Posted on 10/12/2016 9:57:42 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Surveying the ratings landscape for Monday Night Football and the NFL this season, you wouldn’t be blamed for mistaking it for the barren wasteland of the Mad Max movies rather than America’s most popular sport.
Back in early September, MNF posted its lowest numbers ever (8.3 rating) for a Week 2 game since ESPN acquired the rights in 2006. Then, going against the first presidential debate late last month, Monday Night Football set an all-time ratings low with barely 8 million total viewers. Now, last night’s matchup between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Carolina Panthers has scored MNF‘s lowest Week 5 ratings in ESPN history.
....with primetime ratings falling 14% in the coveted 18-49 demo during football, TV networks have been forced to give away more free commercial time as compensation.
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
I think you just created the slogan for this movement! “To Hell with the NFL” Need posters to hold up in front of cameras!!!
http://baseballhall.org/discover/when-the-offseason-meant-job-season
...Like many players before the salary boom that began in the late 1970s, Berra returned home and found an offseason job.
A St. Louis restaurant hired Yogi to don a tuxedo and greet patrons. Another winter, he sold hardware at a department store.
Even in 1951, after winning his fourth championship and his first AL MVP Award, Berra sold suits at a store in Newark, N.J., alongside his teammate Phil Rizzuto...
It’s a good point about 16 games vs. 162 regular season games. Playoff MLB is way different for sure. But one of the nice things about having so many games in MLB is that the players can actually self police each other better than they can in the NFL. In the NFL each game means so much and with the modern penalty and replay the cool players can’t stop the jerkwad players. They actually had to come up with lame rules/penalties to stop the worst of the swishy celebration dancing and chest slapping displays instead of players handling that crap.
Freegards
No debate to blame it on....
True.
Against the Browns-come on!
Yes, and the alumni office was flooded with calls and emails protesting the hire.
The school has admittedly gone downhill after replacing Fr. Bob Spitzer, who retired as President a couple of years ago. Gonzaga's growth over the last ten years was due to a combination of Bob's leadership, and the success of the basketball team.
Over forty years later, the campus is still a magical place to me. I loved my four years there, and remain in contact with dozens of alumni almost daily. I received an incredible education there, and it was the springboard that took me to places I never could have conceived when I matriculated.
My wife and I visited Spokane 15 years ago. It took her less than two days on campus to announce our daughter would follow her dad, if that was her choice. Unfortunately, my daughter heard too many stories of the hours I put in to graduate in four years...lol.
I have a 14 YO son a 6 YO grandson, both who would thrill me if they were accepted there. Fortunately, we have the assets to send them both, without need of student loans.
Spread it far and wide, with my blessing.
To hell with the NFL!!!
28-40 passes
406 yards
3 touchdowns
0 interceptions
127.7 QB rating
138.8 passer rating when blitzed
Brady will have an uphill battle in the image department with many non-football persons. Though his playing has not suffered as you point out.
My dad went to Gonzaga; I went to Seattle U, which is hardly recognizable as a Catholic institution anymore. A higher percentage of SU faculty voted for Obama than did University of Washington faculty (among those responding to a survey).
I sometimes go to Drudge if a post from his site looks worth reading.
A couple of times a day, I check Faux’s website and their local website. About once a day, there is a good article/post at each site, and I can go there with ad block and Ghostery and not get cookied to death.
You mean you don’t love those field goal battles?
Hoops to me now is mostly the Tournament. Tape them all and watch the close games/upsets
Even CFB games, I tape them too and avoid the ESPN commercials.
So you think JW III is gonna take Zags to Promised Land?
You mean you don’t love those field goal battles?
Hoops to me now is mostly the Tournament. Tape them all and watch the close games/upsets
Even CFB games, I tape them too and avoid the ESPN commercials.
So you think JW III is gonna take Zags to Promised Land?
We lost Wiltjer (Rockets), Sabonis (OKC), Drainginis, and McClellan. However, in addition to the two transfers eligible this year (JW III and Nigel Williams-Goss), we have our first McDonalds AA, Zach Collins, and several more outstanding freshmen.
I'm looking forward to a great year, but I'm not going to say "this is THE year." We had really high hopes last year, and then Karno went down with his back injury.
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