tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post4969833212802495261..comments2024-03-27T19:38:49.490-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Why I'm Not Boycotting the NFLSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-55588996684345642502017-09-29T04:30:23.041-04:002017-09-29T04:30:23.041-04:00I agree that everyone has the right to express the...I agree that everyone has the right to express their beliefs, and to demonstrate them - in a peaceful fashion. That doesn't mean I can't express _my_ beliefs or opinions, by not supporting these _ungrateful_ anti-Americans. There is absolutely no reason I should be required to pay taxes that get used to support things abhorrent to me - like Planned Parenthood, political parties, professional sports, television shows, NPR, etc.<br /><br />The question in my mind is this: can an employer - not the NFL, but the owner of each particular team - require certain behavior from his employees? If their contract (which probably also requires that the follow NFL rules)says that the expression of political opinions cannot be displayed on company times or while "working", then it would seem to be acceptable that they have the right to fire those employees who break the rules of their contract. <br /><br />Reg Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099612693763932005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-9421814300608829912017-09-28T19:34:05.188-04:002017-09-28T19:34:05.188-04:00Interesting post ... food for thought
QInteresting post ... food for thought<br />QAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-82845623424717056732017-09-28T16:41:08.496-04:002017-09-28T16:41:08.496-04:00It begs the question. Yes everyone is entitled t...It begs the question. Yes everyone is entitled to protest UNLESS they protest something the left likes. Can a baker protest gay marriage? Could the NFL players (or any sports team) protest Obama? Could they conversely demonstrate in favor of Trump? Don't fall into that left wing trap that the constitution allows any protest when the left are vicious about preventing anyone on the right from protesting. The left only wants anti-America protests not protests favoring religious or pro-constitution points of view. By condescending to these racist anti-American protests you fall into their trap.<br /><br />My point is you can indeed protest but you must accept the results of your protests. I sincerely hope the NFL goes belly up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-53860086683086869662017-09-28T12:07:11.742-04:002017-09-28T12:07:11.742-04:00Well said, Spud. I will always stand for our anth...Well said, Spud. I will always stand for our anthem. <br /><br />If I may use the old saying for your conclusion: the only speech that needs protection is the speech that the majority finds offensive. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-25629824860157756012017-09-28T11:54:48.876-04:002017-09-28T11:54:48.876-04:00I always will stand for our anthem...
Yet I do fea...I always will stand for our anthem...<br />Yet I do fear this trend toward blind Nationalism. To remove the right to protest for anyone, would be to go against our Constitutional rights.<br />As a former Ranger officer in military intelligence, I vowed to protect the Constitutional rights against all enemies foreign or domestic. Even if I don't agree with their stupid protests. It would be a dangerous route to go down in removing the right to be stupid.<br />What little of our rights which remain that is.<br />Just my humble opinion of course...Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689059709873763146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-72349056342362494652017-09-28T11:37:04.173-04:002017-09-28T11:37:04.173-04:00It really is quite simple:
Cities and counties ta...It really is quite simple:<br /><br />Cities and counties tax their citizens to build new stadia because the people who own the elected officials in said cities and counties WANT the circuses there.<br /><br />And quite frankly, the hive dwellers eat up the <i>panem et circenses</i>. They live in those hives because they want Big Government to take care of their every need and want.Mark Matisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-43306575351021621922017-09-28T10:43:39.022-04:002017-09-28T10:43:39.022-04:00That is probably the perfect comment in my eyes. ...That is probably the perfect comment in my eyes. You get everything exactly right. Black on black violence kills massively more than police violence, and Planned Parenthood kills even more than that. <br /><br />My favorite NFL jock story, that I unfortunately don't have a link for, but my wife gave to me. I think it was one of those "life inside training camp" shows. A group of NFL rookies get their first paycheck and are amazed at how much is withheld. The HR guy patiently explains to them that they are now the Wealthy that they've spent their entire life hearing should be penalized. You could see the frustration, and one or two lights going on. <br /><br />Compare to a former cornerback named Troy Vincent. He was drafted by Miami and one of his first comments was, "Florida doesn't have a state income tax!" <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-75874901605611891422017-09-28T10:31:11.062-04:002017-09-28T10:31:11.062-04:00Well SiG, your Title is correct. You can't bo...Well SiG, your Title is correct. You can't boycott something you don't participate in. But for others, the issue is being aware of the hypocracy of these gestures as well as the subversive movements being orchestrated by the likes of Georgie-boy Soros and other Socialists. Their aim is to destroy any vestige of the "nation" and have people believing that such things are irrelevant in today's world. Globalism is where it is at. All Hail, the UN, the EU, the Global Masters! And the black athletes who care so much about police violence on other blacks neglect the larger crimes of Planned Parenthood (Margaret Sanger) to commit genocide of blacks, and the astounding murder rates among blacks (black-on-black crime). These "jocks" need to get past their ignorance, get read up and learn to put their efforts into meaningful issues and do so in meaningful ways. As it is, economics will soon teach them the reality of spitting in the face of the public who is the consumer for their "entertainment." Dumb jocks is fitting. All they need is to wear their jock straps on their faces to finish the stupidity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-68366456911238078002017-09-28T08:21:35.052-04:002017-09-28T08:21:35.052-04:00The main part of my argument is that they aren'...The main part of my argument is that they aren't getting a penny out of me anyway, not that I can control by boycotting, so there's nothing I can do to affect them. