Kaepernick says the US must ‘abolish prisons’ in order to ‘eliminate White Supremacy’ The Demand for Abolition
I stopped reading before finishing the first sentence. This reporting/commentary is whats wrong with America. "In the wake of the state-sanctioned lynchings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd..."
The things is that these evil people base their narrative on some truth. But their proposed solution is always bad. We do need police and prison reform. We need to eliminate civil asset forfeiture, no knock raids, and most if not all drug laws. Those will all be steps in the right direction. But our society is way over policed. The state has way too much control over our lives. We need to seriously roll back government power over our live. We need real movements to end masks and any business lockdowns. We need a few politicians to step up to lead the charge and protect people who respond to the call.
More on the sports media landscape -- creditors of Diamond Sports Group LLC, the subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcasting that owns the Fox Sports regional sports networks (RSNs), are bracing for possible restructuring of the company’s debt. Fox originally sold the Fox Sports RSNs to Disney as part of the bigger deal. But DOJ objected (Disney already has ESPN) and so Disney sold the RSNs to Sinclair for $10.6 billion last May. Despite the cashflows generated, there were not many buyers. The Fox Sports RSNs that Sinclair owns combine to have about half the regional rights for MLB, the NBA, and the NHL. They lost ~60% of the baseball inventory to the virus from China. While some costs were offset, its a negative for the bottom line. The NBA/NHL were then postponed until 2021. On top of this, cord cutting continues as more users abandon the bundle for stuff like Netflix, AmazPrime, Disney+. Also, the RSNs dont have a deal with DISH, so they wont get any games at all. It's a tough landscape for them. Part of me hopes his all comes crashing down. Even if it doesn't, Kaepernick and the flag kneelers have forever changed this landscape and its never going back to where it was. Creditors Brace for Possible Debt Restructuring at Sinclair Sports Unit
In a way, he's brilliant. His football career was starting to slip, so he came up with a scam to make money that'll last him much longer than the NFL ever would have. It's a variant on the Magic Johnson HIV racket.
And this ^^^ is precisely why Krappy will never actually desire to play football again...he would suck and it kills the brand.
And I think it's worse. I don't condone faking anything, but faking a HIV diagnosis is not as culturally damaging as faking a social justice cause.
The really ironic part is the fans are much tougher than those sissies on the field. People die in arguments about soccer teams/results similar to Alabama & Auburn fights.
The NFL was too big for Kaepernick to kill, but he hurt it 2020 NFL ratings wrap -- Regular season viewership down 7% (excludes makeup games) -- FOX leads all nets with an average of 18.1M for its main Sunday package (-6%) -- CBS ranks second at 16.5M (-4%) -- NBC has least-watched season since 2008 This year's 9.3 average rating for Sunday Night Football is the lowest for the series since it moved to NBC in 2006 (and lower than any season of ABC's MNF).
This is with an audience largely trapped at home with limited "free" entertainment options. Apparently weeding the flower bed has more appeal than the nfl (not for long?).
The NFL is going to have to get more States on-board with sports betting if they want to grow their audience. If not for betting/contests through Las Vegas, I doubt I would have spent much time at all with any of the product this year...most home viewing for me was actually done with RedZone as opposed to Fox/CBS viewing (with about half the season of that being for free with trial packages until they began linking use of trial offers to IP addresses instead of email addy's).
It's the illegal feeds. People are still watching, but the average 18-34 y.o. isn't using Spectrum or DirecTV or their parents' login to Xfinity to do it. They're using VPN's, and it's not getting counted in the Nielsens. The rate of illegal viewing is getting higher too, especially for EPL and NBA.
Texas would likely figure out how to screw it up like a few other States did by over-taxing it to where it has cheaper to fly elsewhere...but at least some of the commercial sites have the equipment and software ready to roll out on short notice.
Pro sports are already about as interesting as a greyhound race. Only makes sense for them to try to drum up interest via betting.
It's always interesting to see where the powerful draw the line From this ruling, we learn where the NFL draws its red line -- The NFL says it is acceptable to wipe you rear with the US flag -- The NFL says it is acceptable to insult the memory of every soldier who gave his/her life wearing the uniform -- But don't you dare insult the lineage of 1/3 of the team ownersGood to know Eagles' DeSean Jackson Fined for Detrimental Habits After Anti-Semitic Posts - Sports Talk Line Directory
The dog races in Nuevo Laredo are a blast Plus a great deal on delicious foods and margs on the Club Level
Glad you mentioned that. I used to enjoy going to the dog track down in La Marque. Lots of fun, cheap drinks, and interesting people watching. I probably won a bit more than I lost just by betting on the dogs that pooped while walking to the starting gates. Texas could start by allowing dog and horse tracks to have all sports betting, then slots, then a few table games.
