Posted on 10/30/2017 6:25:08 PM PDT by Beave Meister
The National Football League continues to struggle with furious fans as player protests enter their second month, with ratings for the NFL’s flagship ‘Sunday Night Football’ down a staggering 25% from this time last week.
According to Deadline Hollywood, television viewership for the troubled football association continued its free fall from previous weeks, with roughly one quarter fewer fans tuning in as the Detroit Lions faced off against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
“With that, as the league and broadcasters have been losing ratings traction and snared in political controversy this season, last night’s Week 8 NFL game is down a hard 25% for SNF from last week’s gridiron battle. That Super Bowl LI re-match saw the New England Patriots blowout the Atlanta Falcons 23-7,” writes Deadline.
The NFL has been struggling to regain its footing following weeks of players choosing to “take a knee” during the performance of the US national anthem. The ensuing controversy gained national attention when President Trump called for a total boycott of the NFL until officials and owners require players to stand during the ‘Star-Spangled Banner.’
As a result, ratings, ticket purchases, and merchandise sales have plummeted as football fans protest with their wallets.
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Maybe they should invest in social programs like donating $500,000 in support of gun control legislation...49ers...
bttt
Still too many watching.
.......and going to the games........
........;)..........love it
It is ironic that they protest racial injustice at their multimillion dollar job in a team sport that hires more blacks than whites.
Just proves that throwing tantrums is a black privilege.
A tied, competitive World Series vs. a meaningless mid-season Detroit NFL game?
Nah.
Anybody who wears NFL apparel is to be shunned as leftists, union workers, dindu wannabes or pussy hat knitters
Excellent
You can see the actual attendance data for yourself here:
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2017/attendance.htm
From over a million to 829K...yeah, that’s a trend fellas. And it’s YOUR FAULT.
LOL.
If Goodell remains in his job, it means nothing has changed.
Same here. I have watched the anthem proceedings carefully, and not a single player or coach protested in any way. MLB is being quite clever with their choice of singers for the anthem, too. Quite a bit of diversity.
I agree. Ive been getting down hard on a couple of friends still watching even though they dont like the disrespect of the flag.
I think the only thing keeping the NFL alive is Fantasy football, otherwise they would be out on their butts already.
No, I don’t play Fantasy Football but I have two middle age children who do.
Just wait till the Texans sign Colin Kaepernick. Then it’s really going to go downhill.
I’m surprised it’s ONLY 25%... What the NFL doesn’t ‘get’ is a fair number of viewers won’t be coming back under any circumstances...
Actually there is another way. The NFL should adopt a racial equality standard. Each race should be represented in the player roster in the proportion they are represented either in the population as a whole or in the fan base.
The fans will come back in droves, and the kneeling will be gone in a twinkling.
Interesting idea - I think you're right...
I watch fox on youtube.
Not so much a live feed but I download the shows I like.
Tucker, Hannity, Judge Jeanine...etc
I have several movie sites I use to watch films and TV episodes.
I put KODI on my PC and got several KODI add-ons that allow me to watch pretty much anything.
It’s all out there....
If you like old tv shows there are a lot of sites with those. i.e. https://www.filmon.com/tv/the-dick-van-dyke-show
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