Memorex wrote:slucero wrote:Goodell just boxed the owners in a corner.. and likely tanked their numbers for the rest of the year....
Is this referring to the NFL not making players stand?
Making them stand is the wrong approach. It's about not protesting on company time and being respectful to the league and fans. To me, the only solution to all of this is no more kneeling. No raised fists. Sit in the locker room during the anthem if you don't like it. Simple as that. Another solution would be to stop the anthem altogether. In this politicized climate, that will lose more fans though.
No.. do the math.
Goodell making that statement was more about him placing the problem and its reolution on the owners shoulders than him taking it on. He works for the owners, but he's also got some political power as the Comissioner. He's no idiot.
Now the owners have to make the next move regardless of what it is.
If the players really wanted to do something revolutionary, then why not make every single interview they give be ONLY about Kaperfuck's topic... this respects the flag and makes it about what Kaperfuck said he wanted in the first place... dialogue..
If the reporters or their agencies do not report the interviews.. then the players (and everyone else) can then point to the media and put the pressure on them to do their job.
Would be much more effective than this stupid flag protest, that clearly Kaperfuck did not think through clearly.
Kaperfuck's 1st action in an effort to unite the country , was to instead divide them...
This tells me he's either an idiot, or had a different agenda in the 1st place.