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Too many bad teams, awful quarterback play making NFL games hard to watch
CBSSports.com ^ | 10-22-17 | Jason La Canfora

Posted on 10/23/2017 3:29:17 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich

HOME SCORES SCHEDULE STANDINGS FANTASY LOG IN Too many bad teams, awful quarterback play making NFL games hard to watch Kaepernick and protests aren't the problem, bad football is the reason ratings, attendance are down Jason La Canfora mugshot by Jason La Canfora @JasonLaCanfora 11h ago • 9 min read

People are staying away from the NFL. Viewership is down and empty seats are up compared to the record ratings of a few years ago. It's hard to argue that fact. Any camera angle that panned across the upper deck in any number of stadiums Sundays confirmed that fact. The issues with ratings are well-documented. It's become convenient to blame that phenomenon, at least in part, on the ongoing issues of player demonstrations but now, nearly a season-and-a-half since Colin Kaepernick first took a knee, I'm not buying it. There's some protesting going on, without a doubt, but it's fans protesting the product being put on the football field, I believe, moreso than any pronounced reaction to a handful of players displaying their Constitutional rights before kick-off. This downturn in the number of eyeballs watching closely every Sunday and Monday and Thursday is much more directly related, in my opinion, to the fact that the number of quarterbacks you would pay big bucks to see in a game with no rooting interest seems to be shrinking by the week.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: boycottnfl; breadandcircus; deathwatch; denialaintariver; dienfldie; excuses; kapernick; nerosfiddling; nfl; seebs; thugball; thugculture; waronfootball
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Hoowee this is a knee slapper...don't drink milk and read this at the same time.

They found the river in Egypt, 'denial'.

So if this logic wins out, ratings should go up if Kapernick wins a NFL job!...sorry, not wins, is given said job he deserves.

Enjoy, it's Monday and a good laugh helps one's health.

1 posted on 10/23/2017 3:29:17 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich
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To: CincyRichieRich

I saw replays of the Panthers game. I swear Newton was throwing to the Bears DB on purpose!


2 posted on 10/23/2017 3:32:44 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: CincyRichieRich

We need to stop lying to the NFL. If we are staying away in droves because of bad football and tell them it’s because of social justice warriors like Colin (2-14 loser) K, how will they know what to fix? The NFL decline is our fault.

Fortunately, this journalist has the answer. All the League needs is pink socks, plus a more vocal protest against injustice that harms thugs, and they will bring us right back.


3 posted on 10/23/2017 3:41:15 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: CincyRichieRich

“Watch me substitute the reality I want for the reality I reject.”


4 posted on 10/23/2017 3:44:32 AM PDT by MountainWalker
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To: CincyRichieRich

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Yeah, you guys go with that one. That’ll work.


5 posted on 10/23/2017 3:46:56 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: CincyRichieRich
HOME SCORES SCHEDULE STANDINGS FANTASY LOG IN

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6 posted on 10/23/2017 3:49:40 AM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Dr. Ursus

Fake News

See B S is lying. President Trump says boycott the NFL. Real Americans are boycotting because of these unpatriotic useful idiots who insult my country

Screw the N F L and the Community Organizer who tried for 8 years to incite race riots

And screw See B S that is lying about the reason Americans are staying away.


7 posted on 10/23/2017 3:50:41 AM PDT by politicianslie (Lying to Americans is easy-Presstitutes listen to what they are told to say and they 24/7 repeat it)
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To: CincyRichieRich

Has nothing to do with these anti-American protests. Nope.


8 posted on 10/23/2017 3:51:08 AM PDT by McGruff (Lock Her Up! In a Padded Cell!)
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To: CincyRichieRich
Um, for every team that loses, another wins. Same as 30 years ago.

Try again.

9 posted on 10/23/2017 3:54:05 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Prayers for our country and President Trump)
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To: Dr. Ursus

“Too many bad teams, awful quarterback play”

This is obviously fake news, as our 1-6 Giants can attest...

(The fact is, this makes other people 6-1 against them)

I personally hope they kick the Patriots’ asses again in the coming Super Bowl; they went to the big game with more losses than this!


10 posted on 10/23/2017 3:55:15 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: CincyRichieRich

Nfl caves to this punk they deserve to be ignored.


11 posted on 10/23/2017 3:59:53 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (President Trump makes obammy look like the punk he is.)
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To: CincyRichieRich

He’s right about the quality of play, the product is crap. Seriously, every other play is some west coast offense throw it 2 yards wide and let the receiver do the rest. The protests are a factor, but not everything.

The games are unbelievably boring, too long, too many penalties, too many rules, too many rule changes, too expensive to attend, a ripoff all around.

The real test is the super bowl. Will people continue the stupid tradition just to overindulge, or will the find something better to do?


12 posted on 10/23/2017 4:02:47 AM PDT by JacksonCalhoun
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To: Dr. Ursus

Cam Newton is an awful QB but the Charlotte media continues to ignore the truth. Which is what the liberal media does everywhere.


13 posted on 10/23/2017 4:03:48 AM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Lookee, Partisan Media Shill Jason La Canfora -- whose livelihood depends on sports franchises like the NFL -- is pointing out something that is true EVERY year, and claiming THAT is the reason the stands are empty. What a transparent lie. Thanks CincyRichieRich.

14 posted on 10/23/2017 4:06:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: CincyRichieRich
The lsm on the NFL:


15 posted on 10/23/2017 4:06:53 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Every Californian who supported "sanctuary state" has blood and ashes on his/her hands)
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To: CincyRichieRich

Yep. Bad play is to blame. People watching election reruns. Hurricanes. Toenail fungus.

Because KneeGro Assholetes have nothing to do with NFL anger and apathy.


16 posted on 10/23/2017 4:09:36 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: CincyRichieRich
There's some protesting going on, without a doubt, but it's fans protesting the product being put on the football field, I believe, moreso than any pronounced reaction to a handful of players displaying their Constitutional rights before kick-off.

Those who keep defending the players for exercising their Constitutional right never mention that the fans are also exercising their Constitutional right by telling the players to f#$% off.

17 posted on 10/23/2017 4:14:49 AM PDT by NJRighty ("It's sick out there and getting sicker" - Bob Grant)
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Responding to progressive propagandist Trevor Noah, host of “The Daily Show,” who has been hosting his show from Chicago, where he has been bashing conservatives Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clark appeared on FOX Business to discuss not only Chicago but also the anti-American NFL protests against the American flag and the National Anthem. His and posted comments excellent read

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3596032/posts


18 posted on 10/23/2017 4:15:34 AM PDT by mosesdapoet (Mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin)
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To: TTFlyer

Cam Newton with his ‘Superman’ act. He is no Superman. Plus he insisted on #1 on his jersey. He can’t back it up. He has the mind of a 9 year old boy. I dislike football, the dancing, the taunting - unmanly and not part of my culture.


19 posted on 10/23/2017 4:16:27 AM PDT by olepap (Your old Pappy)
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To: CincyRichieRich; All

Responding to progressive propagandist Trevor Noah, host of “The Daily Show,” who has been hosting his show from Chicago, where he has been bashing conservatives Former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clark appeared on FOX Business to discuss not only Chicago but also the anti-American NFL protests against the American flag and the National Anthem. His and posted comments excellent read

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3596032/posts


20 posted on 10/23/2017 4:16:37 AM PDT by mosesdapoet (Mosesdapoet aka L.J.Keslin)
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