Phalanx wrote:StevensTechU wrote:I haven't watched the NFL since the Vikings let Chris Kluwe go for advocating for marriage equality.
So the short explanation since you're obviously interested in what I do/don't support- The Kluwe ordeal was the last in a long line of equality, ethics, and human rights issues that made me less and less comfortable supporting the NFL. Those include:greenyellow wrote: It's kind of dumb, petty reason to stop watching the NFL altogether.
-Paying hush money when it was discovered CTE can be caused by football. Not accidentally, but deliberately.
-Pilfering money out of cities to pay for stadiums that will go into private hands.
-Requiring homeless people to work at the stadium in order to not lose their beds at a shelter (Tampa Bay Bucs) http://deadspin.com/report-buccaneers-e ... 1664733321
-Turning a blind eye to domestic abuse, time and time and time again
-Paying cheerleaders less than minimum wage
-Playing an active role in homophobia, illustrated by the Kluwe incident
-Being a tax-exempt entity, like church and the Boy Scouts, from 1942-2015
-Masquerading their "Salute to Service" customs as a non-profit, do-good act when in reality they were charging the military millions for airtime and to have service men and women on the field before games and at halftime
That's a half-effort list, and it's still enough to see that it's a league making shitty people rich. Call it somewhat a general rule, but I prefer my money not go to shitty people. So when I weigh the magnitude of the importance of the things above (morality, human decency) and compare it to the importance of football, it seems 'kind of dumb and petty' to turn a blind eye to those things because I enjoy touchdown passes and big hits.