The NFL ratings slump is getting worse. Cry us a river.
The 6.3 percent slump — worsening from comparable declines of 5.6 to 5.7 percent during the previous three weeks — plagued a week whose off-the-field drama made gridiron tackling seem almost tame by comparison.
Sponsor Drops Brandon Marshall For Kneeling During National Anthem. Sorry but it’s about time someone made a move. We are not against their right to protest, this is not the right venue.
LB Brandon Marshall took a knee during the national anthem. Marshall & Colin Kaepernick were teammates at Nevada. pic.twitter.com/QruIeCGBdu
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 9, 2016
NFL national anthem flap sees Steelers coach Mike Tomlin rap Alejandro Villanueva. Like we needed another reason to not watch NFL games this year. Sorry Tomlin, standing for the National Anthem trumps your agenda.
For Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, being “respectful of our football team” trumped the right of Steelers offensive tackle Alejandro Villanueva to show respect for the national anthem.
LeBron James, Chris Paul and other NBA players call out President Trump, defend Steph Curry. And now the reaction to Trump dissing Curry.
U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain't going! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!
— LeBron James (@KingJames) September 23, 2017
So apartheid is evil unless you’re segregating the races to play football against South Africa in Africa and the race being excluded is caucasian in which case it’s all dandy.
This one is beyond us. Our feeble intellects are simply not capable of comprehending the thinking behind this.
All these years we thought South African apartheid was evil, that the intentional exclusion of one race by another was unacceptable. But then how do you explain the fact that a race-based football team from Australia has been selected specifically to play South Africa? And how do you explain the fact that it’s being applauded?
The Age reports the odd turn of events as if they don’t see any irony in it:
An AFL match will be staged as an exhibition event at the Africa Games in Mozambique in September. It will be between a team from South Africa and an Australian Aboriginal team.
So apartheid is evil unless you’re segregating the races to play football against South Africa in Africa and the race being excluded is caucasian in which case it’s all dandy.
Surely, there’s some logic in there somewhere. We’re just having trouble finding it.
http://youtu.be/X_hqosNvv5E
By the way, if you’ve never seen Aussie rules football, you don’t know what you’re missing. It’s like the NFL without pads or the NBA without rules. Don’t know how the players survive each week’s games.
Source: The Age
President Obama called the owner of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles and thanked him for giving convicted felon Michael Vick a second chance. That pissed off Megyn Kelly.
President Obama called the owner of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles and thanked him for giving convicted felon Michael Vick a second chance.
That pissed off Megyn Kelly. And she didn’t try to hide it when she spoke to a representative of the NAACP who attempted to defend Vick.
Love you, Megyn. (Please don’t get another restraining order. We promise to stay 100 yards away this time.)
H/T: Breitbart.tv
There’s probably a big, collective sigh of relief today among the cast and crew of NBC’s Football Night In America. MSNBC’s obnoxious Keith Olbermann is out.
There’s probably a big, collective sigh of relief today among the cast and crew of NBC’s Football Night In America. MSNBC’s obnoxious Keith Olbermann is out.
SportsByBrooks.com has the story:
Multiple media and network television sources confirmed to me Thursday that Keith Olbermann will not appear on NBC’s Football Night In America Sunday evening NFL broadcasts this season.
Some members of the FNIA cast and crew were made aware of the news Monday at a preseason production meeting in New York City. Afterwards, the cast and crew adjourned to Yankee Stadium to watch the Yankees-Blue Jays game.
And they probably hoisted more than a few beers to celebrate the departure of the widely-disliked Olbermann.
Source: SportsByBrooks.com
You’ll like this football story even if you’re not a football fan. In honor of Veteran’s Day, the whole FOX Sports NFL crew went to Afghanistan Sunday and broadcast their show live for the troops.
You’ll like this football story even if you’re not a football fan.
In honor of Veteran’s Day, the whole FOX Sports NFL crew went to Afghanistan Sunday and broadcast their show live for the troops.
“It’s been so surreal, it’s hard to describe,” Fox analyst Michael Strahan said of the trip. “To witness so many young, smart, committed and capable men and women is inspiring. We’re here to show our appreciation for their service and sacrifice, and all they want to do is show their appreciation to us for coming here.”
The idea for the show came about when Fox Sports chairman David Hill was passing through the airport in Dallas last spring. He noticed military personnel walking through the terminal were going mostly unnoticed, and he wanted to do something about it.
Here’s a salute to Hill and the entire Fox crew.
Source: Associated Press
School District honcho Ramon Cortines is outraged by photos of pseudo gay fashion icon Sacha Cohen “Bruno” taken with football players at LA’s Birmingham High School.
School District honcho Ramon Cortines is outraged by photos of pseudo gay fashion icon “Bruno” taken with football players at LA’s Birmingham High School.
Cortines howls that the district has “allowed our students to be used.”
We’d salute his efforts to protect the city’s children. Except for one thing: It’s nothing but phony showboating.
In reality, Cortines seems far more worried about students being used by comic predator Cohen in a Hollywood photo shoot than about students being used by real predators in the city’s classrooms.
A recent Los Angeles Times report concluded, “Repeatedly, the district failed to follow up on sexual misconduct complaints against employees once police or prosecutors dropped criminal actions. Some ended up at new schools. In at least one instance…the new principal had no idea of his history.”
Molesting your young students? No problem. Sexually involved with your older students? No problem. But shooting some funny photos with an actor? That’s a problem.
It’s not easy to be this stupid. Cortines must be a graduate of the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Source: Washington Post, Los Angeles Times
What? The financial crisis hasn’t been solved? Then why the hell is the senate talking wasting time on football?
Here’s how AP reports the latest complete waste of time and money coming out of the United States Senate:
Now senators are getting off the sidelines to examine antitrust issues involving the Bowl Champion Series.
The current system “leaves nearly half of all the teams in college football at a competitive disadvantage when it comes to qualifying for the millions of dollars paid out every year,” the Senate Judiciary’s subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights said in a statement Wednesday announcing the hearings.
Under the BCS, some conferences get automatic bids to participate in series, while others do not.
Obama and some members of Congress favor a playoff-type system to determine the national champion. The BCS features a championship game between the two top teams in the BCS standings, based on two polls and six computer ratings.
For God’s sake, man. Who cares if Associated Press poll picks USC and the Coaches Poll picks LSU and the computers pick Texas. Don’t these people have better things to do?
We just checked with the sports book in Vegas. Odds are 7-1 that the United States Senate is filled with brain-addled morons. 3-1 its filled with corrupt rip-off artists. And 2-1 it’s filled with bloviating blockheads.
Associated Press
