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Monday Night Football Ratings Hit Record Low For Second Straight Week
boston.cbslocal.com ^ | October 18, 2016 12:40 PM | Matt Dolloff, NFL, Sports News

Posted on 10/18/2016 10:13:00 AM PDT by 11th_VA

BOSTON (CBS) — Monday Night Football in Week 5 featured two underperforming (or just-plain-bad) NFL teams and posted the lowest overnight rating since ESPN acquired the rights to broadcast the show in 2006. The Week 6 contest between the Arizona Cardinals and New York Jets, somehow, performed even worse.

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Of course, there is still the segment of fans who have decided to stop watching the NFL altogether in the wake of players protesting the national anthem, which many mainstream media outlets continue to curiously ignore (save for a select few from Forbes and The Sporting News).

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The NFL is sucking the life out of its own product, and it certainly didn’t help that it started politicizing the broadcasts either. Hundreds of fans have emailed me to declare that they are boycotting the NFL over the anthem protest movement started by the 49ers’ Colin Kaepernick. The hashtag #BoycottNFL has been tweeted or retweeted about 1,500 times in just the past 24 hours, according to HashTracking.com. The boycotts are growing and having an effect on the ratings, as much as the league may want to deny it...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: colinkaepernick; kaepernick; nfl
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To: yoe
BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA

Abandoned by his African father shortly after birth.



Raised by white grandparents, grew up to be President of the United States.



Claims America is racist and oppresses Blacks.


41 posted on 10/18/2016 10:38:21 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: relictele

I agree it is a perfect storm they have created for themselves. And the dumb white guy commercials are what the remote is for I never watch.


42 posted on 10/18/2016 10:38:25 AM PDT by junta ("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
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To: fortheDeclaration

“Every few minutes there is a stoppage of the play for some review, or penalty.”

Or a string of commercials.


43 posted on 10/18/2016 10:38:29 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Come on now Obama is only a little bit racist not really, really racist like Hitler or Literally Hitler Trump.


44 posted on 10/18/2016 10:39:38 AM PDT by junta ("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
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To: VideoDoctor

Why address this post to me?
I was merely answering another FReeper’s question.


45 posted on 10/18/2016 10:41:22 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: 11th_VA

We’ll continue until the boys on their knees are on their knees begging for their jobs back.


46 posted on 10/18/2016 10:44:09 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: junta

The dumb white guy commercials... Isn’t that a joy to watch? All the sports broadcast events on tv have them! Like what jackass liberal came up with that crap?


47 posted on 10/18/2016 10:45:24 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: chajin
Cause when you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way
From your first cigarette to your last dying day...

Yeah, that didn't end well either.

48 posted on 10/18/2016 10:46:17 AM PDT by thulldud
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To: 11th_VA

The really need to figure out what went wrong with the scheduling computer this year. I love football and I don’t boycott anything, but I’ve been skipping prime time games this year because they stink. Most weeks this season the 2 worst games of the week are prime time. I mean really who thought Indie (not very good lately) vs Houston (never been good) and Jets (rarely good) vs Cards (even rarer) were prime time matchups? They seem to be trying to spread the wealth this year, but forget that. The prime time schedule should be built around Dallas, Green Bay, and Pittsburgh (3 most popular teams across the nation); New England (always good and very hated); and the Superbowl teams (usually at least 1 is good the next year). At most you’ve got 6 marque teams in the league, use em. They’ve even broken Thursday (frequently bad games anyway due to short rest) with a bunch of non-division matchups, at least when they’re divisonal matchups you’ve got hate to fuel the game and make up for the lack of practice.


49 posted on 10/18/2016 10:46:39 AM PDT by discostu (If you need to load or unload go to the white zone, you'll love it, it's a way of life)
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To: TTFlyer

“Horrible play, horrible officiating, thug players, crap announcers”

SO IOW it was like most other nfl games.


50 posted on 10/18/2016 10:49:01 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: Buckeye McFrog

¡Muy excelente!

(A little spanish lingo to go with your spot on obie/racist explanation post :)


51 posted on 10/18/2016 10:52:05 AM PDT by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: V_TWIN

Plus I am personally SOOOOOO ready to ditch instant replay.

Every time there’s an exciting play now the game comes screeching to a complete halt for 3 to 5 minutes while the ref goes under the hood. More often than not the exciting play that just got you into the game gets reversed.

I’d rather live with the human error, thank you.


52 posted on 10/18/2016 10:53:34 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: 11th_VA; Bender2
I can boycott anything the NFL politisizes ...
but they aren't taking Texas Football away from me without a fight.


53 posted on 10/18/2016 10:54:36 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: Roccus
Why address this post to me?

I was merely answering another FReeper’s question.

Well, EXCUSE me for passing on information that maybe other Freeper's may not know or think about.

I'll be sure to IGNORE any of your posts going forward.

54 posted on 10/18/2016 11:05:51 AM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: 11th_VA

If the Jets were playing in my back yard, I’d close the blinds.

But that’s not the reason for the ratings decline. It’s mainly due to the actions of Colin Kaepernick and his sympathizers.


55 posted on 10/18/2016 11:26:11 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

“The dumb white guy commercials... “

Ignore them-—white guys KNOW they have a lot to offer.

Irish used to be portrayed as drunks or “thick Micks”and ignored it because they knew they had an edge.

Let these idiots play their silly games.

.


56 posted on 10/18/2016 11:26:11 AM PDT by Mears
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To: 11th_VA

I am finished with this NFL. Very sad that the League tolerated this disgraceful conduct of the morons who are supposed to be role models.


57 posted on 10/18/2016 11:29:15 AM PDT by MGunny
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To: 11th_VA

I am finished with this NFL. Very sad that the League tolerated this disgraceful conduct of the morons who are supposed to be role models.


58 posted on 10/18/2016 11:32:01 AM PDT by MGunny
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To: tumblindice
Hey hey hey, when did the Cardinals move to Arizona?

Right after the Raiders moved to LA. And before they moved back to Oakland...

Or was it before the Rams moved to Saint Louis and then back to LA....

Or when the Colts moved to Indianapolis...

Or when the Browns moved to Baltimore and became the Ravens...

Of course the Cardinals originally played in Chicago before moving to Saint Louis and subsequently to Arizona.

59 posted on 10/18/2016 11:33:37 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: VideoDoctor

Thank you


60 posted on 10/18/2016 11:35:37 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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