Quote Originally Posted by edczxcvbnm View Post
The problem with not going to games is that you already spent the money on tickets. They already have your money so you might as well go.
I meant that in the context of don't buy more tickets.

The loss will have to come from people not watching on TV thus lower TV revenue. The networks under contract could sue as a result due to the Leagues negligence to put the best product on the field. That likely will not happen but if ratings do start to go down it will not come back easily which means less money on the next contract.

The only other way is to not buy merch and at this point it is probably the most effective way as everything else is a long term play.
The not watching thing is probably not going to happen for most people, but not buying merchandise is definitely feasible.

Anyway, further hilarity has ensued. Now a New Jersey State Senator has introduced legislation to ban the NFL in New Jersey until it has real officials, citing player safety concerns. Also the Lingerie Football League is now claiming that it fired some of the officials now being scab refs for the NFL due to incompetence.

In response to the Seattle MNF hail mary debacle, the NFL released a statement today that defended the official's call about double possession, but also notably says that a blatant offensive pass interference by Seattle's Tate (who "caught" the hail mary pass) should have been called and would have ended the game there. Just enough to both admit to clear error on the part of the scab refs while also defending them and further pissing off fans.

You can't say the NFL isn't entertaining.