The NFL is praying for a ratings turnaround

NY Post ^ | 20 September 2017 | Richard Morgan

[oh8eleven]

Ratings in Weeks 1 and 2 were down 12 and 15 percent, respectively, according to Nielsen.

To be sure, saturation TV coverage of Hurricane Irma sapped some eyeballs from football during the first week of play

“Week 2 might have still been disrupted by carryover impacts from the hurricanes that hit Houston and Florida,” UBS analyst Doug Mitchelson offered by way of explanation.

[oh8eleven]

So there you have it - ratings down due to bad weather, i.e. climate change.

[17th Miss Regt]

Could it not be more easily explained by an outbreak of homophobia driven by Donald Trump and his devilish, deplorable minions?

[Arm_Bears]

I doubt they’re actually praying, as Christianity (e.g., Tim Tebow) is controversial and offensive.

[Stosh]

Ratings for Week 3 will be disrupted by Rosh Hashanah - you make book on it.

[rigelkentaurus]

Yes, NFL ratings are down because of bad weather - just like College Football ratings - oh wait.....

Maybe it is just weather that effects Sunday, Thursday and Monday?

[tomkat]

Memo to No Fans League: Prayers ain't gonna help.

[dowcaet]

Now there’s a graduate thesis someone needs to pursue. How climate change hurt the NFL? Make that into a book and Algore will write the forward for it!

[bar sin·is·ter]

Time for a player salary cut to make up for the losses.

[End Times Sentinel]

To be sure, saturation TV coverage of Hurricane Irma sapped some eyeballs from football during the first week of play

Yup, that's it. I couldn't peel myself away from 24 hour coverage of a storm.

Plus, the Lancaster County folk festival, that probably drew a lot of potential viewers too.

[BipolarBob]

I started to watch and NFL game the other night but I took a knee instead.

[txrefugee]

Last year, it was the elections. This year so far, it’s been the hurricanes. But there won’t be any excuses for the rest of the season.

[neodad]

Headwinds....

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Bad weather...what else could it possibly be?

Reminds me of moslem terrorists. “No known motive...a ‘lone wolf’,

[Kudsman]

Let’s watch soccer instead. Not!

[Joe Boucher]

I call it Dixie Chickening.
The ungreatful NFL and its 85 percent black minions can kiss my ass.
Think I’ll bypass this season.

[oh8eleven]

I started to watch and NFL game the other night but I took a knee instead.
I almost started watching the NY Giants (my team) Monday night, but then common sense and a LOUSY team drove me away.

[Lady Heron]

To be sure, saturation TV coverage of Hurricane Irma sapped some eyeballs from football during the first week of play

Gee, I wonder if the Cowboys are having ratings problems.

[chajin]

Plus, the Lancaster County folk festival, that probably drew a lot of potential viewers too.

All those hangovers from too much shoo-fly pie!

[bboop]

They have no CLUE?? Really??? Hard to believe that somebody, somewhere in that organization doesn’t get it. Sucky player attitude. Offensive to their public. Refuse to honor the flag, our country? The very country, may I say, that makes their $1M dollar meaningless jobs pay them so much for so little.

I dunno. They should ask Hillary.

[Rockitz]

The most successful sports franchise operation in history has managed to screw the pooch. Good riddance!