But things are getting weird. Nike attacking like that, supporting the lower classes. Of course, their market is folks who want to buy overpriced shoes, made by sweatshop labor, for fashion purposes. Who want to be like the overpaid skilled labor that is on showcase in NFL stadiums.
Stupid people.
Colin isn't stupid, as a matter of fact, I kind of admire his stand, and truthfully, he seems to be a well-composed adult with a pretty fine set of morals. Good on you my man.
But the sport you play and the people you used to work for are not amused. Their money comes from selling an illusion to a slightly different flavor of stupid people. The real money from the NFL comes from ad revenues from large corporations who do not in any way, shape, or form give a single fuck about the plight of the poor blacks who Colin is trying to represent.
As a matter of fact, Colin bringing up the police violence used to suppress the dissatisfaction connected with the ongoing increase in wealth inequality may very well depress the corporate earnings of folks who advertise. So, from the leagues point of view, any political viewpoint that will so annoy their advertising revenue is definitely not welcome.
The really funny folks are the self absorbed fans who look at the purity of the game and how the game should not in any way be infected by "outside" influences. A fucking joke that. The corporate whores who fill up the stadiums and buy the status symbols advertised don't want to know that their choices are a political statement. They are a declaration that only the acquisition of more is important and that the status that they purchase with their seats and their cars and their disposable income is purchased by others being forced into much less.
No my friends, the NFL is nothing but political. The money taken for cheerleading corporate excess and military recruiting say it all.
The NFL is a real-life, real-time propaganda organ of the corporate overclass.
As a matter of fact, Colin bringing up the police violence used to suppress the dissatisfaction connected with the ongoing increase in wealth inequality may very well depress the corporate earnings of folks who advertise. So, from the leagues point of view, any political viewpoint that will so annoy their advertising revenue is definitely not welcome.
The really funny folks are the self absorbed fans who look at the purity of the game and how the game should not in any way be infected by "outside" influences. A fucking joke that. The corporate whores who fill up the stadiums and buy the status symbols advertised don't want to know that their choices are a political statement. They are a declaration that only the acquisition of more is important and that the status that they purchase with their seats and their cars and their disposable income is purchased by others being forced into much less.
No my friends, the NFL is nothing but political. The money taken for cheerleading corporate excess and military recruiting say it all.
The NFL is a real-life, real-time propaganda organ of the corporate overclass.
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