{"id":262340,"date":"2018-01-30T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=262340"},"modified":"2018-01-31T16:03:30","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T21:03:30","slug":"goodell-were-proud-of-the-anthem-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2018\/01\/30\/goodell-were-proud-of-the-anthem-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodell: We\u2019re Proud of the Anthem Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: Folks, there\u2019s new evidence in. National Football League ratings are down structurally, which means they\u2019ve now fallen two years in a row. They started to fall before the kneeling protests began. They\u2019ve fallen so significantly that the broadcast networks are having to provide make-good commercials. You know, when you buy a spot for an NFL game, they guarantee you an audience. If they don\u2019t deliver the audience, then they owe you as many spots as it takes to get the audience saturation you paid for.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-253762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/650-110617-Goodell.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/650-110617-Goodell.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/650-110617-Goodell-300x143.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>And they\u2019ve been having to do that. So their problems go beyond just the fact that politics has begun to corrupt the game. Yesterday on ESPN, the commissioner, Roger Goodell, was asked, &#8220;Some people say maybe a reason why there\u2019s been a dip in the ratings was the social activism we saw in the anthem protests.&#8221; Now, this is the commissioner of the NFL. Listen to what he says.<\/p>\n<p>GOODELL: The incredible thing for me was it certainly opened my eyes, the ownership\u2019s eyes to things that are happening in our own communities that our players felt needed to be addressed that they are not only articulate about it, they fully understand it. They are engaged. They\u2019ve done a tremendous amount of work. And they believe we can make our communities better by working together. And the ownership is proud and I was proud to join them, and not just understanding these issues and listening to their point of view, but supporting them.<\/p>\n<p>RUSH: There you have it. The commissioner of the NFL speaking for the ownership of the NFL saying they were proud of the anthem protesters. Proud of the anthem protests. 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