NFL Boycott - Will FedEx Peak be easier...in current events?

[Winefer2]

People are blowing up on our FedEx Facebook stating their boycotting our services -wondering if PEAK will slow down this year..

 

[Catatonic]

What did FedEx do for people to boycott their services?

 

[Winefer2]

Fedex is a sponsor of the NFL

 

[Route 66]

No such luck. This latest bit of dumbness wil all be forgotten next week - as soon as Donald goes off on some other amazing tangent.
No, Joe Sixpack ain't givin' up his damned Monday Night Football......"believe me, folks...believe me"

 

[bbsam]

I agree with 66. Also I think this peak will be extraordinarily more difficult. The surcharges that are being added by UPS are not being added by Fedex. A lot will be going "cheapest way possible" and that will overwhelmingly be Fedex.

 

[bacha29]

What this past week does do is to make a players strike in 2021 which was already a high probability to begin with a near certainty now. Given that Fat Freddy is a minority owner of the Washington Redskins, the next time you guys have to go to the Fedex Mind Control and Reeducation Academy your individual patriotism will be highly scrutinized . So make certain your you have memorized the Gettysburg Address, know every verse of the national anthem, can show them where your Grandaddy's buried and can play "Star's and Stripes Forever" on your banjo.

 

[Serf]

Peak will be difficult. Widespread panic. We will be overwhelmed in every facet of our operation. And on December 26th Big FedEx and Big UPS will congratulate all on the most successful peak ever. Outdoing so & so.
NFL Boycott is silly. Because after all it was mine and your tax dollars that went to building the stadium for the tax exempt NFL. The whole thing is a criminal enterprise. Which is why it's so misplaced.
Kneel before God, Kneel before the King, Kneel before giving head.

 

[bacha29]

There's an admirable alternative to all this. Take all NFL stadiums that are publicly owned and or financed and sell them to the NFL owners who can then reach an agreement with the NFLPA and others who want to use the facility with regard to public demonstrations held on the facility including those that are held by game participants. Now if the end result is that the cheapest game ticket in the place is $3,500 and a pay per view game which is where the games will immediately go to sets you back 800 bucks then your NFL related political convictions won't mean a thing pal because if you't ain't the money for it anyhow.

 

[Serf]

There's an admirable alternative to all this. Take all NFL stadiums that are publicly owned and or financed and sell them to the NFL owners who can then reach an agreement with the NFLPA and others who want to use the facility with regard to public demonstrations held on the facility including those that are held by game participants. Now if the end result is that the cheapest game ticket in the place is $3,500 and a pay per view game which is where the games will immediately go to sets you back 800 bucks then your NFL related political convictions won't mean a thing pal because if you't ain't the money for it anyhow.

Not totally farfetched. A viable path to where the game could end up. Will we see it watered down to basically 7 on 7 arena style? Will it just be a fantasy, E sport, DraftKing league where money is made? And in the next decade will we see erosion because parents aren't letting children play football? It's happening already.

 

[59 Dano]

There's an admirable alternative to all this. Take all NFL stadiums that are publicly owned and or financed and sell them to the NFL owners who can then reach an agreement with the NFLPA and others who want to use the facility with regard to public demonstrations held on the facility including those that are held by game participants. Now if the end result is that the cheapest game ticket in the place is $3,500 and a pay per view game which is where the games will immediately go to sets you back 800 bucks then your NFL related political convictions won't mean a thing pal because if you't ain't the money for it anyhow.

When the owners finally stop laughing long enough to say "No," then what?

 

[bacha29]

When the owners finally stop laughing long enough to say "No," then what?

When city councils and the stadium authorities who they control say "We can always convert the stadium which we own into another venue or demolish it all together or sell it to a third party developer who may if they choose to lease it to the team owner or convert it to another use. What smart remark do you have to say about that prospect? Remember it's not the owners who are out there playing the game. Not to mention declining ratings, games that are getting too long and as Serf wisely pointed out the game's entire success is completely dependent on the continued willingness of the nation's best athletes to participate in the sport.

 

[59 Dano]

When city councils and the stadium authorities who they control say "We can always convert the stadium which we own into another venue or demolish it all together or sell it to a third party developer who may if they choose to lease it to the team owner or convert it to another use. What smart remark do you have to say about that prospect?

