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The National Football League hates you, sports fans. It has hated you since the day failed quarterback and failed activist Colin Kaepernick launched a players’ movement to take a knee during the pre-game playing of the national anthem to express their bitter hatred of the country that rewarded their talent with fame and fortune, and the NFL still hates you even during the Trump era.
Kaepernick is gone from the game for good, despite his ongoing delusion that he will one day suit up again and lead a team, but NFL contempt for the fans carries on.
An example currently causing controversy: male cheerleaders, who first made inroads in the NFL in 2018, but have now expanded into 12 NFL franchises – up from 7 in 2024 – much to the disgust of millions of football fans who don’t want to have the Left’s gender ideology forced upon them. The New Orleans Saints will have a whopping 12 men out of 47 performers on their cheer roster; three of the Saints women were replaced by males this season following tryouts.
The Minnesota Vikings caught some backlash on social media after hiring two new male cheerleaders, Louie Conn and Blaize Shiek. “I just lost all of my respect for the Vikings,” one Instagram user wrote in response, which echoed many others. Some announced they would cancel their season tickets or boycott the team. “The Minnesota Vikings has a man as their new lead cheerleader. As if you needed another reason to avoid the NFL and Minnesota,” one disheartened fan wrote.
But male cheerleaders have been around forever in college sports, the Left argues, and no one complained. Hey, Ronald Reagan and George Bush were college cheerleaders, you hypocritical Right-wingers! The obvious difference is that in college sports, male cheerleaders are studs who can hoist their female counterparts into the air with one arm.
They aren’t nonbinary gender activists pretending to be women and sashaying about in the same sexually provocative choreography as the women. Sports fans do not want to see this disordered display; only the Left does, because the Left views sports, especially football, as an all-American tradition to be subverted.
Another example of NFL contempt: for the sixth straight season, ESPN reports, the league, which has already alienated millions, will continue injecting divisive politics into the sport by resuming its on-field social justice messaging.
All 32 teams will feature an end zone message of their choice at each home game throughout the season. The teams were offered four options of blandly pointless, bumper-sticker slogans: “End Racism,” “Stop Hate,” “Choose Love” or “Inspire Change.” Once again, “It Takes All of Us” will be stenciled in the opposite end zone for all games, to make sure no fan can possibly escape the Left-wing politicization of the game.
How is a viewer at home even supposed to put any of this messaging into action? “Hey hon, at halftime I’m going to go do my part to end racism. Need anything while I’m out?”
Why do I consider causes like ending racism or stopping hate to be Left-wing? After all, who doesn’t want to end racism or stop hate? Because Left-wing terminology is never as innocuous as it sounds; language is always coded and redefined to align with their agenda. When social justice warriors call for ending racism, they don’t mean ending racism. They’re all for hating whites and Jews. What they mean by ending racism is dismantling what they believe to be the systemic white supremacy of capitalist American society. When they urge “Stop Hate,” they define “hate” as conservative resistance to their far-Left agenda.
The only difference this year regarding the NFL messaging is that “Inspire Change” has replaced “Vote,” because it’s not an election year (also, voting didn’t work out so well for the social justice crowd last November). I’m surprised they didn’t replace “Vote” with “Resist” or “Free Palestine,” but that would be too honest.
Who is offering these slogan options, by the way? Who is making these political demands on NFL teams, and why can’t – or won’t – the team owners side with fed-up fans and simply tell the social justice activists to go pound sand?
“We’re working hand-in-hand with players, and alongside our clubs, to amplify player voices and underscore what is most important to them,” Anna Isaacson, the NFL’s senior vice president of social responsibility, told The Associated Press. The fact that the NFL even has a senior vice president of social responsibility speaks volumes about the woke capture of traditional American institutions like the NFL. Notice how she said nothing about what’s important to the fans.
“For decades, the NFL and its players have been a unifying force in American culture and society that brings people of all cultures and backgrounds together to enjoy America’s most popular sport,” Isaacson continued. Exactly right, which is why shoe-horning partisan politics into the sport is inherently divisive – but that’s the intent. The Left’s aim has always been to make the political personal, and vice versa, because only then can the people be driven to enough resentment and unrest to wage revolution against the status quo.
The reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, ESPN notes, will feature “Choose Love” for their season opener against the Dallas Cowboys on September 4. The Eagles will rotate all four league-approved end zone messages throughout the season.
“’Choose Love’ continues to resonate across the league,” Isaacson added. “It has become a unifying message of healing and hope, one that many players continue to wear voluntarily on helmet decals.”
So, as if it’s not enough to have to plaster these messages all across the end zones, players will also continue displaying the approved slogans on their helmets as well. How long before pro cheerleaders are pressured to incorporate wokeness into their cheers? “Go, Eagles! End whiteness!”
You know what would really “inspire change”? Slogans calling for the de-politicization of sports, like “Get Your Activism Off the Field,” “Back Off My Game,” or maybe the pithier “Shut Up and Play.” If the NFL really cared about unifying messages, they would turn off the spigot of Left-wing activism that is poisoning our sports, and let Americans of all colors and political stripes just bond over an exciting game.
