Posted on 09/27/2017 10:04:12 AM PDT by RightGeek
Unlike women men don’t really shop, they resupply. This afternoon I had to go to the local Safeway to resupply my beverage bin. As a man of some years living alone my beverage needs are slim but mandatory. Out of beer? Resupply! Low on tonic for the gin? Resupply! Out of Pepsi? Buy the world a Coke!
And so there I was pushing the sports-car model of shopping carts down the beverage aisle of the store ready to plunk down my hard-earned debit card in return for a selection of tasty liquids to cool down in my refrigerated storage unit.
As I strolled down the aisle taking in the immense amounts of choices one has in beers, mixers, and soft-drinks these days, I noted that a very large number of them were marketed like this:
Yes indeed. A big and obvious “NFL LOGO” was slapped on many different items in the beverage aisle. At the time this particular Cosmodemonic Globalist Beverage Behemoth paid big bucks to the NFL, the NFL logo was supposed to signal manliness, winning, sports as a pure pastime, and good solid American values. The NFL logo was, at great expense, meant to communicate to the American consumer that the product it was on respected the solid American values.
My thought as I glanced across these items sporting the NFL logo today was, “Not one red cent am I spending on any product that sports (so to speak) that logo. No. Just no.”
It was a pure spontaneous thought in that I did not think to think it. It just appeared in my mind. Adamantine.
And I moved on down the aisle and bought some beer, mixers, and soda that did not have the NFL logos.
“Take that!,” right? Yeah, sure. My own little private boycott started spontaneously in my own little skull. So what?
In my little one-man world I can’t spend all that much on beverages. Even at the height of summer I doubt if I spend $20 a month on beverages from the store. It’s just me, see.
But then I remember the multiplication tables and the fact that yesterday some 63 million Americans said “F*ck the NFL.”
Hummm…..
63,000,000
X
$20
____________
$1,260,000,000
Per Month
Suddenly the paying of vast sums to the NFL to place on their products looks like a very bad deal for the Cosmodemonic Globalist Beverage Behemoth.
Is it? Well it seems that the NFL is spinning and lying as fast as they can: NFL sponsors unconcerned about national anthem protests: Official
The NFL’s top corporate sponsors haven’t expressed any concern about the unprecedented wave of player national anthem protests this weekend, a league spokesman said Monday. “We talk to our sponsors all the time, whether it’s raining or the sun is out. We’ve talked to them, we keep them informed. I haven’t heard of a single issue of a sponsor that is worried or has raised particular issue about the weekend,” NFL spokesman Joe Lockhart told reporters during a conference call Monday.
And another flack enters the Liar’s Hall of Fame. Joe Lockhart, media whore, come on down!
I think I’m just going to put out a lawn chair, kick back, crack a Non-NFL cold one and watch the league implode with no stopping point.
Too bad about pro football. Once upon a time it had nice ideals.
Happened to be in the grocery store today and saw all the NFL themed and logoed stuff and it reminded me of this. Don't buy it and if you have time tell the companies why.
I just cancelled my NFL Ticket with Directv. Normally, one cannot cancel after the season begins but DTV is allowing cancellations over the protests. I asked if they were getting many cancellations and was told that answering that question would cost the agent his job.
If everyone who’s disgusted does a soft boycott, advertisers will be severely impacted. By a soft boycott I mean don’t by products that sponsor the NFL if there’s a good alternative or it’s something you can do without. Another place the NFL should feel the pain is football gear. The demographic which enables unpatriotic behavior by NFL players, coaches, management, and owners will never rise up to fill the void. A lot of them don’t even like football.
That means yes they are..
That will get results.
The display pictured.
It would be a damn shame should something happen to it...
It will take a few weeks for them to realize just what they started, it will snowball.
Spitting on the customer is not a good marketing strategy.
We stopped buying AB products last week.
5.56mm
That display is dangerous. I can’t believe that it is even real. Is it inflatable?
If we find these displays in stores we need to tell them will not be back until they are gone. Trickle down economics
Supporting the NFL has become the new way to show others you ‘hate America’.
I wonder if they(the owners) have any idea what they have done?
Have not seen such ‘tone deaf’ behavior from a business in my lifetime.
I was in a store yesterday and I said aloud, “no Pepsi products for me! NFL sponsor! “ Kid next to me said “me too!” Then proceeded to show me his BLM wristband and tell me he was an activist for BLM! White kid to boot! Just shook my head. Oh, I was in Ft. Myers, Fl.
It’s full of hot air and no substance...
Budwieser, Pepsi - FritoLay and Ford should be the FIRST boycott targets.
“All American brands supporting the anti-American NFL”
Crack those big 3 and there NO opposition. None.
Everyone associated with this travesty would be fired, to include coaches.
We’ll just have to start boycotting the big sponsors.
Even coaches in college basketball! Jail!
Just sent an email through Bud’s website. No more in my household.
Joe Lockhart... wasn’t he Barry O’s TV buttboy for a year or so? Joe can really pick ‘em, can’t he?
RE; #2
A jobsworth question?
Why would a company hide such information from their customers?
Results?
There wil be many consequences but the only results worth anything would have been seen very soon after Kaepernick, likely at the influence of his girlfriend, started this. The owners and the executive staff could have fired him
Anything after that is just consequences. They are done. Budweiser will feel it.
A lot of that beer well I guess they’ll sell it at a reduced rate and a lot of ignorant people will buy it but if production hasn’t stopped on those cans Budweiser will regret it even more
IMO Budweiser is the biggest advertiser and boycotting them gets the best bang for the buck.
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