A bunch of Republican presidential candidates, including Jeb Bush and the $130 million behind him, underestimated the strength of Trump's attacks. Logically it's an easy argument to punch holes in. I don't know that Trump's base uses logic that much. I think in a few weeks the NFL could look wistfully at the time when its ratings were down only 13 percent. Plus, there's just fatigue with the bloated egos in the NFL. Look at what the idiots Bears player did to lose a certain touchdown because he started to celebrate or taunt too early. That kind of crap is making people stick of the game as well.
On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 9:35 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Not really - the NFL still sucks in so many ways. But, as Keith Olbermann > tweeted this morning, for a mixture of reasons of principle and commercial > self-interest, the owners, league officials, TV announcers and players have > come together to effective join the Resistance against Trumpism. I suspect > much of the motivation for Trump's ugly meltdown in Alabama Friday night > was his primitive instinct for self-preservation, as he senses that Mueller > is closing in on the Russia-Scandal. But it also illustrated his > fundamental white supremacy. > > I got up at 6:30 to watch the game in London, and was a little surprised > to see Jacquars owner Shahid Khan (one of I think six NFL owners to each > donate $1 Million to Trump's Innuaguartion Committee, which has now been > shown to be an easy way for rich guys to give Trump unregulated money - and > which we may find ultimately to be used for his legal defense fund) > standing arm in arm with his players in defiance and opposition to Trump. > It looks like we can expect a lot more of that in the games throughout the > day. > > I watch the Fox pregame show - I was impressed with the comments from all > of them (even the hyper-conservative Bradshaw), and I was actually moved > and inspired by Howie Long's comments - who said in his ram rod way that > while he would never not stand for the anthem, he understands why so many > are, and he recognized that as a white father of three sons, he never had > to face the horrifying fears that black fathers face. His comments not > suprising at all, since one of his sons have been the most vocal and > supportive of white players on the field during previous protests. > > Trump has not really made the NFL great again, but his call this morning > for people to boycott the NFL until they fire players who refuse to stand > for the anthem has managed to remove the stigma and deep shame I have felt > for several years for continuing to watch NFL games. I can now sit on my > fat ass eating chips and feel like watching the NFL is part of my social > justice and fascist Resistance commitments. Thanks Donald Trump #MNFLGA > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
