Interesting comments on MTP about the NFL "rules"

[question everything]

ANDREA MITCHELL:You know, the hypocrisy is so profound. Take a look at any NFL stadium. And people are getting hot dogs. People are getting beers. They're not standing and saluting the anthem for a large part. They're not. They're distracted. They're fans at an event. And the fact that the players do not have this freedom of speech and that no one is even thinking about Colin Kaepernick, who's lost his entire career over this issue.Who has been, you know, basically black balled and can't be hired. It's just outrageous. And let's get back to the original principles, which is the fact that mostly people of color, mostly male, are facing abuse by, you know, many law enforcement agencies around this country in a way that has led to death, that has led to, you know--

and..

CHUCK TODD:Let me put up a statistic here. This is African-Americans in the NFL. Nearly 70% of all players are African-American.

CHUCK TODD:Just seven of 32 head coaches are African-American. There's not a single owner who's African-American. At the same time, it's my understanding they did do a poll of their fans. And their white fan base is obviously much larger than their fan base of color.

https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-may-27-2018-n877866

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I wonder why there is not a single African American owner. It is not as if there are no African American millionaires? On the other hand, I don't know the first thing about professional sport..

[RockRaven]

1. The most recently sold NFL team sold for more than $2.2 Billion (and that was a smaller market team)

and was sold to a guy with a net worth of $11 Billion or something. Apparently one of the things that led to his selection as the buyer was a) he paid cash as opposed to financing the purchase and b) his deep pockets beyond the purchase was considered a generally good thing.

I have absolutely no idea how many people in the US have an eleven-figure net worth (i.e. $10+B), nor what percentage are African-American, but I'm guessing both figures are small.

Every NFL owner isn't that rich, but those that aren't are the ones who have owned those teams for many decades, before they were worth so much.

[Midnight Writer]

2. There is also a buyer's club. Limbaugh was prevented from buying a team by a vote by the League.

[Kirk Lover]

3. Thank you Andrea Mitchell for pointing out the bullshit. nt

[MiniMe]

4. As usual, this wasn't a big deal until tRump focused on it