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.
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