To be accurate, I said "NFL Pre-Season", not NFL preseason games. I can't speak for anyone else but I've had my TV's tuned to the NFL Network all day (and often at night) the minute teams began arriving at training camps.

Again, the only thing that doesn't apply is the start of the college season but in a "normal" year, games would be starting this week.

Anyway and back on topic, it's just impossible to compare TV ratings 1:1 when this is the first time in modern history that the NBA has played regular season and post-season games in August and possibly, September and October.

If the NBA played during the summer of 2021, there would be a true comparison possible but as of today, the numbers are fairly meaningless. And it doesn't help that we're in an election year with two conventions happening smack dab in the middle of the NBA playoffs.

I love sports and I’ve never considered boycotting, but I’m getting sick of this shit.

If the Chiefs didn’t have Mahomes and weren’t coming off a SB, who knows how I’d feel right about now.

****OFFICIAL NBA Regular Season Thread****

^Take your bullshit trolling to the Romper Room.

Again, I wouldn't be surprised if millions, if not tens of millions of Americas, feel the same way and walk away.

2020 has been the defining year of my time on this planet so far. We've seen tens of millions unemployed while others are thriving and continue to thrive.

We've seen multi-national corporations quickly pivot from spending hundreds of millions on office space, maintenance and cleaning crews, only to realize that almost none of that was needed to be successful and sustainable in 2020 and beyond.

Everything around us is changing at a faster pace than at any time in human history so it makes sense that sports, which have become polarizing across this nation, will feel these cataclysmic changes, too.

I like how the NBA players are skipping an NBA game due to police brutality but say little to nothing about black on black crime. in particular, the street gangs who kill far more blacks in a wkend than cops do in a year.

I wish they would just keep social shit away from sports for most part. If you want to become a political activist do it on your own time. Skipping a game isn't going to solve anything.

How is this "trolling"? People are moaning about the players protesting on this thread and some have brought up Pat!!...so my statement was in relation to whats being said smh.

*sigh* You said "NFL preseason" and "NFL training camp". Its just listing the same thing twice.

But whatever, I'm sorry I even brought it up.

And of course "black on black crime" is brought up AGAIN in order to deflect!! smh. Go look up white on white crime buddy!!..and tell me why folks aren't talking about it?

My apologies, man. I did not intend to argue the point.

Remove them from the playoffs and disqualify then from postseason play next year

I don't do boycotts typically. I'll throw money at causes I agree with; I'll reward entities I think are doing the right thing, but don't generally boycott.

I will not, however, be held hostage.

You want to start saying you'll stay at home? Aight. You want to tell me that I have to agree with your worldview for you to provide me entertainment? Good fucking luck.

I'll find something else to do. Again, my De-mystifying Electricity book badly needs to be read and I still suck at drywall and trim carpentry. My finishing skills are just god-awful. You wanna give me adequate cause to spend time on life skills instead of accumulating ammunition to argue with yahoos on a football board? Okay - I can live with that.

Their leverage here is not what they think it is.

I'm guessing a lot of folks won't let something like a tweet by Doolittle impact their lives one iota. I sure wouldn't.

The entire league?

For sports, the wounds will be self-inflicted. Not by the leagues, but by the players who are overplaying their hands.

The owners and commissioners want no part of this shit. But the players are working on killing the golden goose.