Originally Posted by Biloxi Bill View Post
Originally Posted by kewlJ View Post

I completely concur, dannyj. I am a big sports guy. I would much prefer not to see any such activism of this nature. I would prefer not to even know that a player or coach or owner supported such and such a candidate as we frequently know. That has nothing to do with why I am tuning in to watch a football or basketball game.

It just strikes me as odd that some people, and I am talking more of media people than you, want to turn it into disrespecting the military or veterans. I just don't see that at all. I think it honors those who serve, for providing that freedom to protest. Now if these protests were against a war and or those fighting a war as protests were back in the 60's, that would be an entirely different matter.

Originally Posted by dannyj View Post
If the NFL starts seeing less profits for too long (I hear attendances are down) this will end. Time will tell.
I am not aware of attendance being down? We are only in week 3? But it wouldn't surprise me. After only 2 weeks the NFL has already almost admitted what a bonehead thing it was to put not 1 but 2 teams back in LA. Rams play in front of 25-30 thousand people in a stadium that holds 100 thousand and was filled the night before when USC played, while the Chargers can't fill up a soccer stadium that holds 27,000! Lame!

I guess they figure second biggest market....there should be a team (or 2 there), but those people....those damn southern California people have proven time and time again, they can't or don't want to support professional football. They like their college football, but apparently have better things to do on a Sunday afternoon.
KJ, you are absolutely right...no one gives a shit about either of these teams out here...all the people I associate with,and myself. are huge sports fans, and not one person was even a tiny bit excited about either of these teams coming here...no one wants another cities recycled trash team....the only way, in my opinion, an NFL team would get support here is if was a brand new expansion team....even the Raiders, with the millions of illegal alien fans they have here won`t fly.....L.A. is a great sports town...the Dodgers sell out every game...so do the Lakers...USC draws big...even the Kings and Ducks sell out and have a rabid fan base.
And, viewership from San Diego to watch the chargers undoubtedly is way down. Being from San Diego and still having many friends and family down there I know firsthand that many have turned their back's on the team and will no longer watch, aside from all the activism going on by the players.

living in Oregon now I was all set to watch the chargers play at 1:25 yesterday. That was the regional game on CBS for those who live on the West Coast. A few minutes after the opening kick off the TV screen went blank and the game was switched to the Bengals/Packers game. That pissed me off and made no sense, at that point I join my wife outside and stop watching.