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“I did not watch the National Football League yesterday, and it was the first time in 45 years that I made an active decision not to watch, including my team, the Pittsburgh Steelers. It was not a decision made in anger. It was genuine sadness. I realized that I can no longer look at this game and watch this game and study this game and pretend, you know, fantasize, everything a fan does. This whole thing has removed for me the ingredients that are in the recipe that make up a fan.”
• Deadline: ‘Sunday Night Football’ Ratings Down Again On Day Of Player Protests
• CBS: Sales Of Alejandro Villanueva Jerseys Skyrocket After Being Only Steeler To Stand For National Anthem
• National Review: Why Donald Trump Is President – Rich Lowry
• Hollywood Reporter: ESPN’s “White Supremacist” Trump Uproar Is Only Beginning
• Packers.com: Statement from Packers President/CEO Mark Murphy
• New York Post: Odell Beckham’s Peeing Explanation is Even Weirder than Act Itself
• Dallas News: Flashback: NFL Wouldn’t Allow Cowboys to Wear Decal Supporting Dallas Police on Their Helmets
• The Resurgent: Donald Trump Did Not Start This. But He Will Finish It. And He Will Win – Erick Erickson
• Daily Wire: Two Years After Embracing Racial Protests, Mizzou Football Is A Dumpster Fire
• Daily Wire: Ravens, Jaguars Kneel For National Anthem But Stand For ‘God Save The Queen’
• Yahoo Sports: Roger Goodell: I’m Proud of Way Our League Responded this Weekend
• Daily Wire: Who Needs Rules? NFL Players Arrested Every 7 Days On Average
• AP: President’s Criticisms Spark More Protests at NFL Games
• Weekly Standard: Tuesday Morning Quarterback: What’s Behind the Perception of the NFL’s Declining Quality? – Gregg Easterbrook
• New York Post: Patriots Fans Rain Boos on Own Players for Anthem Protest
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Things I meant to get to at some point, but there’s never enough time.
“Try starting the National Football League anywhere else in the world and having it become this financially robust and successful. You couldn’t do it. It’s a uniquely, distinctly American sport and enterprise. And to sully it by claiming that there is racism in the reaction to the protests of the great symbols of our country is cheap, and it’s intellectually vacant, and it is purposely avoiding the real issues that are at stake here.”
SHOW PREP
Here are some of the places I go to prepare for the show: