Posted on 09/17/2017 3:19:53 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler
POLL: Why is NFL viewership so low?
Competition from the hurricanes and the presidential race
Fans' disgust over anti-American protests
A combination of factors
I'm not sure
ping
Among the reasons that have been spoken about ad nauseum, I would add, too many teams, watered-down talent. Only about 4-5 half-decent quarterbacks in the league.
They could have had more if they hadn't boycotted Tebow.
Viewership is low but attendance is at a high.
A few pictures floating around here of empty stands doesn’t make a fact a non fact.
Maybe if folks knew what the Anthem was actually about, it would hit attendance.
I glanced at the Pats Saints game this afternoon and it looked like the upper tiers were sparse.
What are these America haters doing about the 150 countries that still allow slavery?
Even before the recent problems, I’ve never heard a convincing reason to sit in a chair for hours and eat junk food I’ve been programmed to buy.
Maybe normal Americans are tired of hearing millionaire sports entertainers complain about how “oppressed” they are.
There are a lot of factors contributing to the public's declining interest in football. But anything that depends so heavily on marketing will ultimately peak. People begin to ask themselves if they really want it. One clear signal was when there was more interest in the superbowl commercials than in the game.
Let's face it. Football can be a pretty tedious form of entertainment. Folks aren't as willing to be sold the idea that they enjoy it.
Then:
We used to love the players and have a good time.
Now:
Now, the players hate us and make sure we don’t have a good time.
Maybe because people like me - a hardcore NFL fan for 40+ years - have stopped watching.
Do you think other sports might becpme more popular if people get tired of football’s near monopoly?
I’m impressed with the number of intelligent, emotion-free responses on this thread.
Soccer is gaining.
In Atlanta, in the heart of SEC Country, 70,000+ turned out to watch Atlanta United.
I believe it is a bunch of factors that have built up over the years. The millionaire anti-American cry baby players might have been the last straw with many fans.
I also believe arrogance on behalf of those running the NFL over the years, thinking fans will always be there with whatever entertainment product the NFL forced on them.
My guess the NFL is infested with liberals from our liberal indoctrinated colleges and they have no clue how their PC and other BS, plays out in the real world. Corporate America has the same problems.
CGato
Watching extremely well-compensated athletes behave badly and complain about how oppressed they are is a bit much for Joe Sixpack, who has been struggling for the past ten years just to keep his floozy job and make the mortgage, while his family’s health insurance went through the roof to the point that they can’t afford even an occasional night out, let alone going to an NFL game, so it’s more than a little galling to the point that they’ve finally just tuned it all out. Let ‘em rot.
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the players hate their audience, hate the country that they play in, and are not shy about telling the audience that.
So all of the NFL can go f@#! themselves.
Too bad soccer is so dull to watch.
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