Week Nine of the NFL season has shown that just when it appears that things can’t get any worse, they still can. The future of Monday Night Football and the game, in general, is being threatened by the liberal “protests” of players and the league’s response to them.

The boycotting of the NFL was a direct response to players kneeling during the National Anthem. The only people who seem to be unaware of that are the players themselves. Perhaps ratings will get through to them.

This week’s Week Nine Monday Night Football game was the lowest-rated in 10 years and one of the overall lowest-rated in history.

It is likely that the teams and owners assumed the initial outrage over the kneeling would quickly lose steam. It has done the exact opposite. The longer the spoiled, multi-millionaires cry about oppression and rights, the angrier America gets.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is desperate to fix the crumbling league but nothing has seemed to stem the blood-loss. Just today, Conservative Daily Post reported that Dallas Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones is threatening to sue the NFL if they extend Goodell’s contract. The mishandling of the protests is just one of issues that Jones is raising.

7.6 overnight rating for Lions-Packers. think that passes last year's Seahawks-Bills as lowest-rated week 9 MNF game ever. — Sports TV Ratings (@SportsTVRatings) November 7, 2017

There are pockets of support, there have been since the original kneeler Colin Kaepernick began all this nonsense. Even some veterans have supported the player’s right to choose.

The majority seem to believe that if they want to exercise their First Amendment rights, they should find another venue. It seems common sense that the workplace is not an acceptable place for protests, even when that place is a football field.

The politicization of sports is affecting more than just the NFL. ESPN is experiencing similar problems and layoffs are continuing. When the U.S. turns to sports, they want to forget politics, not be slammed in the face with it.

ESPN will lay off more than 100 staffers after the Thanksgiving holidays. @SINOW Media: https://t.co/Dpoh9cjlf4 — Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) November 9, 2017

There is no doubt that this standoff is heading towards a breaking point. Either the fans will forgive and forget and begin tuning in again or the players will need to let go of their cause.

Given that the players need the fans and not the other way around, the winner seems predictable.

Source: Conservative Tribune