The Suicide of the NFL
 

The Suicide of the NFL
Wayne Allyn Root Posted: Sep 27, 2017 12:01 AM

This is the story of the suicide of the NFL.

Every liberal CEO in America should be watching and listening. This is a case study for how to destroy a billion-dollar business by injecting your offensive leftist politics and alienating your own customer base.

President Trump has done it again. No, I don’t mean he’s offended millions of Americans. I mean he said exactly what was on the mind of tens of millions of middle class Americans. Call us the Silent Majority. Because of Trump, our views now count.

Don’t look now but Trump just kicked the NFL’s rear end. Ratings are plummeting. Revenues are plunging. The player’s spokesman deals are being cancelled. Fans are booing. Fans are burning tickets and uniforms. Lifelong NFL zealots are vowing to never watch another game. And the #1 selling jersey in the USA is a Pittsburg Steeler backup- a former Army Ranger with the courage to stand for the national anthem.

The Silent Majority is speaking loudly and clearly.

When you offend 63 million Trump voters, your business suffers, your bottom line plunges...

The NFL is going the way of dying dinosaur ESPN- they lost 3 million subscribers just last year alone.

And the Emmys- with the lowest ratings EVER.

And Hollywood box office revenues- the worst in 25 years.

And NBC’s Megyn Kelly- whose career is on life support. She's so scared of Trump's voters she just announced her new NBC morning show will be a "politics free zone."

And Arnold Schwarzenegger- who flopped as host of “Celebrity Apprentice.”

And Actress Jennifer Lawrence- who latest movie bombed after disrespecting Trump.

And Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who recently suffered his first-ever action movie flop, after disrespecting Trump.

Don’t forget Madonna, who threatened to bomb the White House. Her latest album sold 3,000 copies last week. Guess who got bombed?

My grandfather put it best. He taught me there are only two rules to business:

#1) The customer is always right.

#2) If the customer is wrong, refer back to Rule #1.

All of these athletes, entertainers, CEOs, businesses and leagues like the NFL have free speech. They can say whatever they want. But so can we- the customers. But we always get the last laugh.

Always assume your customers are 50/50 liberal vs conservative. Therefore, any political statement you make risks offending and alienating half your customers. So, shut up. Don't do it. Keep your views to yourself. Unless you want to lose 50 percent of your customers.

But what if your specific customer base is 70 percent conservative or center-right? Well then you could ruin your entire brand forever. Enter the NFL.

Of course, the NFL’s audience includes lots of diverse groups. But let’s be honest. The typical NFL fan is a white, middle class, middle aged, meat-eating, testosterone-driven Republican (or certainly center-right).

The typical NFL fan is a flag waver. They always stand for the national anthem. They wear flag pins and chant “USA, USA, USA!” They love cops and military. They're far more likely to eat hot dogs and drive a SUV, than eat tofu and drive a Prius. In short, they are middle class Trump voters. Not all of them. But a significant majority.

Doesn’t the NFL Commissioner know this? Don’t the executives at the NFL’s Park Ave. offices know this? What world do they live in? The NFL doesn't understand, or give a damn about their own customers? The NFL wants to go to war with their own best customers? Really? Wow.

So, this isn’t about free speech. This is about the survival of your business and destruction of your brand. Someday this will be a case study in how to destroy a brand in business schools. Just like ESPN. Because ESPN's customers are the same middle class (and above) Trump voters as NFL fans.

Now it’s time to REALLY bring the NFL to its knees.

It’s time for a nationwide boycott. It’s time for 63 million Trump fans to stop watching. Turn off NFL games on your TV for the next month. Watch the owners cry. Watch them panic. Watch them beg. Watch them order an end to all kneeling or disrespect for the national anthem. Watch them sing a whole new tune.

If you’re betting on the games here in Vegas, or you're just a superfine going into withdrawal, just watch them online, or on your iPhones. But make TV ratings collapse. That's what matters to NFL owners. Hit them in the pocketbook. They make no money when you watch online.

It’s also time for 63 million Trump voters to stop buying NFL merchandise. Go cold turkey. Buy something different for your kids or dad for Christmas. Try a book.

