Sports Gone Insane, Day Nine: More NFL Fallout

FOR THE MOMENT, it appears as if all we have is fallout from previous stuff, but there's plenty to cover.

• Rihanna is pissed, but for all the wrong reasons.  As a result, Rihanna is GONE from the Thursday Night NFL broadcasts for good.

Last week, of course, Rihanna's "Run This Town" was pulled from the CBS broadcasts as part of the fallout of the Ray Rice dispute.

Rihanna was not pleased...

CBS you pulled my song last week, now you wanna slide it back in this Thursday? NO, Fuck you! Y'all are sad for penalizing me for this.
— Rihanna (@rihanna) September 16, 2014

CBS and her management parted ways on the arrangement entirely shortly thereafter.

So, Rihanna, are you pissed that your song got pulled or that you lost all the attention your song would give you?

And, as a former victim of domestic violence, why would you want the song associated with this league at all?

(Does raise one more interesting question:  With Coldplay hard-left and Rihanna probably now out of the picture, who's going to want to (especially if they have to pay for the privilege!) be the Super Bowl XLIX halftime show?)

• The Governor of the State of Minnesota, Mark Dayton, wants Adrian Peterson suspended.
• Nike has pulled it's Adrian Peterson apparel from stores in Minneapolis.
• Anheuser-Busch has expressed concern with the NFL and it's conduct.

(New York Times)

I guess the biggest question I have for all three parties is:  Or else WHAT?

Of course, the makers of Budweiser could have some serious pull if they decide to pull their ads, but will they really go that far given the poll numbers on the subject?

The most interesting thing about this situation is that this might motivate Congress to actually go after the NFL's non-profit status.  Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has introduced a bill to end the non-profit status of major pro sports leagues.

That might be a functional "or else".

Couple of early Olbermann shots before his show:

His own charity bails. #AdrianPeterson "All Day Foundation" goes on hiatus until everybody has "reflected" on impact on his philanthropy
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) September 16, 2014

Of course, that could work the other way too.  Could be AP abandoning all pretense...

Meanwhile you, @ProletarianSol are on twitter pretending to speak for oppressed while defending a grown man bloodying two sons. Eff You.
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) September 16, 2014

Remember the survey you mentioned yesterday, Keith.  (Keith said this in response to three tweets defending child abuse.)

A final note:  Brian's off working on another book, so I asked him if he wanted someone to chronicle all this on his site.  So another Guest Post there is coming.