NFL whistling as they walk through the graveyard of half empty stadiums

Jim Hanson:

Hey, NFL owners, tired of half-empty stadiums? This isn’t hard. Tell your players to stand up for America

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They say the protests are not against the anthem or the flag or the military for that matter. But that is garbage because the effect is to disrespect all of those things so they can virtue signal their solidarity with the radical left. They could do their social justice pandering whenever they want, and they made a conscious choice. By choosing to put the spotlight on themselves instead of the symbols of what makes this country great.

That just doesn’t sit well with those of us who served, or have family who did or who just want to enjoy a football game without politics. We get plenty of bitter arguments and displays of partisanship all day every day. Football was a time to forget all that and just remember how much the Bears still suck. They took that and even worse did so with divisive anti-police grievance mongering to a crowd with a heavy component of Blue Lives Matters sentiment.
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There is more.

Al Michaels recently blamed Trump for the shrinking audience.  This shows a similar lack of self-awareness to that of the NFL management in New York.  They just do not get how disgusted people are with the protesting players. 

They are too caught up in their misguided liberal virtue signaling to comprehend what the fans are telling them.  The protesting players have bought into the "hands up, don 't shoot" lie that started these protests and they tend to think that every setback in life is because of their skin color and not their actions.