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I'm not trying to belittle cancer, or anyone that finds strength in Leah Still's story. But I have to ask, am I the only one that felt as though the NFL publicity machine latched onto the Still's story and used it to try and redirect focus from the abuse issues?
At first it was a good story. Inspirational. And then the Bengals did the jersey sales get turned into donations thing, which was awesome. After that, Sean Peyton did his thing, which made it even better. The icing was the Patriots tribute and Robert Kraft's donation. All-in-all, positive light (the donations this story drove) on a very rough situation for many families.
And then the Cleveland vs Cincinnati game happened. It was like every 10 minutes the clip of daughter waving to father was replayed. And the NFL Network commentators couldn't mention enough times what a good job the NFL has done to bring this issue to light. Or how the NFL takes care of its own because the Bengals organization did what it would take so that Devon Still would continue to receive NFL health insurance benefits. And everyone one of them wanted to say hi and talk to Leah Still. Then, after that game, it's like "Leah who".
I didn't watch all of Monday Night Countdown, nor of Football Night in America, but it didn't seem like any time was spent discussing the Still family (FNA might have replayed that clip of Leah waving to her dad?). Was it because the NFL Network was late to the story, whereas all the other networks had covered it a month ago? Or was it that the NFL wanted to try and spin the story back up and get more positive press?
Or am I so over-analyzing it's ridiculous?
I will make edits as I reread, so if the post changes, it's probably to clarify something, or to correct obvious grammar/spelling mistakes
At first it was a good story. Inspirational. And then the Bengals did the jersey sales get turned into donations thing, which was awesome. After that, Sean Peyton did his thing, which made it even better. The icing was the Patriots tribute and Robert Kraft's donation. All-in-all, positive light (the donations this story drove) on a very rough situation for many families.
And then the Cleveland vs Cincinnati game happened. It was like every 10 minutes the clip of daughter waving to father was replayed. And the NFL Network commentators couldn't mention enough times what a good job the NFL has done to bring this issue to light. Or how the NFL takes care of its own because the Bengals organization did what it would take so that Devon Still would continue to receive NFL health insurance benefits. And everyone one of them wanted to say hi and talk to Leah Still. Then, after that game, it's like "Leah who".
I didn't watch all of Monday Night Countdown, nor of Football Night in America, but it didn't seem like any time was spent discussing the Still family (FNA might have replayed that clip of Leah waving to her dad?). Was it because the NFL Network was late to the story, whereas all the other networks had covered it a month ago? Or was it that the NFL wanted to try and spin the story back up and get more positive press?
Or am I so over-analyzing it's ridiculous?
I will make edits as I reread, so if the post changes, it's probably to clarify something, or to correct obvious grammar/spelling mistakes