Boner_18
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I've often had an idea that you start a site surrounding a major issue or issues at the crossroads of sports and society. Anthem kneeling, social justice issues, MLB CBA/player lockout and you get sign-ups from the public along with a promise to do something that negatively impacts the actors you're looking to influence - the NFL or MLB or whatever.
So for example, my first vision for this was www.blackouthalftime.com. I forget what the issue was but you get thousands of people to agree to tune out from the Super Bowl half time show (and thus ignore the advertising) unless the NFL agrees to do allow Kapernick to kneel, take draft picks from the Pats for deflategate, [insert request here] doesn't matter.
Now I want to register the domain in the subject and get MLB fans to pledge to tune out from their stated teams broadcast for X number of regular season games and Y potential playoff games if there isn't 162 games (or 154 or whatever if we start now).
I think these things could get good traction and maybe even get some acknowledgment by the orgs (not do the thing requested but existence acknowledged)... but I guess ultimately how do we get paid... I guess that's always my concern. How do I exploit the people who come to my site thinking it's some benevolent group interested do-good organization?
Essentially it's a petition site but with a whole site/(faux) movement behind the "cause".
So for example, my first vision for this was www.blackouthalftime.com. I forget what the issue was but you get thousands of people to agree to tune out from the Super Bowl half time show (and thus ignore the advertising) unless the NFL agrees to do allow Kapernick to kneel, take draft picks from the Pats for deflategate, [insert request here] doesn't matter.
Now I want to register the domain in the subject and get MLB fans to pledge to tune out from their stated teams broadcast for X number of regular season games and Y potential playoff games if there isn't 162 games (or 154 or whatever if we start now).
I think these things could get good traction and maybe even get some acknowledgment by the orgs (not do the thing requested but existence acknowledged)... but I guess ultimately how do we get paid... I guess that's always my concern. How do I exploit the people who come to my site thinking it's some benevolent group interested do-good organization?
Essentially it's a petition site but with a whole site/(faux) movement behind the "cause".
