Woke NFL Just Keeps Digging: Will Play 'Black National Anthem,' Increase 'Social Justice Messages' This Season
In today’s episode of “Try to Control Your Shock and Amazement,” the National Football League is planning to prostrate itself before the Black Lives Matter altar and pretend-“systemic racism” even more embarrassingly during the 2021 season than the league and its groveling BLM apologist commissioner, Roger Goodell, prostrated themselves last season — an “impressive” feat that will be hard to top.
As reported by Breitbart on Thursday, the NFL will not only churn out more “social justice messages” this season than last season but will also include the “black national anthem” as a “prominent part” of all major NFL events. (Are you thinking
what I’m thinking? How much fun it would be to watch the histrionic meltdown if a disgruntled white player takes a knee during the playing of the so-called “black anthem”? Sorry, I digress.)This, via Front Office Sports:
To reinforce its 10-year, $250 million commitment to combat systemic racism, the league will promote social justice via on-field signage, decals on player helmets, and in-stadium PSAs.
The NFL also plans to make “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — often referred to as the Black national anthem — a prominent part of all big league events, said sources. They will likely highlight victims of racial injustice with a “Say Their Stories” project, as well.
In today’s hyper-partisan media environment, most fans experience football through the prism of television. This year’s renewed social justice messaging efforts will be visible to the 200 million-plus TV viewers who watch game telecasts each season.
A source told Front Office Sports: “They’re bringing back a lot of elements from last year.” I assume that will include slogans on the field similar to those shoved in the faces of fans during the 2020 season.
According to FOS, themes for some of the 2021 campaigns include, “It Takes All of Us,” “End Racism,” and “Inspire Change.” Also, according to the source, all players will be free to protest against America “in any way they choose, as long as the protests are “peaceful.”
Uh-huh. Would could possibly go wrong? Just me, or does anyone think it’s “almost” like Goodell and league officials are trying to flush their TV ratings even further down the woke toilet? To that point, according to FOS:
At the height of player protests during the 2016-17 seasons, the league’s once impregnable TV audiences plummeted 8% and 10% respectively.
As the protests receded, the NFL’s TV audiences bounced back to grow 5% apiece during the 2018-2019 seasons.
But average audiences fell 8% to 15.1 million viewers in 2020 as the league embraced social justice messaging on helmets, warm-up gear, fields and stadiums.
For grins, here’s an example of Goodell’s pathetic groveling in 2020.
THESE PR ANTICS DO NOTHING TO HELP RACE RELATIONS“We, the NFL, condemn racism and the systematic oppression of Black People. We, the NFL, admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest. We, the NFL, believe Black Lives Matter.”
I have watched my last NFL game, ever.
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ReplyDeleteI have watched my last NFL game, ever.
ReplyDeleteI have watched my last NFL game, ever.
ReplyDeleteThere is only ONE America. Not white America and black America and Asian America and whatever else you want to throw in. There is only ONE. This continued segmenting is only going to create hostility. Let it go.
ReplyDeleteWhy not segment it more. The blacks don’t realize that not all white people are the same either. Shoot, if you’re not Irish Catholic that’s already 2 strikes against you in my book. Nothing is worse than white trash with junk in their front yard. Or those hillbillies from the South. They lump us all together but we are not the same. :)
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ReplyDeleteThe NFL is out of touch with the fans.
ReplyDeleteTis why I consider it the DNWTFL, Do Not Watch Traitorous Felony League. Most of their sponsors are also on my Do Not Buy List.
ReplyDeleteRoger Godell whacked Adrian Peterson twice for the same thing when the story came out about Peterson spanking his kid which got played up into some form of child abuse. My takeaway from that was not being a moron isn't a prerequisite to being the commissioner of the NFL. The NFL is the National Football league, not the disenchanted African American Football league.
ReplyDeleteI stopped watching when they printed the names of dead felons on the back of the helmets.
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