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Nunna Yorz (Greys get dismissed with prejudice)Stephen A. Crockett Jr.
9/10/18 1:54pm
This black dude isn’t watching anymore. And it’s not easy. Everywhere I go people are talking about their team/the game. When people ask me why I’m not watching, I list some of the myriad reasons why the NFL doesn’t give a damn about fans, how they exploit taxpayers and charities, has little regard for their players, and how even the constant rule changes make the game hard to watch.. People agree, and then they go right back to watching or talking about it.
Even around average/normal fans I would just be ignored, but being surrounded by Pats fans makes it even worse.
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  Nunna Yorz (Greys get dismissed with prejudice)Nunna Yorz (Greys get dismissed with prejudice)
  9/10/18 3:32pm
  So... If I can’t boycott everything that’s bad/wrong in the world, then I should just STFU and not boycott anything? What a stupid take. Go grow some principles.
  There’s a saying: If you stand for nothing, then you’ll fall for anything.
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  AltairaMorbius2200ADNunna Yorz (Greys get dismissed with prejudice)
  9/10/18 4:23pm
  Yup. I never watched, but my husband was a fan, and feels *very* ostracized in male spaces when he can’t contribute. Heck, I’m a teacher, so I work in white lady land, and even there I am constantly hounded about why I’m not wearing Pats stuff to show team spirit the day before games. Like, virtually everyone owns a fucking $60+ jersey, whether they like football or not.
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RoyalbrandStephen A. Crockett Jr.
9/10/18 2:14pm
I don’t watch anymore and I am in the extreme minority. It is disappointing to see all the “Cowboy for Life!” posts on facebook. Feels like a twilight zone. Our threat to boycott carries absolutely no weight these days.
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  JustMy2CentsRoyalbrand
  9/10/18 3:15pm
  Our threat to boycott carries absolutely no weight these days.
  Because it’s nothing but a threat with no action.
  Even during the height of the “boycott” people were still watching and reacting to the games.
  Some of the same people that would criticize the NFL or any company were still watching. This guy spent months(and still does) talking about Chick-fil-a and people that still support them. But he watched the Super Bowl because “his team had a chance to make history”. When I questioned him about it, he said “one extra viewer won’t be noticeable” SMDH.
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  PaulMooneysTongueRoyalbrand
  9/10/18 11:06pm
  Well don’t give up. The internet might move by lightening speed but folks are still in their various stages of comfort and awareness zones.
  The Civil Rights Movement succeed with the right to vote until 1965.
  Ten years after its start with the Birmingham bus boycott.
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HuskyBroStephen A. Crockett Jr.
9/10/18 2:28pm
If black people don’t care, why should they?
The majority of them didn’t give a fuck about us before this started and we’re some of their biggest fans.
Fuck this bullshit about us not caring about them and double fuck the notion that we don’t care about our right, our lives.

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  PaulMooneysTongueHuskyBro
  9/10/18 11:08pm
  The majority of them didn’t give a fuck about us before this started and we’re some of their biggest fans.
  Amen. I work with a guy who does nothing but read about sports all damn day long. And double the amount during football season. He admits he’s a “coon” when it comes to protesting but be damn, you’ll have to pry his fantasy football league and the remote from his cold dead hands.
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Issa TrapStephen A. Crockett Jr.
9/10/18 3:21pm
I’m watching college (almost as bad) but gave up on the NFL. It is difficult because I get the RedZone channel (all the games) with my cable package and used to be all in with it. Right now, I just can’t see myself supporting it but what helped me was slowly decreasing my usage instead of stopping cold turkey. A few years ago, I quit fantasy football and I thought I was going to need therapy but it wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would have been. Then when my former team stated sucking, it was that much easier to let it go all together. My main reason was due to how the billionaire owners like to hold a gun to cities heads to ask for a new stadium where resources could be better spent elsewhere and how they handle player concussions. This situation with Kaep just put the cherry on top for me.
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JustMy2CentsStephen A. Crockett Jr.
9/10/18 1:49pm
I wonder how many of the players feel some kinda way about Kap’s deal with Nike... Some were probably protesting in support of the movement and Kap. But once they found out he was working with Nike this entire time they didn’t see the point since he is obviously still being paid very well. This would be a great time for them to continue to kneel. Just my opinion.
