(11-14-2017, 11:02 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(11-13-2017, 11:23 PM)jagibelieve Wrote: The "cause" mis-calculated a number of things.

I would venture to say, though I don't have anything to back it up that those people behind the "cause" are not and/or not related to veterans and/or active duty members of the military.

I would also guess that fans of football, specifically the NFL are going to be fans.  They are going to show up regardless of the "protests" that some players choose to do.

For me personally (as a veteran myself), I had family in from out-of-town and bought 4 extra tickets to the game.  I went to the game because... it's what I've always done when I have had tickets and it was a great way to entertain my out-of-town family members (with one of them, my father also being a veteran).

It's kind of interesting for me because the people that I work with are by far majority veterans (we have a few that aren't).  When this whole circus started many of them swore that they refused to watch the games.  Today when I went to work, every one of them were talking about this past Sunday's game and they were waiting for me when I got there to hear my take regarding it.  There was even one that asked about getting tickets to the next home game and was asking about the tailgating ritual that we do.

The "cause" mis-calculated and thought differently about how veterans and REAL football fans really feel.

Off-topic, how did they like it?  What a game to take them to, huh?  Wild.

They had a great time, though it was kind of tiring for them (my father is 82 and my mother is 79).  My mother and father have gone to games with us before and have always enjoyed it.  I also had my cousin and her husband in town that have never been to an NFL game.  They were very impressed and mentioned coming back for another game sometime.

Back on-topic, I watched the telecast and the announcers on more than one occasion noted the crowd and how "great" it was.  The crowd was probably the best that I've seen this season (though I haven't made it to every game).

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