NFL using end-zone stencils, helmet stickers in social-justice push
 

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I have NOT watched one minute of Baseball, Basketball, team sports this year. Only Golf. Was really looking forward to Pro Football, esp with Brady now in Tampa Bay. I even bought a Brady/Tampa Bay jersey. Was hoping that Goodell would stay out of the fray and pandering - NO! (anyone want the jersey?). Really not sure if I will watch NFL games now. Why must EVERYTHING be so POLITICAL??? (BTW, pls no political comments or Mods will delete...).

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NFL teams will add symbols to their end zones and helmets this season as part of a leaguewide effort to make clear its commitment to social justice.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday that teams will stencil two phrases into the backs of their end zones — “End Racism” and “It Takes All of Us” — this season. Additionally, he said players will be allowed to wear helmet decals “bearing the names of the victims” of police violence and systemic racism.

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NFL using end-zone stencils, helmet stickers in social-justice push - Chicago Sun-Times

Oh the irony! Felons commemorating their fallen fellow felons.

who cares ? most w/any common sense will have decided to omit pro football/b-ball from their viewing schedule by now... this WILL have consequences when the player's wives find out the paychecks are cut due to advertisers demanding rebates based on low #'s of tv viewers

Well I guess I have no sense , I’m already with my NFL ticket. I’m was a multi tour combat veteran who fought for the rights off everyone to express themselves peacefully in any manor they wish legally

Which one of their wives, their X’s or the current one?

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We will watch NFL games. We both like football.

I dislike having social statements forced upon me. On Monday, I was watching Tampa defeat Boston in hockey. The camera panned for a second to a BLM poster high in the stands. I almost turned off the TV. If they do it again, I’m done with hockey. As for the NFL, I think they all should be on both knees praying their sponsorship doesn’t go down the tubes. Most everyone I know has decided to stop watching. Combine that with Covid and I just don’t see how they can continue to pay out salaries and keep their stadiums open.

Thank You for your service, I did as well....
The Play Station generation want their rights but don't want to earn them, destroying and demanding is not the answer in achieving respect.

what size is the jersey?

asking for a friend

I will tune OUT the NFL - again - this year.

The news this morning showed a football player named Tyler Eifert of the Jaguars who will put the name of the officer killed, David Dorn, , on his helmet. He put a beautiful post explaining why. I don’t do social media (except this) but you can probably google it. Bravo to him! Otherwise, I hope all sports go right down the drain. Maybe then they can go be police officers since so many are retiring. See how they like that.

NBA is done for me

Baseball would like to watch but so far have not.

NFL not sure yet but will wait until games start put one on and see if I will watch.

Excuse me but I haven’t seen anyone in the league destroying anything
 

the talk here about them all being felons , well look at the news that prints public records here in villages
Lots of dui ‘s domestic violence and it’s not just the people living with there moms , and don’t get me started on the very high divorce rate here , folks it’s not Mayberry like people think. And thanks but I never needed a thankyou for my combat service. I don’t have a baseball hat, vest or go to service club. I belong to all the national vets org. but never had the urge to step inside one and I tell nothing but funny stories , you see like in the Graham Greene Novel you could say I’m a Quiet American

Irregardless of what you said thank you for your service.

Seems like a lot more widows and widowers here than divorcees.

Don't know where you got your INFO for the NFL viewership going up 2018 and 2019.
But,
Here are some NFL Attendance DATA showing interest in the game is going down.
2016 - 17,755.671
2017 - 17,253,425
2018 - 17,177,581
2019 - 17,040,039
Link below:
2016 NFL Attendance Data | Pro-Football-Reference.com

I repeat: "The Play Station generation want their rights but don't want to earn them, destroying and demanding is not the answer in achieving respect."

As you can see I said nothing about anyone having to server in a military branch to achieve any rights.
Earning the right of respect is not being a Looter, Stealing, Killing, Setting Businesses on Fire or even Whacking someone over the head from behind. You got to earn that right of respect which is something that's not handed out for free...
JFK once said: "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country?".. The Play Station generation believe in the opposite...
Give me, Give me...

