"The NFL is now dead to me. But we still have college football!"
Yes, but for how long? A couple days ago, a story came out about a team of 8-year-old boys taking a knee during the National Anthem, imitating Kaepernick.
What's next?
Posted on 09/21/2017 4:13:31 PM PDT by Hojczyk
If NFL fans continue to turn away from football, the TV networks could lose as much as $200 million in earnings, according to a new report.
After ratings for Week Two crashed, adding to the angst already felt by a poor showing in Week 1, industry insiders and analysts are sounding the alarm.
A new report claims that CBS, ESPN, Fox and NBC could take a $200 million hit to their estimated $2.5 billion in NFL advertising earnings if fans continue to turn off the TV, the The Hollywood Reporter noted recently.
The worries over earnings are not allayed by the fact that this season’s Week Two is the lowest mark for CBS since 1998. And the first two games of the season are down double-digits at a multi-year low compared to last year.
Guggenheim Securities analyst Michael Morris told THR that he had hoped the 2017 season would be better than last year, but admitted that “early results do not support this optimism.”
“Since the NFL season opened Sept. 7, shares of NBC parent Comcast are off 9 percent, ESPN parent Disney has seen its stock drop 3 percent and shares of CBS are down 5 percent,” THR wrote. “Only shares of 21st Century Fox have risen in that time frame, up 2 percent.”
Not only do analysts see a fall in ad revenue, but this decline may also result in falling stock prices for the networks.
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That's ridiculous...
The NFL issues are a symptom, not the disease...
The NFL failing will not cure or fix the cultural rot we a nation are experiencing...
If anything fixing the NFL by implementing a few rules and enforcement by the owners that players who disrespect our nation will ride the bench ..
By putting a little bit of integrity back in the game it will overall help the nation...
Goodell has to go...
That’s not even a 10% hit, at least not this year. Perhaps next year will matter more. The good news is that many former fans will find a new activity and will not return even if spoiled brats on ESPN stop insulting us. This is to some extent a non-recoverable error.
Technology will resolve those concussion issues at some point...
Lot's of interesting stuff being developed...
They don’t want racist cop loving Americans to watch anyway.
LOL! I love it.
This is the first good news on a pretty crappy day...
So let me get this straight... By NOT watching televised football, I’m hurting not only the NFL, but also the networks?
Cool!
Mark
Right?
This is the first day in forever that there has been an NFL game being aired and it isn’t playing in my house. Baby steps...
Hardly unusual. There are a whole host of liberal activities and groups that strike at those trying to keep disaster from happening to them.
The one which doesn't mean what you think it does, and which is already gone?
“Networks Could Lose $200 Million if NFL Ratings Slide Continues?”
Ratings slide WILL continue well past a $200 million loss unless and until League/Owners/Players thump the thugs that are ruining the sport!
NFL better get some “enforcers” busy on each team and straighten out these clowns!
Fire all of the players who disrespect the Flag and the USA!
Looks like the NFL may have to award FAUX SUPERBOWL RINGS this year.
Actually, Jones and Kraft are the ones fighting against Godell’s contract being extended. If that arrogant libtard is to be removed, the two most powerful owners have the best chance of doing it.
The NFL players gave that racist pos Kapernick Player of the Week award, even tho he isn’t playing over JJ Watts. I love certain players like Watts or Jason Witten, but the majority of them belong in jail, not on the field.
I still enjoy college games, will watch a few plays of the Cowboys or Texans, but I’m done with the rest. I’ve been watching since I was a little girl. I’m just done with the P C crap.
And they'll be discussing in depth all the key pissing statistics.
Yes, but for how long? A couple days ago, a story came out about a team of 8-year-old boys taking a knee during the National Anthem, imitating Kaepernick.
What's next?
Our message is not being read by the NFL. We are the ultimate determiners of what you put on the field.
If you continue to put crap on the grass, we will go elsewhere...Bat Guano
I’m also turned off by females on the sideline talking as if they knew the game.
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