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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Boy those clever headline writers at Yahoo! I guess this is why they were able to beat out Google in the long run...oh wait...
Headline writer’s dream task: Viagra and Softening in the same headline!!!
Facing the hard truth.
“(along with, maybe, a touch of political protest)”
“maybe”
“a touch”
Yep, no SOFTENING there
PING
The jokes just write themselves..............”Viagra has gone soft and is pulling out...............”
LMBO!
THis has the potential to be a rib-splitting thread.
Makes it difficult to steer the car.
That’s gotta be hard on them
The ratings last year were noticeably down until after the November presidential election. It’s not rocket science.
Ha.
Glad to see my boycott of the NFL is working!
Didn’t watch a game last year. They can kneel; I can change the channel.
Great headline to create comments!
Okay, I leaving this thread before JimRob decides to clean it up.
that one anti-American player is costing the NFL many many millions of dollars of revenue
My favorite warning was always about the ‘delayed backache.’ Exertion will do that.
Viagra’s patent just expired, there’s legal generics available. Probably not economical to spend the big bucks advertising now.
presidential campaign fatigue
Didn’t they hear obunga is out?
Erections have consequences.
Eat hot peppers and you won’t need Viagra.
It all started with the flaccid support Kapernaek received from the fans.
It’s a stiff market. Lots of up and downs.
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