I became an avid fan of the NFL during the 70’s. My favorite games were battles between the Oakland Raiders, and the Kansas City Chiefs. My wife and I became engaged over Super Bowl weekend, 1994. Watching the Super Bowl became a part of our celebration of this event.
When Colin Kaepernick began “taking a knee during the National Anthem, We were appalled. When the NFL chose not to discipline him, and others that joined in with the protest, we decided that we would celebrate other ways. No longer do we watch Super Bowls, and no longer do we watch any NFL games. I couldn’t even tell you the name of a current NFL player, and I don’t want to learn one. The NFL is dead to me.
That said, I heard news today that makes me wish I could boycott them with the fury of a thousand suns. Just ignoring their existence doesn’t seem quite enough.
The Washington Redskins, who changed their name to the Washington Football Team, and then to the Washington Commanders, have fined a coach $100,000 for stating a provable, irrefutable fact. He simply compared the 2020 riots after the death of George Floyd to the riot in the Capital on Jan 6.
The only difference is that far less death and destruction happened on Jan, 6.
This, of course, was not the complaint of this coach’s superior, he was reprimanded, claiming that Jan 6 was worse than all of the death and destruction that resulted from the riots after the George Floyd death.
How is it that Americans can ignore the mistreatment of the President, his supporters, and patriots that were allowed into the Capital on Jan, 6? How can they cheer the mistreatment of many regular citizens who’s patriotism brought them to Washington to give voice to their concern for the theft of the presidency?
How can they Condemn the violence, and killings on Jan 6, without acknowledging that the only killings were done by the police, and those killed were two Trump supporters? One was shot in the face while unarmed, and the other was beaten to death by police, (seeJulie Kelly’s reporting.)
How can these same Americans ignore the constant murders of Black Americans in large city, after large city, blaming the police for these deaths, when huge percentages of these violent crimes are committed by other black Americans?
How can they ignore which political party has a stranglehold on these cities?
How can an American football coach punish an underling for stating his own opinion, especially when his opinion is based on facts?
I regret that boycotting professional football is the extent of my ability to punish these spoiled, un-American degenerates.
God bless you, Dave