[Northern Monkey]

I can see where the NFL is coming from.
People watch sports to escape from all the serious crap going on in the world.
When the anthem is played it’s live on TV,Part of the show and they are representing their organisation.
I’d guess that ratings went down when these players started bringing politics into the sport.
Pissing off a section of your audience is very bad for business.
I’d think any company would punish or sack employees that started to harm their image.
Leave politics out of sport.Let people enjoy it.

[Yuki Maru Hoshi]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

I can see where the NFL is coming from.
People watch sports to escape from all the serious crap going on in the world.
When the anthem is played it’s live on TV,Part of the show and they are representing their organisation.
I’d guess that ratings went down when these players started bringing politics into the sport.
Pissing off a section of your audience is very bad for business.
I’d think any company would punish or sack employees that started to harm their image.
Leave politics out of sport.Let people enjoy it.

Right. I don't even think that it has to do specifically with it being a particular message of any sort of affiliation... if anyone, right or left, interrupted the anthem during an NFL game then it's not necessarily going to go well with the base which is known to be very patriotic and has always considered it to be a unifying sport... like subtle messages during the halftime show (such as Gaga 2018) and post-game interviews, that's not really a big deal at all since it's just the player's personal opinions...