Manster7588
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Again, I didn't say anyone "had" to skip through the pregame material. If you or anyone wants to spend their time watching it, that's your decision. But at the end of the day, letting the anthem kneeling rustle your feathers isn't going to change them doing it. My whole point is that clearly, 2 years of this going on has proven that giving attention to it by demanding they stop/the NFL making rules against it has clearly only made it worse.
I've posted on this board multiple times about how the whole protest thing annoys me. I've said that I wish it would just stop so I can quit seeing politics inserted into sports that I, and many others, just wish to watch as a brief escape from things in life. All I'm saying now is that clearly, complaining about it has accomplished absolutely nothing. So why keep smacking our heads against the same wall? Why not take away their power to let it annoy us by not letting them rustle us over it? In situations like these, people only have as much power to bother you as you allow them too. They will get bored and move on if people quit playing along by getting mad about it.
Maybe I misunderstood this "What if... instead of allowing it to bother them so much, the people watching the games at home on TV just skipped the pregame rituals and didn't turn the games on until right around actual kickoff/game starting times?"
For me the protests dont really bother me. As I've said before, I think during the anthem is the wrong time to protest, and the NFL should have 100% control over what goes on during the broadcasts, since they OWN that airtime.
At this point the NFL has three basic options.
1. Tell the fans, they will allow the protests. If fans choose to walk away so be it.
2. Tell the protesters no more protests or they are suspended.
3. End the pregame Anthem.
The NFL has shown ZERO backbone in this. They are bowing to all sides. Make a fucking decision and run with it.