This ought to help with the TV ratings...wow.
Source: NFL plans to play Black national anthem before Week 1 games
Source: NFL plans to play Black national anthem before Week 1 games
Until you kill the golden goose, which is absolutely what is happening for this league.Ag Natural said:
Most of yall clearly miss the point. I'm not surprised.
Appealing to the wishes of employees is usually considered smart business and solid leadership. It's about time sports leagues started acting this way.
And I hate to break it to you, but the days of having our sports figures and our major corporations for that matter staying out of social issues are gone forever. I dont think anyone gives a crap if you stop watching because of it. Change doesnt come comfortably.
And this "black national anthem" promotes unity and equality how exactly?Ag Natural said:
Most of yall clearly miss the point. I'm not surprised.
Appealing to the wishes of employees is usually considered smart business and solid leadership. It's about time sports leagues started acting this way.
And I hate to break it to you, but the days of having our sports figures and our major corporations for that matter staying out of social issues are gone forever. I dont think anyone gives a crap if you stop watching because of it. Change doesnt come comfortably.
This might be the only thing that will help them understand, but I doubt it. There will always be the Sharpton's, Jacksons, Kaepernicks, etc. that will never let racism die because they make too much money from it.rgleml said:
If they do not have enough fans watching the Games on tv or in person, it will not matter what their employees, football players Think.
Buck Compton said:And this "black national anthem" promotes unity and equality how exactly?Ag Natural said:
Most of yall clearly miss the point. I'm not surprised.
Appealing to the wishes of employees is usually considered smart business and solid leadership. It's about time sports leagues started acting this way.
And I hate to break it to you, but the days of having our sports figures and our major corporations for that matter staying out of social issues are gone forever. I dont think anyone gives a crap if you stop watching because of it. Change doesnt come comfortably.
Separate but equal is never truly equal. Hell, that's what Brown v. Board of Education was all about.... All that progress is being washed away.
I would say that the answer is because we have ONE anthem for our ONE country. According to your way of thinking, why stop at the black anthem? What about the native american, mexican, dominican, etc. anthems? I'm sure they have something. We need to be inclusive of all right? And the Canadian anthem is played when a team from CANADA is playing genius.Quote:
How is playing another anthem creating segregation? I honestly didnt know there was a black anthem. But now that I know it seems rediculous to think its "bad" to play it. Does saying a prayer alienate atheists? Or what about MLB teams playing the Canadian anthem? All of this is about inclusion, not exclusion.
agcrock2005 said:I would say that the answer is because we have ONE anthem for our ONE country. According to your way of thinking, why stop at the black anthem? What about the native american, mexican, dominican, etc. anthems? I'm sure they have something. We need to be inclusive of all right? And the Canadian anthem is played when a team from CANADA is playing genius.Quote:
How is playing another anthem creating segregation? I honestly didnt know there was a black anthem. But now that I know it seems rediculous to think its "bad" to play it. Does saying a prayer alienate atheists? Or what about MLB teams playing the Canadian anthem? All of this is about inclusion, not exclusion.
Ag Natural said:agcrock2005 said:I would say that the answer is because we have ONE anthem for our ONE country. According to your way of thinking, why stop at the black anthem? What about the native american, mexican, dominican, etc. anthems? I'm sure they have something. We need to be inclusive of all right? And the Canadian anthem is played when a team from CANADA is playing genius.Quote:
How is playing another anthem creating segregation? I honestly didnt know there was a black anthem. But now that I know it seems rediculous to think its "bad" to play it. Does saying a prayer alienate atheists? Or what about MLB teams playing the Canadian anthem? All of this is about inclusion, not exclusion.
Well the motive is to be more inclusive. You could argue all day what the right method is to do that. You could argue they are over thinking it. What you can't argue is that they should try nothing. The NFL in particular has taken heat for years for putting their head in the sand on certain issues and its cost them.
Lol, I got feeling the NFL is going to be just fine...Longhorn Nation said:
NFL is going to kill the golden goose. I'm a season ticket-holder for the Texans and jumped all over the option they gave me last week to tap-out of this season w/out penalty. The NFL won't be getting a penny from me this year.