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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI have been boycotting the NFL for years
For how they have handled domestic abusers, rapists, and literal animal and human murderers and torturers in their ranks. And, for this whole CTE thing.
However, I will put the Dolphins games on every week, just in case they will somehow be counted in the ratings.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)Than the young male crime rate overall. I can say in the Army we had a lot of the same crimes. A lot of domestic violence, DUI, etc. Not any dogfighters I know of. For the NFL there was Michael Vick. LeShon Johnson was convicted of dogfighting years after he last played in the NFL.
genxlib
(5,528 posts)was worthy of boycott. They got buried by the stinking Jets.
They were awful.
I actually hope that the protest was a distraction because I hate to think they are actually that bad.
Jay Cutler needs to re-retire.
obamanut2012
(26,076 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)Miami is my #2 team.
genxlib
(5,528 posts)But it is hard to tell if it was really his fault. He was really unsettled in the pocket because the Offensive line was so shaky. They couldn't run block or pass block.
If it wasn't for the last ditch drive to avoid the shutout it might have been the worst Dolphin offensive day ever.
UTUSN
(70,695 posts)obamanut2012
(26,076 posts)blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)not the game
ProfessorGAC
(65,044 posts)When was it not about money? People were outraged when the Redlegs paid George Wright 10 times the wage of the average worker.
People were outraged because it was all about the money.
obamanut2012
(26,076 posts)Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)LexVegas
(6,067 posts)I remember the Dolphins games being blacked out locally because they couldn't sell out.
obamanut2012
(26,076 posts)I am actually a Carolina Panthers fan.
LexVegas
(6,067 posts)Scruffy1
(3,256 posts)To me it has become the ultimate propaganda tool. It's a fantasy world where the owner is a Saint, your boss is ageat guy, and instills the myth in the poulace that if you give your all you will be well rewarded. Not to mention the phony patriotism and the cultivation of a war like mentality. I've yet to have anyone answer he question:"Why is it important who wins?". I personally think that the reason they build billion dollar stadiums is because its just too important of a tool for the ruling class to keep the proles under control. After all if they are talking about sports, they aren't paying attention tp how they are getting screwed.
I remember when professional football was a "junk sport" like po wrestling. Once they got the instant replay and Monday night it got huge. The truth is there is only about 10 minutes of actual play in a 3 hour game, The rest is replays, mindless chatter, and commercials. i grew up playing baseball, footbal and running track. At that time anyone who talked about sports all of the time would have been considered crazy. It's just another way of dumbing down the populace. I've met a lot of people who only knowledge is sports scores and players. Scary stuff to me.
Johonny
(20,851 posts)with how boring the Dolphins have been for the last...IDK 30 years