The Hypocrisy of the NFL
This commercial is no longer being aired. Why? The NFL didn’t take too kindly to it being played during a Monday Night Football game so it told Toyota they would no longer air it. As a result, the car company was forced to edit the short clip of the two helmets hitting each other. In the NFL’s mind this would make the viewer not think about the NFL’s concussion issue.
The NFL claims they care about the health of it’s players. They have made new rules about concussions and helmet to helmet hits. In my opinion they started doing this because they want an 18 game regular season and they need new rules so players can compete in a longer year. They don’t care about the players, they care about money. If they gave a shit, they wouldn’t move to censor a TV ad that shows a company trying to come up with new ways to protect athletes.
The point of the ad was to show Toyota working with researchers to help them make a safer helmet. But the NFL only cares about money. They don’t want their advertisers making them look bad by finding better ways to stop brain injuries.
[Unhappy NFL prods Toyota to edit TV ad]
I never understood interventions. What’s the point of being told you drink too much from a room full of reasons why you drink in the first place?
Posted: January 19, 2011 at 7:59 pm | by Ryan
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