Posted on 10/06/2020 12:28:13 PM PDT by knighthawk
An NFL official told the teams not to worry over the league’s crashing TV ratings, and said that the election and COVID are the reasons for lower viewership.
Sports Business Journal recently reported that NFL media operations man, Brian Rolapp, sent a memo to all the teams to allay their fears over the consistently bad ratings. Rolapp reasoned that both presidential politics and coronavirus hysteria was naturally diverting the attention of fans and resulting in fewer viewers.
“The 2020 presidential election and other national news events are driving substantial consumption of cable news, taking meaningful share of audience from all other programming,” reporter John Ourand claimed that Rolapp told the teams. “Historically, NFL viewership has declined in each of the past six presidential elections.”
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Big Lie, Big Fail.
I just had an image of “Baghdad Bob” flash in my mind...
“””said that the election and COVID are the reasons for lower viewership. “””””””
Yeah, that’s it. The KungFlu and the election are stopping viewership.
I’m sure it’s not because of the kneeling for felons thing.
People are stuck in side with not much to do. Except watch TV.
So, they are stuck inside.. NOT watching football.
This is really the story they want to run with?
The BS is high with this one. Stuck at home, looking for something to do, and pro sports are tanking.
Makes no sense.
Go ahead, triple down on the woke BS.
I dare you, NFL.
The left are suicidal. I wouldn’t mind so much, if they didn’t insist that we drink the KoolAid with them.
the loss of actual revenue from tickets, etc are just now starting to sting
here in WA, the Seahawks expect to lose about $100M if no fans
the NFL told the owners that they were prepared to spread out projected losses over the next 5 years
What an absolute B.S. explanation.
I am sure few owners are buying it.
(though I admit, a Trump rally is more entertaining than an NFL game any day)
Hopefully the anti-American players get hit in the pocketbook.
They’ll find out.
I almost feel like watching out of sympathy but naaaaaahhhh.
We need to start a diversity football league. Every teams player demographic must match the demographics of the USA in general.
“The stupid.....it burns!!!!”
LOL
After a bad marriage, I finally have my own apartment for the last 2 and a 1/2 years, with my 1st big screen TV.... It’s great to be able to watch sports without anybody hassling me..... And I love to watch football in the dead of Winter from the comfort of a warm home.... So while I can’t stand any of the people who run any of the pro sports leagues, It still takes some discipline for me to boycott.... I’m not boycotting baseball because I don’t think they’ve been too bad.... But the NFL and the NBA should know how many people there are like me, who really want to watch the games, even though we’ve been disenchanted with the leagues for many reasons for many years, but are making a concerted effort to teach these people a lesson by not watching
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