Pro Football Talk founder and NFL insider Mike Florio wrote about President Donald Trump saying the Washington Commanders' nickname is lousy, and suddenly, Florio was bombarded with responses. At least one told him to "stick to sports."
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Within 10 minutes after posting Monday's item about the Commanders' name, I got a "stick to sports" email. Why does anyone think that will work? https://t.co/UQZO9uQfMc
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) July 8, 2025
Florio addressed it in a column on PFT, saying he had no intention of doing so. After all, just like anyone, he has a right to his opinion.
"As explained on Monday's #PFTPM, why does anyone think that will work?" Florio wrote. "People who have built and/or earned platforms in this space aren't the type to be pushed around, by anyone. Telling me or anyone else to 'stick to sports' isn't going to work. If anything, it could (if not will) make people who have microphones even more inclined to not stick to sports."
Agree or disagree, Florio makes a good living off his platform and that platform allows him the opportunity to speak his mind. Interestingly, he didn't really even give an opinion in his Trump piece. He merely forwarded what the president had to say about an NFL nickname.
"I definitely won't," Florio added about sticking to sports. "While I won't go out of my way to inject a non-sports story or opinion into our coverage, I'll do it when it seems to me to be the right thing to do. And I won't keep my opinions to myself, simply because someone might get upset that my opinion is different from theirs."
Florio and PFT recently celebrated their 16-year anniversary of the website running on NBC Sports' servers. That came about after the PFT servers couldn't handle all the traffic hitting their website.
"Bottom line: Telling me (or presumably anyone else in sports media who dares to stray from sports) will not work," Florio wrote. "If anything, it'll have the opposite effect.
