Posted on 12/27/2017 9:05:43 AM PST by xzins
The embattled National Football League announced its decision to cancel this week’s edition of ‘Sunday Night Football’ on Tuesday; hoping to avoid a ratings bloodbath as a less-than-stellar line-up and New Year’s Eve festivities would have caused the NFL to reach embarrassing new lows.
The league opted to call-off the game before announcing which teams were scheduled to compete, adding the match-up wouldn’t have playoff implications and would likely cost the already troubled organization millions of dollars.
“We felt that both from a competitive standpoint and from a fan perspective, the most fair thing to do is to schedule all Week 17 games in either the 1 p.m. or 4:25 p.m. windows,” said a spokesperson for the NFL.
The National Football League is struggling to wrap up its disastrous 2017 season, with millions of fans tuning out or staying home following months of player protests.
Industry insiders predict the demonstrations have cost the NFL over $500 million.
President Trump thrust the issue into the national spotlight earlier this year, calling for a national boycott of the NFL until officials and owners clamp-down on their athletes “taking a knee” during the performance of the ‘Star-Spangled Banner.’
Despite NFL excuses, I don’t remember this ever happening in the past.
#BoycottNFL
#BoycottPlayoffs
#BoycottSuperBowl
If they can’t get ratings on a holiday night when there’s no work the next day then they are sunk.
They should show “Heidi” in its place.
Funny, I never saw one scheduled when I checked out the schedule in September.
Yep. Do you remember this ever happening before?
Sunday night football broadcast canceled???
The NFL is just a circus where the clowns wear numbers on their shirts.
“The league opted to call-off the game before announcing which teams were scheduled to compete...”
How ca you cancel a game before you announce which teams are going to play in the game?
It’s Fake News
““We felt that both from a competitive standpoint and from a fan perspective, the most fair thing to do is to schedule all Week 17 games in either the 1 p.m. or 4:25 p.m. windows,” said a spokesperson for the NFL.”
LOL!!!
OR,
On Tuesday, the embattled National Football League announced its decision to cancel this week’s edition of ‘Sunday Night Football...
Although, poorly structured sentences appear to be the rule rather than the exception in today's "journalism".
I don’t remember this ever happening in the past.”
Nor can you remember it happening in the present.
“They should show “Heidi” in its place.”
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I remember that night as if it was yesterday.
I had small kids who were waiting to see “Heidi” and I was DELIGHTED that it started on time.
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Go back to 12 games a year with only Monday night football.
Easy. They have to arrange the venue, advertising, broadcast, etc well in advance for the game - long before they know who will play. There’s a lot to do that doesn’t require knowing which teams will be involved.
No games were cancelled.
Actions have consequences.
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You can learn this from the experiences of others.
You can learn it from your own experience.
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