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NFL Anthem Protests Hit Fox As Verizon, Networks Consider New Deals
Forbes ^ | Oct 13, 2017 | Mike Ozainian

Posted on 10/14/2017 2:30:55 PM PDT by 11th_VA

The protests by NFL players during the National Anthem have been hurting the league's television ratings since last year.

This season, as the protests have continued, the television ratings and ramifications for broadcasters have worsened.

More bad news for the NFL: an analyst for Credit Suisse yesterday downgraded his price and earnings per share targets for 21st Century Fox in part due to NFL ratings that are coming in below market expectations.

"We trim our 2018/19 EPS forecasts … ahead of Q1 earnings," analyst Omar Sheikh wrote in a note to clients Thursday. "The key near term headwinds are soft NFL ratings and the risk that the Sky transaction is blocked by UK regulators."

The downgrade comes at a time when the NFL is negotiating two important distribution deals that end after this season: Verizon's $250 million a year streaming agreement and the $450 million a year Thursday Night Football deal for games shared by CBS and NBC.

Through five weeks, the league's ratings are substantially lower this season, according to Nielsen data obtained by Sporting News.:

The league's average TV audience through Week 5 of the 2017 season dropped 7% vs. the same period of the 2016 season, and the average game audiences are down 18% compared to the first five weeks of the 2015 season. The NFL's average TV audience (including Sunday afternoon, Sunday night, Monday night and Thursday night games) slid to 15.156 million viewers through Week 5 of the 2017 season, down 7.42% from an average of 16.371 million viewers through the same period of the 2016 season, and 18% lower from the first five weeks of the 2015 season.

(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...


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1 posted on 10/14/2017 2:30:55 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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2 posted on 10/14/2017 2:34:01 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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This is why I consider Ben Garrison the best conservative political cartoonist out there....
3 posted on 10/14/2017 2:38:12 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: 11th_VA

It sounds like our boycott is working. I’m hoping our side can hold out longer than they can.


4 posted on 10/14/2017 2:38:33 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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To: 11th_VA
He he he...🤣
5 posted on 10/14/2017 2:40:50 PM PDT by moovova
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“Omar Sheikh”

Didn’t realize these guys know much about football, but he does seem to be getting it right here.


7 posted on 10/14/2017 2:44:18 PM PDT by BobL
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I quit watching the Black Pampers playing for the Denver Donkeys. I have better things to do. They can become burger flippers for all I care.


8 posted on 10/14/2017 2:46:13 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MagUSNRET

If the NFL goes bust these players will have to return to their first love . . . thug crime . . . which will land them in the pen where they can kneel all they want to.


9 posted on 10/14/2017 2:46:14 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Fiddlstix

No, they havent had enough. The spineless commissioner will never call retreat until the damage is irreparable. They are close to that now.


10 posted on 10/14/2017 2:48:42 PM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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Not to worry, when they finish their careers, they will be flat broke within a short period of time and back to selling crack on street corners.


11 posted on 10/14/2017 2:49:31 PM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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Early this morning, officers raced into Adobe Canyon to warn residents to evacuate before the oncoming fire. They did this with full knowledge they might not make it out themselves. Are these the officers they are protesting?


12 posted on 10/14/2017 2:53:09 PM PDT by rey
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Do you think the NFL will have to pay the networks to carry the games?


13 posted on 10/14/2017 2:53:34 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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...”I quit watching the Black Pampers playing for the Denver Donkeys. I have better things to do. They can become burger flippers for all I care”

Same goes for the Detroit Meows.


14 posted on 10/14/2017 2:54:00 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now. .)
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Same goes for the Detroit Meows.

:)

15 posted on 10/14/2017 2:55:24 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

As Ernie Banks said, “It’s a great day, let’s play two!”


16 posted on 10/14/2017 2:58:57 PM PDT by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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So they can spit in that too? No thanks.


17 posted on 10/14/2017 3:00:05 PM PDT by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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"No, they havent had enough. The spineless commissioner will never call retreat until the damage is irreparable.

NFL: We won’t make players stand for anthem
October 13, 2017 | 12:10pm

The boycott must continue and must grow.

For those that love the sport, cut the nfl out and simply watch (/more) college ball...which is arguably more exiting anyway.

The only thing that can hurt the nfl is loss of revenue via, any number of ways.

18 posted on 10/14/2017 3:00:27 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: stevio
Yes, I am sure they would be burger spitters too.
19 posted on 10/14/2017 3:01:39 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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But they didnEarly this morning, officers raced into Adobe Canyon to warn residents to evacuate before the oncoming fire. They did this with full knowledge they might not make it out themselves. Are these the officers they are protesting?


But they didn’t bother to warn the people of color/sarc!


20 posted on 10/14/2017 3:11:52 PM PDT by abigkahuna (How can you be at two places at once when you are nowhere at all?)
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