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Posted: 9/21/2017 9:00:36 AM EDT

https://sports.yahoo.com/memo-nfl-players-ask-roger-goodell-support-racial-equality-campaign-031110505.html

Comments on both Yahoo and ESPN are overwhelmingly negative.

I watched one game last year (the Super Bowl) and have yet to watch anything this year other than what's on while I'm out. Just as I've quit (very happily, I might add), so have many others.

It's hard to imagine such a successful business shooting itself in the foot repeatedly.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:05:41 AM EDT

[#1]

You're a racist!

Haven't watched pro ball in years. Doesn't sound like I have missed anything, nor will I.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:09:46 AM EDT

[#2]

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You're a racist!

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Ditto. Screw those over paid attention whore special snowflake babies.

The golden age of pro football has been over for some time now. No one sent that memo to the 'tards playing it, the NFL nor the owners. Too bad none of them realize they are stepping on their own lollipop. Oh well.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:11:04 AM EDT

[#3]

That time would be the off season.

This is why NOT to watch football anymore.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:11:57 AM EDT

[#4]

Rush Limbaugh is absolutely correct in his assessment that the NFL will be a shadow of its former self in just a few years. It is already dying a slow and painful death. Sure they still have many fans, but they're doing everything they can to destroy the brand.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:12:56 AM EDT

[#5]

Will not watch (but wouldn't watch anyway).

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:13:03 AM EDT

[#6]

LOL. NFL choking itself to death

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:13:58 AM EDT

[#7]

DO these fuckers forget they are just overpaid performers?

I dont get to be a social justice warrior (not that i want to be) ON THE JOB!

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:14:54 AM EDT

[#8]

The globalist want American football dead so they can usher in the great global socialist sport of soccer...they will rename American football... El Fútbol

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:15:26 AM EDT

[#9]

Do it.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:15:54 AM EDT

[#10]

What is next an Antifa half time Superbowl show?

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:16:07 AM EDT

[#11]

I wonder what enterprise these overpaid performers will turn to when they have no job?

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:17:02 AM EDT

[#12]

Do it NFL. Have an activism month and have all the players wear BLM stickers on their helmets.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:17:26 AM EDT

[#13]

Whats better to do on your worst viewing start ever than to keep up with what people dont want to see...

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:17:38 AM EDT

[#14]

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The globalist want American football dead so they can usher in the great global socialist sport of soccer...they will rename American football... El Fútbol

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With respect, that may be the most tin foilly ignorant post on ARFCOM ever.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:17:53 AM EDT

[#15]

Pink is already taken, so what will be the new highlight color of choice for said month?

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:17:54 AM EDT

[#16]

They really are..........stupid jocks. Meat heads.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:18:39 AM EDT

[#17]

I'm all for it. Watching that league fall apart and slip into financial ruin will be better than any memories watching its games has provided.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:19:25 AM EDT

[#18]

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For the vast majority of players, I would guess they have pretty much zero marketable skills outside of football. They don't know a trade, and their degree (if they actually finished) is in something utterly worthless like policy planning or communications.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:20:55 AM EDT

[#19]

Well, this certainly makes it easier for me to skip the rest of the Titans 8-8 season.....

To be fair, the Titans often host mil families from Ft. Campbell. Nor do any Titan players kneel during the anthem.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:21:10 AM EDT

[#20]

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they are brainwashed by the left

the left only has 3 kinds of people: victims, champions, and oppressors

victims = blacks, muslims, women, gays

champions = self loathing whites

oppressors = need I say it?

when a black NFL player becomes a libtard, what role does he have?

victim

a pampered, coddled multi-millionaire victim

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:22:50 AM EDT

[#21]

They are free to go protest in the streets and get hammered with pepperballs just like everyone else. But they don't get to use the NFL (their employer) as a platform.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:23:37 AM EDT

[#22]

Oh, no.

Play your silly little game and collect your above average salary and shut the fuck up.

You want to be an activist? Fine, quit playing your game and go join some hate group and protest. They'll enjoy your money.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:24:31 AM EDT

[#23]

by the way, I love this stuff

burn, baby, burn

burn that NFL to the ground

the SJWs are spreading like a virus, burning and destroying as they go

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:26:30 AM EDT

[#24]

I stopped watching when this shit all started.

They are doing a great job at destroying themselves.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:26:41 AM EDT

[#25]

How about June?

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:27:45 AM EDT

[#26]

It's hilarious that society, on a grand scale, refuses to understand that professional athletes are just circus animals.

Shut up and get a concussion for my entertainment while I sit on my couch and drink.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:29:17 AM EDT

[#27]

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They are free to go protest in the streets and get hammered with pepperballs just like everyone else. But they don't get to use the NFL (their employer) as a platform.

