“Fell for” or promulgated?
Good article.
We could only hope....
Agreed with this article. They misjudged that most Americans had gone far left. Many people voted for Obama due to disgust with Bush or because they weren’t fully informed due to the mainstream media.
I like the way Nolte describes it, “Fake Reality”.
“President Barack Obama will be remembered as the worst thing that ever happened to the Democrat Party. And to the NFL.*”
“If you think that is a stretch, hear me out… “
No stretch at all.
President Barack Obama will be remembered as the worst thing that ever happened to the:
Democrat Party
NFL
Americans
women
children
blacks
Europeans
economy
cars
health
on and on and on...
The only he did that worked out for us:
THE BEST GUN SALESMAN 8 YEARS RUNNING!!
Well stated.
The NFL will never recover.
+++++
My wife is a perfect example. Since childhood, thanks to a tradition handed down by her father, the Green Bay Packers has been one of the great passions of her life — until this season. And this is what should really terrify Goodell…
My wife’s lost passion is not a political statement or protest. Her passion died a natural death as she watched something she once loved betray her country. She is not angry. She just stopped caring.
How does the NFL recover from that, from indifference, from those who have moved on?
“LET US ALL HOPE SO!!!”
I’m still hoping the NFL goes Thelma and Louise and announces they will stop playing the National Anthem altogether!
Football, and the heroes coming from poor backgrounds into fame and wealth, is part of what makes America great. A sport can become a big business and make money for millions of cottage industries springing up around it. Football has been a huge American Dream story since it started.
And they want to kill the goose over a complete fabrication.
That's the real stake through the heart. The NFL didn't come to be overnight. It is the product of one of the most successful long-term marketing campaigns on the planet. This campaign has lasted more than half a century. That's a lot of building.
One can understand a certain assumption on Goodell's part that such a giant may not be brought down by a sling stone, and indeed, it would be difficult to imagine any single thing that would be quite as effective at doing so as the one the political activists carefully chose. "Oh, look, we've found the hot button!" Yep. Push it at your own risk.
There is, to be sure, a core of besotted and addicted fans who will forgive the NFL anything so long as they get their entertainment fix. I'm fine with that; there was once a passionate and now forgotten following for polo. As Nolte says, nobody got mad at them, they just stopped caring.
Not before Roger milked hundreds of millions in salary out of them, however.
I used to care alot but now I don’t care one bit for the NFL. Those spoiled brat America haters can take their footballs and shove them.
Way to go liberal idiots like Goodell, way to go.
Ex Milwaukee sheriff David Clarke addressed black issues in http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3596032/posts
which has been spiked by the media which is worth taking a look at as well comments (mine) made in that posting
Whether it be Amtrak, the US Postal Service, or the NFL, without competition the business model will definitely “suck” in time.
He didn’t fall for aything, he’s a radical leftist
Done with the NFL and never can be repaired. Any concession would mean fake honoring the flag.
If Goodell was smart, he’d trade all of his America-hating thugs to teams like North Korea, Cuba, Iran, Syria, Venezuela and Africa for one ‘refugee’ and a future draft pick. That would make most AMERICANS happy.