Is the n f l stupid and blind and ignorant??

[J.Mencalice]

We attend our local minor league baseball games (Pioneer League, Single A, Instructional league).
Baseball is still the national pastime and has it all over football (opinion).  

Now that CTE has been shown to begin with early impact head butting (all I can think of is two young bulls/steers in a pasture), you can see why football players die at such a young age.
Anyone who has a son that plays that absurd game should give serious thought in persuading him to move onto another sport that reduces that chance of him developing a brain disease that has validation in pathological findings.

Ted Williams once said that the most difficult thing to do in sports is to hit a major league fastball.
I still agree with him some 50 years later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhN1ExFCXNA
And this man explains it perfectly!

I somewhat agree as well.  2 kids in my kids junior high school class age 16 both of them are having some serious concussion issues playing football in high school and are right now not able to play having serious headaches and throwing up/not eating well the past few weeks.  Not saying concussions happen often, but something to think about for LONG term issues.  Sure hope not.   I for one, missed playing high school football since that was about the only thing I miss from being in high school.  To each their own having to make up their own minds on whether to play or not.  Risk vs. reward much like cycle riding?   

If you and the parents of the kids that you mentioned haven't watched the movie "Concussion", you should.  It will open your mind to what goes on when even slight helmet to helmet strikes occur during football games and practices.  Young brains are surely more vulnerable than we believe them to be.

[Rams]

Back to the question in the original post.

The NFL is an entertainment organization.  They sell entertainment.  Oftimes controversy results in more people buying entertainment.  It's not their business to please you in your values.  It's their business to sell entertainment.

Precisely!

I'm guessing that they've lost some viewers over this sitting out the anthem.  I'm guessing they've gained a few from the associated publicity.  They're still doing business and my guess is that most of the people expressing disgust are still watching.

Can't speak for anyone else but they've lost one viewer for sure.

Changed the channel the first game of the season when a Chiefs player would not stand for the National Anthem.   Haven't been back and won't be unless this behavior is addressed.

Growing up and attending school, I learned the Pledge of Allegiance in school.   Every morning at the beginning of class, the teacher would lead the class in standing with hand over heart and recite the pledge.    That is no longer done in most schools.   I'm told that it was stopped because some were offended by the reference to God.    I haven't researched that but, it would not surprise me to learn that is true.

The players doing this are not accomplishing anything to address the supposed issues of their concern but are in fact driving a deeper wedge in this country.    Race relations will not improve by pissing on the graves of those who defended this nation.   That is how I see this behavior.