Maybe more people would watch if the "woke" sports teams lead by example. For diversity's sake, every woke team should be required to have an EQUAL amount of each race on their squad. Playing ability will no longer be the main hiring factor because it's not fair to the under-represented races. Come on man, let's do what's right.
/sarc

I agree 100% :coolsmiley:
Come-on Man........., How about: 1 White, 1 Black, 1 Hispanic, 1 American Indian and 1 Asian player for each team and must be on the court at all times during an NBA game.

Is there "affirmative action" in the NBA or NFL?

Do you know the difference between viewership and attendance? Please repeat your Google search and let all of us know about viewership.

As a former season ticket holder I can tell you that my television experience at home is way better than the actual in person experience. I put the channel on the Red Zone and they do all the channel changing for me. Love it.

I'm with you. All spoiled and uniformed folks aided by the clueless media. If they actually told you what the Black Lives Matter Global Foundation stood for, this whole thing would go away fast.

Surely, you arent saying that efforts to end racism is wrong are you? And, why do you consider such efforts as political?

My household also is not watching any sport but golf. Sports should be for entertainment, not politics.

Turn off the thugs that can't write their names. Tune in a good ole nascar race on Sunday and take a break from blm crap.

NFL-Go to hell and take Goodell with you.

Ahhhh! Peacefully. That’s the key word.

Ahhhh! Legally. Another key word.

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Funny how when the 5 officers got shot in Dallas a while back, the NFL wouldn’t allow the players to wear decals on their helmets to honor them. But now, because of a couple of police doing the wrong thing, everything is bad and we’ve turned the clock back 300 years. You can take the NFL and stuff it. Don’t care if I ever see a game again. And....golf is pushing it a bit as well.

I am done with pro sports of any kind. To me they are just a bunch of highly paid prima donnas who think they should be able to use their wealth and fame to tell the rest of the world what to do. Hollywood stars are in that same category. Shut off the tube and read a good book is a better option. If everyone quits watching (which will never happen of course) the sponsors go away and these folks lose their platform for spouting their political nonsense.

As a veteran who fought for this country I am appalled at the lack of respect shown for our flag, our country, and our leaders and I won't support those who try and run it down when most of them never served a day doing anything positive for this great country of ours. If we required everyone who is physically capable to perform two years of some sort of public service (military or civil) right after college I believe attitudes would be different.

Don't get me wrong...prejudice and excessive police violence are never right and need to be dealt with, but at the end of the day this is still the greatest country in the world and everyone should be grateful they have the opportunity to live in it.

So, ya’ll are going to cut off your noses to spite your faces so no one can rub your noses in your racist attitudes? Sounds very snowflakish to me.

I am ahead of the times :) - not watched a baseball game in 10 years, heading into year 3 of no Football, Basketball is none in 20.
Now living in TV I can't fathom sitting there in front of the box with all our things to do. I watch golf and soccer and even that is starting to get a little shaky. It takes a while to ween yourself off this nonsense but after a year or two you really don't miss it at all.

Being from Massachusetts, I’m a big Patriot’s fan, but I canceled NFL Sunday ticket. Probably will watch Brady and the Gronk locally to see how they do at Tampa, but that’s it.

NFL, NBA, NBL seems to me “The -lady-doth-protest-too-much”. These pro leagues know they were the source of unjust for god knows how many years, so now they are jamming it down our throats.

How about White Lives Matter stenciled on one end zone and Black lives matter on the other...Now that Equality!!! Watch the fur fly!!

Or All Loves Matter

Pro spirts are dead to me too!

Bye, bye I say to all the so called professional 'people who play with a ball'. Lost all respect for these spoiled brats. Let them use their so called college degrees in real life and get a real job. Have a nice day!

Record and fast forward thru their crappy agenda.

As mother of police and wife of policeman. I am PRO-police. Not biased,because I spent 50 years watching my men and their comrades do the job to protect, defend, rescue, and follow-up afterward to aid battered women or helpless children or battling spouses. With all the POLICE HATRED today, NO HUMAN can handle The insults, and ORDERS TO STAND DOWN when bottles, bricks and Firebombs are tossed at them. IF I WERE POLICE TODAY, I would QUIT, Walk away, screw the Pension. IT IS NOT WORTH DYING FOR MEAN HATEFUL “Fake Protesters”. These are Malicious mobs of Hate.