Write every NFL sponsor and demand they cancel their NFL advertising campaigns, or we’ll stop buying from them.

Call your Governor and demand your state immediately withdraw all state subsidies from your local team.

Call your Congressmen and demand the NFL’s anti-trust and tax exempt status be withdrawn immediately. Ouch. This one’s gonna hurt!

It’s time to teach the NFL a lesson. The Silent Majority counts. What we believe in- God, country, Constitution, flag, national anthem, American exceptionalism- matters. Start worrying about offending us.

The NFL is about to learn a bitter lesson. Trump 35-NFL 0.



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GOD BLESS AMERICA

I have already made my promise of what I m giving up for Lent and I made this promise to run consecutively for 100 years. My promise is to give up watching NFL and NBA ball games and ESPN.:)

Personal Best Regards:

Wayne Allyn Root - Wikipedia


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Says the saddest sack of SHlT

I bet you throw left handed too!!!!

Give up posting in TOTV please.

What did you deprive yourself of in protest of the Tea Party burying flags ?

What did you deprive yourself of when they burnt flags ?

What did you deprive yourself of during any peaceful protests revolving around our flag ?

What did you give up when they actually REPLACED the Stars and Stripes with the "don't tread on me" flag....actually replacing the flag ?

You are simply, as others, responding in a knee jerk reaction to our mean spirited, self centered President remarks and nothing more.

A phoney AND a hypocrite

Go away old man.

I deprived myself from CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, Jimmy Kimmel, Steven Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, NBC News, Etc etc for only presenting one view. Today NBC’s lead in covering Trump’s Puerto Rico visit stated only San Juan’s Mayor’s displeasure with Trump’s US help, yet at today’s televised conference, that the SJ Mayor did not attend, Puerto Rico’s Governor, US congresswoman, and other mayors and Puerto Rican dignitaries praised him and the US help as exceptional. Not covered by the left media. This whole NFL issue, that will not go away, was not a knee jerk reaction to Trump, but a reaction to a JERK TAKING A KNEE.

And your reaction to the Tea Party desecration of our flag ?

Or, actually REPLACING as a means of protest our flag and using an alternate ?

Or, burying our flag to protest ?

Or burning our President in effigy ?

Of course, since you do not follow news, only Fox it appears, you wouldn't know much.

You people slobbering all over this "issue" do not get it, especially with you limited and very bias source if news, NOBODY likes protests. MOST whomcare try to understand what it is about. You are simply frothing because you were told to.

Protests using the flag were not invented by the NFL, and this continued attempt to divide is making such protest grow.

Excellent post. I did not see anything in it that should offend anyone and it is right on the money.

I do not know what you are referring to, but it must mean a lot to you if you continue to repeat it over and over again. From what I have observed on the TV media, the Tea Party demonstrators were peaceful and always cleaned up after themselves. I have heard a few unsubstantiated accusations, but those were few and never panned out as true.

You seem to be very bitter about something and have a grudge against the Tea Party. Just my observation.

I second that!

The NFL seems to be doing extremely well. Donald John Trump and his followers. Not so much.

Fox is floundering. The massacre in Vegas was caused by a rich white man...oh, how to cover that? Let's ignore it completely and beat the tired old horse of the NFL instead. Fox is losing its demographic, the older, non-college educated whites are dying off.

Fox News To Add ‘For Entertainment Purposes Only' Disclaimer

Fox News Wins Lawsuit To Misinform Public – Seriously | Philly2Philly.com

Rubicon and the rest of the deadheads can claim they will not watch pro sports anymore all they want - however, they are not going to hurt the networks or the sports teams at all.

The NFL and the networks are squirming already, but you would like to believe they are not effected...too funny!
The NFL's product is tainted with bad politics!

Everything bothers and offends some diehard poor losers!

NFL ratings: Fox sees 14% increase in coverage one week after protests

Really???

If they were infested with "bad politics", what can we do about our White House, the actual seat of our government which is not only affected by "bad politics" but by bad morals, bad character, a non existent relationship with the truth and a terrible streak of just being mean spirited.

