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Weak 15: Empty Seats Abound, As the NFL Season Winds Down
www.breitbart.com ^ | 16 Dec 2018 | Warner Todd Huston

Posted on 12/17/2018 7:32:42 AM PST by Red Badger

There are only two more weekends of regular season NFL play after this weekend. However, for many teams Week 15 has become Weak 15, as many fans have once again decided to stay home.

If the reaction of the fans is any indication, the most ridiculed team of the league for attendance this weekend is the Cincinnati Bengals. Many fans took to Twitter to comment on the sparse attendance at Cincy’s Paul Brown Stadium, when Oakland Raiders came to town:


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Music/Entertainment; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: commieball; football; justreadbooks; kneelers; nfl; whocares
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To: Rummyfan

Yes, and it is dumb to schedule conference games this late.

The schedulers are stupid......................


41 posted on 12/17/2018 8:40:14 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger
Must have been a Jets game....................

LOL!

42 posted on 12/17/2018 8:41:27 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: dfwgator

Maybe they should have a Texas Chainsaw style match to see who gets first draft picks...................


43 posted on 12/17/2018 8:42:05 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

Scheduling games to be played ONLY on pay TV isn’t helping them, either.

Many lifelong loyal fans cannot watch because they are on Soc Sec & cannot pay for high priced TV.


44 posted on 12/17/2018 8:49:29 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Red Badger

Who can’t get excited about guys lavishly praising themselves for doing what they were paid for doing.


45 posted on 12/17/2018 8:53:29 AM PST by jimmygrace
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To: Red Badger

I haven’t watched any NFL game this year or last except for incidental contact which I try to avoid as well. I don’t know if they are kneeling or not and I’m not trying to find out. I actually am now only interested in making them regret doing it in the first place. I am but one but we are many.


46 posted on 12/17/2018 9:00:30 AM PST by webheart (Grammar police on the scene.)
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To: Red Badger

47 posted on 12/17/2018 9:15:54 AM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: minnesota_bound
#8 A 1 hour game that takes 3+ hours to finish.

That's a big one right there. At least I know a soccer match is only going to take at most, 2 hours.

48 posted on 12/17/2018 9:19:31 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

There’s no integrity in the NFL anymore. Aside from the jackass off field behavior of the players they all act like they are God’s gift to the game as they preen and prance after every tackle made or pass broken up.


49 posted on 12/17/2018 9:22:11 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Doogle

8^)....................


50 posted on 12/17/2018 9:22:14 AM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

Soldier Field again looked full...I haven’t been able to find a panoramic view of yesterday’s crowd.


51 posted on 12/17/2018 9:31:12 AM PST by stylin19a (2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: EdnaMode


Even without the kneeling controversy, the NFL just isn’t as good as it used to be.

know what? years ago you could cheer your team making a touchdown.        now 90% of the time you have to wait for a review by the new york monkeys to decide whether holding, both-feet-in bounds, facemask, shoelace tied, whatever.

after a while, who cares?


52 posted on 12/17/2018 9:58:12 AM PST by 867V309 (Lock Her Up)
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To: Red Badger

My Packers is out, so I’m looking forward to NASCAR and Red Sox season starting...and of course, Hockey...


53 posted on 12/17/2018 10:26:57 AM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: Red Badger

A buddy of mine sent me a photo of he and his nephew at the Falcons game. He lives in the Phoenix area and is a Cardinals fan.

I didn’t have the heart to ask him: Why?


54 posted on 12/17/2018 10:27:01 AM PST by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: EdnaMode

Is this before the game or during?


55 posted on 12/17/2018 10:36:53 AM PST by personalaccts (Is George W going to protect the border?)
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To: litehaus
What’s the name of that fuzzyheaded kneeler who started all this crapola?

I don't know, but he gave the entire NFL Colin cancer. Diagnosis: terminal.

56 posted on 12/17/2018 10:40:08 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Red Badger

Put all the players in one city. Stream the games. Call the teams by nicknames instead of cities. Let viewers vote on trades and coaches. Online gambling as you watch the games. In games that are irrelevant let piers vote on plays. Have the cheerleader strip for premium viewers.

Robot referees, no replays the robots can cover what the cameras cover now. Premium charge no commercials. Pay college players and have them sign pro contracts after 2 years and stay in college.


57 posted on 12/17/2018 10:46:21 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: morphing libertarian

Players get payed by fan vote and performance.


58 posted on 12/17/2018 10:47:08 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: dfwgator
The MLS-Champion Atlanta United soccer team outdraws the Falcons.

Over 17 home games vs 7 for the Falcons.

Avg per game attendance for soccer was ~53K, while footbal drew ~73K.

https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/10/21/atlanta-united-set-mls-season-record-home-attendance

http://www.espn.com/nfl/attendance

59 posted on 12/17/2018 11:18:33 AM PST by Mr.Unique (The government, by its very nature, cannot give except what it first takes.)
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To: ssaftler

Not sure about yesterday’s attendance in Pittsburgh, but the first 6 home games had an average of 5,000 empty seats each (attendance average of 63,300 versus a capacity of 68,300); 92.7% capacity.

92.7% sounds pretty good until you realize that there was a “25 year waiting list” for tickets just 10 years ago, and season tickets generally pass from generation to generation via Last Will and Testament around these parts.

Wait a year or so until Big Ben retires and this is a 7 and 9 to 9 and 7 team and the attendance percentage will crash into the 80’s or even 70’s.

The ‘Badwill’ towards the NFL (although not the Steelers in particular) around here is pretty heavy. Although most here in the “Trump Country” that surrounds the city itself have compartmentalized their love of the Steelers and the 40+ year Sunday ‘tradition’ of Steelers football; separately away from their hate towards the NFL, interest has slid noticeably, way out of proportion to the team’s lower performance on the field from a 13ish win team to a 9ish win team.


60 posted on 12/17/2018 11:22:30 AM PST by Reagan80 ("In this current crisis, government is not the solution to our problems, government IS the problem")
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