Cam Newton had a groveling apology last night for his comments to a woman reporter.
That was quick. Still never apologized or owned up to stealing that laptop.
Posted on 10/06/2017 8:09:03 AM PDT by 11th_VA
It seems like everyone is mad at the NFL, whether you are young and old, male or female, and just about any ethnic identity you could think of. Pick a reason – game quality, protests during the national anthem, support for exiled quarterbacks, support for the President – and it will likely be used as someone’s cause for tuning away from the league this season.
Because we’re all just grasping at straws a bit, it’s important to get an honest look at the NFL’s television viewership through the first four full weeks of this season, to go beyond P.R. puffery and media punditry. Compared to past ratings analysis, this quarter-season deep dive moves away from the traditional ad sales demos (adults aged 18-49 and 25-54) due to the overlap of the two age groups. Instead, these are snapshots of ages 18-34, 35-54 and 55+.
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Through the first four weeks, the average NFL telecast among the measured networks was watched by 15.79 million viewers, which is still quite a large amount, but down 7% versus the same period in 2016 where the average game was viewed by 16.96 million people. The decline was a little steeper between 2015 and 2016 where the average game slipped by 9%.
While many tried to pin the ’16 drops on coverage of the presidential election, it was a volatile hurricane season that had a direct impact on the Gulf Coast markets in early September. (Certainly the loss of life and property damage is more important than ratings, even to Nielsen itself.) Yet, for those still exploring the Election Day theory, the first four weeks of the 2013 season were 5% better than 2012....
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I’m not mad at the NFL. I’m just not into them anymore.
They can’t go bankrupt soon enough.
Everything the Libs touch, they destroy: NFL, education, govt, etc.
It’s a disease.
There's a name I'm glad I didn't have to grow up with.
Cam Newton had a groveling apology last night for his comments to a woman reporter.
That was quick. Still never apologized or owned up to stealing that laptop.
DOWN in EVERY Demographic! That’s got to be some sort of record!
I’m still really mad about this. It clearly shows what POOR MANAGEMENT the NFL has from the top, down. And what a bunch of pansies to roll Belly Up to basically criminals, cop haters and anti-American SCUM!
If my 88 year old mother is not watching, you can bet the NFL is in trouble.
The NFL chose the path to its own demise last year when they could have stopped this and did nothing.
They do not want to be this nation’s football league.
When everyone is forced to take a hit in their contracts you can bet they will blame racism.
Why isn’t she watching? Because of the ‘take a knee’ nonsense?
People watch sports for a bit of an escape from the real world. When you let real world issues like politics become a part of sports, then you have just eliminated their function as escapism.
I think the decline is due to.... GLOBAL WARMING! Everything else is blamed on it. Why not this too?
From the 2 minute warning to the end of the game could take 25 minutes.
I am pretty damn sure that the PR agent for the team wrote that ‘apology’.
He did not...Will bet on it.
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The NFL is dead.
Long live the lifeless NFL!
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Now that I’ve not watched since last year. I find I don’t miss the NFL at all and I’ll probably never watch another game.
I quit the NFL when the Dreads appeared, the tats were bad enough but you really can’t see them all that well, but the dreads turned out the lights for me.
Interesting. Years ago I worked with a very nice guy named Madison Clinksdale.
In Cleveland, there’s another reason not to return to the Cleveland Browns. The Cleveland Indians are in the playoffs. They’re a team that’s talented, hard-working, and very respectful of fans and their role as positive community members. Why would anyone even care about the Browns or for that matter the Cavs, when there’s a very inspiring Baseball Playoff Season going on?
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