Anheuser-Busch Sternly Urges NFL to Stop Acting Like Stupid Meatheads

[mercyrule]

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Anheuser-Busch Sternly Urges NFL to Stop Acting Like Stupid Meatheads (http://jezebel.com/anheuser-busch-sternly-urges-nfl-to-stop-acting-like-st-1635506835)Major NFL sponsor Anheuser-Busch has issued a serious reprimand and warning to the NFL in response to the league's latest ****ery. This is even better if you imagine the puppy from this year's Super Bowl ad bark-dictating the announcement. Trust me.
In a statement released this afternoon, the American libations behemoth owned by even larger Belgian-Brazilian libations behemoth InBev announced,

"We are disappointed and increasingly concerned by the recent incidents that have overshadowed this NFL season. We are not yet satisfied with the league's handling of behaviors that so clearly go against our own company culture and moral code. We have shared our concerns and expectations with the league."
According (http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2014/09/16/nfl-anheuser-busch-sponsor-domestic-abuse-sponsor/15726217/) to USAToday, A-B has three years left on a 6-year, $1.2 billion deal with the NFL. If they pulled their sponsorship, it could be quite the fiscally disastrous ball-flick for Goodell and company.

[mercyrule]

So, anyway, why Goodell and the NFL need to handle this thing.

[OpIv37]

oh the irony: a company whose products have led to countless intoxicated people punching their girls and beating their kids is now criticizing the NFL for not punishing people enough for the very behaviors that their products cause.

[Downinfloflo]

Anheuser Busch made a fortune selling cheap poison.....

[Novacane]

Is this a joke? Exactly what OP said. This is the last company that should be criticizing the NFL

[mercyrule]

Anheuser-Busch, Pepsico, McDonald's, Campbell Soup, Visa among sponsors criticizing NFL over Rice, Peterson scandalsIn a scathing statement, the maker of Bud Light, the league's official beer, said it was ‘disappointed and increasingly concerned by the recent incidents that have overshadowed this NFL season.’ Anheuser-Busch pays the league about $200 million a year in advertisements. Other companies are also watching how the NFL handles these cases of violence.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/anheuser-busch-criticizes-nfl-rice-peterson-cases-article-1.1941840#ixzz3DWuaK0Sf

[Don't Panic]

Anheuser-Busch, Pepsico, McDonald's, Campbell Soup, Visa among sponsors criticizing NFL over Rice, Peterson scandals

In a scathing statement, the maker of Bud Light, the league's official beer, said it was ‘disappointed and increasingly concerned by the recent incidents that have overshadowed this NFL season.’ Anheuser-Busch pays the league about $200 million a year in advertisements. Other companies are also watching how the NFL handles these cases of violence.



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/anheuser-busch-criticizes-nfl-rice-peterson-cases-article-1.1941840#ixzz3DWuaK0Sf

The first three on that list should be doing the apologizing for the crap they produce for consumption by the general public.

[BLeonard]

Yet, I'd be willing to bet that, come Thursday-Monday, the 16 NFL Stadiums hosting games will be serving the same beers that they did last Sunday and the Sunday before that.

Get back to me when any of these companies pull their sponsorships and/or don't allow their products to be used/sold in NFL stadiums.

-Bill

[Meathead]

theyre just mad because im the one country white boy that hates bud

[Skooby]

I bet this company is directly responsible for half or more of Adrian's kids, so look who's talking.

[BillsOverDolphins]

I bet this company is directly responsible for half or more of Adrian's kids, so look who's talking.

:rofl:

[mercyrule]

https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/retouched-covergirl-ad-calls-out-domestic-violence-in-97652307018.html

Retouched CoverGirl Ad Calls Out Domestic Violence in NFL
As one of the official sponsors of the NFL, CoverGirl created football-inspired makeup looks for every team (http://www.covergirl.com/collections/nfl-collection), advertised with the slogan “Get Your Game Face On.” This weekend, the purple smoky eye inspired by the Baltimore Ravens (http://www.covergirl.com/collections/nfl-collection/baltimore-ravens) got an unfortunate makeover. In the wake of the video revealing the team’s running back Ray Rice violently abusing his then-fiance, an airbrushed version showing the CoverGirl model with a now black and blue eye has gone viral. On top of its visual impact, it takes to task the poor way in which the NFL, and more specifically commissioner Roger Goodell, has addressed the issue of domestic violence. After thousands of tweets and Facebook shares this weekend, the original campaign image was retouched by journalist Adele Stan (https://twitter.com/addiestan), to include a black eye and a new message written across the top: “Boycott CoverGirl Official Sponsor of the NFL (https://twitter.com/addiestan/status/510284587084169216/photo/1)" until Roger Goodell is gone.” Trending hashtags this weekend included #GoodellMustGo and #BoycotttheNFL.

[ServoBillieves]

Three players actions have turned the NFL in to a circus. Thank you, media. **** the game on the field, **** the players donating millions to worthy causes, and an especially huge **** you to the 1,693 other players who suit up on Sunday. Thank you Goodell, for hiding knowing you're wrong rather than fessing up like a man and putting the game you "love" in danger.

Am I annoyed? Can you tell?

[mercyrule]

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/nfl-controversy/wheaties-drops-adrian-peterson-website-n204681

Wheaties Drops Adrian Peterson From Website
Embattled running back Adrian Peterson, who was deactivated by the Minnesota Vikings last weekend after being indicted on child abuse charges for spanking his son, has been completely dropped by Wheaties, the breakfast cereal that prides itself on being associated with champion athletes.

