(10-09-2025 02:49 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 12:11 PM)450bench Wrote:  They’re targeting an audience who can’t support them financially while alienating the audience who can, and has. For decades.

Insanely stupid.

Yes, they are. I agree with you on that. My point was I just want to watch the game itself, not the halftime show.

Look, both you and mlb make valid points and I agree with both of them. I agree with him in not caring about the halftime show. I agree with you that the NFL is still alienating the majority of its fans. The only way for the NFL to listen is for us to quit watching. (Of course, that's not going to happen because a lot of us, myself included, still love to watch the NFL.) The next best thing might be to have enough people boycott the SB Halftime Show or even worse, have some crazy thing happen like with the infamous Wardrobe Malfunction at Super Bowl XXXVIII. (That's 38 for those who can't read Roman numerals.) Something has got to be done, though, to get the league to wake up from its SJW fever dream and get back to serving the fans with content that will let us forget about the world around us for three hours, give or take fifteen or twenty minutes. lol This might be it, if enough people say enough. We'll see.

I’ve never cared or watched a halftime show. Ever.
Like you said, I just don’t get the NFL pandering to a group that does nothing for them, while urinating on the hand that feeds them.

*sings the following to the tune of "Ave Maria" in response to He Who Will Not Be Named, for the lulz*

I...Do not caaaaare...Margaret! Tend to your cats, you commie.

(10-09-2025 12:03 PM)450bench Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 11:50 AM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 11:31 AM)450bench Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 09:52 AM)mlb Wrote:  

(10-08-2025 11:34 PM)UABFAN23 Wrote:  Why is it so important to have a person of color to perform when it’s mostly white folks watching and attending the events to begin with?

Where’s 50, Nelly, Alan Jackson, Metallica, Carrie Underwood, Three Days Grace, Nickelback, Morgan Wallen, Kenny Chesney, foo fighters, Blake Shelton, Earth Wind & Fire?

50 cent already did the superbowl. Nelly may have been a part of a show too. The others likely won't do it for free, which is something the NFL liikes. As for Morgan Wallen, his chances were over after he was caught on video dropping n bombs.

So you don’t care about “bad bunny nobody” performing at the largest media event in the US, watched by more Americans than any other show during the year?
You see no issue with the decision to put him on?

Zero issue.

NFL being a private organization, has every right to make any decision it wishes in the matter.

And private individuals have every right to make any decision they make regarding the NFL and their decision.

Its called freedom of choice.

And those private individuals who make their own choice on that NFLs choice, have every right to get bent as far out of shape and as irate as they wish.

Bunny has political stances. As you do. As I do. Feel free to get as bent out of shape as you feel the urge and need to do so. If you feel the absolute urge to make this *your* pollical battlefield, go for it, my friend.

I dont feel that urge. There are stances of his I dont agree with, and stances I do. Have fun with your 'bent out of shape'. I dont chastise you for that, free country and all that jazz.

But seemingly you feel the need to chastise others for their views. Imagine that.

I didn’t ask you. And I don’t really care what your opinion is because it’s not important.

And I’m not chastising anybody, you absolute clown.

I’m saying it’s a tone deaf move on the part of the NFL. More than half of the people paying attention to the league have no idea who bad bunny is.

If you can’t figure that out, you’re even dumber than most in this demographic think you are.

And you dont seem to realize that the greatest opportunity for inroads (ie new fans, new growth) are precisely the people that will watch Bad Bunny. There is huge demographic trap the NFL faces, one that if you advance it 15 years will be horrible for the NFL. Bad Bunny represents an inroad to attract that demographic that they currently are weakest in.

So ***** and whine all you want. Sorry the league is 'tone deaf' to your precious wailings. They made a move here to reach out to growth opportunities. BB isn't my cup of tea, but Im not nearly as butthurt as you are. Kind of obviously.

