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.’
Go Nats!
I was shocked at the empty seats in the Seattle/Dallas game as well. 2 Games left, and the winner has a great shot at being in the playoffs, Elliots first game back, Dallas was picked to win ... and the stands in Dallas were half full at best.
The NFL commishoner can blame himself for this disaster. Yet the league gives him a ridiculous contract!
Good point.
That’s nothing. A bud of mine had tix to Rams games (his employer gave him a few) and the very last one 2 weeks ago he went to the stadium was 30% full. This is was late 2nd half.
From now on, all games will be played in Britain and Mexico
Winning!
Ahh Elsie, you can always make me chuckle.
As much as I loath the insane football fans and their cathedrals (stadiums), it’s been a lifelong struggle for me to rid myself of my idols as well.
Praying that we all wake up.
Keep up the pressure! It’s working! They are still denying we are having any effect on the ratings though. NFL is still living in a dream world. Next year reality will hit as those seats remain empty.
Alternate to superbowl: http://www.chiff.com/articles/puppy-bowl.htm
Keep your foot on the protest gas pedal, everyone. It’s working.
“No games were cancelled.”
Thank you, Joe.
Headlines should be saying “NFL Moves Sunday Night Game to Afternoon”. Headlines saying NFL Cancels Sunday Night Game or something similar are very misleading.
I looked up the last time a New Year's Eve night game was played (2006) and the Ratings were phenomenal.
The overall Sunday night audience was up 60% and the key 18-49 demographic was up 100% that night!
Of course, that was from an era where NFL players did not take a knee.
I think I'm going to give this one it's own thread.
“The embattled National Football League announced its decision to cancel this week’s edition of ‘Sunday Night Football’ on Tuesday...”
Well, is it in Sunday or is it on Tuesday? No wonder ratings are dropping. *SMIRK*
Happy to see this. Looks as if American PATRIOTS HAVE made their voices heard. And, GOOD! :)
I do miss the cheerleaders.
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