It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to figure out that Americans are sick and tired of watching NFL players disrespect our national anthem, or taking a knee as a way to join forces with Black Lives Matter to push an anti-law-enforcement narrative. Most of all, it’s about men and women who previously watched NFL games as a way to escape the stress of their everyday lives, who are unwilling to support teams who put progressive activism before the game.
Since the Colin Kaepernick and his fellow players started their Black Lives Matter kneeling campaign, social media has been lit up with photos of empty stadiums, proving that fans are not interested in supporting players who disrespect our flag and our law enforcement officers. The photos seem to suggest that every week more and more seats remain empty in NFL stadiums across America. Here’s a look at a number of NFL stadiums today:
Check out this photo of the Cleveland Browns stadium:
Cleveland #NFL #Browns RT @middlebunns: @EmptySeatsPics #JAXvsCLE Opening kickoff pic.twitter.com/WjDTdfamD0
— Empty Seats Galore (@EmptySeatsPics) November 19, 2017
The Lions games in neighboring Chicago are always very popular…not so much today.
https://twitter.com/Crayestout/status/932305365164875778
Empty seats in the “smallest modern stadium in the NFL”, Chicago’s Soldier Field are a rare sight indeed, especially when the visiting team is right next door in Michigan.
https://twitter.com/labuda_robert/status/932309433983688705
The Minnesota Viking stadium looks like their hosting a local high school game instead of a professional football team.
@Vikings sec345 row 6 seat 19. pic.twitter.com/DzThB1r26i
— Peter Klages (@pakman75) November 19, 2017
@Vikings section 101 row 22, seats 6-8 we’d like to meet some legends pls thank you 😁 pic.twitter.com/FAGvyr9rYq
— 𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑏 (@OhDagEmily) November 19, 2017
You could’ve shot a cannot through the NY Giants stadium today.
The Unknown #Giants Fans. pic.twitter.com/sAyITREEwm
— James Kratch (@JamesKratch) November 19, 2017
Kickoff is just minutes away! WATCH #NYGiants Pregame Warmups presented by @Visa pic.twitter.com/dwsw5viPtI
— New York Giants (@Giants) November 19, 2017
Wow. I have never seen this many empty seats here before. John Mara must be thrilled. #GiantsPride. pic.twitter.com/G7Nw7g9Hlq
— Kevin McCleerey (@KevinMcCleerey) November 19, 2017
It almost looks like it’s a practice day in Cleveland.
I think you’ll see this a lot. Squalls every 20 minutes or so. #JAXvsCLE #Jaguars pic.twitter.com/nLHxTxgHur
— Brent Martineau (@BrentASJax) November 19, 2017
Texans fans must have started their Christmas shopping early and decided to skip the game today.
View from my seat for today's #Texans game. More empty seats than normal for the start of a game. pic.twitter.com/3PpxhtPJue
— Ryan Kahrhoff (@xman30) November 19, 2017
Lots of empty seats at NRG as they are about to toss the coin pic.twitter.com/PJvF07byVl
— Kent Somers (@kentsomers) November 19, 2017
you can really tell the orange is indeed oranger with all these empty seats pic.twitter.com/hgcDG2bUwJ
— Jordan Zirm (@JordanZirm) November 19, 2017
The Miami stadium seats are mostly empty.
NFL football with @bellavate! #TBvsMIA #HardRockStadium pic.twitter.com/iTzYbBnnFD
— Kevin Wasielewski (@ORIGINPCCEO) November 19, 2017