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No pregame, halftime or postgame shows, Come into the game at kickoff, won’t go to a stadium ever again and I watch with the sound off. No team gear or shirts with another man’s name on it. No special sports TV packages. They’ve turned a once rabid fan into a minimalist.
That’s the way it’s got to be done.
The truth here is that Communists have taken over the NFL—they’re behind all this: destroy America’s pastime while grinding America down!
The Racism from the DNC it was President Johnson(A Democrat)who once said I,LL HAVE THEM N****S VOTING DEMOCRAT FOR THE NEXT 200 YEARS
Why I haven’t watched the NFL for years:
– Disrespecting the National Anthem, the flag, and veterans
– Anti-White Racist players
– obnoxious ticket, food, drink, and parking prices
– Multimillion dollar salaries just for playing a game
– Street thugs, wannabe rappers, female beaters, deadbeat dads
– Stadiums named for money-grubbing corporations
– Black national anthem
– Horrendous, idiotic super bowl halftime shows
– Incompetent officiating/fixing games
– TV ad saturation
– Roger Goodell
The NFL hates fans, but it loves their money.
Gay cheerleaders should strut for the “Packers”…
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Rah Rah Rah
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Good one! Got a good laugh out of that.
Ouch ! That has got to sting !
What I don’t understand is how anybody that see’s what’s going on now can actually be willing to spend good money paying for tickets to go to these games. If people would simply man up and skip a season or two, this garbage would stop with a quickness.
Add to that the childish displays after they catch a pass, or God forbid, score a touchdown. They’ve taken their cue from a bunch of five year olds.
I don’t follow the NFL , but their political activism, Taylor Swift and the lunkhead of a boyfriend, for example, is very annoying.
It’s a good thing I don’t watch football or any other sport besides the occasional boxing match or the Final match of a tennis tournament. I’d probably punch my TV if I were to try to watch four hours of “woke” slogans and fruit-loop cheerleaders mincing and prancing around. And don’t get me started on the 13 minute halftimes that last an hour. And I’ll leave Taylor Swift to Creepy Comey. Boy is that guy a weirdo……and a treasonous criminal. Me personally, I don’t think criminal traitors should head the FBI. Good thing we have Kash this time.
“The fact that the NFL even has a senior vice president of social responsibility speaks volumes about the woke capture of traditional American institutions like the NFL..” That’s what I was thinking right before I read that sentence.
With all this “woke” hatred poisoning society, I’m surprised I don’t just hole up in my apartment with a bottle of vodka and one of my girls and let the world blow by. Fuck the NFL. It’s ruined football for normal people. And fuck ESPN, Colon Kraepernick and fake “Palestine.”
Watch college football if you like watching that stuff, I say. It’s much harder to ruin the games for the viewers when there’s no douchetard NFL Commissioner crapping all over them. And you won’t have to listen to Taylor Swift’s shitty songs during halftime.
Not to mention that ESPN is owned by Disney. Those “manly” sports commentators for ESPN are about as woke and leftist as you can get.
These are the worst of the pointless, bland orders to the NFL fans. Pretty idiotic. But why not finish the phrases with something meaningful:
“End Racism,” sure, when BLM and Muslims end their racism against whites
“Stop Hate,” when BLM and Muslims end their hatred of whites and Jews
“Choose Love” I love white folk. I thoroughly hate Islamists
“Inspire Change.” Here’s some change, Kick all Muslims out of my country
“It Takes All of Us” To do what, inspire change and choosing love?
What? Too politically incorrect?. To the NFL owners, take your precooked bland leftist messaging and stick it where the sun don’t shine.
Excellent article! As a long time NFL fan I have been considering not watching anymore. One of these days the NFL will push me over the edge and I will finally turn off the games.
What exactly is the edge for you? The NFL supports pronoun nonsense, genital mutilation and chemical castration of your children. What bridge is too far for you? Asking for a friend.
Sports is dead. The Left killed it.
The Muslims killed it 53 years ago.
Why ? the Raider started the B/S women in the field interviews / and the female sports announcers for my play-back crap I turn off., sympathetic idiots and LBGQ complainant. I have the radio on most of the time / the on-field interviews I just turn off.
In my day, by Yimminey, back in my day — ah forget about it – I don’t live back in my day – no one does – I watch sports for the pure excellence of athletes and turn away with sourpuss pursed lips when between plays this attempt as sending social messaging is pointless to me. But this is a new generation and they bring with them their generational schisms and expressions. It’s all social evolution growing pains.
But I won’t pay to watch sports. If it’s aired on legacy media I’ll tune in. If professional sports goes MAGA – well, I’m in.
I purchased two knit wool caps from NFL Coyotes team in 2024 and right after the Coyotes left Arizona. Not by fault of their own, but once again, but idiot shortsighted hypocrite demoncRat Phoenix mayor and council would not allow the Coyotes to build a massive sports complex that would bring jobs and revenue to Phoenix alone. And this would have been done sans taxpayer dollars!
“The Devil Is A Democrat” – Tom MacDonald
I used to live in Golden Valley AZ. On a dirt road with no cable. They had cable across the street even though it was open desert.
Good days. I had a bunch of dogs I would take on walks in the dry washes. One of them saved me from a Mojave green.
