The NFL Will Do Nothing Until it Hits their Checkbook.

"Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis" (Dwhite95)
09/16/2014 at 19:08 • Filed to: None

Its what everyone has been saying. There will be no change in how disputes are handled until the most important thing has been effected, and no, its not women or children or the safety of all of society, but the wallet. Today alone Radisson, owned by a prominent Minnesota family, has suspended its sponsorship of the Vikings, Nike has pulled all Adrian Peterson apparel from Twin City shelves and Anheuser-Busch has issued a very strong statement about how the NFL conducts its business. Seriously they pissed off both Beer and Nike, it wont be long now before NFL does something now...

DISCUSSION (19)

For Sweden > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/16/2014 at 19:09

Next thing you know the Minnesotans will hold potlucks in protest.

Saracen > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/16/2014 at 19:10

Football is not the only sport with misbehaving athletes.

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/7/28/…

The double standard is alive and well.

Ballzonya > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/16/2014 at 19:12

Strong statements never hurt anyone's checkbooks...all talk, no action by any companies. so far

For Sweden > Saracen
09/16/2014 at 19:13

Wait until the Americans learn about FIFA!

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Saracen
09/16/2014 at 19:15

Its all down to how well publicized the issue becomes. Ray Rice (with video) and Adrian Peterson (pictures of scared son) are prominent players, so it made huge headlines for multiple reasons. This by no means says those who do it other sports dont deserve harsher punishments as well, clearly they do. I just cherry picked football because of what has been recently happening.

Manuél Ferrari > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/16/2014 at 19:15

The NFL is so f'ing stupid.

They are forgetting that brand image impacts pocketbooks in the long run

AP should be suspended immediately. What he did was even worse than what Ray Rice did because it was done to a child.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Ballzonya
09/16/2014 at 19:19

Pulling Products and suspending sponsorship sure sounds like action to me. And this is just one day after Peterson was reinstated. It could very easily become a PR bonus to publicly come out and criticize the NFL's action. And I have a feeling more people are going to go out and claim abuse by professional athletes seeing how high support for those right now is.

yamahog > Saracen
09/16/2014 at 19:25

And hockey, etc. Things that people who follow both women's issues and sports are well aware of.

But as we all know by now, if there's no video evidence, it's just a women's issue and who cares about those?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Manuél Ferrari
09/16/2014 at 19:26

I will play devils advocate and support AP. What he did would not have been considered abuse before "Every Child Deserves a Trophy" began.

Manuél Ferrari > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
09/16/2014 at 19:29

I don't think every child deserves a trophy. And it would be another story if he simply spanked the child.

But shoving leaves into his mouth? Whipping him across the scrotum? That's child abuse

Sn210 > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/16/2014 at 19:29

I'm curious to see at what point does the nfl step in with the cases in San Francisco and Carolina too

Saracen > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/16/2014 at 19:38

And of course, let's not forget the worst of the lot, a UFC star beating the shit out of his ex-girlfriend.

But that doesn't get publicity because she is an ex-porn-star.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Manuél Ferrari
09/16/2014 at 19:38

I only saw and heard about the switch... Nevermind.

Saracen > yamahog
09/16/2014 at 19:39

no video evidence, or you used to be a porn star.

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > Saracen
09/16/2014 at 19:40

Eh, shes a slut and deserves to be beaten like its the 1800's.

Manuél Ferrari > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
09/16/2014 at 19:46

I forgot not everyone has heard all the details. I listen to sports talk radio every morning when eating and getting ready for work.

Also details have emerged of him being investigated for abuse last year and released. Seems like a pattern...

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Saracen
09/16/2014 at 21:13

That reminds me of this

Kinja'd!!!

bubblestheturtle > Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis
09/16/2014 at 22:22

A business will not make social change until profits are effected you say?

Kinja'd!!!

Dwhite - Powered by Caffeine, Daft Punk, and Corgis > bubblestheturtle
09/16/2014 at 22:34

It was more like, "Profits are now being affected, are they going to change."