Considering a reverse boycott of the NFL

The NFL owners don't like employees expressing themselves peacefully? Don't embrace the values  of the 1st Amendment? Free speech? Peaceful protest?

Meanwhile, they use their political clout to suck up local tax dollars to build billion dollar stadiums and sip champagne in the luxury box?

Boycotts can work both ways
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Enjoy your boycott.  I'll be enjoying the Thursday night game...
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  • haven't watched a football game in over two yrs i can't stand any show boating by players at all , no NBA either only Hockey for me , so my boycott is just personal , boycotts do work both ways ...
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  • Hi!
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    I need Agholor to have a game tonight. I'm thin at WR2.

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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    My favorite team will be celebrating their Supee Bowl win tonight and I think I'm out
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,140
    my2hands said:
    My favorite team will be celebrating their Supee Bowl win tonight and I think I'm out
    I would take it all in since this is the first and last time they will ever win a Super Bowl.  
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    Why I like baseball far better:


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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    God Bless George Carlin 
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,665
    my2hands said:
    God Bless George Carlin 
    Amen, brother!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,907
    All of this is dumb. 
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,705
    reverse boycott? isnt it just a boycott?
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,866
    mickeyrat said:
    reverse boycott? isnt it just a boycott?
    I was puzzled by this as well. 

    People need to do what they feel is the right thing to do.
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,705
    mickeyrat said:
    reverse boycott? isnt it just a boycott?
    I was puzzled by this as well. 

    People need to do what they feel is the right thing to do.
    on its face it suggests support.
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  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,866
    mickeyrat said:
    mickeyrat said:
    reverse boycott? isnt it just a boycott?
    I was puzzled by this as well. 

    People need to do what they feel is the right thing to do.
    on its face it suggests support.
    Yeah I am pretty sure he just means that he is boycotting the NFL in response to the NFL's (and the advertisers') stance on things but the way stated is kinda funny.
    I think I may steal this and try to use it in situations where it may be comical/confusing. 

    I am going to reverse drink this beer.
    (Wait...does that mean I puke it or pee it?)
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  • I quit watching football before the protest stuff.  It is so boring and all the commercials make it like 4 hours.  I much prefer hockey and baseball.  Hockey has more action and I really enjoy attending Cubs games whenever I can when traveling.


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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Hocket is fine.  Baseball just sucks and is the soooooo boring.
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  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 8,060
    haven't watched a football game in over two yrs i can't stand any show boating by players at all , no NBA either only Hockey for me , so my boycott is just personal , boycotts do work both ways ...


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  • Hocket is fine.  Baseball just sucks and is the soooooo boring.
    I buy a cheap ticket to a baseball game and just consider it a cover charge to a bar.  We have a blast.  Heck I’m MSP I have been given tickets outside the stadium by strangers.  Those were the sweetest beers.  But in Milwaukee they have Spotted Cow for sale and it is THE best ale in the US.
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Hocket is fine.  Baseball just sucks and is the soooooo boring.
    I buy a cheap ticket to a baseball game and just consider it a cover charge to a bar.  We have a blast.  Heck I’m MSP I have been given tickets outside the stadium by strangers.  Those were the sweetest beers.  But in Milwaukee they have Spotted Cow for sale and it is THE best ale in the US.
    Baseball is so much better attending games I will agree.  I live across from Detroit, have not been to a game in years.  Maybe I'll go to a game.  I've always wanted to see the Yanks and Red Sox and Dodgers...I'm not sure if the Dodgers ever appear on the schedule for the Tigers.  Sounds like you have a blast, thats great.  Enjoy.  
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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    edited September 2018
    mrussel1 said:
    All of this is dumb. 
    No it isn't

    Did you enjoy the 12 minutes of actual game action last night, or prefer the 90 minutes of advertisements?

    Owners want players to shut up and stay in the locker room, no problem, my money can stay in my pocket. 

    People like to talk shit and not back it up. Screw the old rich white owners. 

    Not to mention the CTE issue, and their prior disgusting approach to domestic violence.

    They dont deserve the viewership or the money, so I say fuck em. At least until the playoffs lol
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 30,907
    edited September 2018
    my2hands said:
    mrussel1 said:
    All of this is dumb. 
    No it isn't

    Did you enjoy the 12 minutes of actual game action last night, or prefer the 90 minutes of advertisements?

    Owners want players to shut up and stay in the locker room, no problem, my money can stay in my pocket. 

    People like to talk shit and not back it up. Screw the old rich white owners. 

    Not to mention the CTE issue, and their prior disgusting approach to domestic violence.

    They dont deserve the viewership or the money, so I say fuck em. At least until the playoffs lol
    Well now  you're criticizing the rules, game flow, etc.  That's different.  The way your post read (to me), is that because of the protests, I'm going to counter-protest and stop watching.  Where ironically, that will just lower the NFL "approval rate" (which Breitbart touts) and makes it seem like more people are anti-Kap than they are.