Jim Fisher wrote:

And the parents present in the room didn't react at all at the time. We
were all too shocked and ****ed off.

Are you kidding? My 17-month old son knows very quickly what I'm feeling.
You think you can sit some older kids in a room with some "shocked and
****ed off" adults and hide the group reaction from the kids? Not
completely impossible, but also not terribly likely.

I didn't see the show myself (football doesn't play well in my home), but
your description is interesting. "Crotch grabbing"? *That* sounds bad.
I've only recently learned to be *very* careful how I hold Alex when he's
in a kicking mood. More lessons in that area he doesn't need.

But that's a "violence" issue; not a "body shame" issue.

Most amazing to me, though, is "disgracing the US flag". I've always
thought that the most jingoistic people were those likely to be avid
watchers of sports. If that's anywhere near the truth, this would be a
particularly stupid show to place before that audience.

I think that marketers have simply lost their minds. In a world of spam,
dinner-time phone solicitation, and pop-under ads, marketers have finally
decided that we're sheep to be shorn, and nothing more.

- Andrew