re: How many will actually boycott the NFL?

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What the NFL seems to be doing more than anything is fomenting widespread disinterest

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THIS

I don't care too much about the stupid political statements, I just won't watch that part of the broadcast. I played football as a kid all the way through to graduating HS, have been a huge Broncos and Razorback fan my entire life, and used to love watching the sport itself because of that.

But when you start making all these rule changes that soften the game and water down the product, as well as overly-protecting the "valuable" players, the sport itself gets hard to watch.

Then you have the diva players, coaches, and owners that have ZERO loyalty and pride in the team, city, and state they play for and only chase the almighty dollar. In the NFL it's hard to be a fan of your favorite team when the roster is constantly changing with journeymen players that only care about the biggest contracts. They have no loyalty and team pride, why should I?

That's not to mention the NFL in it's entirety becoming waaaay too commercialized.

Add the above to the players thinking their "celebrity" status somehow gives them the right to preach to us about political and racial issues, as well as the league itself, and the sport isn't so fun to watch anymore.

It's damn sure hard to stay interested and follow from year to year. I've basically tuned out on the NFL for the last 3-4 years now; tried to watch a game last season and felt like I was watching an entirely different sport than 5-10 years ago.

The marketing people, owners, and Goodell sure are making a clusterfrick out of a once-great institution.