Honestly, all news talk should be nuked from the site. Delete the forums. Make a hard rule against any news at all being discussed here that isn't sports related.
The USA is collapsing. It's under a mountain of debt that is unsustainable, the government has been sold to the highest bidder for several decades, and there are massive propaganda sources just denying reality and painting everything with lies to cover their own corruption and criminality.
Millions of members of the US society are being persecuted by the government and fellow residents, fascism has taken hold, and everything is getting more cruel and disgusting by the day.
Governmental systems are breaking down and being stripped for parts. That has become completely evident with the central Texas flooding disasters. It was a complete failure of government and culture at all levels and has gotten hundreds of people killed. It will only get worse as the corruption and incompetence goes unpunished and actively rewarded.
There's no reversing this. It's a society destroying itself from the inside. It will eventually completely destroy us as Americans. If you want the board to hang on to people for the longest time possible just make it free from any news whatsoever. Just an escape from our impending demise as a society to focus on sports.