This was an easy situation, how much has he cost the owners and league by not being straight from the beginning? Instead, you leave it to a bunch of poorly informed, athletes to follow the likes of Colin and of course, to listen to the "resistance" politicians and globalists telling them that they should kneel. The left thought this was great politics and surrounded them, now all of a sudden Trump talks about getting rid of tax breaks and a letter is sent. Classic!
Ratings down. Attendance down. Jersey sales down. Advertisers pulling out. Interest in the sport down. Now Trump might just pull the plug on their tax breaks. Well played NFL, well played indeed.
Sports and politics don't mix, and rarely does divisive politics equal good business. Goodell didn't have it in him, probably a Hillary supporter, and now they are getting hammered.
Well when you have constant military tributes and police tributes the games that's politics too.
If u don't want them to kneel they should include that in the union contract like in the NBA .
Or just do as Jerry Jones did, "you kneel, you don't play". Simple.
You will get paid, you may get traded, and ultimately it will most likely be your last contract. Decide what's more important to you, respecting the wishes of your boss not to inject politics in their place of business, or, find a new career.
I'm not insensitive to the issue they are confronting. I admire some of them who are well spoken and thoughtful about the broader issue, both sides, as it were. Far too many are just lemmings who don't appreciate how it's hurting their business nor concern themselves with how their paying customers feel, and how it insults so many.
