Timothy Birdnow

Why is the NFL prospering while going woke?

Here is an essay at Red statethat tries to find the answer. His answer is they promote heavily, and the players who are always seen on television and in commercials are more likable.

Perhaps, but I think there must be a deeper answer (ortwo).

I will say this; the NFL gets big, big bucks from the government both through subsidies and through massive tax breaks. This at a time when the country is broke.

Time to close all these loopholes; the NFL is still riding high while every other major sports league is scratching around.

At any rate this makes me wonder. Is, perhaps, the NFL a tool of the government to promote all this nonsense?

The NFL occupies a wholly unique position in the world of sports; a violent game where people get injured and there has been speculation the govenrment would impose regulations on it for decades now. Brain trauma has been repeatedly cited, yet the NFL continues to not only enjoy salutary neglect by the Feds but actually receives big bucks from them.

(I often speak of the '70's movie Rollerball where Mr. Bartholemew - the bigwig who runs the leavgue - explains the purpose of the game. It is to "teach the futility of individual action" as no one player can dominate the sport - until Jonatahan E, the main character, does and must be forced out. Anyway, I suspect the NFL is given a pass precisely because it teaches these sorts of lessons.)

Also, while black players are predominant in the NFL, they hardly dominate the league in the same ways as black players in the NBA. This offers a morality play, that we all need each-other. Baseball is too white and Hispanic, while Hockey too white. Football offers the mix the Ruling Class likes.

The more conspiratorial of us believe the CIA is involved with the NFL, leading the Murdoch owned New York Post to complain about "conspiracy theories". But since we now have solid evidence of conspiracies involving the CIA aND OTHERS, WHO IS TO SAY? The creator of NFL Challenge, a video game product, certainly wanted to get the CIA involved.

I don't know but I do know this; the Supoer Bowl has been a nail-biter almost every year since the turn of the century. For twenty years before that we generally had blowouts. But then the referees started calling bad calls at critical moments on the team gaining momentum, and I do not for a minute believe that was by accident. I will never, ever believe the Rams lost fair and square to the Patriots in 2001. I saw what was happening; no calls as several players mugged Marshall Falk at the line of scrimmage when he didn't have the ball. Also, holding a-plenty, and all sorts of other dirty tricks. Then we found out the Pats had the Rams playbook. I think that Superbowl was a setup; it was after 911 and Paul McCartney said before the game "wouldn't it be wonderful if a team called the Patriots won the Superbowl". I knew the fix was in then.

Anyway, I don't know if the government is behind the NFL or not, but something is happening that goes beyond personality. The public still supports the horribly woke monstrosity. They shouldnt; there are alternatives. The UFL comes to mind. (Here in St. Louis we have a UFL team but they don't put it on commercial television so I never get to watch it. Also, the city is promoting professional soccer heavily to compete with the Battlehawks.)

Yes, people want a break from politics and their lives. Sadly the NFL isn't it anymore.

Any thoughts from readers will be reposted in a follow-up to this.

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