Posted on 09/29/2017 7:08:22 AM PDT by Enlightened1
The NFL ratings dropped substantially after a record number of players protested the national anthem on Sunday, and polls have even shown that the majority of Americans believe that players should stand for the national anthem. During the Patriots versus Texans game, it was blatantly obvious what fans thought of the players kneeling for the national anthem.
As “The Star-Spangled Banner” played, fans noticed 17 Patriots players kneeling. Then the stadium of approximately 60,000 began booing and screaming, “Stand up!” Watch:
But now, Sporting News is reporting that it spoke with a “behind-the-scenes TV staffer” and found that the NFL was so desperate to hold onto its fans watching at home that they told their cameramen not to show the crowd during the national anthem.
Sporting News writes:
One behind-the-scenes TV staffer at another stadium told Sporting News that camera operators were ordered to avoid crowd shots in case they showed fans counterprotesting the protests.
NBC Sports, CBS Sports, Fox Sports and ESPN pay billions each year to televise live NFL games. The league saw this weekend's unprecedented anthem coverage as a golden opportunity to demonstrate unity among players, coaches and owners — and opposition to Trump's comments.
If crowd shots were indeed purposely avoided, it was a wise business decision by the networks not to bite the hand that feeds them their most popular programming, but a weak move from a journalistic standpoint. By covering one of the most significant days in NFL history with rose-colored glasses, the networks cheated viewers. We got an incomplete picture of what really happened in stadiums on Sunday and Monday.
Despite the networks allegedly avoiding crowd shots, many people caught onto the fans' reaction and took to social media:
(Excerpt) Read more at ijr.com ...
The NFL Fans censored during National Anthem.
Excellent metaphor! Spot on!
I've been think of it as a virtual world where leftism triumphs and everyone thinks the same, but simply calling it a "Potemkin Village" is much more succinct.
The original Potemkin Village was an attempt to create a "virtual reality," after all, as is all camouflage.
^^^^
this
been on this train for 19 months now...
Same in Buffalo. Very strong booing (louder, I think than what I heard from Pats game). Not a peep in the media video reporting.
These past 10 days or so have given me a very clear picture of what the NFL is. A monopolistic, crony-capitalist organization full of progressive elitists with a revolving door to government, and the mainstream media.
Brilliant Idea!
They (NFL) would have to cave.
True, in that there’s some big time cognitive dissonance going on.
Fans love football. They don’t like politically partisan, drama queen players, owners and TV networks.
Baseball never fully recovered from the players’ strike. This “look at me” nonsense has hurt professional football.
If you only tell HALF of a truth... you tell a lie... same thing
A “bombshell” would imply a surprise. There really isn’t a surprise here.
They don’t Velocity or MavTV?
Most tickets are bought well in advance.
Empty stadiums will be the last indicator.
Folks dropping their direct tv and cable is a better early indicator.
Folks not watching the game will be tracked by rating services and that is another early indicator.
Folks contacting advertisers and promising boycotts works as well.
Alinsky explained it—never give up, never give in, try multiple tactics, have fun doing it, and keep up the pressure.
Talk to your friends who have tickets and try to convince them to not show up for the game and not buy future tickets.
The NFL has declared war on us—it is a war we must win.
“Stadium was packed in GB last night”
Did you miss the part where G-d ‘UN-packed it’ via the lightening storm? ;)
They already bought their tickets. Green Bay is probably the one place where you can expect the stands to be full, at least for this season.
Was there kneeling involved in GB?
They will be the last team standing, or kneeling, or whatever, when all is said and done. No one is more loyal than a Packer Fan - but, even I am giving them up.
50 years worth of cheering them on, in good times and in bad.
My Good Will does NOT extend to this nonsense.
You have to understand that we are fighting a movement of racial and ethnic utopian nationalist socialists. In shoret they are of the liberal fascist persuasion, having gained control of our television media. They aim to destroy all American institutions, including football etc.
We must fight them and we will win with the help of president Trump.
This is a good read on how they work abnd their ideology
( Saul Alinsky)
“The Quintessential Liberal Fascist”
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.htm
“Patriots” in name only.
Hundreds of thousands have given their lives, been mailed and horribly wounded since the Declaration of Independence to keep that flag of liberty flying.
Yes, Michelle Obama, all this for a “DAMN FLAG.”
What is needed is for the fans who have/bought tickets for any NFL game to act thusly:
Prior to the start of the game, the concourse should be shoulder-to-=shoulder with fans milling about and purchasing concession fare such that a ^very small^ amount of seats are visible to the cameras.
Just as the anthem starts, they should ALL congregate in the seats and aisles immediately below or nearby the owners box,
turn toward the owner’s seats, sing the anthem and summarily BOO! the owner at the end.
Mauled actually...autocorrect is liberal
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