Posted on 10/06/2020 12:28:13 PM PDT by knighthawk
An NFL official told the teams not to worry over the leagues crashing TV ratings, and said that the election and COVID are the reasons for lower viewership.
Sports Business Journal recently reported that NFL media operations man, Brian Rolapp, sent a memo to all the teams to allay their fears over the consistently bad ratings. Rolapp reasoned that both presidential politics and coronavirus hysteria was naturally diverting the attention of fans and resulting in fewer viewers.
The 2020 presidential election and other national news events are driving substantial consumption of cable news, taking meaningful share of audience from all other programming, reporter John Ourand claimed that Rolapp told the teams. Historically, NFL viewership has declined in each of the past six presidential elections.
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They don’t have to worry about it until after TV contract time.
Then, they will worry. A lot.
When do the pay cuts start?
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So wait, COVID is making me turn off my TV when NFL games are on?
Spread out losses over the next 5 years with the permanent loss of revenue is a great plan. Wait for them to tell the players that “pay is going to be reduced.” HaHa! Then the players go on strike! MLB and NBA strike too!
There will be widespread sales of fancy property.
Stay tuned!
Com’on man, the NFL and Goodell are about to go under.
Poor choices reap poor rewards.
My guess is, “Brooklyn!”
thank you!
Not being able to identify the cause of the lack of support and viewership loss is a fatal flaw for the NFL.
No surprise, the NFL has ignored the real cause and it will cost them Billions of $$$$$.
Stay tuned. The request for a bailout will come before the season is over. The Answer? HELL NO NFL, you lose.
And are they expecting the advertisers to keep paying for advertisements to non-existent views? Or are they going to require the players to pay part of their salary to the NFL to keep it afloat?
NFL media operations man, Brian Rolapp,
Bovine excrement, NFL.
RLTW
The NFL alienated millions of their fans for people who don’t even watch. Terrible decision making.
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