Thursday, October 27, 2016

Murka and Fucked-Up Heads, Fuck Yeah!!!

A poll released today just confirmed some of the worst fears for some of us who actually still believe in this archaic philosophy of what is called "Rights".

Colin Kaepernick and his ilk are about to be literally drummed out of this league.  It now appears that there is confirmation that his national anthem/Black Lives Matter protests are at least SOME of the reason that the league is suffering anywhere from a 10 to 25 percent reduction in ratings this season...

Seton Hall Sports, one of the few university-based sports polling franchises out there, has been following the Colin Kaepernick story for some time.  On September 28, 2016, though a 2-1 majority (largely skewing older) disapprove of his protests, a 4-1 majority do believe he has the right to do so.

Well, given the reality of what the courts have ruled with respect to rights and employability by private organizations, I would assume today's released results will put a kibosh on these protests good and proper:
  • 56% believe the ratings drop has at least some basis in the Kaepernick protests.
  • This was the highest of five such proposed reasons.  The election was a 50-50 split on that regard.
  • 44% actually believe there are too many games spread over too many nights now.
  • 39%, surprisingly, put the blame on postseason baseball.  I'd like to know what they are smoking.
  • Fully one-third actually believe some of the ratings decline may be due to a decline in the level of play plus head injuries.
The poll was taken this week from 841 people.

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