Posted on 10/12/2016 9:36:08 AM PDT by jmaroneps37
The disrespect for America shown by some NFL players has given Donald Trump supporters a chance to “vote early” and they are taking it.
Another NFL week has past and the boycott of viewers has actually picked up steam. By one account available data shows a 30% drop in viewership for Monday night’s game between “Somebody and Who cares?”
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/monday-cable-ratings-october-10-2016/
Naturally the leftists in sports writing are telling us it’s the bland product or the movement from appliances they can’t track that are causing the steep drop in viewership and “blah blah blah” anything but the truth.
To keep up their assignment from the Ministry of Information they are forced to dance around the truth; and the truth in their cell is tougher to deny. Since they won’t ask them, here are the answers to the questions they should be asking.
Who watches NFL games; who are Trump’s supporters and how to they lineup?
NFL games are watched by fans who are 70% over 35; 78% White and 59% make less than $75,000 a year. Men are slightly over-represented in the NFL fans demographics when compared to women, with 55% of the total 150 million strong demographic being male.
The annual income of 26% of NFL fans is $40,000 or less. The 55+ age demographic is the largest percentage of the NFL fans demographics at 37%. Another 34% of NFL fans are in the 35-54 age demographic.
And social media? “The NBA finals averages 26.7 million tweets over the course of a 4-7 game final. In comparison, the Super Bowl in just one game generates over 26 million tweets on average.” Thus the success of “#boycttnfl” and similar hashtags.
An article written by a liberal in 2014 said, “The numbers reflect the values of white conservative males. No professional sport looks more overtly macho than the NFL…”
“Registered Republicans were 21 percent more likely to be NFL fans than registered Democrats.
Of people who identified themselves as part of the NFL fan base 83 percent were white, 64 percent were male, 51 percent were 45 years or older, only 32 percent made less than $60,000 a year, and… “ to finish the point, registered Republicans were 21 percent more likely to be NFL fans than registered Democrats.”
Note in just 2 years women are now 45% of base was 36% in 2014.
A July, New York Times article says, “In some new polls that are showing Mr. Trump with an overall lead, he has even larger leads among white working-class voters. A Monday CNN poll, for instance, had him ahead by three percentage points nationwide with a 66-to-29 edge among this group.
“The last live interview poll to show Mr. Trump ahead before the convention, an ABC/Washington Post poll, showed Mr. Trump with a 65-to-29 lead among the group. Conversely, Mrs. Clinton leads when she holds down her losses among these voters….”
“The answer lies with a group that still represented nearly half of all voters in 2012: white voters without a college degree, and particularly white men without a degree.”
The answer the media is avoiding is: Trump’s supporters are leading the NFL boycott because their conservative values are offended. This is not insignificant. It is yet another sign of enthusiasm for the things Trump stands for and this sign of enthusiasm is growing not shrinking.
http://brandongaille.com/17-captivating-nfl-fans-demographics/
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/05/30/nfl-last-sports-bastion-of-white-male-conservatives/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/upshot/the-one-demographic-that-is-hurting-hillary-clinton.html
We need a divorce. Even if the Free States do not secede. Even of the United States does not expel the People’s Republics (Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, etc). We need to shift from boycotting the worst in our country, such as the NFL, to only doing business with genuine conservatives. All economic interactions are part of our political expression, and I am done expressing support for those who hate freedom.
The NFL is dead to me. Disney is dead to me. Most Hollywood studios are dead to me. My business will be local, and it will be with those who support the Constitution of the United States of America (the real one, not the “living one” invented by America’s domestic enemies).
Not to mention the 2018 primaries, but I'm getting ahead of myself.
The NFL is nothing more than a government propaganda machine with their hands out for cash. I mean, the very idea—the NFL accepted payments to honor veterans?? ESPN is just as bad. Traitors all.
Colin Kaepernick...... not Keenum.
Case Keenum is starting quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams, the team you were talking about.
Word is that the number 2 sit down national anthem quarterback is going to the nod to start in the next game.
Word is that the number 2 sit down national anthem quarterback is going to the nod to start in the next game.
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