Why do so many here find this so hard to understand? It is no more or less complicated than what you've stated above.
I didn’t watch any games for the first time in my life. I hope it gets so bad, every pro athlete goes broke, and have to go looking for real jobs!
Surprised? Look at the NBA. Product is not good and too many social statements being made. That’s not what we want from the NFL. Like they say “Not For Long“. It’s been gone for me since the chargers bolted SD several years ago. I was a season ticket holder and disgusted with them and city as a result. All about TV market, money, suites... hoping SoFi stays empty. And they continue to hand out ridiculous salaries.
Trying not to get political or condescending but I am reading your post and I would assume that most of your friends are middle aged to 50 year old white men. So yeah they probably are fatigued. I know I am fatigued with the social justice campaign. Which is why it is probably needed. The issues faced by these young black men in the nfl are not faced by my demographic. Kind of like how I can only take about 10 minutes of my 9 year old niece and her obsession with tiktok. I’m not sure where the line is with a movement and getting down to the business at hand. Obviously here it’s football. No easy answers here.
Maybe they will implement some laws to make sure there is equal treatment....oh wait. Never mind that, but maybe they will implement some programs that make sure minorities get preferential treatment for some employment opportunities and they could call it affirmative action....oh wait. Never mind that, maybe they could come up with some laws that give minorities a leg up on getting into colleges....oh wait. Forget all those things and every other law on the books, let’s just say there’s inequality and riot about it. We’ll just keep complaining about the 9 unarmed black men killed by police in 2019 out of 11 million arrests....yeah, that proves inequality.
Again I don’t want to sound condescending to you but you are sounding like a person who feels THEY already got enough. But there in lies the problem. It’s not they. If you aren’t upset by one person getting killed by a cop then you this issue is over your head. No one should die. And yes people make mistakes. Good cops make mistakes. But in the hear and now a group of Americans feels there is an issue. Don’t attack that issue by bringing up policies that don’t relate to unarmed people getting shot by cops. That’s the issue on the table...for the most part. And try to see them as people not not black people.
There were more unarmed white people killed by cops than black people, so no, the issue is not over my head you condescending prick. You’re right, no one should die, but when you’re dealing with human beings as cops, mistakes will happen and that’s not a black/white thing, that’s a human being thing. If the issue is people getting shot by cops then the poster should have said that, not unequal treatment for minorities. People need to separate inequality of opportunities with inequality of results...unfortunately, many today don’t do that.
Yes, anyone can write an article stating whatever they feel.....so I ask myself what has changed to precipitate such drastic decline in viewership. For me it is definitely the political agenda pushed at every chance and incredibly one sided. You obviously disagree so please enlighten me to your reason for the huge drop in TV ratings.
Cannot believe people don't get the point. The ratings went down several years ago and back then there were arguments made about the cause but no one knew - it was all just guessing. Hell, big screen TVs were a primary proposed cause of it. Why do you and so many others assume that just because ratings went down in one week it is because of political reasons? That is a better question to ask. Any theories are unprovable, just like last time ratings went down, but so many of you are now saying authoritatively it is because of politics. And none of you know.
You’re arguing with the same people who fought tooth and nail that ratings didn’t drop back when Kap started the taking a knee crap. They’re blaming commercials, officiating, and everything else they could think of even though all that stuff was the same the previous year, the only difference was Kap, but that wasn’t the cause. They’ll never admit that people will tune out due to political stuff.
Last time it went down because of Kap...nothing else changed, so it was pretty easy to figure out for normal thinking people.
Only one thing changed, but that didn’t cause it...okay, got it. Put me on ignore so you can hide from the truth....seems typical.
Exactly what issues do the young black men in the NFL face? BMW or Mercedes? When do I stop smoking pot to avoid a positive test? Which mansion in what neighborhood do I buy?
I agree with this. I’d also add that youth sports are cranking back up after a long pause and folks aren’t spending a Sunday afternoon plopped down in front of a tv. There’s a ton of sports dads constantly checking their phones at these Sunday tournaments but they’re not watching games. They’re checking for updates on their fantasy teams.
well said. I'd also like some leaders in the community to take some ownership of the problem. While I can accept that many of the problems in the community are external (read racism) it isn't going to change much until internal problems are also addressed. For example, when people see BLM activists harassing diners or 'ro make an incendiary comment, that makes it even more likely that people of other races would want to avoid them. This is where MLK was coming from with his form of activism. We don't have this problem with other races (Indian, Chinese, Vietnamese). And the rest of the world has racism problems as well (so it isn't just the USA's history of slavery, which, BTW, is also shared with the rest of the world). So what is it?
Nothing wrong with this approach. I watch the games with former PSU players and try to ignore the other stuff.OK, I'll take some heat here because I'm the outlier. I realize that this is a character flaw but I have no problem compartmentalizing what is going on in a football game. First, I never really see the National Anthem when I watch NFL games. I tune in at 1 PM and the kickoffs are usually taking place very close to that time. Yes, I'm aware of all the other things (you guys write pages and pages about them) but I can dissociate them from the game. As for announcer pontification during the game, I hear it but don't place much weight in it so I'm usually checking other things or simply just listening. If I don't agree, I don't get too excited about it - many people have differing opinions than I do; it's OK. I tend to care more about a player's performance than their political stance. Again, I realize that this makes me a weirdo. That's nothing I didn't already know. I just like football for football's sake so ...
You and your family just happened to stop watching the same time Kap started his garbage....coincidence.
