National Football League Continues To Whine

Personally, I could care less about the current NFL woes but they're continuing to whine even after they had an opportunity to right the ship so I thought I'd toss this out here. If for no other reason but the fact that it amuses me and satisfies me. It's comforting to know that the NFL is having problems. They had an opportunity several times throughout this past season to fix the mess they made, repair the rift they created with their fan base yet they opted to "hang in there" with the prim-donna millionaire "athletes". I even held out for Jerry Jones doing the right thing but when I saw him take that knee in the news, well I had enough, more than enough!


Here's hoping the league goes into a bankruptcy situation and never returns.


I quit watching their games during pre-season and haven't watched anything since nor will I watch any of their theatrics ever again. I've found a real life outside of wasting my time watching "professional" sports whiners.


Go To Hell NFL! They can kiss my arse! God and Family, veterans and country, law enforcement and firefighters are way up the ladder before those whining NFL fools are even considered "important" in my life.


May God continue to Bless America, our military, our law enforcement, our firefighters!


IMHO


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This Navy Veteran Won't Play The NFL "Hate America" Game!

Retired Navy Cmdr. John Wells who is the executive director of the national Military Veterans Advocacy program had declined the opportunity to receive an award offered by the New Orleans Saints on the field Sunday at the New Orleans Saints home football game.

In refusing the award, Cmdr. John Wells, Executive Director of the National Military Veterans Advocacy Program told the Saint's organization he would not be in attendance. According to the information in this article he could not bring himself “in good conscience, to enter an NFL stadium due to the protests against The Star-Spangled Banner.”

“Although I am touched and honored to be selected for such an award, the ongoing controversy with NFL players’ disrespect for the national flag forces me to decline to participate in the presentation,” Wells said.

“Since this award is tainted with the dishonorable actions of the NFL and its players, I cannot accept it. To do so would be hypocritical."

The NFL, the Saints staff in particular called Cmdr. Wells refusal to enter any NFL stadium where players disrespect our national flag a "distraction". I'm not seeing it as a distraction of sorts, I'm seeing the whole NFL flag protest as a slap in the face to those of us who served, those of us who love our country and right, wrong or indifferent respect and honor our flag. Our history, our heritage, our flag has nothing to do with our societal woes today. Our division, our internal strife, our very polar opposites drive us to our angst, not or history, our heritage. We're collectively responsible for what we've done to ourselves and individually, we need to realize that and either accept it and move on or change it and move on. I do agree, something needs to be done. Dissing our country, our flag, our heritage, each other isn't the solution!

I sure as hell don't see the NFL and the NFLPA hatred being exhibited towards us, our country, our symbols of freedom, our flag as a simple "distraction". I see that hatred as something much more devious in nature. Either way, there's a problem and it needs to be addressed. I just don't think a bunch of millionaires complaining about the "mistreatment" they're experiencing as having any real merit. 

As you can see if you happen to read the article in the link I provided above, it's needless to say the Saints weren't none to happy about this whole "ignoring their invitation" thing and decided to take a public political dump on Cmdr. Wells!

But for the Saints to say "“Our respect and support of our servicemen and women and veterans is unquestionable,”... well, they're wrong. It their "respect and support" for our servicemen and women and veterans has been and still is brought into question. Their "respect and support" for us the veterans, for our country is justifiably brought into question during every day an NFL game is played throughout the NFL Season whether they like it or not. They're most definitely a part of this whole problem. They helped create it!

Commander John Wells prevails in my book! Well said Cmdr. John Wells! And thank you for your continued service Sir!

RESPECT OUR COUNTRY, RESPECT OUR FLAG! Work together to changes things if they need to be changed.

IMHO

AND ABOUT THAT TAKE A KNEE B.S.!

Before I go to watch my grandsons play their playoff game in their youth football league I thought I'd get another word in re: the Not For Long football league's absurd "protests".

I read THIS earlier today and felt compelled to share it.

Please read and share if/when you can.

Thanks!

Okay POTUS Trump... you're going too far.

At least in my opinion.

I woke up and read where you, POTUS Donald J. Trump are trying to dictate to the NFL Commissioner how to run his business. Suggestions and sharing of ideas is one thing but demanding, dictating action is a simple way to shut down all communications, regardless of what it's about, at least.

Rush Limbaugh, a true supporter of yours has this one right! And like Rush Limbaugh I'm concerned about your edicts to that NFL Commission Goodell on this NFL stuff too.

POTUS Trump, I don't like what the pampered pups at the NFL are doing either but then again, I don't have to, neither do you. I shut them off and shut them out. Not my problem anymore. But you're taking the issue over the top and I have to say I can't agree with you dictating what someone, anyone should do with or to their business.

If it's your business then by all means lay the law down and make it happen... your way or the highway but the NFL isn't yours. It isn't ours... it belongs to... hell, I don't even know or care who it belongs to but they have every right to run it into the ground if they want to. And quite frankly I hope they do. Much like I have every right to tune them and their prim a donnas out altogether.