HA HA HA HA is what I say about that prospect. Once the team owner stopped laughing, he'd say "If you think you can find a more profitable tenant or use for this 70,000 seat stadium, go right ahead!"

 

[BootsOnTarmac]

Yes. Peak will slow down this year because FedEx is one of the following Sponsors of the NFL.

Anheuser-Busch
Barclaycard US
Bose
Bridgestone
Campbell's Soup Company
Castrol
Courtyard Marriott
Dairy Management, Inc. (Fuel Up to Play 60)
Dannon
Extreme Networks
FedEx
Frito-Lay
Gatorade
Hyundai Motor America
Mars Snackfood
Microsoft
Nationwide
News America
Papa John's
Pepsi
Procter & Gamble
Quaker
Verizon
Visa
USAA

Who ya crappin?, Winefer2.

 

[bacha29]

HA HA HA HA is what I say about that prospect. Once the team owner stopped laughing, he'd say "If you think you can find a more profitable tenant or use for this 70,000 seat stadium, go right ahead!"

What do you have to say about the prospects of declining viewership declining attendance a players strike plus the CTE issue is not yet a finished issue? The end result could very easily be the owners having to go to the stadium authorities and say "please we need huge lease concessions or we're done". The recent refusal by the cities of Oakland and San Diego to bury themselves in debt to build billion dollar new stadiums for the Raiders and Chargers may be the beginning of a trend on the part of the nation's cities to call into the question the future economic viability of the NFL. Pretty hard to keep that 70,000 seat stadium operating when it's half full at best especially when it's in use as few as 8 times during the regular season and the NFLPA rejected the owners proposal for an 18 regular season. When you consider the fact that poor attendance and low television ratings did in the WFL,XFL,USFL and NFL Europe it's not wise to think that the same thing could not happen to the NFL.

 

[vantexan]

When city councils and the stadium authorities who they control say "We can always convert the stadium which we own into another venue or demolish it all together or sell it to a third party developer who may if they choose to lease it to the team owner or convert it to another use. What smart remark do you have to say about that prospect? Remember it's not the owners who are out there playing the game. Not to mention declining ratings, games that are getting too long and as Serf wisely pointed out the game's entire success is completely dependent on the continued willingness of the nation's best athletes to participate in the sport.

All it takes to fill stadiums and increase tv viewership is a winning team. Injuries have always been a part of the game. If you think poor athletes are going to give up a chance at a millionaire lifestyle due to risk of injury you're kidding yourself.

 

[bbsam]

Kneel before God, Kneel before the King, Kneel before giving head.

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I...think I'm in love!

 

[bacha29]

All it takes to fill stadiums and increase tv viewership is a winning team. Injuries have always been a part of the game. If you think poor athletes are going to give up a chance at a millionaire lifestyle due to risk of injury you're kidding yourself.

Stadium construction has usually been financed with public bond issues upwards of 30 years in duration. Public officials are now asking themselves will professional sports still being around in it's current form 30 years from now and will it remain as profitable? They are sworn to uphold the interest of the public which is not limited to sports junkies and wealthy franchise owners.

 

[bacha29]

All it takes to fill stadiums and increase tv viewership is a winning team. Injuries have always been a part of the game. If you think poor athletes are going to give up a chance at a millionaire lifestyle due to risk of injury you're kidding yourself.

BTW Don't forget that little old anti trust exemption the NFL has enjoyed for decades. It's constantly being challenged and someday there may very well be a successful challenge . If so it's changes everything especially one the television revenue side and that's where the big money comes from.

 

[vantexan]

Stadium construction has usually been financed with public bond issues upwards of 30 years in duration. Public officials are now asking themselves will professional sports still being around in it's current form 30 years from now and will it remain as profitable? They are sworn to uphold the interest of the public which is not limited to sports junkies and wealthy franchise owners.

I think it's already a decided issue that pro sports bring in much needed revenue to cities. Look at all the old stadiums around the country that have been torn down and new ones built in their place. Even non-sports junkies benefit from the economic activity generated.

 

[Fred's Myth]

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I...think I'm in love!

You two go get a room.