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NFL Tells Teams Not to Worry About Crashing TV Ratings
Breitbart ^ | October 06 2020 | WARNER TODD HUSTON

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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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: baghdadbob; brianrolapp; chat; nationalfelonsleague; nfl; nofansleft; notnews; warnertoddhuston; whocares; zot
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To: knighthawk

Playing the “Baghdad Bob” role, huh?
Nothing to see here....


81 posted on 10/06/2020 1:53:09 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: knighthawk

LOL!

True Libtards. Getting their ass handed to them and don’t even know it.


82 posted on 10/06/2020 1:53:47 PM PDT by eyedigress (Nanners, put your mask on!)
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To: Fido969
“a bifurcation of sports viewers across multiple events.” Idiot. Bifurcation is *two*, not multiple.

Now how is a sports media supposed to know that? You know he never took Latin.

83 posted on 10/06/2020 1:56:27 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: knighthawk

I don’t even click on Youtube highlights anymore.

I hope ESPN goes down with the ship too — more pain for Disney.


84 posted on 10/06/2020 1:57:06 PM PDT by 13foxtrot
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To: Fido969
Idiot. Bifurcation is *two*, not multiple.

He's a graduate of the "Oswald Bates School of Journalism."


85 posted on 10/06/2020 1:57:47 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Jolla

I went to the world series for all the home games in 92 and 93. There was a lottery so to speak but I managed to get them both years. The cheap seats price was $30.


86 posted on 10/06/2020 1:58:58 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Wpin
I just had an image of “Baghdad Bob” flash in my mind...

I haven't seen my cousin in some time now. Hope he's okay.

87 posted on 10/06/2020 2:06:01 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Cisco Kid was a friend of mine.)
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To: knighthawk

One thing that is very clear.
Players and Owners are more tone deaf than Hillary Clinton.


88 posted on 10/06/2020 2:06:27 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: FightforFreedomCA
Do you know what movie that’s from?

It's from Animal House, of course.


89 posted on 10/06/2020 2:06:53 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: knighthawk

Oh yeah okay NFL.... Will see where low ratings lead to over time.


90 posted on 10/06/2020 2:06:57 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: knighthawk
Hey,NFL...I'm gone and I won't be back. I'm lucky enough to be able to afford a Mercedes Benz,a Mediterranean cruise, a Rolex watch and various medications that cost $300 a month (with insurance). But,alas,I won't be seeing any of the ads seen on game broadcasts.

And I never will!

91 posted on 10/06/2020 2:07:03 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Thanks To Biden Voters Oregon's Now A Battleground State)
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To: knighthawk

“Are you going to believe me or your lyin’ eyes?


92 posted on 10/06/2020 2:12:28 PM PDT by shotgun
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To: knighthawk

COVID are the reasons for lower viewership.”

This is totally counterintuitive. Seriously.


93 posted on 10/06/2020 2:13:38 PM PDT by TalBlack
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To: knighthawk

Elections did nothing to hurt the NFL’s ratings in 2016. COVID-19 forces people to stay at home and watch TV. But kudos to Goodell and his army of woke drones for their denial skills.


94 posted on 10/06/2020 2:16:12 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: treetopsandroofs

They know damn well it’s not about that at all. We don’t like being lectured to and called racists by spoiled, pampered, full grown babies.


95 posted on 10/06/2020 2:18:41 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: Wpin

Baghdad Bob was a piker compared to our MSM.


96 posted on 10/06/2020 2:19:35 PM PDT by Bullish (CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
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To: 13foxtrot
I hope ESPN goes down with the ship too — more pain for Disney.

I'm looking forward to the day Stephen A. and Max Kellerman leave ESPN. The entire network has gone too political for me to watch. Since I don't care about MLB, NFL, and NBA anymore, there's no reason for me to watch it.

I will return at the end of November. when college hoops return. They need to get rid of Big 10 homer Dan Dakich, he bristles whenever Gonzaga beats a power conference program.

97 posted on 10/06/2020 2:21:07 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: xp38
We are witnessing the death kneel to the NFL.
98 posted on 10/06/2020 2:26:11 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (#wwg1wga #Godwins - What is scarier then offensive words? Not being able to say them..)
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To: knighthawk

Not the NFL, but this weekend I turned on a college game for a couple minutes - learned that I felt absolutely no desire to watch, plus one of the first things I saw was a non-player on the sidelines wearing a shirt that said “Stop Racism.”

Doing without FB is easier than I imagined.


99 posted on 10/06/2020 2:27:44 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: knighthawk

I will continue to post this until I see it reported in the NY Times, WaPo, and on NBC, and CNN
Please share the letter on any other media sites that you use.
(Please disregard if you have already seen it)

Letter to the NFL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kcFR_uQwiw&feature=emb_logo


100 posted on 10/06/2020 2:30:50 PM PDT by HippyLoggerBiker (Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.)
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