Finding it very hard to understand how this affects anybody whatsoever. Please enlighten me bc I'd love to see the other side's perspective.
I think kneeling for the national anthem is misplaced anger, but it doesn't change a thing in my life when they do that. Who are these people that care? Who are the people refusing to watch games bc of this? They can't actuall be big football fans to begin with, right?
Well, I think sports in general has peaked, probably peaked 4-5 years ago, traditional cable has probably peak to a certain degree as well. Yes, people are turning off sports and cable including ESPN.... you are not losing huge number all at once... its slow death. People aren't sick of just one thing... it is a whole line of issues which are sometimes combined as well.
I go to micro breweries, bunches of them... not one TV. TV in particular has basically become a cesspool which has a large degree started this process. Lets just put it this way... you don't put you politics into social events... unless you are begging for a problem. People are ditching many of these traditional entertainment paths because they have become tainted, overused, or people just don't like it any more.
The hypocrisy of these guys are on another level, I have no problem with them freaking break dancing during the anthem.... but nothing is going to change with this... other than probably the revenues will continue to go down. Good! I still have no idea what these guys are "protesting" nor have a clue as what they want... not that I watch much football anymore... certainly not going to pay for it. Just a bunch of grown ass snowflakes in little boy football uniforms to me and it has nothing to do with whether the stand up or sit down or break dance. Hopefully, it starts a discussion as why these rich welfare recipients need to have taxpayer funding, its completely crazy that the public has to pay millionaires and billionaires to act like hypocrites.
Get the bums off the taxpayers payroll!!!!
This whole thing reminds me of the Chris Jackson issue in the 90s... wouldn't stand for the anthem... because of religious reasons. NBA suspended him. Heck, I get it... if you have a moral or religious issue not to stand for something... I'm cool with that... I am also cool with the person writing the check to not pay him, generally. So, what does he do... well he submits.... he stands... why? Because in the end it was never about his moral or religious belief... he wanted the millions in cash just like everyone else. Get the bums off the taxpayer's payroll, let them stand, break dance, sit, squat, etc with someone else's money. Literally, they could care two bits as to whether their money is coming from a poor taxpayer in the inner city or any place else...
