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Chiefs-Patriots clash draws lowest TV ratings for an NFL opener since 2009
Los Angeles Times ^ | 9/8/2017 | Chuck Schilken

Posted on 09/08/2017 5:29:10 PM PDT by Will88

The NFL opened the 2017 season Thursday night to its lowest television ratings in eight years.

NBC’s broadcast of the Kansas City Chiefs’ stunning 42-27 upset of the New England Patriots drew an overnight rating of 14.6. That’s down nearly 12% from the 16.5 posted by the Denver Broncos-Carolina Panthers season kickoff from a year ago.

That’s bad news for the NFL since the ratings had also dropped for the 2016 opener, down approximately 7% from the 17.7 rating posted the previous year, when the Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers played in the first game of the season.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Kansas; US: Nebraska
KEYWORDS: kcchiefs; nepatriots; nfl; ratings
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To: Enchante
If that doesn't light a fire under Goodell and the owners then what will? Shall they wait for a 40% drop????

I think Goodell and most owners are still in denial, or they at least won't admit to the public what the problem is. The question is how long will they keep up the pretense.

21 posted on 09/08/2017 5:47:07 PM PDT by Will88
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To: KC Burke

Yep, tolerating this insult to the flag and country is turning off many long time, loyal fans. But the powers that be are still in denial.


22 posted on 09/08/2017 5:50:10 PM PDT by Will88
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To: Will88

If Kaperpunk somehow gets a contract, the ratings will go down even more. The only time I watch is when eating out and the restaurant has a game on, other than that—don’t waste my time.


23 posted on 09/08/2017 5:50:55 PM PDT by Fungi (90 percent of all soil biomass is a fungus. Fungi rule the world.)
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Not really a press release as I had remembered -- a friend of mine posted this photo on fb with this statement, "Yes, very proud to be a CHIEFS fan, this is just one more reason why!"

24 posted on 09/08/2017 5:51:11 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: Will88

“I think Goodell and most owners are still in denial, or they at least won’t admit to the public what the problem is.”

They are a lot like the college presidents who are pretending their leftist safe spaces and diversity efforts aren’t hurting alumni donations.


25 posted on 09/08/2017 5:51:51 PM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: Will88
This is going to interesting to see how it plays out. A 12% drop on top of last year is monumental and just how will it be dealt with?

In addition to the PC crap I am wondering if indeed it is also Peak NFL that I have commented on that in other threads.

Over-saturation of the markets and product could also be going hand in hand with the Public Relations problems they are having.

All these elements together could very spell a downward rating spike and then what will the NFL do with the sponsors and clauses in the contracts on ratings and rebates, etc.. It might be a costly season for the Cable & Networks in terms of AD dollars they might have to rebate and the ad rates they charge.

26 posted on 09/08/2017 5:54:17 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: Will88

What? Did the NFL have a game?............not sorry I missed it.


27 posted on 09/08/2017 5:54:43 PM PDT by Dapper 26
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To: TaMoDee

Rodgers already said that Colin should be in the league. Fine Aaron let him take you spot.


28 posted on 09/08/2017 5:55:19 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (We're right, you're wrong - that's the end of the argument.)
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To: HokieMom

It’s about time. We shall see.


29 posted on 09/08/2017 5:56:09 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: BlueStateRightist

And the bizarre desire to be PC explains both situations, as impossible as it is for half-rational people to understand that.


30 posted on 09/08/2017 5:56:11 PM PDT by Will88
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To: HokieMom

I’m a chronically disappointed Chiefs fan too, but that sounds fake. I can’t imagine an owner calling the players paid performers (true) and not getting called out for being demeaning or insulting or racist or something.
#22 just looked like a fool sitting by himself last night - another snowflake.


31 posted on 09/08/2017 5:59:02 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Will88
Blacks are protesting because Kaepernick doesn't have a job and whites are protesting because of all the unpatriotic behavior. The NFL is screwed either way.

They brought this on themselves.

32 posted on 09/08/2017 5:59:30 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: Will88

Cry me a river.

They did it to themselves.

Bet next season they’ll completely do away with the anthem. Watch for it. And watch for the numbers to drop even further.


33 posted on 09/08/2017 5:59:56 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Will88

Time for a tranny quarterback in the league. That’ll increase the ratings!


34 posted on 09/08/2017 6:00:17 PM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Thanks for the info, I must have missed that. Colon will never play in Green Bay. Aaron should stick to being NFL’s top QB.


35 posted on 09/08/2017 6:01:19 PM PDT by TaMoDee (Go Pack Go! The Pack will be back in 2017!)
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To: Captain Peter Blood
In addition to the PC crap I am wondering if indeed it is also Peak NFL that I have commented on that in other threads.

I don't doubt there are some other, lesser contributing factors. But I have little doubt that the insult to the flag and country is overwhelmingly the major factor in the decline in TV viewership.

Recall, the NFL had had nothing but years of increasing TV audiences until last year.

36 posted on 09/08/2017 6:02:26 PM PDT by Will88
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To: TaMoDee

Aaron has a little SJW in him, I’m afraid.


37 posted on 09/08/2017 6:06:00 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (We're right, you're wrong - that's the end of the argument.)
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To: Will88
I watched the football game last night.

Sam Houston State vs Prairie View. Good game. Sam Houston won but Prairie View put up a good fight.

What? You thought the NFL? Not on your life. It's college football only now.

38 posted on 09/08/2017 6:07:46 PM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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To: HokieMom

No, Clark Hunt says that is “an internet hoax” ....

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article171726982.html


39 posted on 09/08/2017 6:12:07 PM PDT by Enchante
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To: rovenstinez
Keep hiring players who disdain the flag, and the numbers are going to go down further.

Also, the wussifying Goodell Rules and those stupid pink games (we got it, breast cancer). The NFL is taking the manliness out of the game, so less men are watching it.

40 posted on 09/08/2017 6:15:23 PM PDT by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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