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[[File:Pontiac Stadium misery.jpg|right|thumb|Taxpayer-funded Pontiac Silverdome ([[Detroit]]), host to a [[Super Bowl]], in miserable disrepair prior to its demolition.]]

[[File:Pontiac Stadium misery.jpg|right|thumb|Taxpayer-funded Pontiac Silverdome ([[Detroit]]), host to a [[Super Bowl]], in miserable disrepair prior to its demolition.]]

'''Unplug the NFL''' is advocated by ''Conservapedia'' in response to the [[NFL]]'s [[paganism]], its lack of true athletic competitiveness, its promotion of [[gambling]] rather than sportsmanship, its bilking of taxpayers for billions for stadiums, its predictable outcomes where the same people win in playoffs due to obsessive scheming, and its [[Blacklisting Tim Tebow|exclusion of Tim Tebow]] apparently for quoting the [[Bible]] too much.<ref>The slogan "unplug the NFL" was created by ''Conservapedia'', with this entry.  Others are welcome to use this slogan, preferably with attribution.</ref>  Collusion among owners and coaches include [[NFL sham tryouts]].   

'''Unplug the NFL''' is advocated by ''Conservapedia'' in response to the [[NFL]]'s [[paganism]], its lack of true athletic competitiveness, its promotion of [[gambling]] rather than sportsmanship, its bilking of taxpayers for billions for stadiums, its predictable outcomes where the same people win in playoffs due to obsessive scheming, and its [[Blacklisting Tim Tebow|exclusion of Tim Tebow]] apparently for quoting the [[Bible]] too much.<ref>The slogan "unplug the NFL" was created by ''Conservapedia'', with this entry.  Others are welcome to use this slogan, preferably with attribution.</ref>  Collusion among owners and coaches include [[NFL sham tryouts]].  '''''Many websites express dismay at how demonic or evil the NFL really is'''''.

Spectator pro football is an inherently addictive -- and selfish -- activity which may increase dementia as excessive television watching generally does.<ref>https://nypost.com/2019/02/28/watching-3-5-hours-of-tv-a-day-increases-risk-of-dementia-study/</ref>  '''''Anecdotal evidence of addicted football fans developing dementia is commonplace'''''.

Spectator pro football is an inherently addictive -- and selfish -- activity which may increase dementia as excessive television watching generally does.<ref>https://nypost.com/2019/02/28/watching-3-5-hours-of-tv-a-day-increases-risk-of-dementia-study/</ref>  '''''Anecdotal evidence of addicted football fans developing dementia is commonplace'''''.

[[Herschel Walker]], one of the greatest athletes ever, is excluded from the NFL Hall of Fame despite his tremendous career.  The top recruits out of college rarely realize their potential by playing in the NFL anymore, and almost none of the top athletes in the league get to play on [[Super Bowl Sunday]].

[[Herschel Walker]], one of the greatest athletes ever, is excluded from the NFL Hall of Fame despite his tremendous career.  The top recruits out of college rarely realize their potential by playing in the NFL anymore, and almost none of the top athletes in the league get to play on [[Super Bowl Sunday]].

The NFL panders to the [[liberal media]] and 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>  Genuine fans—as opposed to gamblers—are mostly irrelevant to the NFL profit model.<ref>[https://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/01/rams-chargers-raiders-move-to-los-angeles-london-nfl-owners-proposal When will fans realize that NFL owners don't care about them?]</ref>  Beginning in 2016, the NFL has allowed displays of defiance against the [[National Anthem]].  '''''Search on "demonic" and "NFL" on the internet and see a half million websites discussing it'''''.   

The NFL panders to the [[liberal media]] and 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>  Genuine fans—as opposed to gamblers—are mostly irrelevant to the NFL profit model.<ref>[https://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/01/rams-chargers-raiders-move-to-los-angeles-london-nfl-owners-proposal When will fans realize that NFL owners don't care about them?]</ref>  Beginning in 2016, the NFL has allowed displays of defiance against the [[National Anthem]].   

The Washington Redskins cut one of the finest safeties in the [[NFL]] because he publicly criticized its awful coaching, and he pointed out that he probably watches more game films than the coaches do.<ref>https://ftw.usatoday.com/2018/12/fans-are-outraged-redskins-cut-d-j-swearinger-after-he-criticized-team</ref>  Fans were furious how coaches cut this star, but genuine fans are irrelevant to NFL profits.  This and other moves by the NFL shows that is more like professional wrestling, where participants are expected to puff up the product, than a meritocracy.

The Washington Redskins cut one of the finest safeties in the [[NFL]] because he publicly criticized its awful coaching, and he pointed out that he probably watches more game films than the coaches do.<ref>https://ftw.usatoday.com/2018/12/fans-are-outraged-redskins-cut-d-j-swearinger-after-he-criticized-team</ref>  Fans were furious how coaches cut this star, but genuine fans are irrelevant to NFL profits.  This and other moves by the NFL shows that is more like professional wrestling, where participants are expected to puff up the product, than a meritocracy.