The NFL is scrapping its efforts to “End Racism” before Sunday’s Super Bowl and Donald Trump’s plan to make history by being the first sitting president to attend.

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    17 hours ago

    You’re right, that isn’t going to happen 😉

    Also, keep in mind that every position has at least one backup

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      10 hours ago

      Most of these players are probably of the “I got mine” mindset. They’re not going to blow that up for ethics

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        16 hours ago

        Well, admittedly I imagined that developing game night when everyone has already tuned in, but you’re right that that’s not necessarily the case. Still, the parties at home are already planned and at that point you might as well have the game on anyway because those who really care about football will want their last fix anyway

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        13 hours ago

        I mean, wouldn’t the game not happening be such a big deal that even people who aren’t normally interested would tune in just to see all the drama? I never watched it, but if such a protest happened I would likely be interested to see that.

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      12 hours ago

      Yeah, but people tune into the game to watch the best players in the game that season. Backups playing against backups would be horrible (though prob funny to watch).

      However, they’d kind of be scabs in that case, and fuck scabs.