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-25156700833915200982017-09-28T08:18:59.807-04:002017-09-28T08:18:59.807-04:00This isn't some weird left wing conspiracy to ...<i>This isn't some weird left wing conspiracy to hurt a blameless NFL. The commissioner and the owners are standing right there kneeling too.</i><br /><br />No, but there is such a thing as being a "useful idiot" that doesn't know what they're doing. <br /><br />Step back from the theatrics of taking a knee and look at all the other attacks on football going on. Go read that article on Hot Air. It's not long. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-34965261454289198892017-09-28T08:13:27.469-04:002017-09-28T08:13:27.469-04:00Might be the most reasonable thing we could possib...Might be the most reasonable thing we could possibly do. In the "I heard it on the radio so it must be true" category (/sarcasm) I heard the NFL is considered a "non-profit". They could remove that incentive. <br /><br />I have never understood why cities and counties tax themselves to build a new stadium, or to attract a team. It's a private business, let them sell their own bonds or raise their own money. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-75114947136452887822017-09-28T05:20:11.397-04:002017-09-28T05:20:11.397-04:00Only if they fire every sumbitch who took a knee f...Only if they fire every sumbitch who took a knee first.<br /><br />Otherwise, anything they say after getting spanked is just crocodile tears.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-76225689143634492022017-09-28T02:50:59.953-04:002017-09-28T02:50:59.953-04:00Once they get their collective heads out of there ...Once they get their collective heads out of there asses and realize that the people who pay the bills aren't buying the crap they are selling. People may go back to watching. <br /><br />Bigus Macushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05072682364225560745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-3646515464916365182017-09-28T01:40:24.495-04:002017-09-28T01:40:24.495-04:00So, if we _really want to boycott them, we could t...So, if we _really want to boycott them, we could try to get our "representatives" in the Senate and the House to cut the subsidies from the budget (or CR, since we seem to have trouble getting Congress to provide a budget).Reg Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099612693763932005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-81621003382937904862017-09-28T01:37:51.916-04:002017-09-28T01:37:51.916-04:00We _do_ pay taxes (federal) ALL of us. From an art...We _do_ pay taxes (federal) ALL of us. From an article by Michelle Malkin:<br /><br />"As for the NFL's status as a "private" enterprise? That's some Super Bowl-sized audacity right there. I first started tracking publicly subsidized sports boondoggles with my very first watchdog website, Porkwatch, back in 1999. Since then, taxpayers at all levels of government have foot the bill for football stadiums to the tune of an estimated $1 billion every year."<br /><br />RTWT at http://www.jewishworldreview.com/michelle/malkin092717.php3#Cx11dh156qaZviEk.99<br /><br /><br />Reg Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099612693763932005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-55540398606271232582017-09-27T23:41:29.695-04:002017-09-27T23:41:29.695-04:00Yes I will boycott it in any way I can. I boycott...Yes I will boycott it in any way I can. I boycott any movie with Jane Fonda in it for essentially the same reason. If someone hates America so much that they cooperate with anti-American communist groups (the BLM) then I will boycott them. If I could do more than that I would.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-21919697225449178352017-09-27T22:51:07.288-04:002017-09-27T22:51:07.288-04:00This isn't some weird left wing conspiracy to ...This isn't some weird left wing conspiracy to hurt a blameless NFL. The commissioner and the owners are standing right there kneeling too.<br /><br />Open your eyes. If you don't want to boycott them, fine, but at least be honest with yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-78787551851918952912017-09-27T21:53:37.927-04:002017-09-27T21:53:37.927-04:00A win for the Left?
I'd say not.
The marketpl...A win for the Left?<br /><br />I'd say not.<br />The marketplace would depreciate their value, and they'd be guys who worked real jobs in the off-season, like they did not so long ago.<br />Ticket prices would get average folks in to see games.<br />And you'd never see another dancing monkey getting lippy about not showing off, or mistaking the filed for their own pulpit.<br /><br />The lesson would ripple down to other industries, like TV and movies, already hurting from the same problem, but not brought to heel.<br /><br />Hollywood can lie about ratings correspondence to reality (they have for decades, but no one wants to rock that boat); but you can't lie about empty stadiums, and people wagging their fingers under store managers' noses about the products they aren't buying.<br /><br />It's doubtful the NFL will be killed, as even now, it's only about 10% of players and owners who've come out to support the nonsense.<br /><br />But a chastened and humbled NFL will react to poverty and irrelevance in short order, and the troublemakers will be remembered for decades, and not in a good way.<br /><br />If you spank a puppy, you don't have to shoot a dog.<br />A boycott at this point is still a rolled up newspaper.<br /><br />I rarely watch games now, as I unplugged cable some years back, and ditto broadcast.<br /><br />But you should've seen the last three or four facepalms at fast food places and grocery stores, when I chatted up the mgr.-on-duty about how I wasn't going to be eating there, or buying products that sponsored the NFL.<br />Those guys tell their district mgrs., who tell their regional mgrs., who tell their CFOs and CEOs.<br /><br />And suddenly, a few hundred exemplars later, it's not funny anymore.<br /><br />And in a tough economy, the message comes across like a shock collar.<br />Especially when it's just as easy to sponsor baseball or NASCAR, or even the NBA, which has zero tolerance for the sort of nonsense Colon Paperdick started last season.<br /><br />Everybody should do what they like, but the NFL is finding out they're the tail, and not the dog, in this particular game.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-14490337790535436242017-09-27T21:47:51.692-04:002017-09-27T21:47:51.692-04:00Excellent points, SiG.
I don't watch football...Excellent points, SiG.<br /><br />I don't watch football, and never have. I hate it, so I don't watch it.<br /><br />And I agree with your assessment of the players.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com