(10-09-2025 05:48 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 12:03 PM)450bench Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 11:50 AM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 11:31 AM)450bench Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 09:52 AM)mlb Wrote:  50 cent already did the superbowl. Nelly may have been a part of a show too. The others likely won't do it for free, which is something the NFL liikes. As for Morgan Wallen, his chances were over after he was caught on video dropping n bombs.

So you don’t care about “bad bunny nobody” performing at the largest media event in the US, watched by more Americans than any other show during the year?
You see no issue with the decision to put him on?

Zero issue.

NFL being a private organization, has every right to make any decision it wishes in the matter.

And private individuals have every right to make any decision they make regarding the NFL and their decision.

Its called freedom of choice.

And those private individuals who make their own choice on that NFLs choice, have every right to get bent as far out of shape and as irate as they wish.

Bunny has political stances. As you do. As I do. Feel free to get as bent out of shape as you feel the urge and need to do so. If you feel the absolute urge to make this *your* pollical battlefield, go for it, my friend.

I dont feel that urge. There are stances of his I dont agree with, and stances I do. Have fun with your 'bent out of shape'. I dont chastise you for that, free country and all that jazz.

But seemingly you feel the need to chastise others for their views. Imagine that.

I didn’t ask you. And I don’t really care what your opinion is because it’s not important.

And I’m not chastising anybody, you absolute clown.

I’m saying it’s a tone deaf move on the part of the NFL. More than half of the people paying attention to the league have no idea who bad bunny is.

If you can’t figure that out, you’re even dumber than most in this demographic think you are.

And you dont seem to realize that the greatest opportunity for inroads (ie new fans, new growth) are precisely the people that will watch Bad Bunny. There is huge demographic trap the NFL faces, one that if you advance it 15 years will be horrible for the NFL. Bad Bunny represents an inroad to attract that demographic that they currently are weakest in.

So ***** and whine all you want. Sorry the league is 'tone deaf' to your precious wailings. They made a move here to reach out to growth opportunities. BB isn't my cup of tea, but Im not nearly as butthurt as you are. Kind of obviously.

Clearly you don’t run/own a business.

You expand your brand by keeping your good paying, repeat customers happy, that’s priority one. The more they buy the better. They’re legacy customers, especially in the world of sports franchises. Their kids will pick the spending up right where the parents left off.

Branching out on that process requires identifying a less mature audience who will most likely help sustain your future, financially. They’ll spend their money on your product but maybe not at the same level today as they will in the near future.

The bad bunny crowd can’t sustain you now, and don’t. And they won’t be able to sustain you in the future. At all.

"Zero issue.

NFL being a private organization, has every right to make any decision it wishes in the matter.

And private individuals have every right to make any decision they make regarding the NFL and their decision.

Its called freedom of choice.':- drunktanq

_______________________

Exactly. No ghey wedding cakes

(10-09-2025 07:52 PM)450bench Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 05:48 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 12:03 PM)450bench Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 11:50 AM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 11:31 AM)450bench Wrote:  So you don’t care about “bad bunny nobody” performing at the largest media event in the US, watched by more Americans than any other show during the year?
You see no issue with the decision to put him on?

Zero issue.

NFL being a private organization, has every right to make any decision it wishes in the matter.

And private individuals have every right to make any decision they make regarding the NFL and their decision.

Its called freedom of choice.

And those private individuals who make their own choice on that NFLs choice, have every right to get bent as far out of shape and as irate as they wish.

Bunny has political stances. As you do. As I do. Feel free to get as bent out of shape as you feel the urge and need to do so. If you feel the absolute urge to make this *your* pollical battlefield, go for it, my friend.

I dont feel that urge. There are stances of his I dont agree with, and stances I do. Have fun with your 'bent out of shape'. I dont chastise you for that, free country and all that jazz.

But seemingly you feel the need to chastise others for their views. Imagine that.

I didn’t ask you. And I don’t really care what your opinion is because it’s not important.

And I’m not chastising anybody, you absolute clown.

I’m saying it’s a tone deaf move on the part of the NFL. More than half of the people paying attention to the league have no idea who bad bunny is.

