{"id":247,"date":"2011-01-19T19:59:24","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T03:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ryanmcbain.com\/flowcheck\/?p=247"},"modified":"2011-01-19T19:59:57","modified_gmt":"2011-01-20T03:59:57","slug":"the-hypocrisy-of-the-nfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ryanmcbain.com\/flowcheck\/the-hypocrisy-of-the-nfl\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hypocrisy of the NFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OxuFBFQbOqc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OxuFBFQbOqc?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This commercial is no longer being aired. Why? The NFL didn&#8217;t take too kindly to it being played during\u00a0a\u00a0Monday Night Football game so it told Toyota they would no longer air it. As a result, the car company was forced to\u00a0edit the short clip of the\u00a0two helmets hitting each other. In the NFL&#8217;s mind this would make the viewer not think about the NFL&#8217;s concussion issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The NFL claims they care about the health of it&#8217;s players. They have made new rules about concussions and helmet to helmet hits. In my opinion they started doing this because they want an 18 game regular season and they need new rules so players can compete in a longer year. They don&#8217;t care about the players, they care about money. If they gave a shit, they wouldn&#8217;t move to censor a TV ad that shows a company trying to come up with new ways to protect athletes.<\/p>\n<p>The point of the ad was to\u00a0show Toyota working with researchers to help them make a safer helmet. But the NFL only cares about money. They don&#8217;t want their advertisers making them look bad by finding better ways to stop brain injuries.<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/idUSTRE70I58Z20110119\" target=\"_blank\">Unhappy NFL prods Toyota to edit TV ad<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This commercial is no longer being aired. Why? The NFL didn&#8217;t take too kindly to it being played during\u00a0a\u00a0Monday Night Football game so it told Toyota they would no longer air it. As a result, the car company was forced to\u00a0edit the short clip of the\u00a0two helmets hitting each other. 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