Harambe wrote:
Not-so-bold prediction:
Nothing will happen. Everyone pretends their pet issue is a big deal. It's not
Nobody cares about the anthem besides discussing it around the water cooler.
Numbers won't change.
One million times this. Take a guess at what most people at my workplace (which has a solid proportion of black folks) were talking about today? The games themselves.
FitzyXC wrote:
Harambe wrote:Not-so-bold prediction:
Nothing will happen. Everyone pretends their pet issue is a big deal. It's not
Nobody cares about the anthem besides discussing it around the water cooler.
Numbers won't change.
One million times this. Take a guess at what most people at my workplace (which has a solid proportion of black folks) were talking about today? The games themselves.
Let's not oversell this. Let's say that the NFL is ticking off 33% of their fan base. I think that's low. Then let's say that only one third of those people are like me and actually stop watching games. Let's call it 10%. Do you guys have any idea what happens to a large company when it loses 10% of its business? That's a disaster that will hit everyone's salary, and judging by the stadium attendance numbers it could be a mega-disaster. I predict the NFL is going to feel this bigly, especially since it seems this will continue and probably get worse. The harder they fight, they more it will cost them. The NFL will lose and Trump will win.
People are really, really, really sick of this race hustle game.
DiscoGary wrote:
Let's not oversell this. Let's say that the NFL is ticking off 33% of their fan base. I think that's low. Then let's say that only one third of those people are like me and actually stop watching games. Let's call it 10%. Do you guys have any idea what happens to a large company when it loses 10% of its business? That's a disaster that will hit everyone's salary, and judging by the stadium attendance numbers it could be a mega-disaster. I predict the NFL is going to feel this bigly, especially since it seems this will continue and probably get worse. The harder they fight, they more it will cost them. The NFL will lose and Trump will win.
Concussion lawsuits/CTE will kill the NFL way before anything even vaguely related to this past weekend does. Most of the "ticked off" people forget it by kick-off.
FitzyXC wrote:
DiscoGary wrote:Let's not oversell this. Let's say that the NFL is ticking off 33% of their fan base. I think that's low. Then let's say that only one third of those people are like me and actually stop watching games. Let's call it 10%. Do you guys have any idea what happens to a large company when it loses 10% of its business? That's a disaster that will hit everyone's salary, and judging by the stadium attendance numbers it could be a mega-disaster. I predict the NFL is going to feel this bigly, especially since it seems this will continue and probably get worse. The harder they fight, they more it will cost them. The NFL will lose and Trump will win.
Concussion lawsuits/CTE will kill the NFL way before anything even vaguely related to this past weekend does. Most of the "ticked off" people forget it by kick-off.
Usually you are right, but guess what's going to happen right before kickoff? They will play the anthem and players will be protesting again, and announcers will be ripping Trump and his followers, so no one will be allowed to forget. That's the whole point of protesting right? To agitate people so they can't ignore your message. If you think the NFL can win this then you probably thought Hillary was a lock. The same forces are at play again.
If the NFL doesn't put a stop to this right away it will be a disaster for them.
DiscoGary wrote:
If the NFL doesn't put a stop to this right away it will be a disaster for them.
If Goddell so much as wags a finger at any of the protesters it will be way worse, and he knows it.
Anywho, what happened to your fight to end institutional racism?
Players are so concerned about CTE that 1 or 2 of the 2000 or so athletes on NFL rosters and practice squads have retired early. Meanwhile, there is no shortage of individuals lining up to take their place. I'm not sure about your parents, but mine didn't want me boxing, wrestling, or playing football when I was younger because they didn't want me getting brain damage. How is it that my parents 30 years ago knew this crap was bad for you and all these other athletes were oblivious. Football is a violent sport. It can take your life, your ability to walk, your knees, your hips, your shoulders, and yes, can leave you with some degree of brain damage. This is not something that these players didn't know when they got into the game. Suing for CTE is a joke (unless you are talking about suing the NCAA, where the players are unpaid). If there are lawsuits against the NCAA and it's institutions, it could very well take down not only college football, but all of the non-revenue generating Olympic and title 9 sports in the process. Track and Field and Cross Country would become club level sports akin to what they are in Europe. Like it or not, our prosperity as a sport is dependent on the prosperity of football.
DiscoGary wrote:
People are really, really, really sick of this race hustle game.
