NFL Kneeling/sitting

And so sports fans the NFL preseason is underway and the 'protest' are still going on. My thoughts:

1. NFL players are entertainers. They are paid huge salaries to entertain people. Rule number one in entertainment is "know your audience". The vast majority of American are offended when the see the National Anthem and US Flag disrespected.

2. I'm not really sure I understand what they are 'protesting'. Are they saying they hate America or they think America is racist? Do they think by disrespecting the National Anthem and the US Flag is going to win them 'support'?

3. NFL viewership is down 20%. If I cost my boss a 20% decrease in revenue I'd be fired!

4. If I 'protested' at work, I'd be fired!

5. The kneeling players think they have a 'first amendment right' to protest. I agree, protest all you want, but not at work. See #4.

6. The ONLY thing the protest has manage to change is a 20% decrease in viewership. I've written this many times here, protests change NOTHING! You can rant and rave and carry signs and yell, "hey hey, ho, ho ________" (fill in the blank) and it changes nothing. You can stage sit-in and lay-down in traffic and it won't accomplish anything. The only way to affect change in this country is thru our elected officials and ballot measure. Instead of 'protesting' use your time and money to help people sympathetic to your cause get elected!

7. If their argument is they have "a right" to protest then I have a right to not watch NFL games!

8. I never did watch much NFL football except for an occasional game....but no more. I'm part of the 20% now.

9. NCAA football is more exciting....for me anyway since my son goes to school at Alabama and since Alabama under Nick Saban has a 127 / 20 win / loss record.

10. The whole protest was a ready-fire-aim exercise. They shot themselves in the foot, reloaded....and shot the other foot. Pappy always said, "Michael", Pappy always called me Michael, not Mike, "If you are not in bed by 11.....just come on home." Wait, wrote quote. He said, "If you find yourself in a hole, get out of it!"