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NFL Season Kickoff Ratings Drop From 2019 Opener As Kansas City Thrash Houston At COVID-19 Socially Distanced Stadium
Deadline ^ | September 11, 2020 | Dominic Patten

Posted on 09/11/2020 9:00:16 AM PDT by EdnaMode

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To: Persevero
Three strikes, you are OUT !

BOYCOTTBASEBALL

61 posted on 09/11/2020 10:12:11 AM PDT by timestax
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To: timestax
NFLdeund
62 posted on 09/11/2020 10:13:34 AM PDT by timestax
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To: EdnaMode

That was 1 Sport I really enjoyed watching through my 50+ years. But yesterday, I worked late instead of hurrying home to “BE READY” for kick-off, as it has been for as long as I can remember. Funny how priorities change; the NFL (NBA,MLB etc) has no idea how they are destroying their image + I am proud to see them ruin themselves.


63 posted on 09/11/2020 10:14:37 AM PDT by Pagey (Valerie Jarrett. She IS STILL in DC, Creating More Havoc for President Trump.)
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To: EdnaMode

I’d like to see a plane loaded with pig shit unload on the players mid game.


64 posted on 09/11/2020 10:16:16 AM PDT by McCarthysGhost (q)
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To: EdnaMode

Spectator sports are now dead to me. Went to the range Wednesday. Going fishing Monday.


65 posted on 09/11/2020 10:18:45 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: cdcdawg

You pretty much nailed it.


66 posted on 09/11/2020 10:26:04 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: Menehune56

same


67 posted on 09/11/2020 10:26:20 AM PDT by jpsb
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To: EdnaMode

Didn’t the players explain racism and social justice to the stupid rednecks in the audience?

I don’t understand why people are mad.


68 posted on 09/11/2020 10:27:38 AM PDT by Tzimisce
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To: EdnaMode

Because it isn’t really about the profit from the fans, it is the message


69 posted on 09/11/2020 10:44:00 AM PDT by redgolum (If this culture today is civilization, I will be the barbarian)
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To: Obadiah

I never cared about football. Now I do.

I *hate* what the NFL has done. Yeah, football is not my jam, but, I can understand now that it’s part of Americana.

Libtards have been after football for a long time. Remember all of the hysteria about how *dangerous* contact sports are and they must be banned from schools?

Better yet, let’s just isolate kids away from each other entirely.

How fragile do they need their ignorant snowflakes to be?

Hard to believe that this is the same nation that produced the men who stormed the beach at Normandy.


70 posted on 09/11/2020 10:55:57 AM PDT by jazminerose (Vince Foster died of coronavirus)
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To: Drew68
“Clearly, they need a stronger anti-racism message.”

The NFL has already ‘jumped the shark’ but I would not be surprised if they start publicly flogging white, self-hating leftist volunteers at halftime shows.

71 posted on 09/11/2020 11:05:37 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck ("Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither.")
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To: Truthoverpower

Oh yes they have


72 posted on 09/11/2020 11:05:48 AM PDT by Dawgreg
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To: EdnaMode

Doesn’t actually sound like that much, considering.

We must be desperate for our circuses to go with our bread.


73 posted on 09/11/2020 11:07:59 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: cdcdawg
“only 16% down ... a lot of fat old white men are having a hard time giving up their crushes on their heroes. There’s just something about wearing another man’s name on your back ... especially when there’s a very good chance that he’s a felon. Lovely.”

I have been thinking the same for a very long time. Swear to God, many male sport super fans are suffering from some form of same-sex attraction or are just outright homosexuals.

74 posted on 09/11/2020 11:10:48 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck ("Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither.")
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To: EdnaMode

Okay, I’ll say it. This drop in TV ratings has nothing to do with covid-19. At home they don’t have to socially distance. They can all sit in the same room and watch. So this is just another lie and if people buy into it, they are real sheep. And I’m sure many of us know what the real problem is.

rwood


75 posted on 09/11/2020 11:10:59 AM PDT by Redwood71
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To: Truthoverpower

Baseball threw out the general manager of the defending champions for standing in the upper deck without a mask. Screw baseball.

https://sports.yahoo.com/nationals-general-manager-mike-rizzo-ejected-joe-west-coronavirus-covid19-mask-021020517.html


76 posted on 09/11/2020 11:13:56 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Yeah a 16% drop is discouraging given the circumstances. Should be at least 30, 40%.

I wish, but I think there's a floor to how low sports can go, given the large gambling interest in them (which will likely grow).

77 posted on 09/11/2020 11:17:51 AM PDT by TimSkalaBim
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To: wildcard_redneck

Don’t overthink it. I’ve been a super fan for most of my life. I’m not a homosexual. But enough is enough.

Sports used to be a passage to life and manhood for young boys. But is no longer that. I sat in the bullpen with the Milwaukee Brewers at 12. 1971 spring training. No fences. They chewed tobacco and talked about the women they were running with. My father laughed when I told him their stories.

It was the admiration George Patton talked about. Seems to me he wasn’t gay either.


78 posted on 09/11/2020 11:19:34 AM PDT by Luke21
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To: Luke21
NFLfeln
79 posted on 09/11/2020 11:21:23 AM PDT by timestax
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To: wildcard_redneck

>>I have been thinking the same for a very long time. Swear to God, many male sport super fans are suffering from some form of same-sex attraction or are just outright homosexuals.<<

Sounds like an asinine statement from someone who always hated sports but secretly wished he could be one of the regular guys in sports bars cheering something he could not begin to understand on the big screen.

I admire Tom Brady for who is is: an overlooked regular guy who rose to be one of the (if not THE) very best in history at his position. He is good looking and attracted chicks galore until he got a smoking hot wife.

I admire him like I do James Bond (or Donald Trump). He is very good at a game I love to watch and now miss terribly.

None of that makes me or any other guy sports fan (even “super fans” whatever those are) gay.

Call an average L.A. Raiders fan or any NASCAR fan gay and you can then call me from the hospital or your next of kin can call me to invite me to your service.


80 posted on 09/11/2020 11:29:49 AM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Do not mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
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