NFL enlists Christian right to fight Barney Frank

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Maybe we should all write to the NFL and some of their to express our displeasure. I'm not suggesting poker players boycott football and beer, but I think we could tell them we'll keep this in mind when deciding what to buy and what to watch.

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If you're not prepared to, in fact, boycott the NFL and everything related to it (NFL highlights shows, NFL coverage, NFL advertisers, etc.), then the NFL has no reason to take any of your complaints seriously.

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Do you have proof of that? Why don't you think they'll care if we significantly reduce our patronage of the league and their products?

My concern with claiming a total boycott is that it won't be believable. However, if we state we're not buying jerseys or any of their cable/satellite packages, we'll be in the realm of the doable.

However, if you're going to totally boycott them, you should write and tell them so.

Goodall's email address is [email protected] .

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So you're saying that taking lesser action *will* convince the NFL, but taking the most powerful action a single individual can take will not? That's odd logic.

"Significantly reduce" is meaningless. So you watch two less games on broadcast or cable per week? That's meaningless. You go from having Sunday Ticket, buying a couple jerseys, maybe even game tickets, to ZERO, and you multiply that by a few hundred thousand PPA members, then you've got something.

Lower concession sales
Lower TV ratings across the board
Lower licensed merchandise sales
Lower share of paid fantasy league money
Etc.

Here's the thing - you have to be willing to back it up by, in fact, boycotting. What's not believeable about that, if the ratings and the dollars show the effects?

If all you claim is "we're not buying your jerseys and extra cable packages", that's hardly a drop in the bucket to overall league revenues. And further, they know that if you're still watching your 3-4 games a Sunday on Fox and ESPN, they've got you hook, line, and sinker, because at that point, they know you need their entertainment more than they need what little bit of money you'd spend on their ancillaries every year. Because the lion's share is in the TV contracts.

If you want to be prepared to go to war with the NFL over their support of UIGEA, then you need to actually be prepared to go to war. Because they are.