Politics and the NFL

[Vic]

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[Felix]

Yep...welcome to the new america...divided we stand, or kneel...

[goldenlions]

Get rid of the US Anthem at all sporting events that are not nation vs nation. All other uses are pointless. Why only at a sporting event, why not other events like concerts, or business seminars, or grandma's knitting club?

Carry on.

[Felix]

Jul 19, 2021 23:57:04 GMT -6 goldenlions said:

Get rid of the US Anthem at all sporting events that are not nation vs nation. All other uses are pointless. Why only at a sporting event, why not other events like concerts, or business seminars, or grandma's knitting club?

Carry on.

how dare yo...

Actually....


Makes sense....ok then...

[Blaming Brad]

Jul 19, 2021 23:57:04 GMT -6 goldenlions said:

Get rid of the US Anthem at all sporting events that are not nation vs nation. All other uses are pointless. Why only at a sporting event, why not other events like concerts, or business seminars, or grandma's knitting club?

Carry on.

Was gonna post the same thing. I've been saying it for years (even before all the controversy started).

[sanders97]

I am trying to get excited about watching professional football, again, but the politics and their approach to COVID is making it difficult. As of now, it is highly possible that I won't tune in this year, either. Honestly, until the NFL returns to providing entertainment as their intended purpose, they don't deserve the support they had back when that was the case.

[Blaming Brad]

Jul 24, 2021 8:02:04 GMT -6 sanders97 said:

I am trying to get excited about watching professional football, again, but the politics and their approach to COVID is making it difficult. As of now, it is highly possible that I won't tune in this year, either. Honestly, until the NFL returns to providing entertainment as their intended purpose, they don't deserve the support they had back when that was the case.

What's wrong with their approach to Covid? I like that they're creating incentive for players to get vaccinated while not forcing them to.

[stuckincheeseland]

Jul 24, 2021 8:02:04 GMT -6 sanders97 said:

I am trying to get excited about watching professional football, again, but the politics and their approach to COVID is making it difficult. As of now, it is highly possible that I won't tune in this year, either. Honestly, until the NFL returns to providing entertainment as their intended purpose, they don't deserve the support they had back when that was the case.

why the hell is covid political, it has  2% death rate of those who contract it, and permanent damage to many others it uses up hospital beds that are needed for others when the vaccine could have prevented that it is a worldwide crisis making it political just prolongs the crisis

[rustyhilger]

Jul 19, 2021 21:28:36 GMT -6 Vic said:

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To goldenlion's point, we really should give the knitting circles their own anthem.

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Jul 24, 2021 8:02:04 GMT -6 sanders97 said:

I am trying to get excited about watching professional football, again, but the politics and their approach to COVID is making it difficult. As of now, it is highly possible that I won't tune in this year, either. Honestly, until the NFL returns to providing entertainment as their intended purpose, they don't deserve the support they had back when that was the case.

I kind of feel the same. Not even watching the Olympics. Almost like the Emmy's and Grammy's.. Don't watch those either. Just hard to Stomach a bunch of people that make more in one year than the average family makes in a lifetime stand on a pedestal and tell us all what a horrible place we are living in. I've travelled around the Globe a bit for my job.... We are a damn lucky we live here.

[liongeezer]

Jul 19, 2021 23:57:04 GMT -6 goldenlions said:

Get rid of the US Anthem at all sporting events that are not nation vs nation.

Horse Shit.  The National Athem or the Pledge of Allegiance should be performed any time we celebrate our great society, such as sporting events.  However, no disrespect to black folks, but a Black National Athem is not a good idea.  Whether they like it or not they are a part of this great country.  What is next?, the Asian National Athem, the Hispanic National Athem, and the Native American National Athem.  Sorry , but this is one Nation under God! 

[liongeezer]

Jul 25, 2021 8:35:18 GMT -6 stuckincheeseland said:

Jul 24, 2021 8:02:04 GMT -6 sanders97 said:

I am trying to get excited about watching professional football, again, but the politics and their approach to COVID is making it difficult. As of now, it is highly possible that I won't tune in this year, either. Honestly, until the NFL returns to providing entertainment as their intended purpose, they don't deserve the support they had back when that was the case.

why the hell is covid political, it has  2% death rate of those who contract it, and permanent damage to many others it uses up hospital beds that are needed for others when the vaccine could have prevented that it is a worldwide crisis making it political just prolongs the crisis

What the hell are you talking about?  The Delta variant of Covid is not as deadly as the Alpha strain.  In fact, there is a lot of research that is being ignored.  Fauci does not know his ass from a hole in the ground when talking about Covid.  He is an Admin dick head that paid the Chinese to develop this shit.  Check out this article link

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Jul 26, 2021 5:27:23 GMT -6 liongeezer said:

Jul 25, 2021 8:35:18 GMT -6 stuckincheeseland said:

why the hell is covid political, it has  2% death rate of those who contract it, and permanent damage to many others it uses up hospital beds that are needed for others when the vaccine could have prevented that it is a worldwide crisis making it political just prolongs the crisis

What the hell are you talking about?  The Delta variant of Covid is not as deadly as the Alpha strain.  In fact, there is a lot of research that is being ignored.  Fauci does not know his ass from a hole in the ground when talking about Covid.  He is an Admin dick head that paid the Chinese to develop this shit.  Check out this article link

Yeah, I think we are all safe until the "Omega" strain. 

[goldenlions]

Jul 26, 2021 5:13:56 GMT -6 liongeezer said:

this is one Nation under God! 

That's your first mistake. There is no God, but that's none of my business.

[liongeezer]

Jul 26, 2021 22:30:23 GMT -6 goldenlions said:

Jul 26, 2021 5:13:56 GMT -6 liongeezer said:

this is one Nation under God! 

