A Confused NFL Stumbles Out of the Gate With Social Justice Virtue-Signaling
11th September 2020
If time was measured in news cycles, it has been roughly 17.765329 years since professional football has graced our screens. But, defying all of the odds, and media narratives, the NFL season returned for its first game of the season Thursday night.
The game itself was surprisingly high quality, considering the lack of a pre-season due to COVID-19. Reigning Super Bowl Champions, the Kansas City Chiefs, took the field against a traditionally high-powered Houston Texans team.
That was not what caught the eyes of most people who tuned in, however.
The NFL has the same problem as the NBA: Most of their audience, and certainly the more profitable part, are white, while their ‘equipment’ are mostly black.