Kaepernick is part of it, the balance is the crappy officiating rule interpretations. Pass interference is a crap shoot, what the hell is a "football move", you can tackle hard sometimes but not other times, and now Osweiler throws a forward pass and it's ruled a fumble. Goodell is killing the Golden Goose.
2016-10-25T06:13:06Z
Reynaldo - Goodell absolutely influences the rules. He's an attorney trying to keep the owners from getting sued. I can support protecting the players from injury but the way this is going it will be flag football soon.
2016-10-25T06:17:15Z
Boise - I know what a football move is. My point is that it is subjective and two referees can see the exact same play and reach opposite conclusions. This uncertainty in how a game will be called turns off the fan base.
MIKE2016-10-26T14:29:49Z
I can't understand people not watching because of the NA protests.
However I can't see anyone stop watching the NFL due to players getting into trouble with the law.
Look at how many famous people have done wrong and they're still famous.
I'm gonna assume through the ages many sports athletes if not most are not known for their morals.
I've heard in years/ decades past some NFL players would go out of their way to hurt players and that probably didn't stop the masses from losing interest in the games.
It's a mix of the national anthem protests, over-saturation plays a role, and all the rule changes do too. I think the criminal behavior and lack of care from the NFL has an impact too.
1. A football is move is pretty much starting to move upfield with the ball and taking a step or two, whether it's a straight run or some kind of spin move/juke/cut.
2. That was a fumble, the ball started to come out of his hand before he started the throwing motion and ended up pushing the ball rather than throwing it
Kaepernick is a very small part. Would agree the officiating has been very inconsistant. The Osweiler fumble was a fumble, the ball was not in his hand when his arm came forward. And ratings down because lots going on. Baseball playoffs, election coverage on a state and national level, the NHL started last week, and now the NBA starting up tonight. Many options.
Colon PaperNeck is a Large part of it. Reynaldo is full of shyt, and needs to sneak back across the border before Trump throws him back over.
but even Paperneck is a symptom of a larger cause, and that is the Left Wing assault on all things American. And Political Correctness has run amok. And the concussion Hubub. We used to have this thing called 'Assumption of Risk" and it is a large factor in $ten Million salaries.
people tune into sports to see an exciting competition, NOT a bucng of Tree Hugging Whackadoodles wearing pink shoes.
College Basketball was nowhere near as popular before Dunking was allowed. The fans eat it up!
NFL is pretty much predictable and straight forward...kind of boring. Besides, you already have a feel who will be in the playoffs and the playoffs is where it gets interesting.