First a bit of disclaimer. I am not an interested party. I can’t remember the last time I ever watched an NFL game. I find that as I get older and my time of playing football gets further away, I have lost interest. I can remember how New Years Day was a line up of football. Now I don’t even know who is playing. The same goes for baseball.
I can’t help but notice the headlines I keep seeing about the decease in interest in professional football. The first time it came up was when the snowflake quarterback knelt during the national anthem. I began reading comments of people saying they would not watch NFL games any more. Since then we have had more and more rich, spoiled athletes protesting the terrible harm that America has done to them. More people tune out.
It is really cause and effect? I don’t know. I hope so. It is the way a free market is supposed to work. Professional sports offers a product. It is not a needed commodity like corn or gasoline. It is not pork belly or soybeans. It is part of the luxury market. They need to attract customers. That is why the forward pass was made legal. It is why they have those silly cheerleaders. You have instant replay and all kinds of innovations. It was to expand the viewer base. People are free to tune in or tune out.
They seem to be tuning out. Should players be free to sit during the national anthem. Sure. Should I be able to take a nap during Monday Night Football? (Is there still Monday Night Football?) Of course. Could I read a book instead? Or I might even go to the closet, pull out my old football and go out to throw it around.
So keep protesting, snowflakes. Protest the system that has made you rich, famous and pampered. It may raise the intellectual level of the nation and improve my health.
homo unius libri
I can understand PLAYING football. I can't for the life of me understand watching OTHER people play football.
ReplyDeleteThe older I get, the more I agree.
DeleteGrace and peace.