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NBA Orders Players To Stand For The National Anthem

NBA Orders Players To Stand For The National Anthem

With the NFL finding itself trapped in a vise of sliding viewership on one hand, and a sudden plunge in its favorability as a result of the ongoing "kneeling" feud with President Trump, which according to a just released POLITICO/Morning Consult poll has plunged from 30% on September 21 to just 17% on September 28, the most unfavorable in history...

... other sports franchises are desperate to avoid the backlash that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell appears to have unleashed upon his league.

It Is Always About Money (Video)

It Is Always About Money (Video)

By EconMatters

We discuss the massive drop in ESPN subscribers this year, and how this relates to those massive NBA Television Broadcasting Deals that were based upon much higher subscriber bases going forward, and how this filters down into larger salary caps for NBA Franchises leading to $20 Million Dollar annual player contracts guaranteed for 5 years.