I predicted this two weeks ago.
You may have just won the internets.
What you need at the next NFL meeting is one single owner to step up and explain the NFL business concept. You sell jerseys, hot-dogs, viewing rights, and tickets. All that profit goes into one pot. If the revenue in that pot shrinks...something happens, and it’s not a pleasant thing. The business concept does not include a social media waiver or some social justice cause.
By the time you add up fan paraphernalia losses, viewership losses, and tickets which weren’t sold...I would take a guess that 2017’s season meant a 10-percent loss over last season. It also puts future negotiations into a spiral with the TV networks because of fewer viewers.