Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Jeffy's Corner: Just a Piece of Cloth...

Episode Date: October 15, 2016

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So I'm reading an article about the ratings of the NFL, the National Football League. And the article is talking about how the ratings are way down this year. And they're going through an entire litany of why those ratings are down. Obviously, you know, you have to, as a television network and as the National Football League, spending millions, if not billions of dollars to promote their product, you have to kind of, you know, shoot from the hip and take a look at all things that could possibly make that, make the crowd go away, make the ratings go down. As I'm reading this article, I mean, they talk about, you know, the regular primetime television,

the way people are viewing TV. You know, they use the NFL and they used live sporting events as an excuse. That's what was going to save television, right? Television is going way down. Viewership is way down because people are watching their viewing habits have changed. Along with, I mean, I understand. You know, I'm, my viewing habits are not with live television. and even sports pushes it for me.

You know, I can follow a game on social media. Heck, Twitter, you know, Thursday nights is doing their own football broadcast. I can watch the game on Twitter. I don't need the network. But this entire article goes down to players retiring and being, you know, being cast aside. You know, whether they're suspended, retiring, hurt, whatever. And they go down to, you know, TV and other outlets to watch it. Not once.

Not one time in this article of, gee, I wonder why some of the, why the ratings plunge for the NFL. Not once. Did they mention the Colin Kaepernick, his little stand against the National Anthem and the flag? not once. Not one time in the article. See, I think that he and whatever other buddies he's got kneeling down on the sideline for the national anthem

hurts more than they think. And obviously they're not thinking about it or they're afraid to say it. Earlier this week, we found out that Colin Kaepernick, again, not only will kneel for the national anthem, but the flag is just a piece of cloth. Just a piece of cloth.

Mm-hmm. Yeah, it is. Roger Goodell. Hey, you know, I support our players when they want to see change in society. We don't live in a perfect society. We live in an imperfect society. Uh-huh. Players have a platform, and it's his right to do that. Is it, Roger? Is it? They have a platform to wear shoes and clothes, too, but you make them. They've got to wear specific clothing, don't they? We can't put specific anything they want on their uniforms because you have rules, right?

Right. You do. Now remember that Ed Morrissey of Hot Air mentioned when sports becomes another politicized arena for multimillionaires to lecture the fans that provide their celebrity lifestyle, it comes as no surprise that the fans will get. turned off and turned the channel. Now, good news for Colin Kaepernick. Not really, though. He just restructured his deal with the 49ers. So they kind of cut his pay.

He restructured his deal for, it'll be void after, he can void it after the 2016 season. And it eliminates about $15 million in injury guarantees. And it dissolves the three years the final three years of the six-year deal. So now it's just a, you know, it's just a rookie's two-year deal, really. No, I know he's, you know,

the mayor making a big deal about he's possibly, you know, starting this weekend. Well, good for you, Colin. Good for you. Now, earlier this week, our Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was interviewed by Katie Couric at Yahoo News.

I know, don't ask. But it was a fascinating interview. The entire interview was actually fascinating with Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She's a, you know, I mean, she's a Supreme Court justice. She's not a dummy. But there was a segment that they were talking about Colin Kaepernick. And let's hear what Ruth had to say. Hmm, Ruth.

Justice Ginsburg, how do you feel about San Francisco 49ers player Colin Kaepernick and other NFL players who have basically refused to stand for the national anthem What do I think? I think it's really dumb of them. Would I arrest them for doing it? No. I think it's dumb and disrespectful. I would have the same answer if you asked me about

flag burning. I said I think it's a terrible thing to do but I wouldn't lock a person up for doing I would point out how ridiculous it seems to me to do such an act but it's dangerous

to arrest people for conduct that it's not doesn't jeopardize the health or well-being of other people it's a symbol they're engaged in

But when it comes to these football players, you may find their actions offensive. Yes. But what you're saying is it's within their rights to exercise those actions. If they want to be stupid, there's no law that should be preventive. If they want to be arrogant, there's no law that prevents them from that. What I would do is... Really not what the deal is, though, is it? strongly take issue

with the point of view that they are expressing when they do that. Yeah, it really isn't the whole deal. Nobody's saying that we should arrest Colin Kaepernick or his cohorts in crime. Oh, that's not a crime. Sorry. What we are saying, though, is that he should pay a little respect.

to the country and to the national anthem and to the people who are paying his paycheck. It does hurt the welfare of the NFL, even though they haven't admitted it publicly yet. Now, Ginsburg throughout this interview was asked several other questions by Katie, and she declined to answer. She said she wasn't going to say anymore on the topic that she's already commented on. and then she commented on this, which I found fascinating that she did. I'm sure, you know, kind of caught her off guard. But she walked it back, of course.

She put out a statement saying, look, barely aware of the incident or its purpose. My comments were inappropriately dismissive and harsh. I should have declined to respond. No question. I was surprised that she did actually answer. However, she's right. And that's kind of the point.

Because no one is saying that he should be arrested or sent off to prison island. We're just saying show a little bit of respect. Show a little bit of respect. And Colin, when you talk about the flag as just a piece of cloth, you're correct. The flag is just a piece of cloth. and you are just a piece of, well, you know, not cloth. I can't take much more of this guy. He's performing in a sport that's providing him a great income and a great platform.

And to use that platform to knock the very country that makes his lifestyle possible is really getting under my skin. I know. I know, I know. The flag, just cloth. The national anthem, just a song. I got it. It may be time, though.

Perhaps that everyone just takes a knee and bows their head. What then, Colin? Will you stand? Oh, no, you can't do that. Maybe then. Maybe then. The experts at web.com want to bill your business a successful website for free. just like we did for these current web.com customers.

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