Subj : Re: NFL To : Gamgee From : Arelor Date : Mon Sep 28 2020 10:02 am Re: Re: NFL By: Gamgee to Arelor on Mon Sep 28 2020 07:44 am > -=> Arelor wrote to Gamgee <=- > > > I gave up on that shit-show about 4 years ago when the whole > > Kapernick bullshit started. Don't miss it a bit. > > Ar> haha, do you care to explain what that was about, for those who > Ar> are not in the US? > > Kapernick started the whole thing about kneeling during the > playing of the national anthem before games, as some sort of > "protest" against unfair treatment of black people. Many people > found (and still do) that to be disrespectful, and a lot of folks > gave up on the NFL (and basketball/NBA, and to some extent > baseball/MLB) because of it. > > > > ... All the easy problems have been solved. Ah, I see. I see you have a bigger number of powerful leagues over there. Here in Spain, only soccer makes money... everything else does not really pull its weight. My father asked me what the biggest sport was over there and I told him I believed it to be baseball, but I don't know how accurate my estimation was :-) -- gopher://gopher.operationalsecurity.es --- þ Synchronet þ Palantir BBS * palantirbbs.ddns.net * Pensacola, FL .