The ongoing NFL "kneeling" protests are starting to have a major impact on downstream businesses, and none more so than Papa John's pizza. Earlier this week, the Sports Business Journal reported that Papa John's in-game pizza sales have fallen since President Donald Trump encouraged people to boycott the NFL in late September.
Most players on the Houston Texans team knelt during the national anthem ahead of the team’s Sunday game with the Seattle Seahawks, following controversial comments made by the team’s owner, Bob McNair.
Here is video of the majority of Texans players kneeling during the National Anthem.pic.twitter.com/RnrsgaFO1k
— The Shadow League (@ShadowLeagueTSL) October 29, 2017
Longtime NBC sports broadcaster Al Michaels outraged feminists and SJWs across America last night when he joked that the New York Giants were “coming off a worse week than Harvey Weinstein” during the Giants-Broncos game last night.
but seriously folks, pic.twitter.com/WqpmCLjOAT
— Mike Tunison (@xmasape) October 16, 2017
Companies in Scandinavia and the US have already embraced microchipping as a way to make the office experience more seamless by allowing employees to easily unlock doors or pay for food in the cafeteria.
Of course, while workers say they've welcomed the technology (one Russian hobbyist has reported self-implanted six microchips), and companies not to abuse the technology, the temptation to do so should make people nervous.
It appears that Trump is about to have the last laugh in his long-running spat with the NFL.
Moments ago, Dow Jones reported that NFL owners are considering a rule change that would require players to stand for national anthem.
A league spokesman said that the owners would discuss the potential change during a meeting next week, Dow Jones reported.