Timothy Birdnow

Writing at Conservative HQ Jeff Rendell makes some great points about the NFL protests and how the league will have to do much more to restore fan support. I left the following comment explaining exactly what I think is going on and how the NFL will have to make some major changes and not just try to gloss this thing over. The NFL is in a tough spot but will be in a tougher one if they continue down this road.

Here are my comments:


What the NFL players are doing by refusing to stand for the National Anthem is insulting America itself, which means insulting the fans. It really is that simple. There is no "protest" but rather an f-you from the players and ultimately the league that refuses to stop them. Police or racism or even Trump have little to do with it except as an excuse.

And this from people working for a league which pays them handsomely to entertain the people they are insulting.

Oh, and freedom of speech ends on private property. The players have no right to protest on private property, and especially not while on the clock. Would anyone let a group invade their back yard to hold a protest march? And can normal people insult their company's customers while on the clock? Freedom of speech does not mean a right to a platform.

Why is the NFL so afraid? They know that a.the winds have been blowing leftward for some time and they figure it will continue once the hiccup of the election of 2016 will blow over.
b.They figure the country is going to be changing demographically and they figure they can get on the "right side" of it by supporting minorities against the Joe Sixpackers who watch the NFL.
c.They are afraid of angering the radical left media, where so much of their money derives.
d.They are afraid of angering Democrats and those who would pass laws restricting the NFL in the interest of "player safety" and whatnot. This includes a fear of angering players who may bring lawsuits over concussions and whatnot.

But they miscalculated as the public is growing increasingly angry at all of this radicalism, from Black Lives Matter to transgenderism to homosexual marriages to alien invasions. And now the one thing they could do to forget the endless assault on the values and lives and very existence has been infected.

Until the league takes firm, concrete action against this and makes it clear they are on the side of the fans and not their spoiled brat employees then they are going to continue to lose money and fans.

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