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Viagra won't advertise on NFL games, signaling softening ad market
Yahoo ^ | July 10, 2017 | Jay Busbee

Posted on 07/11/2017 1:06:58 PM PDT by C19fan

Last year, the NFL’s declining ratings, in the face of zombie hordes, presidential campaign fatigue, and general public indifference (along with, maybe, a touch of political protest), dominated much of the early-season conversation. Ratings rebounded as the year wore on, however, and the Super Bowl pulled in its usual nine-figure viewer total.

But now we’re seeing the reverberations of that ratings slip, as well as other indications of a break in the ever-increasing ad market, and the news isn’t ideal for the NFL and its broadcast partners. Ad Age reports that preseason ad spending is the softest since the 2008 recession, with both the automotive and motion picture categories spending less at this point in the year than previously.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: nfl; sex
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To: A_Former_Democrat

The NFL is a bunch of Fools....it was ALL about the DISRESPECT FOR THE FLAG by their over paid as$hole players. Until they stop it, it will continue to lose viewers.


21 posted on 07/11/2017 1:16:54 PM PDT by davidb56
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To: Billthedrill

excellent


22 posted on 07/11/2017 1:17:59 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: C19fan

When Colin said he would be taking a knee during the national anthem, Viagra thought there would be sex involved.


23 posted on 07/11/2017 1:19:13 PM PDT by moovova
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To: C19fan

As long as nobody mentions Brady and deflated balls this thread will stand tall...


24 posted on 07/11/2017 1:19:20 PM PDT by Geronimo (God Bless America and President Donald J. Trump...)
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To: C19fan

Poppers and Tampex will are the likely new sponsors.


25 posted on 07/11/2017 1:22:00 PM PDT by a fool in paradise ( Mr. Comey, did you engage in or know of ANY OTHER leaks?)
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To: C19fan

It was always Cialis when we were watching.


26 posted on 07/11/2017 1:25:20 PM PDT by SkyDancer (You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Yep, if they get more women to watch games, maybe feminine ads will appear??

Those viagra ads are annoying too, because it’s frustrating to have kids in the room, and they are exposed to that, and then might ask what is an erection what does it mean to be healthy for sex, etc. etc .


27 posted on 07/11/2017 1:26:12 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: a fool in paradise

Yep, if they get more women to watch games, maybe feminine ads will appear??

Those viagra ads are annoying too, because it’s frustrating to have kids in the room, and they are exposed to that, and then might ask what is an erection what does it mean to be healthy for sex, etc. etc .


28 posted on 07/11/2017 1:26:17 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: C19fan
If Viagra can't keep the NFL's "ratings" up..../ wink, wink 🤣
29 posted on 07/11/2017 1:26:38 PM PDT by canalabamian
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To: C19fan
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Well, this previous ad campaign of theirs was a total bust …

30 posted on 07/11/2017 1:27:17 PM PDT by mikrofon (Midsummer BUMP)
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To: SkyDancer

The games started lasting more than 4 hours.


31 posted on 07/11/2017 1:27:39 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: C19fan

The public didn’t want the blue pill because they got red pulled instead.


32 posted on 07/11/2017 1:28:54 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: C19fan

Alternate headline : Viagra Stiffs NFL


33 posted on 07/11/2017 1:29:41 PM PDT by llevrok (A group of baboons is called a "congress." Just sayin' .....)
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To: C19fan
along with, maybe, a touch of political protest

Boy, talk about downplaying the truth...the ratings dip was all about Colin Kepernick's disrespect of the flag. The other stuff was the "maybe, a touch", not that.

34 posted on 07/11/2017 1:30:49 PM PDT by chud
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To: TigerClaws

I’ll bet they can play a full game in fifteen minutes without all those replays, and commercials and time outs.


35 posted on 07/11/2017 1:30:59 PM PDT by SkyDancer (You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.)
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To: Trump20162020

Do you mean it’s Madonna’s fault for lying about what she’d do for HRC voters?


36 posted on 07/11/2017 1:31:42 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: jimfree

Stiff competition from Cialis, no doubt.


37 posted on 07/11/2017 1:31:45 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: SkyDancer

Cialis - Who has their romantic moments in matching side-by-side vintage enamel bathtubs set up on the lawn? This thread is a riot!


38 posted on 07/11/2017 1:31:54 PM PDT by ntnychik
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To: C19fan

I think the backstory is that Viagra (sildenafil citrate0 has gone off patent protection this year.

You can know buy the stuff generic for a fraction of what Viagra cost.

Viagra certainly can’t afford NFL advertising rates. Pfizer will probably kill the brand or sell it off soon. They’ve already made their money on it.


39 posted on 07/11/2017 1:32:39 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: llevrok
How many double entendres can be rolled into one headline with this?

"NFL Falls On Hard Times As Viagra Pulls Out Due To Softening Demand, Colin Kaepernick Hardest Hit, Takes A Knee" is the best I can manage.

40 posted on 07/11/2017 1:33:31 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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