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The government sponsorship thing is very recent. Football has been very popular for much longer than the whole military recruitment angle has been in effect. P
by function_seven 8y ago
The government sponsorship thing is very recent. Football has been very popular for much longer than the whole military recruitment angle has been in effect.
People didn't start watching football when they heard that a few jets would be flying over before kickoff.
(And, for the record, I hate all that jingoistic crap. The sport would be much better without it)
- __david__ 8y agoThe government sponsorship is the exact opposite of what the OP thinks: it's military recruiters latching on to something popular to get military recruitment up, not the NFL getting bolstered by government sponsorship.