Nielsen: Football Ratings Off 11 Percent this Year

Breitbart News ^ | 09/27/17 | Breitbart News

[scooby321]

The Nielsen figures also don’t include many of the Sunday afternoon games that are shown to a regional audience, but not a national one.

The NFL ratings are in focus because of President Donald Trump’s suggestion that viewers are turned off by a protest against police brutality that began with quarterback Colin Kaepernick refusing to stand for the national anthem. The protests spread rapidly this past weekend following the president’s criticism of people involved.

THIS IS COMING OFF A HORRIBLE YEAR FALSELY BLAMED ON THE ELECTION

[scooby321]

In Other News

Next week’s ratings will be even more closely watched, since conservative groups and Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity have called for people angered by the protests to boycott this weekend’s games.

Meanwhile, Round One of the new ideological battle on cable television news went to Hannity, who has moved to a time slot directly competing with MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. Nielsen said Hannity had 3.27 million viewers on Monday, compared to 2.66 million for Maddow. CNN, which showed a special health care debate at the same hour, had 1.45 million viewers.

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What do they think it is? Soccer?

[pgkdan]

Nielsen said the games averaged 17.63 million viewers for the first three weeks of last season, and have dipped to 15.77 million this year. The 2017 figures don’t include this week’s Monday night game between the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals.

Even worse than it appears at first glance because last year's numbers were down from 2015.

[rsflynn]

Cancelled my cable television yesterday. Saved over $1,200 annually! No more money going to ESPN/NFL Network or any of the other networks that promote/encourage the destruction of this nation.

[existentially_kuffer]

These football elitist making on average at least $2.8 million are telling us what’s most important? Not interested!!

[af_vet_rr]

Why are NASCAR's ratings down? Why are the ratings of many shows, live and scripted, down? Why are many sports seeing a decline? Is it because somebody in the NFL isn't standing up for the national anthem?

Or is it because the product on the field sucks, and more importantly, people, especially young people, are finding much better things to do or watch with their time?

[SaxxonWoods]

ABC and NBC are experiencing ADUs, “Audience Deficiency Units” which means they are having to refund some of their sponsors money due to lower TV ratings for games than projected.

The damage has begun.

Anheuser-Busch has sent a statement to the NFL that they aren’t happy with the league’s non-enforcement of proper behavior by the players.

It’s getting good out there, folks.

[canuck_conservative]

That’s 11 percent down compared to LAST year, but last year was already down about 10% compared to 2015 ....

so it’s a TOTAL drop over the last 2 years of over 20% .... at this rate, the NFL will be extinct in 10 years .... probably sooner, when you figure all the expensive concussion lawsuit payouts that will soon be eating up their funds ....

NFL gets most of their revenue from TV, so 20% fewer viewers means about a 20% pay cut ... the lazy sons-of-bitches won’t be liking that

[butlerweave]

Oh , does that mean Networks will pay a ton less for next season

[af_vet_rr]

Cancelled my cable television yesterday. Saved over $1,200 annually! No more money going to ESPN/NFL Network or any of the other networks that promote/encourage the destruction of this nation.

I did this a few years ago (and have probably saved around $5,000 since then), but it's not even about what a bunch of spoiled millionaires and billionaires are doing or not doing (I don't really care if they stand or take a knee, they have no impact on my life).

To me, pro sports have been in a decline for a long time - they are too expensive to attend in person, and if it's an NFL game, putting aside driving or flying to attend a game, I may have to be around Bills fans, which is guaranteed to ruin just about any live event. The other American sport I liked, NASCAR, became a parody of itself, and has lost its way and lost touch with its roots.

And as for the networks, I stopped watching ESPN not because of politics, but because they devote too much time to idiotic talking heads, there's too many commercials,and they keep showing the same damn highlights all day.

[af_vet_rr]

at this rate, the NFL will be extinct in 10 years .... probably sooner, when you figure all the expensive concussion lawsuit payouts that will soon be eating up their funds ....

NFL is on a timer, simply because a lot of people in this country are raising their kids to participate in other sports. You touched upon it - we've all seen what happens with the head injuries. If those kids aren't playing football early on, and as a result don't build up a connection to football early on, they probably won't develop one later on.

[DaveA37]

I'm certain they could care less about MY boycott when doing their ratings. I can tell that there are lots of folks, even in my small rural town in Wisconsin that are boycotting those idiots and their crap. Even saw a Youtube video by one local bar owner who burned several of his and his son's Packer paraphernalia.No TV games in his bar either.....pretty risky for his business but he told me business was as usual and customers came in without any games on the screens.

[Starboard]

Good comment. I did not know about Bud’s stance.

Ratings may be off 11% currently, but I suspect that number is going to climb higher. People are really angry about this ungrateful and insulting nonsense.

Watch for the NFL to unleash a PR blitz to try to stave off further defections.

[Avalon Memories]

Regarding NASCAR, their ratings began to crater years ago when they stupidly discarded the traditional way they decided championships and replaced it with the entirely contrived chase system. Also, the death of Dale Earnhardt and retirements of Jeff Gordon and Dale Jr. have left the sport without a genuine superstar. As for your other points, you are right...there are many more entertainment alternatives these days than sitting passively in front of a TV watching trite unimaginative trash. However, the NFL seemed immune to ratings declines until last year when taking a knee became a thing.

[DaveA37]

The NFL (National Felons League) is in trouble now that they allow and promote those who protest. Couldn’t happen to a worse bunch of crybabies.

[Rockitz]

MORE WINNING!

[Grampa Dave]

“Cancelled my cable television yesterday. Saved over $1,200 annually! No more money going to ESPN/NFL Network or any of the other networks that promote/encourage the destruction of this nation.”

We cut our Comcast cable in June, and our savings are similar to yours. That took away a lot of monthly $’s that ESPN/Disney/ABC were getting from our outrageous monthly Comcast bill.

Last week, we cancelled our Sling TV Blue/Orange/ABC and now just use Sling TV Blue. We now save another $25-30+ bucks per month. Sling TV is used for streaming some programs/channels via our internet.

Even better news, Sling TV Blue does not carry ESPN nor Disney/ABC. So, we are not paying, at least $9/month to ESPN just by using Sling Orange.

[Starboard]

To me, pro sports have been in a decline for a long time

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Excessive commercialization turned me off a long time ago. The “events” are mostly advertisements with a few moments of the game interspersed here and there.

I have much more productive things to do with my time than watch this nonsense, and the insulting whining of hypocritical players, coaches and management.

[Bigg Red]

Not enough! We need much bigger numbers for decline. Burn it down!