There are numerous examples of how the league seems to be able to weather any threat or setback in its march toward unseen heights in popularity and prosperity.
The NFL did it again, skirting a potential significant threat to its unprecedented prosperity, this time by way of a judge who, magically, made a $14 billion judgment against them disappear.that began almost a decade ago finally reached a jury verdict last month, and what a verdict it was: The jury awarded the plaintiffs—consumers as well as bars and restaurants—$4.7 billion, which, per antitrust law, would be trebled to the amount of $14.1 billion.
This stunning turn of events for the league reminds me of several other perceived threats to the success of the league that were swatted away. In the early 2010s, when the concussion crisis was percolating with thousands of lawsuits circling the league, documentaries and movies such as League of Denial and Concussion, there was a chorus of leaders—including then President Barack Obama—saying they would not let their sons play football. This was obviously a significant threat to the NFL’s business model.
In 2017 to ’18, Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling during the national anthem brought out calls and commentary that it would cause the decline of the NFL. So much for that.
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