But POTUS Trump, you're not a dictator. Don't go there. You won't win.

IMHO

The NFL crowd at its finest.

The NFL tries to pride itself as America's sport but hey, they're nothing about America. Especially these days. In light of all of the racial pampering and kowtowing and the outright disrespect for our nation,  our communities I guess we can expect more of THIS from their "fans". All the guy wanted the punk to do was sit down so he could watch the game.

The NFL AND the fans of that cesspool "sport" are nothing more than cowards.

IMHO

Here's an update to this story. The "fan" has been identified and the police are taking action on the incident.

NFL's Trying To Salvage What They Once Had?!

Maybe, but let's hope they're toast. As long as they're around there's going to be other attempts at this shat.

Personally I found a whole new world out there on my Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays. I want to thank the National Football League and their overpaid, prima-donna "players" for, well trying to "play" us, their "fans". They tried to play us and it seems to have backfired a bit... so far.

But this retired cop's spot on!!!

"Nope, that dog ain’t gonna hunt, at least not in my house"! Nope, not in mine either Dustin Rogers. Thanks for your uplifting post...

..."like a Walmart bookshelf"!

Now that's funny!!!

The NFL, a thing of the past

Hopefully. It is for this household anyways. I've been a fan of the NFL before the Dallas, Greenbay Ice Bowl. I loved the game, was inspired by the teamwork, the commitment that had to occur to play the game. I played as long and as hard as I could.

I loved to play American Football. I loved everything about it... until lately.

Now, I can't stand to turn on a game let alone listen to or watch the "updates" on our local news. I rejoice now when I learn my once favorite team loses. I have no respect for any of them anymore. I'm hoping they're going to fail and fade away into oblivion much like those other self centered, greater than thou clowns out there who think they own us and everything we do.

So, to say I'm no longer a fan is an understatement. I'm delighted to hear that the NFL's Sunday night's ratings dropped considerably!

Now let's focus on getting them off of the field entirely.

NFL, GO TO HELL!

IMHO

An open letter to the NFL, to the players in general...

To my old lifelong NFL friends,

I had an epiphany...

It has nothing wholly to do with the NFL but it does have to do with self serving athletes and their absurd "outbursts", "demonstrations"...

I've come to the realization that (as many of you point out) they absolutely have no reason to complain but they do. They have absolutely no regard for anyone's interests but their own. Unlike many of you though (and there's absolutely no slight against any of you intended), I believe they know what they're doing. They know they're in a position of some self perceived "authority" to impose upon others what they demand and they're doing just that. They'll do it until the funds fade away and their self importance diminishes over time. I think it's a choreographed plan. It's a simple plan, it isn't confusing and they thought it through. They're willing to run the risk of losing money knowing they most likely won't lose all that much in the end. But, they will earn more when it's all over and done with.

The players, the NFL employees, they're so self important that they truly believe they're ambassadors of social change. They're not. If they're to be ambassadors of social change then leave the gridiron, go to the inner-cities and effect positive changes. Give the millions they earned to charity and live the life the apostles lived. Live among the poor, the diseased, the hungry, the challenged... not for a day, a week, a month but for the rest of their lives.

Effect those changes from within. Put their money where their mouths are. Don't just fly into a major city, hop a limo to the inner city and mingle with the crowd for a half hour, an hour or so.... GIVE IT ALL UP AND LIVE THERE WITH THEM! Effect change, don't try to affect it by tossing money at it. Actually live, share, experience their lives. Not the ones you lived "back in the day" in those cities but the ones they're living now.

If these "professional" (as in paid exorbitantly) athletes truly want to make a difference then get off of the field and get into the ghetto life. Stay there until you make the changes you sought to make. All of the "police brutality", all of the "racism", all of the "gangsta activity", all of the single parent families struggling to make ends meet... help put an end to it by living it, calling it out whenever you see it and ensure it never returns. Educate the youth, the parents, the siblings, the career politicos, the mentors...

Leave the gridiron and make a difference. Don't pout and throw your sorry arsed tantrums out there on the field. Don't toss around your short lived self perceived importance. That doesn't serve to help anyone. DO SOMETHING!

Finally, as an aside...

Isn't Dennis Rodman one of North Korea's Kim Jong Un's favorite NBA play toys? I'm only asking this because there's an obvious link between money, self importance, perception, physical talent, conceit and greed. It doesn't seem to matter what sport, or for that matter what career so long as they're filthy rich and insist they're talented beyond belief, whether they are or not.

