Of all the dubious decisions in the opening week of the 2017 season, none topped the insensitive tweet from the league's official NFL Mexico account with three smiley emojis that likened the Kansas City Chiefs' big victory over the New England Patriots to the deadly earthquake that shook Mexico and took 90 lives.
That was worse than the Atlanta Braves playing "Rock You Like A Hurricane" between innings of their baseball game against the Miami Marlins on Thursday night while Hurricane Irma was bearing down on Florida.
That Scorpions' rock anthem is on the regular playlist at SunTrust Park and apparently was an oversight in the series opener. Besides, we'll give the Braves props for allowing any Floridians fleeing Irma to attend any of the four games in the weekend series for free.
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I don't watch professional sports....not much professional about them....
ReplyDeleteUntil the NFL gets politics off off the playing field and the cameras, I will not be watching. I do not give a rat's ass about any overpaid football player's political views. People turn on a game to watch football, not political "statements." They are killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. If the NFL is waiting to see if these public, on-field, displays of anti-patriotic behavior have an effect on revenues, then they are about to find out. So will the advertisers, as their ridiculously high cost TV ads reach fewer and fewer fans.
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