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America falls out of love with football: Shock study sees NFL drop below baseball in the popularity
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 10/7/17 | Matthew Wright

Posted on 10/07/2017 2:27:08 PM PDT by ColdOne

Favorable ratings for the NFL have dropped from 57 percent to 44 percent from the end of August to the end of September Meanwhile, the unfavorable rating for the league is the highest among any big sport - 40 percent - according to the Winston Group survey In August and September, baseball had the highest favorable rating than any other sport at 63 and 65 percent The National Anthem protest along with criticism from Trump has caused core fans, men aged 34-54, to turn their attention elsewhere Donald Trump predicted on September 27 that the National Football League will 'go to hell' if they don't listen to his demand for a ban on protests Some fans are protesting out of disgust for the protest started by Colin Kaepernick in response to police brutality against Black people, last year Others are protesting because the player hasn't been signed to a team yet

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To: Jeff Chandler

What does “SJW” stand for?


41 posted on 10/07/2017 3:35:08 PM PDT by ducttape45 (Every Saint has a past, Every Sinner has a Future!)
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To: EnglishOnly

NFL - Not For Long!


42 posted on 10/07/2017 3:42:13 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: ducttape45

Social justice warrior


43 posted on 10/07/2017 3:47:22 PM PDT by Juana la Loca
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To: Jeff Chandler

I think the MLB learned their lesson (and hopefully remember it) with the players’ strike. Took them years to recover from that.


44 posted on 10/07/2017 3:55:15 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (If GOP won House, Senate and Presidency...why are the Democrats still in charge?)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Next season. Remember though that baseball is popular outside of the US, and loved by many who are not white, male, conservatives.

So it may be a bit longer.

After the NFL dies, they will be attacking something else. They have to.


45 posted on 10/07/2017 3:57:39 PM PDT by redgolum
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To: hanamizu

This will be another cut to city finances. Don’t speed, the radars will be out looking to make up the difference.


46 posted on 10/07/2017 4:01:25 PM PDT by feelingroovy
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To: ColdOne

It's a good start. But the work isn't done until NFL football ratings are dwarfed by the Legends Football League. ratings.


47 posted on 10/07/2017 4:02:55 PM PDT by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: BenLurkin

Circa 1930, the NFL was a clown show and College Football was the real thing. We could return to that situation easily.


48 posted on 10/07/2017 4:13:34 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: ducttape45

Social Justice Warrior


49 posted on 10/07/2017 4:17:39 PM PDT by txnativegop (The political left, Mankinds intellectual hemlock)
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To: missthethunder
Spectator sports... opiates for the masses.

Imagine if all the time and money wasted on spectator sports was used productively.

America would already be great again.

We could have had colonies in space and on the moon, and be mining the asteroids.

All of our electricity generation could be in space....

But no, billions of dollars and hours wasted down the spectator sports toilet.

One life, live it!

50 posted on 10/07/2017 4:23:03 PM PDT by Mogger
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To: JohnBrowdie

“nothing is more off-putting than teenage millionaires that have been coddled since they were in high school claiming that they’re being oppressed.”

High school? Surely you meant kindergarten.


51 posted on 10/07/2017 4:32:20 PM PDT by bella1 (Je suis deplorable)
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To: ColdOne

F the NL...


52 posted on 10/07/2017 4:35:42 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: ColdOne

Oh well..after the Astros sweep the Red Sox, I’ll watch my Tampa Bay Lightning win the Staley Cup...


53 posted on 10/07/2017 4:58:59 PM PDT by ConservaTeen (Islam is Not the Religion of Peace, but The religion of Pedophilia...)
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To: fortheDeclaration

They haven’t lost the core. They can live if ratings don’t continue down and stay down. I predict most boycotters are already out and the decline is almost over.


54 posted on 10/07/2017 5:01:08 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (CNN IS ISIS.)
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To: ColdOne

Falling on the ball.


55 posted on 10/07/2017 5:21:18 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Only their self-aggrandizement matters.)
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To: sweeperboy

Wasn’t Harper’s homer something to see? Wow! He must be looking for his own set of white seats. (Washingtonians will get that.)


56 posted on 10/07/2017 5:28:22 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Only their self-aggrandizement matters.)
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To: ColdOne

There are several factors all combining at once to pull it down:
* players virtue signalling how they hate this nation and its symbols based on lies that police are targeting blacks for murder
* the leaking of stories about the concussions and lifetime of damage it causes
* the high cost of tickets and viewing while they demand ever more money from people to build stadiums, along with obscene profits as a non-profit
* the half time shows that serve as a slap in the face to everyone’s morality, another sign “we hate you and your values”


57 posted on 10/07/2017 5:40:31 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: BenLurkin
The NFL is not to be confused with football in general.

Good point. What is the favorability rating for college football?

58 posted on 10/07/2017 5:43:46 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: ColdOne
Everybody—including the President—needs to keep up the pressure on the NFL and these spoiled, selfish, millionaire children, along with their cowardly coaches and team owners.

The fans should not let the NFL try to "stall" them out. Even if the television networks deprive the players of their platform by not showing the playing of the national anthem, meticulous records should be kept of all protesting players and teams, and the offenders should be called out frequently, publicly, and loudly. And not only the NFL, but its sponsors and advertisers should also be boycotted, along with ESPN and their ilk. All Leftist instigators must be made to feel the heat.

Fans should also continue to burn clothing and memorabilia and post their upload their protests to YouTube.

#NFLBurnNotice #BoycottTheNFL #NFLBoycott #BoycottNFL...

59 posted on 10/07/2017 5:49:42 PM PDT by sargon ("If we were in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, the Left would protest for zombies' rights.")
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To: ColdOne

Didn’t fall out of love with football. Just fell out of love with NFL football. Still watching the SEC. Roll Tide!! Went to the ball game last night at the high school too. Go Toros!!! Still coaching my youngest son’s team! Go 10u Red!! Just do t watch my beloved Broncos anymore.


60 posted on 10/07/2017 5:55:54 PM PDT by Mathews (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
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