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With all of the grandstanding and emotional reactions from the NFL over the weekend, the sport’s smartest executives seemingly proved that they have no idea they’re fighting a battle that simply can’t be won.<\/p>\n
While it is clear as day to anyone who can disassociate themselves from the emotional response to being verbally attacked by a tweetstorm (as truly ‘terrifying’ as such a thing can be), the NFL doesn’t seem to understand that while almost every American can\u00a0agree\u00a0<\/strong>that football is a great sport, roughly 50% of them will vehemently\u00a0disagree<\/strong>\u00a0with whatever political stance any given player or league exec decides to publicly announce.\u00a0 And, since the NFL’s future depends on selling overpriced ad spots to massive corporations looking for a consistent number of eyeballs, alienating any group of viewers, for whatever reason, is just bad for business.<\/p>\n But don’t take our word for it…here’s just a couple of examples for what the fans had to say over the weekend.<\/p>\n “It’s a disgrace. It’s disgusting.\u00a0They’re getting paid to do a job…to play ball and do whatever the fans want them to do.”<\/p>\n “They’re paying these guys to do a job.\u00a0 They’re not supposed to be involved in politics.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n