Title says it all. I've been completely over the NFL and their woke bullshit for the past 5-10 years. I grew up watching the sport for the past 50+ years, but professional football in America has turned into a grotesque industry in recent years, for the obvious reasons I've already alluded to.
This year, however, is just off the charts horrendous....there were NFL games on Thanksgiving (obviously), and now Black Friday...and now I see there are NFL games on this afternoon and tonight (the 23rd), tomorrow (Christmas Eve), and OF COURSE, on Christmas Day.
I guess I wouldn't care...I just tune out of their nonsense, unless I want to occasionally check in to see the one team that I've followed since a kid...but with all of this being televised over the next 48+ hours, we're going to have most of a dinner party ruined tonight with our late 20-something sons and a couple of their friends in attendance now (probably) glued to the TV...not to mention Christmas Eve/Day, as our sons will tune in (and be screaming at) the damn games.
I'm just so over the NFL...and I'm tired of their money/ratings-grabs....it's just starting to ruin our family time together on the holidays. Could I not allow our sons to turn on the TV? Sure. But then they'll make it seem even more miserable sitting around talking to us.
Sorry, rant over. I f*cking hate the NFL. :(
I with you fren. I haven't watched the NFL since they started their woke unpatriotic crap with the national anthem.
I haven't watched one minute of it since they sold their souls to Obama in 2009 and began the anti-American crap.
Black national anthem
"Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt."
Same shit different century.
Game plan known. This shit doesnt work any longer.
Somebody here or on PDW the other day posted something really funny. Apparently, his niece and his daughter were visiting, and they were watching that stupid Barbie movie, and it was all about being a narcissist and hating on men. He shut down the Internet in the middle of the video. The reeeees! 🤣😂
Might I suggest turning off your Internet service, and just tell them it’s not working. People would still be able to use their phones for making phone calls and to be on their device for checking social media, but your TV would not be able to work. Just a suggestion. It’s a little bit covert, however… even if you can get your TV off for an hour, don’t you think that would help with your time together. Perhaps if you time it right, where they get to watch the last half of the game or something like that, it would be more tenable. This way you would have some family time together, and then they would be able to watch the end of the game. ??
If one of them has streaming mobile, home wi-fi outage wouldn't matter. Gotta strategize.
I know, right?
Smash the tv
That's just plain rude to be invited over to someone's dinner party and then ignore the host to watch foopball on the teevee.
Thanks, fren. That's how I feel...can't help but feel that it's extremely rude. And it's turned out exactly that way...all of the brain dead NFL fans (e.g., everyone but me and the wives) are glued to the effing TV. I'm sticking it out to half time then wff this crap. Heading to the LR to sit by the tree.
I don't think having viewer options means they are ruining anything. don't watch, or mute the TV and play Christmas music. or go outside. lots of options.
NFL is for morons.
Yay someone threw a ball and someone else caught it. WooooW.
I'll say this about football, it's wonderful to see tens of thousands of screaming fans packed close together without masks. That has to be worth something.
I don't watch sports, and I'm with you on the whole "wokeness ruins everything" idea. But..:
..That's not the NFL ruining anything. The NFL is not forcing them to watch, they are choosing to. So whatever problem that causes it's on them
Can you limit it to another room? That way the addicts can all hang out together...
That's EXACTLY how it's turned out. I'm being a somewhat polite host to hang out for the first quarter or two....but I've SO had it. This much NFL makes me want to vomit...and there's three straight days in a row coming up. 🤢🤮
You could try to get the young 'uns to actually play football outside and run around for a bit. That always gets them hungry! But it'll take a bit of convincing, at first anyway.
Good luck!
On Christmas? That really depends on where you live. This year it’s not snowing so I could actually do that for once
Totally agree! I was just saying this to my wife as we drove by Shitlette Stadium today. We always check to see if there is a game before driving past that shithole and she told me about the Christmas Eve game tomorrow. I had a similar tirade like you did above.
Awww, TY, fren. Sometimes I think I'm the only person who feels this way!
Same here. I went off a bit on how everyone was supposed to "teach the NFL a lesson" after all their woke, un-American shit yet they seem to be doing better than ever. All the fair weather conservatives just can't give up their beloved football.
Yep, you're spot-on. I stick to my guns...and my sons look at me like, "What, you're not going to watch SPORTSBALL???" Yeah, HARD NO. I'm not. EFF the NFL...I meant that when they started going down their woke road years ago and I still mean it.
I’ve seen no fewer than 5 players praise Jesus after a win. Brock Purdy, leading MVP candidate right now, has a fairly viral video on youtube talking about his faith in an interview. Happening a lot this year.
I hear you, it pisses me off too
But I think that the NFL has played a Christmas Day game for decades now.
Football and Christmas/Thanksgiving has been a thing for my entire life.
According to Wikipedia, the NFL hasn't played on Christmas between 1971 and 1989.
Makes sense… I was born in 86, so pretty much my entire life they’ve played a Christmas Day game.
when Crapernick started kneeling and got praised for it, I wanted to puke. It was a disgusting act. I'm not even American and I was offended by that entire charade. I have not watched a second of that shit since.
Thank you so much for sharing that, especially as a non-American. I feel like I'm definitely not alone in this forum...but definitely feel "alone" in my own home today. I hate the NFL for doing this to my family.
Same. Shitty sport and dread going over to family functions where I know there's fans of it. Nothing says fun on the holidays like sitting around the TV for 4 hours seeing and hearing a load of subliminal messaging and a bunch of dudes growing each other the whole time. Fuck I hate football lol
I am SO with you, fren. And the cycle REPEATS today...my sons are glued to the TV. I'm so done, and I'm not doing it. If that means we're sitting in two separate rooms on Christmas Eve Day, SO BE IT. I'm tired of giving in and compromising for everyone else's "needs" in terms of bread and circuses.
Yep already expecting my uncle to be glued to the TV (and be the only one watching it.) Well keeps him from spouting MSM talking points at least.
LOL. You are spot on. The sad thing is that all these mindless fans glued to the TV tonight are conservatives...sadly.
Be a shame if the tv suddenly didn't work. Hmmm....where's the fuse box...
Yeah, I seriously thought about turning off the Internet router. They'd probably all pass out.