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A different Super Bowl Matchup: Politics versus the NFL


Posted: Feb 2, 2017

Sunday night in Houston, is infused with national politics like never before. Fox’s pregame telecast will include an interview of President Trump by Bill O’Reilly. The owner, coach and star player of one team, the highly successful New England Patriots, are friends of the president’s. Last Sunday, hundreds of people opposed to the president’s immigration policy protested at the convention center where the N.F.L. is holding many of its events for fans. The next day, many players on the Falcons and Patriots — including Mohamed Sanu, who is Muslim — were peppered with questions about their thoughts on the president and his temporary ban on refugees from some Muslim-majority countries. The political overlay made the league so uneasy, apparently, that it omitted any references to the president from the dozens of official transcripts of interviews with players on Monday. Politics could even bleed into the game during the halftime musical act — usually a saccharine spectacle — because this year’s headliner, Lady Gaga, is an outspoken champion of gay rights and women’s rights and has been sharply critical of Mr. Trump at times. The Super Bowl is only the latest cultural event to be awash in political undercurrents. Last month, Meryl Streep stole the show at the Golden Globes awards ceremony with a fiery denunciation of Mr. Trump as a demagogue and a bully, followed by a series of speeches at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David Harbour and other actors lashed into Mr. Trump’s new visa ban that targets predominantly Muslim countries. Two more major award shows loom this month — the Grammys, on Feb. 12, and the Academy Awards, on Feb. 26 — and some politically charged speeches and moments are widely expected, especially at the Oscars, which an Iranian filmmaker is planning to skip in protest of Mr. Trump’s immigration policies. It is unclear if the Grammys and the Oscars will draw protesters the way the Super Bowl has, given that the award shows will feature many performers who are liberals in solidarity against Mr. Trump. But the awards shows and the Super Bowl do point up another deep divide in American life: N.F.L. leaders would prefer to stay as far away from politics as they can, while Hollywood stars seem to be interested in engaging as they walk the red carpet or deliver acceptance speeches on live television. But the N.F.L. has long struggled to find neutral ground between its biggest annual game and the events that swirl around it. As the Super Bowl has grown from a game to a weekend to a two-week news media rodeo attracting thousands of reporters, the league has opened itself up to more lavish publicity, but also more scrutiny and criticism. “The league is certainly powerful, but I don’t know how you control it when you have media day with the teams on the field with not just sports reporters and television networks, but people from ‘Entertainment Tonight’ and you name it, and asking questions that have nothing to do with the game,” said Ed Goren, the former executive producer and vice chairman of Fox Sports. “Because it’s the Super Bowl, the questions are going to get asked.” ;

Me, I'm taking a knee on watching the Super Bowl - this year. Budweiser won't

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receive any of my business in the future. The new BUD commercial will turn off the NFL fan base.

I completely disagree, I will be watching it - BECAUSE of the Bud commercial

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And cheering on Atlanta! Hate those Patriots and especially pretty boy Brady.

I don't think this is going to be split along political lines at all though, since everyone in Mass (D state) will be cheering on the Patriots, even though Brady and the owner looove Trumpy!

Sports is sports, we know most sports figures are not brain surgeons (but then again Ben Carson WAS a brain surgeon -- what???). Lighten up and grab a beer.

Not going to any parties, but will certainly enjoy watching in my home (day off, yay!!!).

If liberals are willing to make the distinction that the Bud - commercial is about legal

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immigrants, not illegals, honestly, most immigration problems would disappear.

I hope Brady wins but we ain’t watching

I looked it up and at the time most of our - ancestors arrived there were no laws
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In fact, had our ancestors had to comply with today's strict regulations, most of us would never be Americans.

Not apples and apples unless you mean your ancestors got here very recently.

In fact, Anheuser and Busch (featured in the commercial) formed the company in 1852. That's way before my grandma got here at the age of 15 in 1915 with her 3 younger brothers in tow. They didn't send them back.

The point of the commercial is to say we are all immigrants and that's what makes this country great.

So that commercial, in fact, is NOT about legal immigrants. Either everyone was legal then or everyone was illegal.

From the link below from the American Immigration Council, there were really no laws at all re who could immigrate until 1924:

"The first numerical caps on immigration and limitations on Europeans were not established until the 1920s—after the great wave of immigration to the United States.

The Quota Law of 1921 and the Immigration Act of 1924 created a quota system that was based on race and nationality. These laws heavily favored Western European immigrants, while closing the door to “undesirables,” including people from Southern and Eastern European countries. The 1921 and 1924 laws did not put numerical limits on natives of the Western Hemisphere, including Canada, Mexico, and South America. However, head taxes (fixed fees charged to each person entering) and literacy tests kept many from obtaining visas. For the first time, the 1924 law required immigrants to present medical certificates to the U.S. consul abroad and obtain a visa prior to arriving in the United States."
Back then people wanted to become American. They assimilated. - Prohibition ruined the beer industry
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and some of them went into the restaurant business. They had the American spirit.

Today, it's different. We have many more people in the country and people coming here NOT to assimilate, but to take advantage of welfare. The system is going to collapse.

Politics is in EVERYTHING now. I just want to be left - alone!

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nomsg

The only way to do that is to go 100% off the - grid & live in an underground bunker.

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I'm sure lots of "preppers" are there, already, closing their eyes and covering their ears.

I'm not excited about it. Maybe if the Cowboys were - in it...

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xx

I hate football, so I won't be watching the - Super Bowl for any reason. Ick!

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