ESPN pays $2 billion a year to the NFL for Monday Night Football and one NFL wild card playoff game. I've written for the past couple of years that as ESPN's business collapses that ESPN's decision on whether or not to bid to keep Monday Night Football would be the first big test of how rapidly that business is deteriorating.
What's a deteriorating business look like? In the month of October ESPN lost over 15,000 subscribers a day in October per the latest Nielson estimates.
15,000 a day!
Losing 15,000 subscribers per day is a lot, but is that because of the NFL anthem protests or because cord-cutting has finally reached a tipping point?
(Score: 3, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday November 01 2017, @02:47PM (6 children)
My military, my Department of Defense, pays for it. Pays the NFL, the NBA, the NHL, MLB, NASCAR and Major League Soccer. Because it's great for recruiting. When they do it, it works great. And a lot of that money comes from our taxpayers. If you think about it, a lot of it comes from taxes in the end. They're taking the money and not doing the work. Which I hate. Which I hate. It's a disaster. But we have a law, it's called USC Section 301. A law they're breaking when they don't stand. Folks, I think maybe I should start enforcing that law. Send in my FBI to enforce that. Respect for Flag, Anthem and Country. #MAGA 🇺🇸
(Score: 4, Informative) by captain normal on Wednesday November 01 2017, @04:59PM (5 children)
It's actually 36 U.S. Code § 301 - National anthem. (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/301)
And when you read it you may notice that the operative words are "should" and "may" not "must" or "required".
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by isostatic on Wednesday November 01 2017, @05:38PM (3 children)
Oh my word, that's an actual law?
Hilarious. If I'm ever hunted down by the US military I'll ensure I have a speaker and a copy of the star spangled banner on my phone.
I'll play it on repeat, and get simply walk away :D
(Score: 2) by tibman on Wednesday November 01 2017, @10:11PM (2 children)
If the soldier is armed then a lot of that stuff goes out the window. Don't have to salute. Don't have to remove your hat/helmet. Just a warning to you before you do something stupid : P
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(Score: 2) by isostatic on Thursday November 02 2017, @10:34PM (1 child)
Which law is that under?
(Score: 2) by tibman on Friday November 03 2017, @02:23AM
It won't be a law but a military regulation. The US Army for example: AR 670-1, section 3-7, l (lowercase L) 2
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(Score: 0, Troll) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday November 01 2017, @06:13PM
That's it. Long & complicated way to say: respect Flag, Anthem and Country. Nobody knew that could be so complicated. #MAGA 🇺🇸