Posted on 10/14/2017 2:30:55 PM PDT by 11th_VA
The protests by NFL players during the National Anthem have been hurting the league's television ratings since last year.
This season, as the protests have continued, the television ratings and ramifications for broadcasters have worsened.
More bad news for the NFL: an analyst for Credit Suisse yesterday downgraded his price and earnings per share targets for 21st Century Fox in part due to NFL ratings that are coming in below market expectations.
"We trim our 2018/19 EPS forecasts … ahead of Q1 earnings," analyst Omar Sheikh wrote in a note to clients Thursday. "The key near term headwinds are soft NFL ratings and the risk that the Sky transaction is blocked by UK regulators."
The downgrade comes at a time when the NFL is negotiating two important distribution deals that end after this season: Verizon's $250 million a year streaming agreement and the $450 million a year Thursday Night Football deal for games shared by CBS and NBC.
Through five weeks, the league's ratings are substantially lower this season, according to Nielsen data obtained by Sporting News.:
The league's average TV audience through Week 5 of the 2017 season dropped 7% vs. the same period of the 2016 season, and the average game audiences are down 18% compared to the first five weeks of the 2015 season. The NFL's average TV audience (including Sunday afternoon, Sunday night, Monday night and Thursday night games) slid to 15.156 million viewers through Week 5 of the 2017 season, down 7.42% from an average of 16.371 million viewers through the same period of the 2016 season, and 18% lower from the first five weeks of the 2015 season.
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It sounds like our boycott is working. I’m hoping our side can hold out longer than they can.
“Omar Sheikh”
Didn’t realize these guys know much about football, but he does seem to be getting it right here.
I quit watching the Black Pampers playing for the Denver Donkeys. I have better things to do. They can become burger flippers for all I care.
If the NFL goes bust these players will have to return to their first love . . . thug crime . . . which will land them in the pen where they can kneel all they want to.
No, they havent had enough. The spineless commissioner will never call retreat until the damage is irreparable. They are close to that now.
Not to worry, when they finish their careers, they will be flat broke within a short period of time and back to selling crack on street corners.
Early this morning, officers raced into Adobe Canyon to warn residents to evacuate before the oncoming fire. They did this with full knowledge they might not make it out themselves. Are these the officers they are protesting?
Do you think the NFL will have to pay the networks to carry the games?
...”I quit watching the Black Pampers playing for the Denver Donkeys. I have better things to do. They can become burger flippers for all I care”
Same goes for the Detroit Meows.
:)
As Ernie Banks said, “It’s a great day, let’s play two!”
So they can spit in that too? No thanks.
NFL: We won’t make players stand for anthem
October 13, 2017 | 12:10pm
The boycott must continue and must grow.
For those that love the sport, cut the nfl out and simply watch (/more) college ball...which is arguably more exiting anyway.
The only thing that can hurt the nfl is loss of revenue via, any number of ways.
But they didnEarly this morning, officers raced into Adobe Canyon to warn residents to evacuate before the oncoming fire. They did this with full knowledge they might not make it out themselves. Are these the officers they are protesting?
But they didn’t bother to warn the people of color/sarc!
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