Dear NFL: I’m not “boycotting” you. I just don’t care anymore, about you.
"The NFL players’ sideline protests over the National Anthem and flag have angered a lot of people. On the surface, that anger is about patriotism versus a sense of entitlement, with the players having too little of the former and too much of the latter.
"But there’s another feeling of disgust I’m hearing a lot, how the NFL was one of the few remaining places to which we could escape from politics and just be left alone and allowed to enjoy something. The NFL was an escape.
"That’s a sentiment I expressed in my post, NFL picked sides in the culture war, now it has to live with the consequences: . . ."
"For those who want to let the sponsors of the NFL know that you are not approving of their support, here is a list of the sponsors" and when they became sponsors:
- Gatorade (PepsiCo) Isotonic beverage ’83
- Visa Payment systems services ’95
- Campbell’s Soup Soup ’98
- FedEx Package delivery service ’00
- Frito-Lay (PepsiCo) Salted snack/popcorn ’00
- Mars Snackfood Chocolate ’02
- Pepsi (PepsiCo) Soft drinks ’02
- Dairy Mgmt. Inc. Dairy/milk/yogurt/cheese ’03
- Bridgestone Tire ’07
- Gillette Health/beauty ’09
- Verizon Wireless phones ’10
- Barclays Affinity card ’10
- Papa John’s Pizza ’10
- Castrol Motor oil ’10
- Anheuser-Busch Beer ’11
- USAA Insurance ’11
- Bose Home theater system ’11
- Courtyard by Marriot Hotel ’11
- Xbox (Microsoft) Video game console ’11
- Quaker Oats Hot cereal ’12
- Tide/Duracell Household cleaning/battery’12
- Lenovo Computers ’12
- McDonald’s Restaurant ’12
- SAP Cloud software solutions ’12
- Surface/Windows Tablet/PC operating system’13
- CoverGirl Beauty ’13
- Zebra Technologies Player-tracking technology’14
- TD Ameritrade Personal investing ’14
- Extreme Networks WiFi analytics provider ’14
- Nationwide Insurance Insurance ’14
- Hyundai Auto ’15
- Dannon Yogurt ’15
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