HEY, WILLIE!
Why the fuss over the NFL’s new anthem policy? As Bill Polian pointed out, it’s a compromise (remember that word?) that takes care of both sides.
The guys who want to honor the anthem can do so, and the protesters can stay in the locker room and be interviewed post-game and let their views be heard. What's wrong with that?
BOB
HEY, BOB!
As I attempted to point out in Saturday’s column, a solution that satisfies everyone doesn’t exist. A solution that satisfies the majority of fans does exist, but part of our national charm is our history of protecting minority opinion.
What I’ve suggested is, just let it be, let it play out. A lot of people will remain angry, some might quit watching. But trust me, eventually we’ll move on to some other raging debate. Call it a hunch based on recent trends.
HEY, WILLIE!
I was driving along Tomoka Farms Road this morning, pondering a snappy rebuttal to your laissez-faire attitude regarding the NFL’s approach to reprehensible behavior. Then I got a whiff of the odor from the Volusia County landfill.
It was then that I realized you were spot-on when you said to let the problem resolve itself organically.
JOHN
HEY, JOHN!
We all have to hold our noses from time to time. “Organic,” by the way, is one of those trendy words folks toss out occasionally when trying to sound modern, hip and trendy. Kinda like “spot-on.”
HEY, WILLIE!
Your column about the NFL’s anthem problem failed to mention that “the employee base” is a source of expenses. Customers are a source of income and provide the cushy lifestyles enjoyed by “the employee base.”
No customers, no income, no NFL. Those in the “employee base” then become baristas at Starbucks where they can clean the restrooms of drug paraphernalia left behind by loiterers.
In the opinion of at least one customer, the NFL’s “employee base” is made up of limousine liberals who have no idea what it is to hold an actual job.
JAMIE
HEY, JAMIE!
I’m no expert, but I sense that things just escalated.
HEY, WILLIE!
It amazes me that in a period of eight days, NASCAR can put on the best race, then the worst race, at the same track. So much for R&D.
KATZ
HEY, KATZ!
Finally, we’re off the anthem controversy and back to bashing NASCAR. For a minute there, I was worried we’d lost our way.
NASCAR experimented with restrictor plates for last week’s All-Star Race at Charlotte, then reverted back to the regular rules package for Sunday’s 600-miler. The contrast in the two events will only intensify the belief that more plate-racin’ is coming in 2019.
HEY, WILLIE!
Are Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick going to win all the races this year?
STEVE
HEY, STEVE!
No.
I haven’t seen the latest scripts, but I’ve heard something about Kyle Larson winning at Michigan in two weeks. I saw it on the critically acclaimed NASCAR This Week page inside Tuesday's Daytona Beach News-Journal.
Reach Ken Willis at ken.willis@news-jrnl.com
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