NFL Moves 2012 Season Opener to Accommodate Obama’s DNC Speech
For the second year running, the worlds of the NFL and politics collide.
The National Football League announced Tuesday that it will open the 2012 season on a Wednesday night instead of Thursday to avoid conflicting with President Obama’s Democratic National Convention speech.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced that the kickoff game, to be hosted by the Super Bowl champion New York Giants, will be now be September 5 rather than September 6.
The L.A. Times adds:
Obama is scheduled to accept his party’s nomination for a second term the following night in Charlotte at Bank of America Stadium, home to the city’s pro-football franchise the Carolina Panthers.
It will mark the second straight year that politics and football threatened to conflict, but last year it was Obama altering his schedule to accommodate the NFL.
The White House announced plans for a joint session address to Congress during prime time last September so Obama could discuss his new jobs plan. First, he had to change the date after Republicans complained he would be stepping on a planned GOP debate. Then he had to move the speech up an hour, just before prime time, to ensure that his remarks would be finished in time for kickoff of the 2011 season opener between the Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints.
This move, however, is no small feat. Shifting the season opener to accommodate the president’s speech ensures Obama will have the largest audience possible.
Fortunately or unfortunately, the collateral damage in this equation is Vice President Joe Biden’s speech, which will now overshadowed.
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GeeTee001
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 6:56amI’ll mark my calendar to make sure I’m “busy” when that game comes on.
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OklahomaBeck
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 7:30amWon’t watch either!
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little big man
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 10:08amMore people will watch the game Vs. Obama’s speech.
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Gumbercules
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 4:12amThe NFL is being modest in their explanation. They are really moving it to a Wednesday so THEY get the most viewers.
I can’t wait for that Tuesday night . . . the last time Obama will seem relatively important.
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NOBALONEY
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 6:09amAll hail Ceasar!
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RightUnite
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 5:23amOne more reason to not watch the crap any more!
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BreeZee
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 5:58amI realize he is POTUS but this is for the DEMOCRAT CONVENTION not the State of the Union address, I realize the number of black Americans dominate NFL, NBA and MLB over any other color. It is a shame that a pro sport will take a side politically and do this. I am sick and tired of people giving Hussain a free ride. I am sick and tired of people shy-ing away from saying he’s only POTUS because he is black. I am not PC nor am I racist, I just hate this socialist black American, his gangsta politics, his islamic terrorist loving ass and the media left that support his anti America, anti Constitution agenda. This is just like the NBA commish attending a $30,000 a plate Barry Hussain fundraiser in O-town before the all star game.
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EchoHawk
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 2:12pmHow about you get your facts straight BreeZee
At the start of the 2011 season, the total players of color were 38.3 percent. The opening day rosters were 61.5 percent white, 27 percent Latino, 2.1 percent Asian, 0.4 percent Native American or Native Alaskan and 0.3 percent Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
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Seventys America
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 3:13amLet the Marxist have his day in the sun. If enough American voters wake up before Election Day, the DNC address will be one of the last times we’ll be subjected to the deception and propaganda that spews from his elitist facial orifice. If the NFL season can start on a Thursday, it can certainly start a day earlier without much controversy.
That said, I’ll start concerning myself with elections and football when we get that far. We still have an Occupier Spring, Summer of Rage, and a time-traveling caveman’s furious attempt to hasten the return of the Mah’di to wrap ourselves around in the coming days.
http://www.facebook.com/seventys.america
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kalli
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 1:52amGive me a freakin’ break! People do not listen to the lying deceiver any more!
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raydg
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 1:45amObama is not the king, but only a president where the government was meant to not get in the way of private citizens. The NFL is bowing down to Obama.
Hail King Obama!!!!!!!!
Makes me not want to watch football anymore.
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SandyfromChesterfield
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 1:01amThe NFL is getting too involved in politics.
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TXPilot
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 1:38amI’m guessing the NFL is being so accommodating to our Fuhrer, so they don’t risk a midnight visit by his Gestapo……
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tking357
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 12:34amSo now the NFL is BO’s newest super PAC. POTUS should respect the people of this country and have his movement at another time and place. I know that my stomach will be sick at the time of his choosing BARF.
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edmundburk
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 12:33amwhy are most conservitive people against football? football is more conservitive than baseball and NASCAR (rednecks only!)
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phil1765
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 2:23amedmundburk
So conservAtives are against the NFL? What the hell are you smoking? Baseball is only for rednecks? Guess there are alot of rednecks in Boston and New York. You sir are an idiot please clean up for dinner your mom is calling you.
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nolefan2
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 5:59pmRedneck is an offensive term that liberals continue to use while condemning others for using what the liberal considers to be offense language. Can you spell “hypocrite?”
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Apple Bite
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 12:29amPut that Steelers jersey down, you jackass!
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HKS
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 12:21amWell, Isn’t that just special.
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rawmilker
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 12:19amThe little Hitler speaks & the NFL & NBA listen eh? Last week he was meddling in the NBA AllStar game over in Orlando, closing down the streets for his motorcade & rapper entorage’….I second that RAZOR & f u*k the NBA as well!