People are really, really really tired of having to be wary of people who took and oath to protect and serve.
beastmoder wrote:
DiscoGary wrote:People are really, really, really sick of this race hustle game.
People are really, really really tired of having to be wary of people who took and oath to protect and serve.
Oh yes. Because average, law-abiding citizens going about their business each day are ROUTINELY brutalized by police, the criminal justice system, etc.
Here's some obvious advice: the best way of dealing with the injustices of "the system" is to stay out of it in the first place. That includes NFL players who beat their wives, run criminal dog-fighting rings, bring guns into nightclubs, piss away all their money on hookers and baby mammas (how many kids is Cromartie up to now? 14?), etc. etc. etc.
FitzyXC wrote:
DiscoGary wrote:If the NFL doesn't put a stop to this right away it will be a disaster for them.
Anywho, what happened to your fight to end institutional racism?
DiscoGary is too busy holding Trump accountable to end institutional racism...
Sususudio uh huh wrote:
[quote]beastmoder wrote:
Oh yes. Because average, law-abiding citizens going about their business each day are ROUTINELY brutalized by police, the criminal justice system, etc.
Philando Castile
and yes, when black people, even ones going about their business, are stopped by cops, the situation has a greater tendency to escalate since the cop will assume the black person is a criminal.
A cop is more likely to pull over a black man driving a nice car on suspicion of it being stolen or that he's doing drugs, especially if he's driving through a nice mostly white neighborhood.
White racists like yourself cannot comprehend this because this type of stuff doesn't and hasn't face your community historically.
markschultz25 wrote:
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the situation has a greater tendency to escalate since the cop will assume the black person is a criminal.
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That's not true. Police are less likely to shoot a black person versus a white person given the same set of circumstances.
You are believing the Big Lie.
DiscoGary wrote:
markschultz25 wrote:...
the situation has a greater tendency to escalate since the cop will assume the black person is a criminal.
....
That's not true. Police are less likely to shoot a black person versus a white person given the same set of circumstances.
You are believing the Big Lie.
Source: Gary's Ass
Keep fighting the good fight against systemic racism though!!
FitzyXC wrote:
DiscoGary wrote:That's not true. Police are less likely to shoot a black person versus a white person given the same set of circumstances.
You are believing the Big Lie.
Source: Gary's Ass
Keep fighting the good fight against systemic racism though!!
Nope. The study has been done and that's what they found. The problem is that blacks engage in so much crime that their chance of being a victim of police brutality is higher as time goes by.
But you guys just keep believing the lies. You can destroy the NFL with SJW crap, but the people in the stands aren't the problem, so nothing will be fixed. No amount of brow beating white people is going to solve the problem of 70%+ single parent black households. That's the real problem. Is the NFL going to make a stand on that? If not then they are just a bunch of Useful Idiots.
Mr. Obvious wrote:
DiscoGary is too busy holding Trump accountable to end institutional racism...
There is so much "institutional racism", that large percentages of black Americans are on institutional welfare.
Meanwhile, we learn that black Americans were once thriving business owners, doctors, lawyers... before the welfare state (institution).
https://postimg.org/image/5m160fpzh/uh-oh.
Q7: Last week, Donald Trump said NFL players should stand and be respectful during the national anthem. Do you think NFL players should stand and be respectful during the national anthem?
Yes: 64%
No: 25%
Unsure: 11%
DiscoGary wrote:
That's not true. Police are less likely to shoot a black person versus a white person given the same set of circumstances.
You are believing the Big Lie.
What? What kind of BS are you spouting? I've literally seen videos where unarmed black men have been shot merely SITTING in their cars doing nothing!
Go back to whatever hellhole you came out of.
And, amazingly, Breitbart readers don't seem to care that Trump is pissing all over the American flag.
WTFBBQ wrote:
DiscoGary wrote:That's not true. Police are less likely to shoot a black person versus a white person given the same set of circumstances.
You are believing the Big Lie.
What? What kind of BS are you spouting? I've literally seen videos where unarmed black men have been shot merely SITTING in their cars doing nothing!
Go back to whatever hellhole you came out of.
You don't understand the concept of "statistics" do you? There are instances of whites being shot doing nothing but whites do not have a race hustle business pushing their victim hood 24/7. You never see those stories. You are being played.