On Sunday, the White House announced that President Obama would address the nation in the oval office at 8 PM. The focus of the address was to quell American’s fears about ISIS following the tragic shootings in San Bernadino this week. The timing of the address seemed to coincide with football Sunday as the second wave of NFL games generally end at 7:30 PM. Moreover, the Sunday Night game would not start until after Obama was finished.
Naturally this led to weeping and gnashing of teeth online as football fans felt Obama would cut into their precious game-watching experience.
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— Joe Seinfeld (@jaseinfeld) December 7, 2015
I can't even sit and listen to Barack Obama talk anymore. I just can't. Give me football.
— Erin (@_heyitserin) December 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/sugajake/status/673670610900357121
https://twitter.com/LegallyPrepped/status/673622266605920259
Barack Obama is a moron.
Now back to football. #Steelers— Robert Underwood (@robunderwood) December 7, 2015
https://twitter.com/its_miranda12/status/673673844952064000
I just wanted to watch football. First I get Obama. Then to add insult to injury, I get Bob Costas. Please. Put on the game already 😬🏈
— Jewhadi™ (@JewhadiTM) December 7, 2015
Obama says he'll keep doing more of the same to fight ISIS. Which, by the way isn't working. They interrupted football for this?
— Taylor Griffin (@tgriffinnc) December 7, 2015
You get the idea. There are hundreds of tweets just like that if you search “Obama + football” on Twitter. For what it’s worth, every single moment of the Steelers-Colts game was broadcast. There was no delay.
Twitter is dumb.