Anyone who says that the NFL ratings are down because of the kneeling and that alone, that person is full of shit. It's impossible to know who's boycotting and why. I've said it before, there are people who are boycotting because the treatment of Kaepernick, there are tons of business articles talking about the impact of overexposure and the impact of streaming on the ratings. But dumbass people will ignore all of that and say nope it's because they took a knee. That's the line for all the people watching football. Not when the players were on camera hitting their wife, not when we found out how concussions where impacting players, not when players are accused of sexual assault. No of that led to low ratings. But kneeling does? Please. It's a combination of things that have ratings lower and the two main ones are streaming and overexposure. The other things would bring small dips in ratings. Originally Posted by Austin DudeI grew up in the north. At that time, blacks in most of the south could not go to the same schools as whites, eat at the same restaurants, sleep in the same hotels, drink from the same water fountains, use the same restroom facilities, etc. And in the north there were also prejudices against blacks, though not as blatant. Blacks did not live in my neighborhood. They were not allowed to belong to our private swim club. They were banned from private golf courses. etc.
Today, thankfully, such racism rarely exists, although I'm sure some whites would prefer the "good old days". But racism most certainly still exists today so when blacks protest against the racism that still does exist, I am not going to say they are wrong in what they do and how they do it. They are hurting no one and if you believe what the protestors say, they do not mean disrespect to the flag or the national anthem.
