NBC Ignores NFL Coaches Honoring NYPD; Hyped Rams’ Ferguson Protest

Professional sports is becoming increasingly political, thanks to the media. Journalists love topraise [1]players who flaunt that they fall into a sexual minority or bash players and coaches if they happen to mention their Christianity [2] or politics [3].

But NBC completely forgot to mention how the NFL showed support to the two NYPD officers who were targeted and killed last week. Both New York Jets then-coach Rex Ryan and New York Giants coach wore “NYPD” hats for their game Sunday.

NBC loves to highlight players for their political and social views if they are socially liberal. The network did exclusive interviews with the first openly gay NFL player Michael Sam; did several interviews with gay Olympic athletes [4] and hyped St. Louis Rams players protesting as they came onto the field in ‘Hands up, don’t shoot’ stance after the Michael Brown ruling.

Twitchy reported with screenshots from the Sunday game how Ryan wore a NYPD hat on the sidelines and during the press conference afterwards.

He may have packed up his office, but @nyjets [5] coach Rex Ryan remembered to bring his #NYPD [6] hat to Miami. Nice touch. pic.twitter.com/DkEXLex7Jv [7]

— Marc Wurzel (@MarcWurzel) December 28, 2014 [8]

Twitter users noticed that both Coughlin and players all wore NYPD hats at the start of their game with the Eagles Sunday as well and had a moment of silence for the two fallen officers.

#Giants [9] all wore #NYPD [6] hats & there was a moment of silence for #Ramos [10] & #Liu [11] at the start of the #Eagles [12] #Giants [9] game today #IStandWithNYPD [13]

— Lucia (@lucynowa) December 28, 2014 [14]

Both NYC-area coaches sporting #NYPD [6] hats on the sideline today. pic.twitter.com/18MunEbUBp [15]

— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) December 28, 2014 [16]

It seems odd that the New York City-based NBC News had no problem reporting on a few St. Louis Rams’ players holding their hands up in protest, but conveniently ignored the political demonstration from two teams in its own backyard. The one network that did report on the small display was CBS. On CBS’ This Morning Dec. 29, the network reported the “high-profile support” the New York Police Department was getting amidst the tragic shooting.