If you can’t figure that out, you’re even dumber than most in this demographic think you are.

And you dont seem to realize that the greatest opportunity for inroads (ie new fans, new growth) are precisely the people that will watch Bad Bunny. There is huge demographic trap the NFL faces, one that if you advance it 15 years will be horrible for the NFL. Bad Bunny represents an inroad to attract that demographic that they currently are weakest in.

So ***** and whine all you want. Sorry the league is 'tone deaf' to your precious wailings. They made a move here to reach out to growth opportunities. BB isn't my cup of tea, but Im not nearly as butthurt as you are. Kind of obviously.

Clearly you don’t run/own a business.

You expand your brand by keeping your good paying, repeat customers happy, that’s priority one. The more they buy the better. They’re legacy customers, especially in the world of sports franchises. Their kids will pick the spending up right where the parents left off.

Branching out on that process requires identifying a less mature audience who will most likely help sustain your future, financially. They’ll spend their money on your product but maybe not at the same level today as they will in the near future.

The bad bunny crowd can’t sustain you now, and don’t. And they won’t be able to sustain you in the future. At all.

Notice how all the people on this thread complaining about bad bunny halftime show also clearly state they don’t watch the nfl.

Maybe the nfl, which pays millions of dollars in market research knows more than the geniuses on this board

Maybe you’re too stupid to understand the purpose of a message board.

(10-09-2025 09:58 PM)ballantyneapp Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 07:52 PM)450bench Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 05:48 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 12:03 PM)450bench Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 11:50 AM)tanqtonic Wrote:  Zero issue.

NFL being a private organization, has every right to make any decision it wishes in the matter.

And private individuals have every right to make any decision they make regarding the NFL and their decision.

Its called freedom of choice.

And those private individuals who make their own choice on that NFLs choice, have every right to get bent as far out of shape and as irate as they wish.

Bunny has political stances. As you do. As I do. Feel free to get as bent out of shape as you feel the urge and need to do so. If you feel the absolute urge to make this *your* pollical battlefield, go for it, my friend.

I dont feel that urge. There are stances of his I dont agree with, and stances I do. Have fun with your 'bent out of shape'. I dont chastise you for that, free country and all that jazz.

But seemingly you feel the need to chastise others for their views. Imagine that.

I didn’t ask you. And I don’t really care what your opinion is because it’s not important.

And I’m not chastising anybody, you absolute clown.

I’m saying it’s a tone deaf move on the part of the NFL. More than half of the people paying attention to the league have no idea who bad bunny is.

If you can’t figure that out, you’re even dumber than most in this demographic think you are.

And you dont seem to realize that the greatest opportunity for inroads (ie new fans, new growth) are precisely the people that will watch Bad Bunny. There is huge demographic trap the NFL faces, one that if you advance it 15 years will be horrible for the NFL. Bad Bunny represents an inroad to attract that demographic that they currently are weakest in.

So ***** and whine all you want. Sorry the league is 'tone deaf' to your precious wailings. They made a move here to reach out to growth opportunities. BB isn't my cup of tea, but Im not nearly as butthurt as you are. Kind of obviously.

Clearly you don’t run/own a business.

You expand your brand by keeping your good paying, repeat customers happy, that’s priority one. The more they buy the better. They’re legacy customers, especially in the world of sports franchises. Their kids will pick the spending up right where the parents left off.

Branching out on that process requires identifying a less mature audience who will most likely help sustain your future, financially. They’ll spend their money on your product but maybe not at the same level today as they will in the near future.

The bad bunny crowd can’t sustain you now, and don’t. And they won’t be able to sustain you in the future. At all.

Notice how all the people on this thread complaining about bad bunny halftime show also clearly state they don’t watch the nfl.

Maybe the nfl, which pays millions of dollars in market research knows more than the geniuses on this board

Clearly you can’t read.
I don’t and never have watched a halftime show. Never said I didn’t watch the NFL.

(10-10-2025 03:16 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Maybe you’re too stupid to understand the purpose of a message board.