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yes they do

SJW politics have been astoundingly successful on a social level

nobody can come right out and oppose it without losing his job

but politically it's a disaster

if these fucking thugs want to take a knee during the anthem, who is going to stop them?

victimhood puts people above criticism, so nobody can say anything

the owners are under severe criticism from both right and left, from the right for allowing these thugs to act this way, from the left for not hiring colin

and ratings are off by 8% this year

outstanding

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:29:19 AM EDT

[#28]

Just like with the nba, the stands are still full of mostly white people, when that stops maybe something will change.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:31:23 AM EDT

[#29]

So the NFL has begun the self-destruction sequence.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:33:31 AM EDT

[#30]

There's nothing stopping them. They can ask the other players and owners and fans to join in. Who knows, maybe they have a plan for Chicago.?

Good luck to them.

A week or a month of celebrations might work....

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:36:20 AM EDT

[#31]

I say let them go full retard. Those players have way more privilege that most of the country and the owners need to get control of their damn teams if they want to stay in business.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:36:50 AM EDT

[#32]

All fans should let ESPN and nfl know. I'm going to their websites now.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:37:22 AM EDT

[#33]

The story will get a lot of attention, but keep in mind, it's FOUR players.

"It was endorsed by four players: Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett, Philadelphia Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins, former Buffalo Bills wideout Anquan Boldin and Eagles wideout Torrey Smith."

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:38:25 AM EDT

[#34]

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It's hilarious that society, on a grand scale, refuses to understand that professional athletes are just circus animals.

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We need to convince them that they are like Gladiator slaves and the evil owners are their masters, and Roger Goodell is Glaber or Varinius or something.

Then they can re-enact The Third Servile War for more entertaining TV than the NFL.

Trump can play Crassus.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:41:19 AM EDT

[#35]

future NFL ratings and attendance

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:43:40 AM EDT

[#36]

What a surprise. A game played by and watched by the lower end of the bell curve intelligence wise gets even dumber.

A bunch of ghetto trash complaining about shit that doesn't occur trying their best to become poor sooner than they will normally, we all know they are all bankrupt and destitute within a year of retiring. Fuck the NFL and fuck anyone who supports the NFL with their dollars.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:44:44 AM EDT

[#37]

They can have a month. Hell they can have two. They don't seem too busy in April and May. Plenty of time to make a difference and not just wear some special edition shoes.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:44:46 AM EDT

[#38]

I haven't watched the NFL for probably 30 years. No particular reason other than not wanting to be trapped inside the house when I could be doing something fun outside or in the garage.

For sure these assholes will prevent me from going back to watching in my dotage. With this SJW bullshit extending down into pewee football I see no return to reason in the foreseeable future.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:45:02 AM EDT

[#39]

When propaganda and distracting the masses collide.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:46:01 AM EDT

[#40]

Sure. Just as long as that months pay is donated in total.

Edit: haven't watched those overpaid clowns in no telling how long.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:46:12 AM EDT

[#41]

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3/4 will be warlords in their local 'hoods, and 1/4 will run successful businesses.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:46:39 AM EDT

[#42]

"No watch November"....I will do my part. I love football but have primarily switched to college. Goodell has ruined the league by allowing the inmates to run the asylum. Politics and sports don't mix. I will probably catch parts of Sunday night football here and there but the only game I will watch in full this year is the Super Bowl.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:48:00 AM EDT

[#43]

The NFL is dead to me.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:48:35 AM EDT

[#44]

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Yep, I used to watch for an escape, now it's politics and racism sjw. So I stopped watching. That and all the commercials. I find other things as entertainment.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:50:28 AM EDT

[#45]

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I'm all for it. Watching that league fall apart and slip into financial ruin will be better than any memories watching its games has provided.

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This

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:54:12 AM EDT

[#46]

I realized years ago that being invested in professional sports is a waste, because I have no control over the outcome. I still enjoy baseball, but I don't watch many games because I don't have time. I don't really see them going this route, as this is a very important and obvious difference between the NFL and MLB.

Having Sundays free lets me spend time with my family, work around the house, and generally enjoy life instead of sitting on the couch getting worked up and eating shit food. It's a win/win/win.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:54:53 AM EDT

[#47]

Dance for me jesters, dance. They seriously overestimate their importance in the world.

Lol at the NFL.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:55:25 AM EDT

[#48]

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Yep, I used to watch for an escape, now it's politics and racism sjw. So I stopped watching. That and all the commercials. I find other things as entertainment.

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That's what pisses me off most. These dumbasses seem to be completely clueless to the fact that we tune into sports for ESCAPE from the bullshit of daily life. They're literally slitting their own wrists with this SJW garbage. The reason that they even exist (and get paid stupid money) is strictly to entertain us. Somehow, the dancing monkey has got it in his head that he's Savior of Planet Earth.

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:55:38 AM EDT

[#49]

Perhaps they should just take the whole season off unpaid so they can dedicate themselves to "the cause"...

Posted: 9/21/2017 9:56:14 AM EDT

[#50]

Been boycotting football for well over 30 years now.

Of course my hometown team is the Detroit lions and they're the poster children of long term failure.

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