But Rodman?! Important?! I wonder how he's going to feel when he gets strapped to the muzzles of an AA gun in the middle of the "arena" in front of an audience of NK school girls who are being groomed to service the little dictator with the funny haircut. Yep, pro sports athletes have really let their manufactured self importance, their overblown egos, their entire existence go to their heads haven't they. Much like the hollywood stars do. It's funny what a little bit of money will do to a previously likeable and entertaining human being. For many of them money turns them into greedy, annoying, obnoxious, conceited, self important sorry excuses for human beings.

Good riddance NFL.

Ben Carson, A Voice of Reason!

Now here's the guy who would have received my vote for POTUS if he would have made it that far. He didn't. I blame myself for that because whoever I happen to support usually gets the early boot. It's just my "kiss of death" for a candidate... me supporting them.

Either way, Ben Carson gives his (as usual) well thought out, guiding comments to those prima-donnas who make up the NFL. Hopefully another soon to be defunct "Football League".

May God continue to BLESS AMERICA!

IMHO

NFL GO TO HELL!

I'm done with all of these fat cat millionaires and their anti-America antics.

They can call it what they want. Label it however they want to label it, wrap it up with whatever cover they want to wrap it in but quite frankly they live the high life and these prima-donna, fat arsed millionaires have no business telling us how difficult life is out here in the real blue collar world!

Race division is a tool used by the elite to maintain instability. I guarantee you when you're out here in the real world and you're in need of some help or simply wanting some casual, friendly exchanges you won't care what race the person is you'll simply interact with them accordingly. But most of you in the NFL were never really out here in the real world for any length of time to know what it means to be able to wake up the next morning and still have a job to go to, a family to share time, experiences with and enough money to pay the bills with maybe a little left over to buy gas or even take in a movie or something.

Many of you went from rags to riches overnight and now think that money talks, money does it all, money buys importance. It doesn't, it simply exposes the ugliness in those who aren't deserving of it. Too much, too quick, too soon simply fosters more greed, more self serving importance and a sense of faux "status". You're not important. You play a game and you're in the entertainment industry. You have short careers because the game you play is a game of violence. You get paid exorbitant wages for your short careers because your career's life expectancy is short. Outside of being an entertainer, a fool for violence what do you have? An off-season of aches, pains, uncertainty?

Bottom line National Football League players and employees I mean nothing to you hence you mean nothing to me. You're nothing more than gifted athletes with a short career life span. My career lasted forty years. I managed to get things done on a pittance compared to the volumes of cash you make. I've served my time protecting our nation and later my neighborhoods. I'm proud of what I did and I hold my head high. I have no trophies on my mantle, I don't have a six, seven, eight digit retirement salary. I live modestly. I have one wife and my children and grandchildren that I've known and loved all of my adult life.

I live in the real world. I was born to it, grew up in it and will die a free man in the real world. And this free world, our mighty fine United States of America... this free world will live on! In spite of your greed, your shenanigans, your self righteous greater than thou attitudes. So keep in mind you've lost one very long time fan simply because of your greed, your self service, your perceived "self importance".

America does not need the national football league.

The NFL and its players are so far removed from the reality of life that they have absolutely no idea what they're protesting.

OUR FLAG?! OUR COUNTRY?! OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM?! OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?!

You fools protest those very things so dear to us that so many of us willingly sacrificed life, limb and freedom for. You protest the very notion of our country? Our unity? For what? For self serving recognition. For racial divide?!

Nah, I'm done with the national football league and I'm done with your idiotic "demonstrations". As it was, is and will be... from now on it's me, mine and our own. Each person, each family for themselves.

You want division? You've got it!

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

IMHO

I have news for the NFL...

I quit watching and following their crap when they started protesting our existence as a nation, our flag, our national anthem. There's nothing racist about me but I am a patriot and I refuse to support any anti-American, anti-USA theme!

We were in this all together at one time. Not so much anymore I guess...

Goodell and the NFL can kiss my arse! But by all means protest more because there's a lot more folks like me out here who are turning their backs to overpaid athletes who think they're God's gift to the rest of us.

RIP NFL!

God Bless America!!!

IMHO

The NFL, Michael Bennet, Seattle Seahawks

NFL football at its best?! Our once highly regarded "National Football League"?

I think not!

Like most anything today's professional athletes touch, the NFL has become nothing more than a showcase of greed, division, doped "talent" and protest.

They have their rights, I have mine. I choose not to support them and most certainly I won't be supporting the Seattle Seahawks anymore. Certainly not after this bullshat.

Admittedly, they have their audience but that's not going to include me. They're nothing but a bunch of overpaid, overhyped prima-donnas. Nothing more. Much less.

Here's hoping their ratings dump and the league goes defunct. But I don't see that happening anytime soon. All I know is that the protest of our National Anthem and the display of the black power "salute" has gone over the top for me.

I thought we were all in this together but bennett seems to think he and those of his mentality are in charge and don't need to accept the same standards and conditions that the rest of us accept. I guess they're believing they're above our level and insist we accept them and their idiocy.

I'm done with those fools.

IMHO