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'''Unplug the NFL''' is a campaign initiated by ''Conservapedia'' in response to the NFL's [[Blacklisting Tim Tebow|excluding Tim Tebow]], apparently for being outspokenly [[Christian]].<ref>The slogan "unplug the NFL" was created by ''Conservapedia'', with this entry.  Others are welcome to use this slogan with attribution.</ref>  The taxpayer-supported NFL appeases the [[liberal media]], which is increasingly hostile to people who quote the [[Bible]], and the NFL encourages "[[fantasy football]]," [[gambling]] which is a sin of false worship that was banned by early [[Christianity]].<ref>"From very early times gambling was forbidden by canon law. Two of the oldest among the so-called canons of the [[Apostles]] forbade games of chance under pain of [[excommunication]] to clergy and laity alike." See [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06375b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia], which continues to observe:  "The 79th canon of the Council of Elvira (306) decreed that one of the faithful who had been guilty of gambling might be, on amendment, restored to communion after the lapse of a year. A homily (the famous "De Aleatoribus") long ascribed by St. Cyprian, but by modern scholars variously attributed to Popes Victor I, Callistus I, and Melchiades, and which undoubtedly is a very early and interesting monument of Christian antiquity, is a vigorous denunciation of gambling. The Fourth Lateran Council (1215), by a decree subsequently inserted in the "Corpus Juris", forbade clerics to play or to be present at games of chance. Some authorities, such as Aubespine, have attempted to explain the severity of the ancient canons against gambling by supposing that idolatry was often connected with it in practice. The pieces that were played with were small-sized idols, or images of the gods, which were invoked by the players for good luck."</ref>

'''Unplug the NFL''' is a campaign initiated by ''Conservapedia'' in response to the NFL's [[Blacklisting Tim Tebow|excluding Tim Tebow]], apparently for being outspokenly [[Christian]].<ref>The slogan "unplug the NFL" was created by ''Conservapedia'', with this entry.  Others are welcome to use this slogan with attribution.</ref>  The taxpayer-supported NFL appeases the [[liberal media]], which is increasingly hostile to people who quote the [[Bible]], and the NFL encourages "[[fantasy football]]," a form of [[gambling]] and false worship.<ref>"From very early times gambling was forbidden by canon law. Two of the oldest among the so-called canons of the [[Apostles]] forbade games of chance under pain of [[excommunication]] to clergy and laity alike." See [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06375b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia], which continues to observe:  "The 79th canon of the Council of Elvira (306) decreed that one of the faithful who had been guilty of gambling might be, on amendment, restored to communion after the lapse of a year. A homily (the famous "De Aleatoribus") long ascribed by St. Cyprian, but by modern scholars variously attributed to Popes Victor I, Callistus I, and Melchiades, and which undoubtedly is a very early and interesting monument of Christian antiquity, is a vigorous denunciation of gambling. The Fourth Lateran Council (1215), by a decree subsequently inserted in the "Corpus Juris", forbade clerics to play or to be present at games of chance. Some authorities, such as Aubespine, have attempted to explain the severity of the ancient canons against gambling by supposing that idolatry was often connected with it in practice. The pieces that were played with were small-sized idols, or images of the gods, which were invoked by the players for good luck."</ref>

There is an average of only 11 minutes of football action in a typical 3-hour NFL broadcast.<ref name="WSJ">http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704281204575002852055561406</ref>  Commercials, typically for beer or fantasy football, consume a third of the broadcast.  Cheerleaders are rarely, if ever, shown in most NFL broadcasts anymore, while injured players are shown more than celebrating players.<ref name="WSJ"/>  The NFL exaggerated ratings for its internet streaming, initially claiming that “33.6 million” watched a worldwide live stream of a Bills-Jaguars game in late October 2015, and then asserting that less than half that number, or 15.2 million, actually watched, which is still probably an exaggeration.<ref>http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/10/27/nfl-exaggerated-sundays-bills-jags-internet-numbers/</ref>

There is an average of only 11 minutes of football action in a typical 3-hour NFL broadcast.<ref name="WSJ">http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704281204575002852055561406</ref>  Commercials, typically for beer or fantasy football, consume a third of the broadcast.  Cheerleaders are rarely, if ever, shown in most NFL broadcasts anymore, while injured players are shown more than celebrating players.<ref name="WSJ"/>  The NFL exaggerated ratings for its internet streaming, initially claiming that “33.6 million” watched a worldwide live stream of a Bills-Jaguars game in late October 2015, and then asserting that less than half that number, or 15.2 million, actually watched, which is still probably an exaggeration.<ref>http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/10/27/nfl-exaggerated-sundays-bills-jags-internet-numbers/</ref>