Pro football will be back before you know it. The next NFL draft is in April, and the first regular-season games will be on Sept. 5. But we won’t be watching.
It’s not because we dislike football. Both of us grew up in states with huge football rivalries, and we love what many call “America’s Game.” One of us is the granddaughter of Iowa State’s former head coach (a 1947 Pittsburgh Steelers draft pick), the niece of Colorado State’s erstwhile quarterback, and the mother of two varsity football players.
No, we avoided the Super Bowl because the NFL is no longer the politically neutral, family-friendly organizer of “America’s Game.” It’s an anti-American, “woke” institution that engages in racial discrimination with apparent immunity from the Justice Department, which seems unconcerned with enforcing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it comes…