(10-09-2025 03:56 PM)450bench Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 02:49 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 12:11 PM)450bench Wrote:  They’re targeting an audience who can’t support them financially while alienating the audience who can, and has. For decades.

Insanely stupid.

Yes, they are. I agree with you on that. My point was I just want to watch the game itself, not the halftime show.

Look, both you and mlb make valid points and I agree with both of them. I agree with him in not caring about the halftime show. I agree with you that the NFL is still alienating the majority of its fans. The only way for the NFL to listen is for us to quit watching. (Of course, that's not going to happen because a lot of us, myself included, still love to watch the NFL.) The next best thing might be to have enough people boycott the SB Halftime Show or even worse, have some crazy thing happen like with the infamous Wardrobe Malfunction at Super Bowl XXXVIII. (That's 38 for those who can't read Roman numerals.) Something has got to be done, though, to get the league to wake up from its SJW fever dream and get back to serving the fans with content that will let us forget about the world around us for three hours, give or take fifteen or twenty minutes. lol This might be it, if enough people say enough. We'll see.

I’ve never cared or watched a halftime show. Ever.
Like you said, I just don’t get the NFL pandering to a group that does nothing for them, while urinating on the hand that feeds them.

I don't get their reasoning either. I can tell you why they have that reasoning though. The vast majority of players in the NFL are black or at least "people of color". But that's kind of a case where they're pandering to their employees and not the people who pay them. Of course, the fact there are companies that care about their employees is great, and the NFL should absolutely care about their players. But this is just bending over backwards in order to appease them over striving to better serve us fans.

bally: I don't know about anybody else, but I watch the NFL every week during the season. I don't watch every game, but I certainly watch my favorite teams. I care more about the game, not some mini-concert put on by celebrities who could care less about me and only want my money.

BREAKING: TPUSA announces 'All American Halftime Show' to counter Super Bowl Bad Bunny appearance

(10-09-2025 07:52 PM)450bench Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 05:48 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 12:03 PM)450bench Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 11:50 AM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 11:31 AM)450bench Wrote:  So you don’t care about “bad bunny nobody” performing at the largest media event in the US, watched by more Americans than any other show during the year?
You see no issue with the decision to put him on?

Zero issue.

NFL being a private organization, has every right to make any decision it wishes in the matter.

And private individuals have every right to make any decision they make regarding the NFL and their decision.

Its called freedom of choice.

And those private individuals who make their own choice on that NFLs choice, have every right to get bent as far out of shape and as irate as they wish.

Bunny has political stances. As you do. As I do. Feel free to get as bent out of shape as you feel the urge and need to do so. If you feel the absolute urge to make this *your* pollical battlefield, go for it, my friend.

I dont feel that urge. There are stances of his I dont agree with, and stances I do. Have fun with your 'bent out of shape'. I dont chastise you for that, free country and all that jazz.

But seemingly you feel the need to chastise others for their views. Imagine that.

I didn’t ask you. And I don’t really care what your opinion is because it’s not important.

And I’m not chastising anybody, you absolute clown.

I’m saying it’s a tone deaf move on the part of the NFL. More than half of the people paying attention to the league have no idea who bad bunny is.

If you can’t figure that out, you’re even dumber than most in this demographic think you are.

And you dont seem to realize that the greatest opportunity for inroads (ie new fans, new growth) are precisely the people that will watch Bad Bunny. There is huge demographic trap the NFL faces, one that if you advance it 15 years will be horrible for the NFL. Bad Bunny represents an inroad to attract that demographic that they currently are weakest in.

So ***** and whine all you want. Sorry the league is 'tone deaf' to your precious wailings. They made a move here to reach out to growth opportunities. BB isn't my cup of tea, but Im not nearly as butthurt as you are. Kind of obviously.

Clearly you don’t run/own a business.

You expand your brand by keeping your good paying, repeat customers happy, that’s priority one. The more they buy the better. They’re legacy customers, especially in the world of sports franchises. Their kids will pick the spending up right where the parents left off.

