Robert Weissberg of UNZ Review suggested the NFL should play some league games in Africa to show the players how great it is to live in America and how fragile the America fan base is. As it stands about 20% of the fans have abandoned watching the NFL because of the kneelers. About 35 million fans attend the actual games each year but 2017 will lose about 20% or 7 million fans because they disagree with the kneelers. at $100 per ticket that means the NFL will lose about $750 million in 2017.
Weisberg has the idea that the NFL should announce each team will play a game in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. He continues: “let them see what happens when whites are expelled and blacks run everything. According to American tourists: ” almost nothing works in Africa—buses regularly breakdown, elevators are erratic, electrical power disappears periodically, roads are frequently impassible, nobody believes in schedules and on and on and on. Yes, everybody might be checked into the five-star Transcorp Hilton Abuja, but there can never be a complete escape from what makes the Third World distinctly Third World. And visiting the countryside would only exacerbate the discomfort, especially if they are stuck on a tour bus with non-functioning air conditioning in 110 degree temperatures and are delayed by scrawny animals wandering on roads.
Having been to Nigeria as well as many other African cities and countries I can attest to the veracity of Weisbergs comments about the place.
“Moreover, nearly all these players are multi-millionaires and will be correctly perceived as super-rich Americans and thus tempting targets for swarms of beggars, street hustlers, and con artists. Particularly disconcerting, their claim to be “fellow Africans” whose ancestors were unlucky enough to be captured by slave traders will be meaningless to the Nigerians since if everyone is black, blackness counts for zero. I’d also guess that locals would routinely plead with the rich NFL visitors to take them to America.
“Matters will get worse. It is highly unlikely that they can escape levels of crime unthinkable to ordinary Americans, even residents of Detroit. It will commence at the Abuja airport with luggage items (especially electronic items) vanishing and continue with hotel maids pilfering small change, being cheated by vendors, equipment (even shoes and socks) disappearing during practices, and perhaps a few more serious offenses such as being mugged by armed gangs. Even fervent ideologically blinded social justice warriors will be forced to recognize what experienced travelers know when travelling in Africa—don’t trust anyone, never display objects of value no matter how small and don’t leave anything important lying around. And just wait until these naive Americans try to report a robbery to the police! Or are repeatedly arrested by cops who can spot a rich American a mile away, particularly one standing 6’5’’ who only speaks English while being bedecked in Kente Cloth. More than a few visitors will miss the “racist” albeit courteous pigs who eschewed upfront bribes to investigate a missing cell phone.
“Matters will get worse. It is highly unlikely that they can escape levels of crime unthinkable to ordinary Americans, even residents of Detroit. It will commence at the Abuja airport with luggage items (especially electronic items) vanishing and continue with hotel maids pilfering small change, being cheated by vendors, equipment (even shoes and socks) disappearing during practices, and perhaps a few more serious offenses such as being mugged by armed gangs. Even fervent ideologically blinded social justice warriors will be forced to recognize what experienced travelers know when travelling in Africa—don’t trust anyone, never display objects of value no matter how small and don’t leave anything important lying around. And just wait until these naive Americans try to report a robbery to the police! Or are repeatedly arrested by cops who can spot a rich American a mile away, particularly one standing 6’5’’ who only speaks English while being bedecked in Kente Cloth. More than a few visitors will miss the “racist” albeit courteous pigs who eschewed upfront bribes to investigate a missing cell phone.
“But perhaps the most painful experience will come from the sicknesses that plague innocents abroad. After all, these young, strong men never worried about brushing their teeth with tap water or the consequences of eating local street food. Absent strictly following the advice of the team doctor, everybody on the team will likely suffer from a multitude of unpleasant though non-lethal illnesses than involve diarrhea, vomiting plus various painful insect bites. A whole new vocabulary awaits: chikungunya, leishmaniasis, lymphatic filariasis, onechoceriasis among countless other tropical illnesses that will mystify the team doctor. Far worse might be the “souvenirs” (including HIV) collected by those who partook of the “local talent.”
“Yes, returning players may still believe America suffers from toxic white racism etc. but there will be some good news. None of these who have personally experienced a week in Nigeria will have to worry that taking a knee during the national anthem will precipitate an unexpected race to the bathroom only to find no toilet paper, an overflowing, stopped up non-functioning commode, broken facets with just a trickle of brown water and vandalized towel and soap dispensers. In other words, the white-run United States of America does have its virtues. God Bless America!
“Yes, returning players may still believe America suffers from toxic white racism etc. but there will be some good news. None of these who have personally experienced a week in Nigeria will have to worry that taking a knee during the national anthem will precipitate an unexpected race to the bathroom only to find no toilet paper, an overflowing, stopped up non-functioning commode, broken facets with just a trickle of brown water and vandalized towel and soap dispensers. In other words, the white-run United States of America does have its virtues. God Bless America!
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