When exactly did
the NFL invent patriotism? Judging from yesterday’s
Bears-Lions’ game, I’d say 1776 or thereabouts.
Flags, jets,
Terry Bradshaw and pals surrounded by active-duty personnel—football does love
the military, up to a point. I noticed
at least one advertiser who mentioned their veterans-employment policy, but
nothing from the NFL in that regard.
Yes, Pat Tillman
walked away from an NFL career, never to return. What about all those veterans who do? How committed is Commissioner Roger Goodell
to hiring them? What are the job
numbers, for the commissioner’s office and the individual teams? Nobody expects coaching staffs to be filled
with former Marines and Rangers, but what about the business departments, the
video staffs?
Like the saying goes,
don’t tell me, show me. Numbers don’t
lie.
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