Branching out on that process requires identifying a less mature audience who will most likely help sustain your future, financially. They’ll spend their money on your product but maybe not at the same level today as they will in the near future.

The bad bunny crowd can’t sustain you now, and don’t. And they won’t be able to sustain you in the future. At all.

Well, the long term demographics of the NFL kind of blow. Serious curve inversion between the 50+ crowd, diminishing way down the age line.

So ***** all you want, the bottom line is that the NFL absolutely needs better support down the age line in the long term.

One way to connect with that demographic is to, well…. Duh…. Connect with that demographic.

Hispanic is simply an add-on.

Sorry the BB choice got the “dudes” around here bent out of shape. Kind of funny to watch the angst this is creating. But not surprising. At all.

My suggestion to you is to simply storm over to NFL offices and install your keister into their chief marketing slot. I’d trust them to know *their* audience, and *their* ‘shortcoming’ audience, and a helluva lot more insight how to leverage into that ‘shortcoming’ audience just a tad better than some dude named 450BENCH on some pissant message board. Just saying.

(10-10-2025 06:15 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 07:52 PM)450bench Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 05:48 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 12:03 PM)450bench Wrote:  

(10-09-2025 11:50 AM)tanqtonic Wrote:  Zero issue.

NFL being a private organization, has every right to make any decision it wishes in the matter.

And private individuals have every right to make any decision they make regarding the NFL and their decision.

Its called freedom of choice.

And those private individuals who make their own choice on that NFLs choice, have every right to get bent as far out of shape and as irate as they wish.

Bunny has political stances. As you do. As I do. Feel free to get as bent out of shape as you feel the urge and need to do so. If you feel the absolute urge to make this *your* pollical battlefield, go for it, my friend.

I dont feel that urge. There are stances of his I dont agree with, and stances I do. Have fun with your 'bent out of shape'. I dont chastise you for that, free country and all that jazz.

But seemingly you feel the need to chastise others for their views. Imagine that.

I didn’t ask you. And I don’t really care what your opinion is because it’s not important.

And I’m not chastising anybody, you absolute clown.

I’m saying it’s a tone deaf move on the part of the NFL. More than half of the people paying attention to the league have no idea who bad bunny is.

If you can’t figure that out, you’re even dumber than most in this demographic think you are.

And you dont seem to realize that the greatest opportunity for inroads (ie new fans, new growth) are precisely the people that will watch Bad Bunny. There is huge demographic trap the NFL faces, one that if you advance it 15 years will be horrible for the NFL. Bad Bunny represents an inroad to attract that demographic that they currently are weakest in.

So ***** and whine all you want. Sorry the league is 'tone deaf' to your precious wailings. They made a move here to reach out to growth opportunities. BB isn't my cup of tea, but Im not nearly as butthurt as you are. Kind of obviously.

Clearly you don’t run/own a business.

You expand your brand by keeping your good paying, repeat customers happy, that’s priority one. The more they buy the better. They’re legacy customers, especially in the world of sports franchises. Their kids will pick the spending up right where the parents left off.

Branching out on that process requires identifying a less mature audience who will most likely help sustain your future, financially. They’ll spend their money on your product but maybe not at the same level today as they will in the near future.

The bad bunny crowd can’t sustain you now, and don’t. And they won’t be able to sustain you in the future. At all.

Well, the long term demographics of the NFL kind of blow. Serious curve inversion between the 50+ crowd, diminishing way down the age line.

So ***** all you want, the bottom line is that the NFL absolutely needs better support down the age line in the long term.

One way to connect with that demographic is to, well…. Duh…. Connect with that demographic.

Hispanic is simply an add-on.

Sorry the BB choice got the “dudes” around here bent out of shape. Kind of funny to watch the angst this is creating. But not surprising. At all.

My suggestion to you is to simply storm over to NFL offices and install your keister into their chief marketing slot. I’d trust them to know *their* audience, and *their* ‘shortcoming’ audience, and a helluva lot more insight how to leverage into that ‘shortcoming’ audience just a tad better than some dude named 450BENCH on some pissant message board. Just saying.