There is no God.

I'm not here to preach about the Big Guy, but there is an old saying, "There are no atheists in foxholes".  IOW, when feel you are about to die, it is good to keep an open mind.

[sanders97]

I refuse to engage in deep political discussion. I'm old enough to have learned that it takes both tact and intelligence to do so with any productivity, and the average human does not possess both of these traits.

All I'm saying is that, when I turn on to watch a football game, that is what I want to see. Not politics or any other social hot topic. Just plain ol' football.

It used to be that big organizations kept themselves neutral so they could maintain the largest audience possible. WTF ever happened to that?

[badnews3123]

Aug 3, 2021 10:57:33 GMT -6 sanders97 said:

WTF ever happened to that?

Social media.

[Blaming Brad]

Aug 3, 2021 12:33:28 GMT -6 badnews3123 said:

Aug 3, 2021 10:57:33 GMT -6 sanders97 said:

WTF ever happened to that?

Social media.

Also seems there is no such thing as "neutral" anymore.

[badnews3123]

Aug 3, 2021 13:49:01 GMT -6 Blaming Brad said:

Aug 3, 2021 12:33:28 GMT -6 badnews3123 said:

Social media.

Also seems there is no such thing as "neutral" anymore.

Nope, the world has gone crazy.

[rustyhilger]

"Woke" is what happened. It's a virus that is spreading through our society ... our school curriculums ... now our corporations. It's far more dangerous and contagious than any other virus strain I've seen. It makes people delusional. They start spouting crazy shit like "defund the police!" or "boys can be girls!"

It leaves none untouched in it's wake.

All it takes is one angry twitter mob to decide they don't like your company, and overnight, you'll have a full-blown public relations problem on your hand.

[Vic]

It's the perfect politcal weapon, an unfixable problem to keep a certain political party in power. It is what it is folks, and if you don't pander to it; the costs are too high and loss of money too risky for companies like the NFL to ignore. Meanwhile in the real world, 99.9999999% of Black..White...Asian...Hispanic....Middle Eastern etc etc etc normal every day people just get on with thier day and all get along just fine like we always have.

[Blaming Brad]

Aug 3, 2021 20:13:43 GMT -6 Vic said:

Meanwhile in the real world, 99.9999999% of Black..White...Asian...Hispanic....Middle Eastern etc etc etc normal every day people just get on with thier day and all get along just fine like we always have.

You're giving people WAY too much credit. Last I heard, 25% of Americans still think Trump actually won the election.

[Vic]

Aug 3, 2021 21:29:42 GMT -6 Blaming Brad said:

Aug 3, 2021 20:13:43 GMT -6 Vic said:

Meanwhile in the real world, 99.9999999% of Black..White...Asian...Hispanic....Middle Eastern etc etc etc normal every day people just get on with thier day and all get along just fine like we always have.

You're giving people WAY too much credit. Last I heard, 25% of Americans still think Trump actually won the election.

Bullshit...maybe because the poll your siting was conducted in rural Arkansas

You are giving the media too much credit and obviously getting your statistics from mainstream propaganda....errrr media. A vast vast vast majority PPL don't give a fuck what color anyone is. Nobody cares, except the people weaponizing race. 

[Felix]

Aug 3, 2021 22:43:23 GMT -6 Vic said:

Aug 3, 2021 21:29:42 GMT -6 Blaming Brad said:

You're giving people WAY too much credit. Last I heard, 25% of Americans still think Trump actually won the election.

Bullshit...maybe because the poll your siting was conducted in rural Arkansas

You are giving the media too much credit and obviously getting your statistics from mainstream propaganda....errrr media. A vast vast vast majority PPL don't give a fuck what color anyone is. Nobody cares, except the people weaponizing race. 

id say its a fine line...in public, i think most say what youre saying, with a little anonymity, more are a little closet biggoted than folks like youband i would like to believe...

[def]

My God man. Politics has seeped into every crack and crevice, like Big Bertha/Billy's Bar-mitzvah Bikini. Where once it was prideful to stand for the national anthem, hand on heart, to honor how great this country is, to now spitting and shitting all over the flag because the flag is a symbol of hate? Yeah, they said that shit! And that is ALL by design, because yes, only through division, can a nation be ruled.

And that's what's happened. It will take decades to put this toothpaste back in the tube, and it probably won't happen, because young people who try to educate themselves, are fed non-stop propaganda...we have a nation of idiots, who are starting to do what they are told and that's a slippery slope...

Call me crazy, I know you will lol, but see here's the thing, everything is political and misinfo, because those at the very top, those with the most power are the most corrupt and they aim to keep it that way. If we are all fighting amongst ourselves over dumb shit like what color someone is, or what pronoun you should be called, or a million other dumbass things that make no sense, only to keep us fighting, while those with the big money and bigger power, keep slicing up the pie. We were once free, not so sure anymore, and this whole COVID thing, while I get it is a virus, it is a weak virus and if you take out those deaths, aided greatly by Cuomo and Whitmer putting COVID patients INTO NURSING HOMES...basically killing Grandma and Grandpa, but let's not talk about that. 80+% of Covid deaths are from people 65+ and older. Look it up. So all this other bullshit about mask up, about lockdowns, it's all the very top controlling your asses....it also helped to rig an election, because if you think Biden REALLY got 80+M votes, I have some prime real estate in Central Michigan to sell you! Now, it's gotten so muddled and twisted and confused (on purpose) that people don't know what to think, sheep, following another sheep and doing what they do, shiiiitttt, it's ridiculous, Fuck masks and Fuck being controlled, I will watch because deep down Players just want to play and fans just want to see some DAMN FOOTBALL! Same goes with any other sport.

Except LeBron James, I root for any team playing against the Lakers. Fuck Lebron James.