Sunday, October 15, 2017

NFL protest week 417

This weeks game between the San Fransisco 49ers and the Seattle Sea Hawks was standing room only! No, the epic match up didn't see a resurgence, the bleaches along with the rest of the stadium was bulldozed earlier in the year to make way for a new multi use mall which will include over three hundred new shops. The only remaining structure was the press box which doubles as the score board.
None of last year's ESPN staff returned for the season opener, since the leagues demise, most have been unable to find work, and all are recognized, making street corner begging a less than profitable venture, and some times quite dangerous.
The festivities became some what muted when it was announced during pregame warm up that the bankruptcy  judge had ordered Budweiser to cease payments as the company is auctioned off following the loss of nearly 75% of their customer base in the 26 years since they doubled down on supporting what some call treason. That decline started soon after they decided to defend the initial protests by Colon Kapernick. Players salaries will undergo another rightsizing resulting in some of the players falling to below minimum wage. While expressing disappointment, Seahawks receiver La Travon Martin Brown said it was still better than being back on the block unemployed like the other thirty teams which have folded over the last few seasons.
The field was some what rutted by the dozers and heavy equipment. 49ers Wide Receiver Demarshawn Lynch, son of Raiders former receiver Marshawn Lynch tripped in one rut during a wheel route injuring his knee. Since teams can no longer afford a team physician, medical attention was provided by a local pet rescue worker with experience setting the legs of broken dogs.This nearly forced a forfeiture as the San Francisco roster only had ten remaining players. A call to Roger Goodell on a borrowed cell phone confirmed that the rule changes would be allowed even though the vote by owners was a one one split.
No decision has been announced as of this date as to the location for this year's Super Bowl. Miami and Jacksonville Have both refused the NFL's requests to play the final game of the season in their respective parks narrowing the choices to Brett Farve's place in Mississippi, or Jordy Nelsons farm in Kansas. While the Kansas  location is more centrally located, it poses the same risks, playing in a plowed field as what sent Lynch to the ER in today's game.
If either location is selected, the game will NOT be broadcast since neither has adequate streaming services to allow broadcast on Facebook Live.
A go-fund-me account set up last month to benefit the players has already garnered $50.00. An additional $540.00 is needed to bail out at lest one member of hte 49ers roster so they will have a replacement for Lynch who will likely be out the rest of the season.
Presidential Candidate Barron Trump, son of former President Donald J. Trump expressed surprise that the league still existed. He said that with making America Great for the last 26 years that he didn't think any one even remembered what the game was. He then noted that it was Seattle and San Francisco, and that they remained bastions of communism even as Cuba, Venezuela and North Korea had shed the shackles of communism  more than two decades ago, and are now thriving Constitutional Republics. Barron also noted that he had briefly considered purchasing the Chicago Bears when the team folded at the end of last season but did not feel he could justify the $50 opening bid that was requested. He ended by calling on Nancy Pelosi, the oldest member of Congress, and still House minority leader to step aside and let Primala Jayapal, the only other democrat in congress assume her position.

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