Not bent out of shape at all loon

Frick booty bunny and the NFL

I have come to settle the argument.

The game is for football fans. The halftime show is for the betas. It’s been this way for most of the last 20 years. They use the halftime show as a way to get the specific group of people who would never turn on a football game to tune in for a ratings bump. This keeps the advertising rates obscenely high and increasing.

People that hate the halftime talent will do one of two things - leave the tv on but not pay attention or change the channel but come right back before the game starts, so it doesn’t hurt them. They haven’t had a red-blooded American man show since Shania Twain pranced around in black leather and those thigh high boots, and I didn’t care if she was Canadian.

These are my favorite sports in order, and the only ones I ever watch on TV or streaming, outside of Memphis playing college football or basketball, of course.

PGA Golf (major tournaments only)
MLB (Atlanta Braves only, and only when they are good)
UFC
NASCAR (big races only)
World Cup Soccer

NO NFL, NBA or anything else...Problem solved!

(10-11-2025 10:04 AM)TripleA Wrote:  These are my favorite sports in order, and the only ones I ever watch on TV or streaming, outside of Memphis playing college football or basketball, of course.

PGA Golf (major tournaments only)
MLB (Atlanta Braves only, and only when they are good)
UFC
NASCAR (big races only)
World Cup Soccer

NO NFL, NBA or anything else...Problem solved!

My favorite is watching righties melt over a halftime show during a game they vowed never to watch. Big beta energy from you guys.

My favorite is watching leftists bend over backwards trying to explain away and even justify the assassination of a guy who just wanted to have an honest debate of ideas with people he disagreed with. Something you even did.

But yeah, we're the cult. What a moron.

(10-14-2025 09:01 AM)ragin4u Wrote:  

(10-11-2025 10:04 AM)TripleA Wrote:  These are my favorite sports in order, and the only ones I ever watch on TV or streaming, outside of Memphis playing college football or basketball, of course.

PGA Golf (major tournaments only)
MLB (Atlanta Braves only, and only when they are good)
UFC
NASCAR (big races only)
World Cup Soccer

NO NFL, NBA or anything else...Problem solved!

My favorite is watching righties melt over a halftime show during a game they vowed never to watch. Big beta energy from you guys.

Nobody is melting. Why are all the junior college prog filth coyouns here lately. Govt shutdow got yah?

(10-14-2025 09:01 AM)ragin4u Wrote:  

(10-11-2025 10:04 AM)TripleA Wrote:  These are my favorite sports in order, and the only ones I ever watch on TV or streaming, outside of Memphis playing college football or basketball, of course.

PGA Golf (major tournaments only)
MLB (Atlanta Braves only, and only when they are good)
UFC
NASCAR (big races only)
World Cup Soccer

NO NFL, NBA or anything else...Problem solved!

My favorite is watching righties melt over a halftime show during a game they vowed never to watch. Big beta energy from you guys.

Nobody is melting. Why are all the louisiana sunbelt junior college prog filth coyouns here lately. Govt shutdown got yah?

(10-14-2025 09:09 AM)shere khan Wrote:  

(10-14-2025 09:01 AM)ragin4u Wrote:  

(10-11-2025 10:04 AM)TripleA Wrote:  These are my favorite sports in order, and the only ones I ever watch on TV or streaming, outside of Memphis playing college football or basketball, of course.

PGA Golf (major tournaments only)
MLB (Atlanta Braves only, and only when they are good)
UFC
NASCAR (big races only)
World Cup Soccer

NO NFL, NBA or anything else...Problem solved!

My favorite is watching righties melt over a halftime show during a game they vowed never to watch. Big beta energy from you guys.

Nobody is melting. Why are all the junior college prog filth coyouns here lately. Govt shutdow got yah?

Wouldn't doubt it. (I know a couple came from the College Sports and Conference Realignment Board because I've seen them post a lot over there before Charlie Kirk's assassination.)