He Done Screwed The Pooch Now Boy-o's - NFL ed.

[heydaralon]

I think a big reason for NFL declined ratings is the use of football phrases like "Touchdown pass!" in Flo Rida's My House song. People realize that this is a reference to the game, while also picking up on the fact that Flo Rida's music offers more vicarious action packed thrills than pro football ever did.

[DBTrek]

I think a big reason for NFL declined ratings is the use of football phrases like "Touchdown pass!" in Flo Rida's My House song. People realize that this is a reference to the game, while also picking up on the fact that Flo Rida's music offers more vicarious action packed thrills than pro football ever did.

[de officiis]

The NFL will continue allowing players to kneel during the national anthem at games, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced Tuesday, according to Reuters.

“We spent today talking about the issues that our players have been trying to bring attention to. About issues in our communities to make our communities better,” Goodell said at a news conference following a meeting between officials and team owners in New York.
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The meeting included officials from the NFL and the NFL Player's Association, as well as 11 team owners and 13 NFL players who have protested during the national anthem.

“Today’s discussion with our players was very productive and very important. It reflected our commitment to work together with our players on issues of social justice,” Goodell stated.

According to Reuters, the NFL representatives did not press upon players not to kneel, but instead talked about ways to help them in their activism.

Goodell had previously said that "everyone should stand" for the national anthem, amid growing pressure for the NFL to take an official stance on the controversial protests.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing- ... em-without

[DBTrek]

Well, that pretty much settles it. NFL is the employer and if they say “Go ahead and come to work, kneel for the anthem if you want to” then that’s it.
/shrug

Wish my employer were so relaxed about personal conduct. In the tech industry a PhD can’t opine about engineering demographics without being nationally shamed and run out of a job.

[PartyOf5]

Protesting the anthem is the NFLs immediate concern. Sounds like they are still trying to walk that line between the players and the fans. It won't work. Both sides see through that. Either enforce your existing rules or come out and openly say you are letting the players do what they want.

I see another immediate concern. Injuries. Most of these aren't even due to concussions. THe NFL has lost David Johnson, OBJ, JJ Watt, Rodgers, and a ton of lesser know players to injuries this year. A lost of these are season ending. Most fans will still watch their favorite teams, but along the edges, losing stars is going to hurt the night games. It seems like half the Packers roster is injured right now. That affects the quality of play, which started off poor to begin with. Not sure how they reduce the non-concussion type injuries. Maybe it's gotten to the point where players are just too fast and strong for their bones, ligaments and tendons to withstand the strain.

The bigger and longer term problem for the NFL is the long term effect of CTE. More parents are steering their kids away from tackle football because of this. Players are beginning to retire early. Why not, they already made millions. If they invested it wisely they are already set for life and don't need to grind out another 3-4 more years of punishment for a few million more. This is gong to lead to even lower quality of play. This is what is going to harm the NFL a lot more than protesting.

[C-Mag]

[Fife]

Michael Bennett Compares Himself To Slave Dred Scott

Bennett, who will make $15.4 million per 2017 salary cap analysis, took issue with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones saying he wanted all his players to stand for the national anthem before games. Somehow, in the most unintelligible and stupid analogy in the history of athletes, Bennett analogized his own situation with a 19th century slave who challenged America’s existing slave laws in a famous 1857 case.

[C-Mag]

I see a fan paid only $22 for tickets to a Niners game.
Miami, half the Police Officers expected for the game decided not to show up and provide security.
TV ratings continue to drop.

[C-Mag]

Jerry Jones fired the player who raised the black power fist during the anthem



http://truthfeednews.com/nfl-player-who ... -deserved/

[LVH2]

The injuries are a bigger threat I think. One aspect of it, though it might seem trivial, is fantasy football. For many people, this is their primary reason for watching most of the games. Well, if you drafted Rogers and Cook, the season got a lot less interesting.

I haven't seen as much of a downturn in youth play as expected. I consider myself pretty rough and tumble. I think a lot of times, we operate on the tacit assumption that we will live forever in good health, but we'll all be dead soon so it's fine to indulge a little and take some risks. But I would have a long think about having a kid box or do any other striking, or play football. Traumatizing a developing brain is a far cry from a broken leg. I can't believe that 90% of moms don't lay down the law. Maybe it's just taking a while to set in.

One result of this will be that the league will become even less white. Like boxing, a gamble taken in hopes of going from rags to riches. Not a gamble worth going from OK to riches. Don't know if there will be a huge impact, since 98% of the players are faceless anyway. But it does help to have Brady and JJ to put on TV.

On the other hand, it's a business where most of the costs are picked up by the public and all of the profits go to the owners and workers. So I think it'll survive fine, just go down hill.

Miami, half the Police Officers expected for the game decided not to show up and provide security.

What babies. Promising to do security and then not showing up could actually lead to somebody being hurt, unlike a symbolic gesture you dislike. I try to be sympathetic to police. I really blame the politicians more than the police themselves, but still, they seem to be increasingly alienated from the rest of us.