Also I can confirm many Black people (even members in my family) kept watching football even when others said they would boycott because the way the league was treating the players.
I wouldn’t say Black people don’t care. They may just prefer the entertainment over the movement.
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  AndysalcedoJustMy2Cents
  9/10/18 2:15pm
  Perhaps some of the players feel that either a)they made their point to the league that if Kap can secure a bag elsewhere, they can too or b)Now that Kap’s got a deal with Nike, he’s no longer without a salary anymore or maybe c) The NFL dropped the ‘fine for protesting during the anthem’ thus giving the players a small victory.
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  SouthwestfinestAndysalcedo
  9/10/18 2:43pm
  Nah we all have come to gloomy terrible conclusion (yes I kept watching football) that the narrative has been highjacked. That the folks that were angry about the kneeling could careless about the noble reason therefore whats the point? It only fuels the idiot in chiefs agenda at the point want a real protest have them hold up signs that say VOTE IN NOVEMBER!!!!!!!
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Gameface doesn`t play nice with othersStephen A. Crockett Jr.
9/10/18 6:23pm
Please stop calling Malcolm Jenkins the face of Colin Kaepernick’s movement. That would be like saying Ben Carson is doing the work that Malcolm X started. Jenkins has been a vanilla version of what half-assed corporate protest looks like from the very beginning. While Jenkins didn’t protest, he’s working from the inside, which makes him the possible.
I thought I was the only one who felt that way after reading the article on the Root a week or so ago. While he has made some solid arguments about his position, I am not of the mind to ‘move onto community service’ as of yet. The whole reason of the protest to shed light on the aggressive policing AND the lack of equity and equality for Black and Brown people in the justice system. It is pretty clear that we have had....(checks notes)...zero changes implemented. Additionally, the national anthem itself is racist in it’s creation anyway (this is not news). You can remove shit from your plate after it has been shit upon, but it doesn’t change the fact that someone gave you a shitty plate to eat from. AND TO TOP IT OFF, the NFL owners have, in no uncertain terms, through their words and actions stated that “you N——-s need to know your place.” Kaep and now Reid are both on the proverbial whipping post to show the rest of the plantation why they need to get back in line. If it hasn’t been established yet by the tone in this post, NO, I am not watching the NFL. I may never watch again - and I love football. Does my not watching or going to games really affect their bottom line? Probably not. But I am not going to continue putting the whip (even a proverbial one) back in the hands of a mutherfucka who has clearly stated he doesn’t give a fuck about me or anyone who looks like me. So why should I give a fuck about them.
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CedricStephen A. Crockett Jr.
9/10/18 3:27pm
I didn’t watch all last season and I haven’t this season. I’ve even been invited to a game because my cousin plays for the team. Still not watching.
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PaulMooneysTongueStephen A. Crockett Jr.
9/10/18 11:01pm
“I think there’s a huge need for us to turn the attention towards the issues and not only the issues, but what players actually do in their communities to effectuate change. We’re trying to move past the rhetoric of what’s right and what’s wrong and all that. We need to focus on these issues that pertain to our communities.”
Ugggh, whites aren’t feeling to responsible for those in rural (and urban too) communities being decimated by lack of manufacturing jobs and growing opiate problem. Why? Cause when issues as mentioned arise they go to their ELECTED OFFICIALS and push for legislation and government funding (remember they like to use taxes that they pay from their paychecks, property and sales taxes) to address the situation.
Yet, African americans, despite all the g-ddamn taxes we pay (sales, property, state and federal income) we’re also suppose to be operating as individual public officials who some how have a level of agency over another person’s free will and the resources to make these changes?
I’m thru. / rant off.
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LJ909Stephen A. Crockett Jr.
9/10/18 4:04pm
The players just don’t care.
Sadly, i’m starting to believe that this is the case. Their millions over the cause. We all know how some of us think. “Why should I sacrifice my paycheck for someone I dont know”
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cogitoStephen A. Crockett Jr.
9/10/18 1:36pm
Realest thang you ever wrote.
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