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Nielsen: Football Ratings Off 11 Percent this Year
Breitbart News ^ | 09/27/17 | Breitbart News

Posted on 09/27/2017 6:28:43 AM PDT by scooby321

NEW YORK (AP) — Through three weeks, viewership for national telecasts of NFL games is down 11 percent this season compared to 2016, the Nielsen company said on Tuesday.

Nielsen said the games averaged 17.63 million viewers for the first three weeks of last season, and have dipped to 15.77 million this year. The 2017 figures don’t include this week’s Monday night game between the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals.

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To: scooby321
...Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity have called for people angered by the protests to boycott this weekend’s games.

For the thirty seconds or so that I listened to Mr. Repeat, he made it clear that he wasn't for any boycotts. Which is it?

21 posted on 09/27/2017 7:06:11 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: scooby321
Nielsen: Football Ratings Off 11 Percent this Year

It's the hurricane and hurricane recovery! /S

22 posted on 09/27/2017 7:07:30 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: scooby321

Wait until next week...

The arrogance of the owners and the players is beyond telling...

Rooney wrote a letter claiming the fans “PERCEIVED” the stillerz actions wrong...

Because you know, not doing what you are supposed to do, isn’t a political statement its an attempt to avoid one or some nonsense...


23 posted on 09/27/2017 7:08:15 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Starboard

Football has always been the biggest waste of time of any professional sport... calling them 60 minute men is laughable...

Literally the entire game, actual playing is 20 minutes or less... Most folks that go out and play flag football for an hour, are putting in more actual time moving than you see in a 3 hour long professional “game”.


24 posted on 09/27/2017 7:10:10 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Avalon Memories
Putting aside the bonehead moves by the owners of NASCAR, you are right - they've lost their interesting personalities.

As for the NFL, I know many people that have stopped watching or attending games long before the kneeling stuff. The product on the field just sucks, too much commercialization, attending in person sucks even when using a nice suite. When you look at how much time the players actually play on the field, versus how long the games run, it's a complete waste of time.

And we haven't even touched on how NFL team owners are doing everything they can to fleece the taxpayers out of millions and billions for new stadiums to replace stadiums that aren't all that old and are not decrepit. That's turning a lot of people off in a lot of cities.

It's hilarious that Trump is finally getting his revenge against the NFL. Ever since they excluded him back in the 80s, he's been angry with them, and if Trump can do one thing well, it's hold a grudge.

If people want to know the roots of the NFL's decline, ultimately it goes back many years, but you can factor in: moving teams (pissing off fans), fleecing taxpayers for new stadiums (pissing off fans), ridiculous ticket prices (pissing off fans), far too many commercials/commercialization (pissing off fans), allowing Bills fans to travel (pissing off other fans), Jerry Jones continued existence on this earth (pissing off fans), and the list goes on. Somebody kneeling or not kneeling is at the bottom of the list.
25 posted on 09/27/2017 7:12:05 AM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: af_vet_rr
And as for the networks, I stopped watching ESPN not because of politics,...

For me, I quit watching ESPN BECASUE of politics! Included in my boycott, is ABC & the SEC Network! The SEC network has hurt most, as my beloved Gators appear on the channel. BTW, all of those channels/networks, are owned by Disney!

26 posted on 09/27/2017 7:19:01 AM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: pgkdan

AND they’re averaging the first three weeks, so likely weeks 1 and 2 brought up the average from week 3. That’ll only last them through this week, so they’ll only be able to massage that number for so long.


27 posted on 09/27/2017 7:40:49 AM PDT by cincinnati65
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To: scooby321

Just coming off a week of doing Neilson radio ratings - made sure I marked that I listened to no radio on Sunday and noted in the remarks section that I will never listen to another NFL football game - for whatever good it does.....


28 posted on 09/27/2017 7:54:19 AM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: scooby321

Satan is directing his foot soldiers to take down our NFL.


29 posted on 09/27/2017 7:56:32 AM PDT by abclily
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To: pgkdan

Consider, too, the factor that some people tuned in to see what the players did during the pregame ceremonies. Also factor in that a substantial number of former NFL fans will avoid merchandise from NFL sponsors whenever there’s a good alternative.


30 posted on 09/27/2017 7:58:19 AM PDT by grania (Deplorable and Proud of It!)
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To: canuck_conservative

perhaps “The Replacements” should be a documentary.


31 posted on 09/27/2017 8:00:24 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: scooby321
I'm not boycotting the NFL because President Trump is calling for it.

I just don't watch the NFL because the product SUCKS and I don't appreciate politics being injected into every aspect of our lives, period.

Watching an NFL game used to be an escape from everyday life, even if just for a few hours. Now? Fuhgettaboutit. It's become political/racial/sexist/homophobic and everything else the extreme left rails about in this country.

So I turned it off. Not going back to the National Felons League until two things happen:

1. The NFL gets ALL politics, political commentary and SJW activism out of the game, the commentators, etc.. That means standing for the National Anthem and suspending without pay any player who refuses for the rest of the season. Grow a pair Goodell you spineless POS.

2. Any player arrested & convicted of DUI, Sexual Abuse, Battery, Gun crimes & Domestic Violence gets thrown out of the league on their ass. Period.

The NFL has looked the other way on all the above (and more) for DECADES now. It's high time the NFL cleaned up its act and became the "America's Game" that it proclaims itself to be.

Thanks to USA Today's NFL Player Arrest Database for shining the light on how horribly bad NFL players really are. It's frightening that when you think about how few NFL players there really are and how many crimes they commit compared to the General Population of this country.

The NFL HIDES these guys largely from view in the name of tv ratings and money. Let's hold the NFL accountable for ALL its bad behavior!

32 posted on 09/27/2017 8:05:52 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: usconservative
Here's another example of why people are tired of the NFL:

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3589617/posts
33 posted on 09/27/2017 8:06:43 AM PDT by af_vet_rr
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To: af_vet_rr
I agree, and that's been known for a very long time. Taxpayer funded professional sports stadiums should've never happened. The lure of temporary construction jobs and part time workers (read that: "tax base") for politicians who cannot do simple addition and subtraction is just too strong.

Hey, they brought jobs -- didn't they?!

34 posted on 09/27/2017 8:15:12 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Grampa Dave

Sling TV Blue still has CNN.


35 posted on 09/27/2017 8:26:59 AM PDT by skinndogNN
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To: scooby321

11% so far for 2017
For 2016 there was a 8 percent drop during the 2016 regular season compared to 2015.


36 posted on 09/27/2017 11:21:28 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: scooby321

Wait until next week!!!


37 posted on 09/27/2017 4:20:05 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent (.)
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To: Avalon Memories

I agree with you about Nascar. Between the chase format and when they redesigned the cars as the “cars of tomorrow”, I lost a great deal of interest.


38 posted on 09/27/2017 4:26:09 PM PDT by Typelouder
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To: SaxxonWoods

Beckham didn’t help much during the Eagles/Giants game when he celebrated making a touchdown by crawling on all fours and cocking his leg up to “piss” on the fans.


39 posted on 09/27/2017 4:35:51 PM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: Typelouder
I agree with you about Nascar. Between the chase format and when they redesigned the cars as the “cars of tomorrow”, I lost a great deal of interest.

Chasing millennials who will probably never watch NASCAR anyways?
40 posted on 09/29/2017 10:30:22 AM PDT by af_vet_rr
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