It pisses me off that AZ suffers from so much vote fraud.,
Spot on. No NFL for me. Actually most sports are leaning woke political. Society is in peril.
The commies are slowly infiltrating the one aspect of life that is apolitical. This isn’t an innocent message to promote human good. It is rather an attack on the comfortable viewing of a sporting event. And they cry racism when more than half of the teams are millionaire blacks? This proves that altruism is not their motive. Division and alienation is their goal as it is the goal of Democrats.
Americans must realize that our nation is being deliberately targeted by divisive forces of evil. It isn’t a game for them it is an opportunity to further divide good people who want to be left alone. See it for what it is.
The NFL caved in b/c the majority of playerse are black. That’s why they have supported BLM. The NFLPA says that ALL players have to stand quietly with Helmuts under the arm during the National Anthem. They did not enforce this rule and fine the players and coaches.
Let’s see an end zone sign that says: RELEASE THE HOSTAGES.
How do you think that would go over?
Why are so many people afraid of Blacks?
Why do we as a society allow Black racism against Whites?
Who still feels guilt about slavery?
This can all be blamed upon the DemonCrap (socialist/communist) Party.
“We’re working hand-in-hand with players, and alongside our clubs, to amplify player voices and underscore what is most important to them,” Anna Isaacson, the NFL’s senior vice president of social responsibility, told The Associated Press.
I have news for you Anna, the ONLY thing that should be important to the players on game day is winning. If it’s not, they should find another line of work.
If the endless commercials, the inane commentary, and the obvious fixing of games wasn’t enough to turn you off, then maybe the left-wing politics will be.
Gee assling, I got 7 upvotes so far for my comment. How many did you get for this lame comment, again written in very poor English. 4 downvotes although I guess that’s a good start.
I guess, as a Muslim, you were born with a silver penis in your mouth.
Well assling I’m up to 11 positive votes. Your downvotes haven’t changed. I guess no one cares what you write.
Here’s the refrain to a song I wrote back when the Kaepernick thing first hit the fan. Sung to tune of “American Pie.”
Bye-bye to the new NFL
All the players and the owners
And to Roger Goodell
As the fans turned away,
You could hear them exclaim
This used to be America’s game
This used to be America’s game
I think you added an app for butt ramming in SF. You go, girl!
And you’d like the name “Ram..” It reminds you of butt ram.
Stopped watching when take a knee shit started. Being a Jets fan made it east to stop watching. They’re unwatchable anyway.
That annoying Kaepernick could pack up and just Leave America and No One would ever Miss Him Period he is like that annoying Relatives who takes over the whole house pigs out at your Refrigerator and demands you all to abide by their rules in your Own Home
“We’re working / with players / to amplify player voices”
That the nFl has not one Godly servant among it’s thousands of employees, “voicing” the message of salvation to be an approved field display, is an unrecoverable abomination.
The greatest irony is that not one black millionaire is publicly asking: “Racism? What chu talkin’ ’bout Willis?”
“NFL’s senior vice president of social responsibility.”
You have got to be kidding! Is this a joke? Why does this position even exist?
We are now experiencing some strange new form of marketing strategy to completely alienate a long standing customer base who will now never return. Guess people just will not tolerate getting spoon fed leftist garbage and LGBT dogma. Fascinating business model..
if the fans are so hated and ignored by the nfl , why is it that people still attend the game ? i would have thought that like any business be it restaurant , theme park etc. you would stop going . americans seem to be a bunch of suckers giving money to corporations that are not appreciative of their funding base and whose policies they slap you in the face with disdain for their fans conservative bank rolling . time to vote with your wallet and dont turn up . money is all they care about . time to make them care about their fan base . if you continue to go then americans obviously like being hated .
END MARXISM
END SOCIALISM
NASCAR’s near as bad. Haven’t watched a race since they banned our Stars and Bars, been even longer for football.
Ha! Fooled them, I’ve been hated by some very scary critters that were trying to kill me, why should I be concerned about a bunch of moldy meandering fags? I don’t hate them; I couldn’t care less about what they think. I’m not a fan, I never was. I used to spend an afternoon with my young son watching grown men get paid millions playing a child’s game, before he grew up & decided he had more important things to worry about, Somehow Anti- American crap doesn’t play well with vets. at any rate, my conclusion is ho hum.
If everyone who doesn’t agree with this nonsense stopped supporting it with their hard-earned money, it would go away. IMO
Another example of NFL Wokeness: Not a single country music act performing at halftime of the Super Bowl that I can recall. I state this as someone who doesn’t particularly care for the “New Country,” but one who nonetheless recognizes that half or more of the USA does. The acts are invariably Hip-Hop or R&B-influenced Pop.
The crazy-profitable NFL is riding high now, but it’s playing with fire and should heed the saying “Go Woke and Go Broke,” mindful of Bud Light, Target, and CBS (Stephen Colbert). The sharp decline in TV ratings (the monster TV contract is the lifeblood of the league) during the Kaepernick controversy should have been a cautionary tale for the Woke knuckleheads running the NFL, but apparently these indoctrinated Leftist zombies will never learn.