[mercyrule]

NFL sponsors stand by, but Radisson breaks with Vikings
After days of the NFL's top corporate sponsors holding firm through the league's embarrassing and controversial series of news developments, a crack in the support emerged Monday night.
The Radisson hotel chain announced it is suspending its sponsorship of the Minnesota Vikings because of star running back Adrian Peterson's indictment for child abuse in Texas.
"Radisson takes this matter very seriously, particularly in light of our long-standing commitment to the protection of children," the company statement said. "We are closely following the situation and effective immediately, Radisson is suspending its limited sponsorship of the Minnesota Vikings while we evaluate the facts and circumstances."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2014/09/15/nfl-sponsors-pepsico-anheuser-busch-domestic-violence/15679451/

[BillsOverDolphins]

Yet, I'd be willing to bet that, come Thursday-Monday, the 16 NFL Stadiums hosting games will be serving the same beers that they did last Sunday and the Sunday before that.

Truthbombs.

Such holy bull-**** coming from some of these sponsors--you're not going to defeat the NFL. Everybody wants football--it's the greatest sport to watch, gamble on, and be involved in (fantasy sports). If one of the big sponsors do decide to get cute, the NFL should just say **** you and go with less ads for a couple weeks. Remember when that old dyke was mad at The Masters for not letting women in? The sponsors pulled out and they just played anyways--the viewership stayed the same and sponsors realized the fruitlessness of their charade. Some women were admitted a decade later, but sponsors came crawling back to AN the next year.

[mercyrule]

I gotta think that the NFL makes most of their money via advertising

[OpIv37]

I gotta think that the NFL makes most of their money via advertising

Well, sort of.

They make most of their money off TV contracts, but the broadcasters are only willing to pay for the rights if the advertisers are willing to pay for the time slots.

[Skooby]

Maybe we should boycott AB for poisoning our society?



J/K.

[Gilly]

When they pull their product from all the stadiums I will believe they are serious..

Until then stfu...

[Topas]

It was great when we had that rule "not guilty until proven guilty" or whatever the english wording is.
I do not in any way excuse hitting a woman and even less hitting kids. But this media and companies that hunt for blood are ridiculous.
That means we now do not wait for the law process we just roost them now...

[sukie]

SO... will there be zero Bud commercials in the near future? I am sure those prime ad spaces will not be showing dead air.

[mercyrule]

Looks like they got what they were looking for. That's some power.

[mercyrule]

theyre just mad because im the one country white boy that hates budis this the most excellent thread title ever?

[Dr. Lecter]

Mercyrule thread title of the day!

[stuckincincy]

It was great when we had that rule "not guilty until proven guilty" or whatever the english wording is.
I do not in any way excuse hitting a woman and even less hitting kids. But this media and companies that hunt for blood are ridiculous.
That means we now do not wait for the law process we just roost them now...

I know.

The saying is "innocent until proven guilty.

Along these lines here's one of our oligarchs, a Sen. Cantwell, going after the 'Skins and freedom of expression:

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/senator-ties-nfl-tax-status-redskins-25542541

Snyder should re-name the team the "Washington Lobbyists" :kid:

[gebobs]

The first three on that list should be doing the apologizing for the crap they produce for consumption by the general public.

Campbell's Soup gets a pass?

[stuckincincy]

Campbell's Soup gets a pass?

Wasn't there a Campbell Chunky Soup curse a while back?...Donovan McNabb injury?

[cookie G]

Wasn't there a Campbell Chunky Soup curse a while back?...Donovan McNabb injury?

It didn't work too well for Kiko!!

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Tough to say what's worse...the soup or his cue card reading..

I thought I was watching Rocky do commercials in Rocky II for a second.

[OLDSRIP]

Were they wearing Budweiser wife beater shirts when they announced this?

[Buckets]

When they pull their product from all the stadiums I will believe they are serious..

Until then stfu...

Labatts will fill the void.

[JoeMama]

The world's leading purveyor of mind-numbing intoxicants is against child abuse.

Hooray!

[Historian]

I don't give a **** about any of it.

The Bills are 2-0.

Suck it AB, your beer tastes like **** anyways.

[Ed]

Anheuser-Busch, Pepsico, McDonald's, Campbell Soup, Visa among sponsors criticizing NFL over Rice, Peterson scandalsIn a scathing statement, the maker of Bud Light, the league's official beer, said it was ‘disappointed and increasingly concerned by the recent incidents that have overshadowed this NFL season.’ Anheuser-Busch pays the league about $200 million a year in advertisements. Other companies are also watching how the NFL handles these cases of violence.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/anheuser-busch-criticizes-nfl-rice-peterson-cases-article-1.1941840#ixzz3DWuaK0Sf
I love when hypocrites and crooks start preaching about moral code to each other.

[Skooby]

I love when hypocrites and crooks start preaching about moral code to each other.

It's like Charles Manson preaching to Jeffrey Dahmer.

[mercyrule]

You did see that they all got what they wanted, right?

Anheuser-Bush, Pepsi, McDonalds, Campbell Soup, Visa . . . . applied pressure, got what they wanted. Despite all the moronic comments here.

[Dr. Lecter]

I did not know that the NFL had been telling people that wearing hoodies had significant character flaws

[djjimkelly]

Is this a joke? Exactly what OP said. This is the last company that should be criticizing the NFL

now we just need Marlboro to start cursing too