Trump: NFL Refs ‘Are Ruining the Game’ Flagging ‘Beautiful’ Tackles

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TRUMP: "And I know we have freedoms and we have freedom of choice and many, many different freedoms. But you know what? It is still totally disrespectful. When the NFL ratings are down massively, massively, the NFL ratings are down massively. The number one reason happens to be they like watching what is happening. They like what’s happening. If they hit too hard, 15 yards, throw them out of the game. They have that last week. I watched for a couple of minutes duringtwo guys, beautiful tackle. Boom. 15 yards. Directory gets on television, the wife is to get home around them. They are ruining the game, writes? — Right? There are ruining the game. That is what the referees want to do. They want to hit. "