"If it offends your sensibilities, then .... eye-spraining roll .... "Then. Don't. Watch."
That's the rule, if you don't like it, just look away ... Until of course the target becomes a protected group, and Tebow takes a knee against, say, loosening sexual taboos or somesuch. Then the guys on TV (not you Sherm) are the first to call for a protestor's job and "free speech" has very circumscribed contexts in which the 1A applies. :- )
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That the NFL has lost us and it's our loss, not theirs ... I guess I'm confused. The CEO is there to drive up units sold, TV ratings, brand trust, all that stuff. A 4% or 8% or 11% reduction in ratings -- or a 2% gain where a 4% gain was the target -- is very much their loss. Not sure what you're driving at here. NO business wants to alienate ANY customers it can avoid alienating.
And the NFL did that, protect its consumer brand with an iron fist, right up until this flag protest.
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Appreciate however the eloquent case made Sherm as always.