When
one listens to the malarkey coming from the mouths of the NFL
players’ representatives one would think that these hunks of muscle
were just more limp-wristed left coast liberals trying to get more
government money thrust into a failing Detroit or Ferguson, but the
reality is more self-serving than that. And
the self-serving aspect is
being cleverly hidden behind the players’ phony concern for their
“community”, whatever that means.
Are
the NFL players, who earn
tens
of millions of dollars a year and deck themselves out in bling and
fancy cars, really
interested in their “communities” or just interested in
themselves and the greater liberal political establishment?
There was a recording of players’ statements released Thursday in
which the word “community” was used in nearly every sentence, so
their pretend concern for their “community” seemed paramount. But
one would be wise to suspect that this is simply misdirection and
that their real goal is their personal enrichment and the images of
themselves that they want the public to absorb, at the direction of
veteran, liberal political operatives and community organizers.
I’d
be willing to bet that these elite players live in upper-class
mansions
in mostly white neighborhoods. But when they make their pitch about
making their “communities”
better and
how white supremacy, alleged
police murders of blacks
and the NFL teams and managers, and of course Donald Trump, are
making their “communities” worse places to live, one will be
excused if the average consumer of this news laughs
out loud. With few exceptions, once these players leave the
communities they grew up in, they never look back, which
is a normal thing to do:
move on and move up. But to hear all of this caterwauling
about their “community” is to
be fed fake news.
The
millionaire neighborhoods/communities
most players reside
in neither need nor want any assistance from anyone, least of all the
NFL and the players’ organization. If the players really cared
about the “community” they grew up in they should try living
there and making necessary changes needed to stop crime, bring in
needed businesses and improve the local schools. But they don’t.
The
truth is that the whole business of
the players’
disrespect toward the national anthem, begun by a whining
player who was being released from a team because he could no longer
play well enough to justify the enormous salary he was being paid,
has been morphed into a hate Trump rally that is loved by the
liberals establishment in Washington, and that makes the whole thing
strictly political.
If
the players could only get some advice from their great-grandparents
on this issue, I’m certain the old folks would scold them for
endangering their
opportunity to live a life of wealth and independence from
the political machinations
of big government. But
this NFL
protest business is just
another example of
the Democrat party using unsuspecting people for their own political
gain, just as they’ve used welfare recipients for the last fifty
years, and hope to use illegal aliens for the next fifty years: as
assured, dependent voters
for the Democrat cause.
The
players are banking on those football enthusiasts
who worship them
for their
athletic ability, and who admire
them for their
achievements, to provide enthusiastic
support for their newly found concern for the players’
“community”.
But
one fears those
worshipful fans
have vacated the stadium
with this blatant display of political opportunism and one suspects
that support for the players’
cause will evaporate quickly, which
I believe we already see happening with
the dwindling television market share for football games and dropping
stadium attendance.
If
the players are not careful they’ll soon be out of work and back in
their much-ballyhooed “community”, wishing to hell they had
played the ball game that they love and are good at, and not listened
to the leftist politicians and community organizers that
are about to ruin the wonderful thing they have going for them. But a
return to the old neighborhood will give them a chance to really
serve and improve the “community” they say they love so much. So
keep up the childish protests fellows; you may soon get your wish to
serve your “community” as a full time, low-paid
job.