From Newsgroup: alt.sports.basketball.nba

Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Brett Favre blamed ostrugglingo ratings
for professional sports on opolitical messagingo that has been infused
into games.

Favre appeared via video at a town hall with President Donald Trump on Sinclair Broadcast GroupAs oAmerica This Weeko hosted by Eric Bolling.
During the town hall, which aired Wednesday, Favre asked the president
how professional athletes and teams can balance sports and social
justice without losing their fan bases.

oThe NBA and the NFL are struggling with lower ratings as fans clearly
do not want political messaging mixed with their sports, so how should
the leagues support and promote an anti-racism position without
becoming political and alienating fans?o Favre asked.

Trump responded to Favre by saying that people want sports to remain
about sports only. Most people use sports to escape from politics and
they do not want those political or social justice issues distracting
from the games, especially if the fans disagree with the stances of the participants.

oPeople donAt want to see all of the politics. TheyAve got enough
politics with me and with everybody else, and they donAt want to see it
with football and sports on Sunday or whenever they happen to be
watching,o Trump said. oI think itAs had a huge impact on sports, a
huge negative impact on sports. I think the football ought to get back
to football and basketball to basketball and let politics remain
separate.o

oIf people want to protest they can, but they shouldnAt be protesting
on the sidelines during the football game, especially when they are
making $10 million a year for something that they would be doing anyway
for free if they werenAt in the league or the NFL or in the NBA,o Trump continued. oBut the NBA in particular, their ratings have gone down.
IAve never seen anything like it. But the NFL, too. People donAt want
to see it, and they want to have these players stand and salute and put
their hand over their heart, or at least stand for the national anthem
and solute. They want respect for the American flag, they want respect
for our country.o

The NBA stepped up social justice messaging in the latter half of the
2020 season after it was paused mid-way through because of the
coronavirus pandemic. After the league restarted the season in the
Disney obubbleo in Florida, the NBA significantly increased activism
during the games by painting slogans such as oBlack Lives Mattero on
the sidelines and replacing playersA names on their jerseys with
phrases such as oSay Their Nameso and oI CanAt Breathe.o

Social justice activism also spread through the NFL as many teams are attempting to walk a balance between protesting the national anthem and
not offending much of their fan base. A few teams have elected to not
take the field at all during the national anthem so fans cannot see
whether players are kneeling for the anthem or not. Other teams, such
as the Baltimore Ravens, have elected to put their activism on display
no matter the backlash.

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On 10/24/20 11:27 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Brett Favre blamed rCLstrugglingrCY ratings
for professional sports on rCLpolitical messagingrCY that has been infused into games.

Why do people go to Church... and why do ATHEIST Marxists and Democrats
NOT go to church, well, that's why people watch sports rather than go to church or watch sports rather than watch the political news.


And when The MARXISTS-DEMOCRATS decide to force their political
propaganda onto people who want to watch sports they get fewer and fewer people who stay for the whole Marxist political sermon.


And it's actually funny that Democrats and Atheists aren't smart enough
to understand that.
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That's Karma


*Mama'says*
12 - Life is like a "Waring Blender" you can toss a little bullshit in
with the ice cream, and as long as you aren't watching, it all tastes
like milkshake.
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On 26 Oct 2020, BeamMeUpScotty <NOT-SURE@idiocracy.gov> posted some news:waBlH.708875$DO2.352210@fx45.iad:

On 10/24/20 11:27 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:

Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Brett Favre blamed rCLstrugglingrCY
ratings for professional sports on rCLpolitical messagingrCY that has
been infused into games.

Favre is 100% correct.

Why do people go to Church... and why do ATHEIST Marxists and
Democrats NOT go to church, well, that's why people watch sports
rather than go to church or watch sports rather than watch the
political news.

Freedom of choice. Something progressive Democrats and liberals reserve
for themselves, do their best to deny everyone else.

And when The MARXISTS-DEMOCRATS decide to force their political
propaganda onto people who want to watch sports they get fewer and
fewer people who stay for the whole Marxist political sermon.

It's my money and I'll spend it where I want to.

And it's actually funny that Democrats and Atheists aren't smart
enough to understand that.

While they claim to be of superior intellect.
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