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Any action with a foreign power is inherently political. I am sure they want to be able to declare themselves above the fray, but even if they didn't go looking

Any action with a foreign power is inherently political. I am sure they want to be able to declare themselves above the fray, but even if they didn't go looking for "brownie points", people would still criticize them for business in China and the Chinese government would still push them to censor their products and employee messaging. It's the same with the NFL and the kneeling players getting pressure from the President, except scarier to most Americans because it's a foreign power with no recourse in our court system.

macspoofing 7y ago
>It's the same with the NFL and the kneeling players getting pressure from the President The NFL doesn't care about Trump. The NFL fined kneeling players because it pissed off half their fanbase and viewership numbers went down.
- walterstucco 7y ago
  That's just Trump position on the matter. But it's not the truth: viewers went down because the games lately suck. > At least some NFL viewers really have tuned out thanks to the national anthem protests — but almost as many have stopped watching thanks to the league’s domestic violence problems > The biggest factor driving the decline in football ratings affects all sports ratings https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/9/26/16364210/nfl-ratings-down https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/9/26/16364210/nfl-ratings-d...