Poll: 32% skip NFL over #BlackLivesMatter player protests

Published October 4, 2016 4:59am ET



By PAUL BEDARD (@SECRETSBEDARD), Washington Examiner

The growing number of player protests at National Football League games, driven by the Black Lives Matter movement and San Francisco quarterback Colin Kaepernick, has prompted nearly a third of Americans to turn the games off, according to a new survey.

Rasmussen Reports revealed Tuesday that 32 percent of American adults say they are “less likely” to watch a game because of the expanding protests over how blacks are treated, especially by police.

By comparison, 52 percent said it doesn’t impact their watching and a small 13 percent said they are more likely to watch football games because of the protests.

Not surprisingly, blacks and whites are divided on the issues.

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