NFL to Fans - Drop Dead

GURPS

INGSOC
PREMO Member
Lack of respect for the NFL? What about respect for the nation's flag and its anthem, and for those who died defending them and what they stand for? What about respect for your own fans, many of whom still believe that America, though not perfect, is the greatest country on Earth? It's no wonder that many of the protests were met with a chorus of boos.

Nor is this, as many self-righteously claim, a matter of "free speech." NFL football players have the right to express what they believe, however odious or wrong it may be. But businesses have a right not to employ those who intentionally damage their businesses by reckless behavior and comments. The idea that NFL millionaires have special rights, unlike the rest of us, that let them ruin the very businesses that employ them tells you how out of touch they are with basic civics and responsibility.

We're not in the prediction business, but it's clear that Sunday was not a banner day for the league, at least as far as TV ratings were concerned. And TV is everything to the NFL, which has historically had the highest-rated programs on TV and which gets more than $7 billion a year from televising its games.

"On a day full of criticism from Donald Trump, political protests, linked arms, players taking a knee or not coming on the field at all during the national anthem, and renewed pleas for unity from the league, NBC and the NFL took a ratings hit on Sunday Night Football," reported Deadline Hollywood's TV analyst Dominic Patten. Sunday night's Oakland Raiders-Washington Redskins game was off 8% from last week's game and 10% below the same week's game a year ago, he noted.


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