Buh bye Colin: don't let the door hit you on your way out

Like an "ex" who doesn't want anything more to do with you but also doesn't want to hurt your feelings, the National Football League (NFL) says that it has "moved on" where former mediocre quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers is concerned.

The highly flawed QB's workout was anything but awe inspiring, but at least some good came from it as Kaepernick's receiver, Jordan Veasy got signed.

Kaepernick was invited by the NFL to a special workout in November in Atlanta, Ga. and was originally planned to be at the Atlanta Falcons training facility. But at the last minute [actually it was 30 minutes prior to the plan] the big-haired QB pulled a switch and his representatives changed the location to a high school stadium.

In spite of his behavior, while many teams who were "disappointed that Colin did not appear for his workout," a number of team representatives did arrive at the field he chose.

But it may have been a bad day for the guy who refuses to stand for the national anthem and wore "Pig" socks as a sign of police hatred. He sucked last month as much as he sucked before he was benched and subsequently decided to take a knee during the anthem.

The NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell, who is generally a wimp when it comes to controversy, noted that the unprecedented workout for Kaepernick was "about creating an opportunity": "We created that opportunity. It was a unique opportunity, a credible opportunity and he chose not to take it. I understand that."

"We've moved on."

It isn't you, Colin, it's me.

Buh bye. Take good care of yourself in your Nike shoes, "Cops are Pigs" socks and tattoos. 

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NFL team decides it wants fans to watch their games

The Houston Texans of the NFL appear to be avoiding free agents who refused to stand for the national anthem of the United States and instead, "took a knee" in a tribute to a non-existent epidemic of police brutality and other nonsense such as the fair and democratic election of President Donald Trump.

The protests, inspired by Colin Kaepernick, a former quarterback with minimal talent who needed to stay relevant, took the NFL by storm last season. But now it has made an impact on the way the Houston Texans will go after free agents.

According to the Houston Chronicle, a pair of NFL agents told them the team isn't interested in selecting players who took a knee during the national anthem last season.

Evidently, they [correctly] believe that it's bad for business. And since the NFL head, Roger Goodell, doesn't have the testicular fortitude to made it mandatory for players to stand during the anthem, the Houston Texans solved the problem themselves.

Although there is no official directive, the team management isn't going to pursue anyone who disrespects the anthem and what it represents.

Team owner Bob McNair got into hot soup last season when he said "we can't have the inmates running the prison" during a meeting with NFL owners about players protesting during the national anthem.

He probably should have instead said: "We can't have the inmates running the asylum." That's the origin of the expression and it would have been more accurate.

But McNair hurt the fragile feelings of the team and the next game most of the players kneeled during the anthem. 

Some may have cried. We will never know.


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The NFL boycott is working--don't stop

The NFL boycott being exercised by patriotic Americans who are disgusted with players 'taking a knee' at the playing of our National Anthem is beginning to have an effect. The "Thursday Night Football" ratings fell to a season low in which the Denver Broncos beat the Indianapolis Colts 25 to 13.

Neither the Bronco nor the Colts were in the playoff running for the season. But the season was fraught with controversy and protests and the ratings have declined significantly. Not simply the empty stadium seats at Lucas Oil Stadium, but overall on TV and other stadiums across the country.

Perhaps there's still hope for our country.

The market metered results was 7.4 out of 13, a season low for both CBS and NBC and simulcast on NFL Network, 

The winners in all this garbage is Roger Goodell who just signed a $200 million contract to remain commissioner. 

In spite of their anti-American protest under the guise of police brutality and other non-factual beliefs, the players haven't suffered any repercussions from coaches or the owners. Miami Dolphins coach Adam Gase allowed players to leave the locker room during the anthem and show the fans their lack of respect for it, the flag and the nation by kneeling on the field.

There's still some mutually destructive conflict going on between the players over the $100 million the NFL pledged to donate for their causes, but the money will be doled out and you can bet it's going to go to some leftist group that applauds the players' disrespectful behavior.

The losers were the television networks in terms of their ratings, which will be lower for the third consecutive year. Thus, they will make less money through their sponsors and ESPN may even cut back on its money-losing licensing. That's still in the rumor stage, but it's possible if we remain committed to our beliefs and the boycott continues.

