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People watch sports to escape politics. Will the leagues ever figure this out?
1 posted on 09/11/2020 9:00:16 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

The NFL is playing now? Who knew?!


2 posted on 09/11/2020 9:01:52 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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I won’t rest until the viewership drops to zero.


3 posted on 09/11/2020 9:03:11 AM PDT by Obadiah
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I’ve noticed that in the baseball world there’s absolutely no mention of BLM or any of this crap at all and their deaths down to business in the baseball and they’re pretty much ignoring the coronavirus crap as well

No this is just the first game in football and the old saying is “it’s all fine and dandy until somebody smashes you in the face”

And this I think we can expect some virtue signaling for week one and week two but all that will fade away and it’ll just be getting down to real football very quickly

You will notice the liberal idiot who wrote this article open with “with the coronavirus still raging in America” which is a complete total and utter lie

This stupid novel coronavirus the 10th known one with seven variance is just another flu and really not even as bad as a twin and one and everybody knows it the jury is not out and so the media will just try to continue to lie but we’re only left with California New York trying to impose shut down

My question is when will America have had enough of this coronavirus bull crap?


4 posted on 09/11/2020 9:03:33 AM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guv-mint you get is the Trump winning express ! Yea haw ! Trump pence II! Furthermore if they)
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They will adjust (fake) the numbers upward to support their narrative.


5 posted on 09/11/2020 9:03:39 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (This Space For Rant)
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The stands need to be empty for the next one.


6 posted on 09/11/2020 9:04:42 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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Not as long as Liberals/Commies/DemocRATs are running professional sports. For those people all that matters is their AGENDA.


7 posted on 09/11/2020 9:05:20 AM PDT by Howie66 ("Ghislane Maxwell Didn't Kill Herself")
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To me, it is very disappointing that rating were down only 16%. That is a sad statement about America that so many people are willing to support professional and farm-team (college) sports when those leagues clearly state their hate for America and Americans at every single opportunity.


8 posted on 09/11/2020 9:05:34 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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I wonder if the article showed the demographic that was down the least?

It was down because the game wasn’t close. Nothing about the protest.


11 posted on 09/11/2020 9:09:05 AM PDT by alternatives? (If our borders are not secure, why fund an army?)
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fell 16.1% in total sets of eyeballs from last year’s fast affiliate results

Fell from last year, but wasn't last year down from previous years?

How much was last night's down from say 3 or 5 years ago when I'm assuming the NFL was more popular?

12 posted on 09/11/2020 9:10:06 AM PDT by gubamyster
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What is or was the NFL?


15 posted on 09/11/2020 9:11:53 AM PDT by Drango (1776 = 2020)
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FU NFL. GTFO to Red China and don’t come back.


16 posted on 09/11/2020 9:12:12 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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Many of the 17,000 fans in attendance could be heard booing during the pregame demonstrations

Yet they still were there...

I am disappointed to hear so many people turned out.

17 posted on 09/11/2020 9:12:26 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby!)
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Needs to be 0


18 posted on 09/11/2020 9:12:37 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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There are going to be a lot of butt-hurt players when their contracts come up for renewal and they find out there is no money due to the reduced NFL revenue.


19 posted on 09/11/2020 9:14:52 AM PDT by throwthebumsout
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I would think that, all other things being equal, COVID would increase TV viewers. Shut in with nothing to do except wash sports.


20 posted on 09/11/2020 9:15:37 AM PDT by djpg
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I tuned in after the game had already started, but even then it was all politics, politics, politics. I turned it off.


22 posted on 09/11/2020 9:17:03 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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“In an America and a NFL still adjusting to the new normal of live sports in the era of COVID-19, last night’s Kansas City victory also fell 16.1% in total sets of eyeballs from last year’s fast affiliate results...”

You can’t blame this on COVID. Logically, the TV ratings should be UP—as in going through the roof.

Streaming services (like Hulu) are hitting record numbers. Why? Because people are stuck inside with nothing else to do but watch TV.

How can the NFL’s TV viewership be down, unless people are deliberately tuning out the NFL.

Not only is NFL viewership down 16%, they are missing out on the huge “corona stay at home” bump that every other TV service is getting. Meaning, the actual number of people turning off the NFL is more than 16%.


24 posted on 09/11/2020 9:18:07 AM PDT by Brookhaven (Only communists call fascists right wing, because only communists are to the left of fascists.)
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From last year. Might explain some things, but the NFL is still screwed...

The NFL has an age problem The kids aint payin attention like they used to.

26 posted on 09/11/2020 9:18:38 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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Pro athletes - with their multi-million dollar contracts and the soaring ticket prices (not to mention the hidden costs smuggled into our cable TV bills) - are arguably one of the most blatant examples of social and economic "inequality" that we have, yet they are the ones lecturing US.

And who but a moron can think that it is "unifying" for players to support a movement which declares all white people to be racists and the USA to be irredeemably racist from top to bottom?
30 posted on 09/11/2020 9:23:22 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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Clearly, they need a stronger anti-racism message.

I'd suggest next week they should have the players unite in an effort to spread healing and take turns stomping and spitting on a dirty American flag laying on the field. If viewership continues to decline, they should try lighting it on fire.

31 posted on 09/11/2020 9:25:04 AM PDT by Drew68
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