An essential aspect of being a sports fan is the conception that the athletes are in some way representing you. Your team is on your side.
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The NFL's national anthem controversy is really shattering this illusion. The black players are explicitly saying:
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"No, white Americans, we are not on your side." If the athletes aren't on your side, why should you, as a sports fan, care at all who wins?
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Despite all of the prior evidence that your team's players aren't on your side, the lack of patriotism is really getting fans' attention.
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Fans could formerly think that at least everyone supported America together. Now white fans know that the black players hate them.
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The shattering of this illusion is very dangerous to the NFL, and it's showing in the NFL ratings this year.
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