To proclaim patriotism publicly while privately entertaining guests by mimicking a war hero and how he has trouble with is arm due to a war injury, to look straight at us and proclaim patriotism while he dodged the draft and has made fun of gold star family is simply the tip of what this White House has done.

He is the ultimate phoney, if you review his entire life, it is a chronology of the same thing.

To have others then to pick up and run with such stuff is very disorienting to me. We need leadership.

Trump is an embarrassment to this great country.

Half the country (at least) does not agree with you. But, the first Amendment allows you your opinion.

Half the country ?

Latest polls show his approval to be the lowest at this point for any President in histor, and it is NOT half the country and not even close.

Even with the election he got less than half of the votes cast.

Can you supply your documentation or basis for such a claim ?

And on the first ammendment, Trumps attacks on this powerful part of the constitution, if you use Fox and I have no idea what their poll says......which means it must be below 50% or it would be plastered all over everything.....us a representative poll

I might add since this thread concerns the NFL fiasco, you should check history.....Trump's calling FROM THE OVAL OFFICE people 'sons of bitches" and threatening their job should not be surprising. In the 1980's Trump was a failed owner in a rival league and has been attacking the league, including their making, or trying to make, the league safer. Read up a bit...he is upset about any rule that is for safety......this is a tweet from 2013...

"Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump
The NFL has just barred ball carriers from using helmet as contact. What is happening to the sport? The beginning of the end.
3:22 PM - Mar 20, 2013

So calling people names,while something he does often, is not surprising in the case...sons of bitches all.....right from our oval office

You are an embarrassment for your parents...


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Are those the same polls that said Crooked Hillary could not lose??

But you wasted your vote...

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This is one of the "canned" responses every time you point out the intense lying, deceit and mean spirtited attitude of this President.

What, may I ask does Clinton have to do with this ?

A poster made a statement and I challenged it.

I know you trolls dont read or comprehend but come on.....one of your "own" made the claim about polls....not me

By the way, I supply you with substance and facts and you complain....which for someone like you with NO comprehension, I understand, but to question one of your own........who made a false statement and cannot back it up.....you might consider just giving it up

This is staggering.....

Republican senator Bob Corker was being asked about the reports of our Secy of State calling the President a moron...which by the way, latest reports are this is no true; he reportedly called him "a f....in moron".

Anyway, this is part of what Corker said...

"I think Secretary Tillerson, Secretary Mattis and chief of staff Kelly are those people that help separate our country from chaos,” Corker told reporters. “

Corker: Tillerson, Mattis, Kelly protecting country from 'chaos' | TheHill

That is chilling and should wake up some of you who feel Trump is stable in any way.

:BigApplause:


If there was any previous doubt that Corker wouldn't be invited to the WH Christmas party...there isn't now. :D

From yet another source, of course Trump calls all this fake news...it always has proven true, but he says that for his "followers"

"Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin reportedly have forged a "suicide pact" in which all three members of President Trump's Cabinet would leave if one of them became a target of the president.

News of the agreement surfaced amid renewed questions about Tillerson's future in the administration."



Tillerson, Mattis, Mnuchin forge 'suicide pact' in the event Trump wants one of them gone: Report

If you recall when Trump embarrassed the entire country when he spoke at the Boy Scout Jamboree, well.....Tillerson was the chief honcho for BSA and was enraged...this is what started he talk about resigning.

It is interesting that nobody trusts Trump.

Do you read the post first before posting? Or, do you already have a post, just waiting for someone to post so that you can respond?

I am not going to argue with you because you are too stupid to read first before blathering.

What the hell,does your post mean ?

I do read, a lot...you should try it...might save the embarrassment you bring to yourself on this forum.

"Half the country", which is one of those made up things got my attention.

You do know when you begin your post with a lie, the rest becomes meaningless. You like to demean me for allowing backup and real facts, but that is how the world works.

Living in your fantasyland is a waste.

Wow, you still do not get it. Go away and play with someone that feels empathy with you. If you can't follow the conversation, don't blame others for your failure.

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