Marc Lamont Hill just said on CNN that this whole anti player free speech

[applegrove]

thing Trump spoke out against is about controlling black men's bodies and voices. And that it is white supremacy. Jack Kingston kept pointing out that attendance is down because of politics mixed into games. Hill pointed out that there are always soldiers at games and that is politics. I think Hill is right on. Jack asked if Hill thought Trump was a white supremacist and Hill said yes.

I wonder too if Trump had not been informed by his NFL team owner buddies about the 'problem' of attendance. Which would be why he said what he did at the Alabama speech.

[livetohike]

1. Attendance is down because ticket prices, parking prices

and food/drink prices. I remember games where flags the size of the stadium and military personnel marching around didn't exist. Why is that even there now?

[drmeow]

2. Because the military pays for it to be there

out of their advertising/recruiting budget!

[applegrove]

3. Jack Kingston said they did polls of fans and 33% said they did not like 'politics' in their games.

I guess that means the attendees don't recognize the military as politics because it is their politics.

[livetohike]

5. I think you're right about that. Tomorrow should be interesting.

I'm hoping the players stick together and send a message to that fool in the White House.

[mopinko]

6. i dunno. i am sure i am not the only one sickened by the "hero of the game"

BULL.FUCKING.SHIT.

they do it at baseball games, too. and before i found out the pentagon was paying for it, i kept asking, where are the firefighter? where are the cops, even? to say nothing of the mom who raised 15 kids in the projects, the mutt that pulled his family out of the burning building.
hell, i would have been happy to see an alderman that did something good for a change.

yeah, we are sick of your war heroes. medals are just cogs in the war machine.

and every time they roll out those big flags, i promise i am not the only one thinking about howard zinn-
there is no flag big enough to cover the stain of an unnecessary war.

[kydo]

4. Hill was spot on. That Jack dude came off as total ass-wipe.

What's very obvious these days when 24/7 news networks bring talking heads on to talk about stuff. You can always spot the rethug talking head. It's the one that always interrupts, talks over, and always makes snarky comments when others talk, all while smiling.

Did their parents not teach them how to communicate in a social setting?

They come off as 2 year old spoiled rotten babies. What is worse, is it is not just restricted to talking heads. Almost every orange man lover I have meet acts the same way. It's scary to watch adults totally loose it.

[appleannie1943]

7. My family quit attending games when they could no longer afford to.

I prefer watching games live, especially baseball. It is not nearly as exciting to watch on TV.