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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 12:15amDuring Obama Speeches I usually have another kind of movement.I Do not plan on moving my schedule.
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HKS
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 12:29amOh my, now we wouldn’t want to miss any of those little words of wisdom now would we.
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shabe
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 12:10amI guess that would be as good a time as any to clean the garage.
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db321
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 12:26amI cant wait for the Republican Convention – no matter who the candidate is – speakers like Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie, Herman Cain, Sarah Palin, Santorum, Gingrich, Romney, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry and others. This is going to be a Super Bowl Line Up!
I cant imagine who is going to rally the crowd at the Democratic Conventions – Al Gore, Hilary, Polosi, Harry Reed, OWS’ers, Soros, Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Warren Buffets Secretary.
I thank I have to shampoo the dog that evening.
And People say the Republicans are going to lose to Obama – This will be the Greatest Republican Convention of all times – even for the ones with little faith.
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EchoHawk
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 2:18pmIf, and that’s a very big if, republicans can manage to nominate a candidate that could win a general election they can expect that zero respect be given to the office of the Presidency.
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MCDAVE
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:51pmThe number on the shirt is wrong .. Should be just a zero.
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oldguy49
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 12:01ampeople don’t seem to get it……..how much would the nfl or players make if obama gets to rule the u.s……………..remember he wants to spread the wealth………….players and owners have more than they need…….france is toying with the idea of a 75% tax………obama wants the us to be like the rest of the world
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possom
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:45pmWait folk’s I saw another job’s bill plan in there, is this no. 5 or 6?
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:38pm.
The NFL & NBA need to have more White players. And MLB needs to have an English only rule…..
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Lumbar Spine
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:47pmWhy…?
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:50pmThey also don’t have enough handicap people. Come on, quota’s people.
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ThankBabyJesus
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:59pmwhy? diversity brah.
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STEELERINTEXAS
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 6:45pm100% agree!
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Nobummer
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:37pmBoth Obama and the NFL are spoiled brats. Keep them both. Even the Super Bowl commercials are lame. I would rather watch a test pattern.
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auntbea
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:20pmJust so he doesn’t desecrate MILE HIGH STADIUM with his styrofoam columns and his phony self!!
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Br@dley
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:19pmfootball one day earlier. see, this presidency won’t be 100% terrible after all…
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AtlasStones
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:49pmJust 99.99999999% terrible
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Dallasmarine
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:19pmReruns of The Golden Girls will outdraw his convention anyway. At least the girls say something you might believe.
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banjarmon
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:17pmI will not watch NFL games and haven’t for 20 years. BhO reminds me to continue this commitment!!
I won’t watch BhO either!!!!!
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:15pmIs there any aspect of our life he isn’t messing up?
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1casawizard
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:22pmNone I can think of.
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CatB
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:25pmNo .. but the NFL didn’t want to get shut down by the Obama Administration .. like the Keystone Pipeline.
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:29pmGreat, I just went to go use the head, and his face is on my toilet paper, scared the crap out of me. I guess he is good for one thing, constipation.
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BurntHills
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:11pmthis huge extended American of vets of all ages dumped the NFL 3 years ago when it came out of it’s closet as another one of obama’s toilets, and obama’s D&C abortion communist party speech is nothing to us but a sick joke on his mindless morons. no real American will be listening to obama on Sept 6. we’ll be lucky if he has not incited a massive civil war by then anyway.
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1casawizard
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:18pmHe’s just trying to gin up votes, my brother. I hope he stumbles and falls.
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Lumbar Spine
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:23pmThere won’t be a civil war because there is no need for one…unless a bunch of ignorant gun nuts keep listening to all the paranoid bull***t floating around the internet.
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1casawizard
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:35pm@LUMBAR SPINE. If there are gun nuts around pouting a civil war listening to the paranoid bull****, they will be demo plants causing it and claiming they are Repubs.
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Razorhunters
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 12:10amcivil war …not really, more on phase with the revolution…only 3 to 5 % of americans actually participated in the revolutionary war…will be more this time , but will also be more zombies,sheep etc…
not all states will be involved…dc area will be main area…ny , california , texas few others…
will be bloody , will be historical , will be horrific.
all will suffer from the economics and martial law.
love your family , know what is important , know how to survive.
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Lumbar Spine
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 12:30amAnother drama queen…
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phil1765
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 2:46amLumbar Spine
Don’t you have a blog to write over at HuffnPuff or the daily communist?
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Razorhunters
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:08pmfluck the nfl…
buck ofama…
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possom
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:48pmAnd the obama truth squad that’s invaded these post’s “HEAR ME LUMBAR AND 1CASA”!!!!!!!!
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Razorhunters
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 12:00amagree.
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 12:02amI just ignore the trolls, they are like fairies, they can only live if you believe in them. I don’t beleive in trolls.
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1casawizard
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 12:54am@ POSSOM. My handle was in your post. What you talking about truth squad? Am I taking you the wrong way? Talk to me.
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rawmilker
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 1:25amYou people want to talk about civil war II? Well here it is…. I read this back a few years ago & damned if this guy isn’t right on the $$!
http://jpfo.org/kirby/kirby-cw2.htm
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