Posted on 11/29/2017 12:26:16 PM PST by Rummyfan
As Roger Goodell, Jerry Jones, and the NFL engage in an ugly internal fight over the future leadership of the NFL, TV partners at CBS, ESPN, Fox and NBC are staring at their own internal conflicts namely a substantial decline in NFL ratings that is on pace to cost the four networks up to $500 million in lost revenue.
Already several hundred million in lost revenue has been booked in 2017 and it has the leagues top executives and television partners scrambling to figure out what went wrong. How did a league that was setting ratings records in 2015 suddenly see its audience fall by nearly 20% just two years later.
While much of the attention has focused on the protests, according to ongoing conversations with several people close to the league and its television partners over the past couple of months, the ratings decline that will cost the TV partners up to $500 million can actually be attributed to four primary factors.
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Hey,
I didn’t leave the nfl,
They disrespected my Country and left me.
The nfl its players, owners can go to hell.
I only feel bad for the soda ,hot dog, and beer venders
The dirty little secret of the NFL is that is Goodell that suffered the traumatic brain injury. :-)
Penalties are never reviewed, but your point is taken about certain reviews being way too long. Especially when it’s fairly clear what has happened (i.e. a clear scoring play or a clear fumble, etc.)
And yes, the push towards increased scoring and increased passing at the expense of defensive play has left the defensive players virtually unable to touch pass receivers. This makes the game stumble with penalties on almost every pass play.
The NFL isn’t boxing or horse racing. Despite it’s decline, it’s far and away the most popular major sport in the country. It’s revenue and ancillary revenue far outpaces the others.
I do think the over saturation has hurt a lot. And turning teams around from Sunday to Thursday has also hurt the quality of the game in terms of preparation time, players recovering from injury etc... It’s been a “perfect” storm for the NFL and the kneeling has been butchered by the league about as bad as it possibly could have been.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens.
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