Posted on 08/30/2016 11:14:25 AM PDT by Biggirl
Tuesday on his national radio show, conservative Rush Limbaugh delivered a message to NFL players like San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick who use their playing field to make political stances.
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People will watch anyway. It’s a drug.
Rush never learned his lesson about messing with the black quarterback, eh?
I don’t always agree with Rush lately but he’s on point with this. The Obama/media assaults the American people at every turn. They won’t allow us to have hope or joy, they beat us senseless.
This football skirmish is just another instance of destroying the American soul. No more turning on the game to escape, to have fun, to get away from the 24/7 political beating.
If there is one thing Limbaugh knows, it is the importance of sports to the American psyche, and he is absolutely correct on this. Americans do not watch sports for political messages, they watch sports to get away from them.
Anyone who tries to use sports as a political platform is going to get a backlash. Retires sports stars can run for office; that’s OK, because they have separated from the game. But if they are still playing, politicizing breaks the rule.
“People will watch anyway. It’s a drug.”
For football lovers, it’s more than a drug; it’s a religion.
My analysis is a little simpler. An athlete or an actor ought not be using his celebrity to make political points. It’s an abuse of power. His political viewpoint is no more valid than anyone else’s. He’s paid to play the game, not to give his political opinions. If he decides to give his opinion despite the fact that no one asked him his opinion, then he’s inviting ridicule and disgust. Ultimately, that erodes the bottom line.
I turned him off for the day.
The league forcing players to wear pink during the entire month of Oct. is bad enough.
Well, as long as we have the PATRIOTS - the team the liberals love to hate, football will be fine with me.
I used to love basketball, but the gay bathroom thing has me completely turned off.
Already stopped watching, the very day whats his face lectured us during half time on why the Washington Redskins was racist. Turn the TV off, don’t watch it.
Uh, no
Not really I find myself some Sunday’s not even watching Football the last few years
Yeah, but there are new generations of entertainment numbskulls coming up all the time. They don't learn from past experience, so here we are.
Andy Warhol's "15 minutes of fame" concept is turning out to be as significant as Moore's Law for understanding the modern world.
Well said.
I wish actors and sports figures would keep their political views to themselves. I want to enjoy watching them for escapism entertainment. It’s hard to escape when thoughts about their real lives come creeping in. I’m in the SF Bay Area. I have no interest in watching the 49ers as long as CK is on the team.
Why is the NFL allowing Casperdick to do this while not allowing the Dallas Cowboys a US Flag on uniform to Honor the 5 murdered police officers in Dallas? any possible answer?
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