being politically correct.

The Texans vs. the Bengals game last week was the last NFL game I will ever watch. I am so intensely angered by the lack of respect by these spoiled brats and these billionaire owners that I will never again watch another NFL game. I'm not sure they realize how badly they've screwed up all of this. There will always be die hard fans and people willing to fill stadiums, but who they should be skittish to offend and drive off are the casual fans like myself and others like me. I don't think they understand just how many people they've alienated by allowing this complete lack of respect to fester and grow and then embrace it all in the name of trying to be politically correct and then cry out for "unity" by locking arms, give me a break!

This week I tore up and threw away the few items of NFL gear I had. And as a manager for my company I called and unsubscribed from NFL Sunday Ticket, I told my guys at work why and that we wouldn't be supporting the NFL or indirectly any advertisers anymore if I could help it

I am curious as to if anyone else followed this millennial's actions

I sincerely hope all former and present Tigers make a ton of money playing in the NFL, I simply won't be watching

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Whatever you do, always give 100%.....unless it's donating blood

Maybe the example was not the best, but you apparently caught my meaning.

As far as the players not saying "I disrespect vets" by not kneeling, again we disagree. When they refuse to stand at attention to honor the flag, they are indeed showing disrespect for both the country and veterans who have fought and died for it.

And your comment about "...if they turned their back on the flag", do you not consider refusing to honor the flag as pretty close to turning their backs?

Now, to your "question" about what they could do before the game... well, perhaps they could gather with their teammates and coaches to discuss the game plan. Why do they think they have the right to use the platform of a football game to express their displeasure with what they perceive to be an injustice? Most of them enjoy countless interviews with the sports papparazzi (sp? sorry) before and after the game; not to mention that ESPN has changed it's name from "Entertainment and Sports Programming Network" to "Entertainment and Sports Political Network", so they're always available to carry the voice of discontent.

I used to love watching NFL football... every Sunday and Monday... but that's when it was "about football." Unfortunately, it's no longer that way. In my case, instead of taking out advertising to complain about the complainers, I take a different approach: I change the channel. In so doing, I don't infringe on anyone's rights.

My point is simple: When I go to a football game, I am there to see football. Anything that distracts from this is offensive. I don't recall what the "minimum salary" of an NFL player is, but I'm pretty sure that if they want to buy advertising time APART FROM the football game, they can darn well afford it.

Solid Orange... back to football... Go Tigers!

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Why doesn't a reporter ask how to get them to stand?

I think that is part of the problem for both sides

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I executed a preemptive strike against the NFL.

Its too much like watching two big companies play

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