re: Dallas Stars CEO: "We are losing customers for supporting BLM"

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There is a very small % of people who haven’t made up their mind who they are voting for. Of those who haven’t, I am seeing a lot of anti right wing sentiment for the lack of acknowledgement of systemic racism.

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What a lot of people from both sides don't understand is a large portion of people that voted for Trump in 2016 did not do it because they are right wing thinkers. They voted for him because they wanted someone who isn't a life-long politician.

People from both sides need to start thinking this for all elected offices. Get the people that take their constituents for granted out of Washington. Hell, get them out of Baton Rouge.

Thje Daily Reveille had a column about young people not being pleased with the Democratic Party going with candidates that aren't considered progressive enough.

This article was the first time I saw people that vote Democratic use the term "The party establishment". I've been hearing Republicans say it since before 2016, and all of them voted for Trump that year. Large segments of both parties are tired of the same people running the country. Lots of people from both parties want to Clear the Swamp, whether they want to call it that or not. Imagine how great the country could be if the middle went along.

Many Republican establishment types hate Trump as much as the Left does. I think the majority of politicians who have been in office for more than two terms hate him, regardless of party. All of those folks need to be pulled away from the trough.
They have been eating off of us for too long.

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Boomshockalocka

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Alright kids. Who can finish this sentence?

“Get woke, ____ _____”

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“get woke, go broke!”

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I'm really beginning to believe that keeping their voters down is how they keep their votes

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You're just figuring this out? If a significant number grew modestly successful, which of them are going to vote for the politicians that are going to raise their taxes and increase regulations on them?

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Yep. I would say this ordeal the last few months has def pushed those in the middle
More to the left than to the right.

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I wouldn't call it Clutch city! More like Flush city!

To stay with the topic here:

The sports bubble is on the verge of popping. I am 34 years old. In my time, everything has skyrocketed. Ticket prices, concession prices, parking prices, TV contracts, player salaries, jersey prices, show prices, team values, stadium costs, etc. Much of these prices have increased much faster than what you would relate to simple inflation. It’s all about money, always has been.

There is a crowd out there who thinks sports is dying. We’ve seen threads on it specific for football. There’s way too much money to be made on sports for its existence to cease at a professional level. Hell, we are seeing the legalization of sports gambling across the country. Fantasy sports have boomed in my lifetime. I remember drafting with paper and pencil and tracking stats in the next day’s newspaper.

The alienation of fans will, however, cause sports to return to a more primitive phase. Fewer fans watching means TV contracts might get smaller. Fewer people at the gate will mean less profiting on-site, and an eventual leveling of ticket prices. The immediate need for every bell and whistle at an arena won’t be there. Usually in this situation, owners would threaten to move. This time, they can’t go anywhere. The apathy that sets in is nationwide. Moving a MLB team to Portland isn’t going to solve anything (unless it’s the Rays or Marlins). The die hard libs rioting in that city aren’t going to afford those season tickets.

If this all snowballs, it will eventually result in salary reductions. I love the free market. These athletes should bank what they can. I also think it sucks that our society has put entertainers on a pedestal that allows them to make mega millions. Good for the athlete...but a bad look for where our nation’s (and world’s) ethics are.

I would relish the day where these stars made a moderate 6 figures and had to live and interact with the rest of the world.

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the team has lost a number of season ticket holders because of the team’s support of Black Lives Matter

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NFL and NBA you are up

Still supporting BLM?

Just in the last 5 days:
2 police officers shot in St Louis this weekend
1 Trump supporter shot and killed in Seattle
Trump parade shot at in LA
Those leaving the RNC convention Thursday were spit on, had water bottles thrown at them, and threatened. (including LGBTQ members)

And from my understanding the body count since George Floyd’s death is 33. 33 innocent lives taken due to BLM violence. Hundreds of millions in property damage. Hundreds of businesses shut down and boarded up.

Riddle me this: BLM has raised millions in support, what good for the community have they done? What have they given back to the struggling AA families in this country in the last 6 months? Where are they to help the homeless black families in SWLA? Link me one thing.

You still a big fan?

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Yep. I would say this ordeal the last few months has def pushed those in the middle More to the left than to the right.

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This is just a lie. In a month Biden’s margin in the polls has shrunken from 14 points to 4 points. Some polls say 2. Vegas is now flipping on Biden. Stop lying Boom.

not interested in answering my other questions bro?