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Originally Posted by 1990C4S
Correct.
Sort of the opposite, coaches are dispensable, players are more valuable. Great players get away with far more.
In the end society sets the rules: Gruden's misogynistic, racist, boorish behavior had the potential to drive away minority and female fans, the one area of growth left for the league.
The half-time show will be whatever is popular and sells tickets, the NFL does not care about content. Only eyes and dollars.
It's an effing business, not a paragon of virtue and fairness. Get on board or stop watching. There is no middle ground.
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Most everyone understands the business aspect of what happened and why it had to happen. The issue is where players who have done FAR worse than Gruden are still playing. Or where the NFL turns a blind eye to homophobic, misogynistic, and racist lyrics of the people they're hiring to perform at a halftime show.
There's always middle ground and it is typically found where double standards don't exist and there's consistency in what is done. The NFL is blowing in the political winds in hopes of expanding their market. They made an example of Gruden but don't hold the players, people you say are more valuable than a quality head coach, to the same standards.