The players may also lose as the salary cap in the league is dependent upon total revenue. Keep kneeling and watch the cap circle the bowl, and I don't mean the Superbowl. Angering your best customers is not smart business strategy. In fact, a Baltimore-Buffalo game recently offered seats as low as $4. Merchandise that used to fall off the shelves is falling off in sales and TV package renewals will possibly decline and this lowers the salary cap as well. This means less money for players in salary and in endorsements if they continue to piss us off.

Next season the players will probably be off the field when the "Star Spangled Banner" is played and the flag displayed. They'll probably kneel in the locker room, especially if the media checks on them.

They can kneel all they want. I'm going to watch college football instead. I particularly enjoy the Army-Navy game (go Navy!). Not only did nobody kneel, everyone, players and fans in the stadium, are prepared to defend precisely what the "Star Spangled Banner" stands for. 

Don't get me wrong--I love NFL football. But I have to put my principals over my entertainment needs. 

I may never watch another NFL game, but perhaps if something changes that shows me the NFL has changed, I might.

In the meanwhile, I hope you'll consider boycotting the NFL, or continue to do so if you already are boycotting. Use the time you would have spent watching a game with your family or friends, or whatever you want to do that seems to always be on the backburner. 

And if you want to take a knee, do it in church. It's a lot more meaningful there.


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Colin Kaepernick, GQ's Citizen of the Year

If your goal is to appeal to leftists and in the process, put yourself out of business, you need to follow the examples of GQ and Glamour magazines. But I'm only going to deal with the former rag, and discuss Glamour in a later post.

GQ magazine has named Colin Kaepernick, Citizen of the Year for 2017.

Kaepernick is a former duck-throwing quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. He is now known as the mediocre QB responsible for starting a national movement to protest the Star Spangled Banner by taking a knee, ostensibly to protest  police brutality, which has nothing to do with the National Anthem and everything to do with disrespecting the flag and our military who've defended it and the nation for which it stands. 


He also wore socks depicting cops as pigs.

Once Kaepernick got a bit of notoriety from his disrespectful display, other players joined the party and took a knee--one guy even did his stretching exercises during the playing of the anthem.

Roger Goodell, who's as useless as spectacles on testacles, refused to demand the player follow the NFL policy of standing during the playing of the anthem. In fact, now he wants a raise in salary to over $45 million.

Soon the disrespect spread like flies on a cow turd as even kids emulated their 'heroes.'  The pee wee league kids were doing it, and even a few cheerleaders dropped their pom poms in protest of something they knew not exactly what.

So GQ, the magazine that has been devolving for over half a century, has placed an unemployed football player who cannot elucidate the reason he takes a knee for the Star Spangled Banner--first it was to show support to the Black Lives Matter movement, a movement that is clearly anti-police, anti-establishment, anti-American.

"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," he told NFL Media in an exclusive interview in August 2016. "To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."

Not to mention the bodies in the streets of Chicago, put there by gang bangers, almost entirely black, and in extremely high numbers. 

But if you take a stand, if you protest about that, and try doing something to actually help the communities deal with this problem, you might actually make a difference. Some people in the communities of Chicago, often those connected with churches, actually do go out and help their communities, but GQ doesn't care about them.

Not to mention the incredible number of black babies aborted every year by single mothers by Planned Parenthood. Why not protest that organization started by Margaret Sanger, a staunch birth control advocate, and eugenicist.

But GQ apparently doesn't care about saving black kids--that isn't how they see good citizenship.

It is about alleged racial inequality and police brutality, and dishonoring the flag, the anthem and our military is the method of doing it. A non sequitur when it comes to making sense of taking a knee. The magazine called Kaepernick a "powerful symbol of activism and resistance."

No. A powerful symbol of activism was Mother Theresa. Another is the first responders and organizations like the all volunteer Cajun Navy who helped rescue people from the ravages of Hurricane Harvey. GQ never even considered those folks.

A powerful symbol of resistance was Rev. Martin Luther King. (Note how the left refuses to call him "Reverend" but instead refers to his as "Doctor" King.)

A powerful symbol of resistance was when a plumber from Sutherland Springs, Texas grabbed a gun when he heard his church was under attack, ran barefoot toward the church and shot at the killer, which saved countless lives. GQ forgot about him.

But GQ seems to be doing whatever it can to sell paper, and all they're doing is selling hatred.


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