Posted on 11/11/2020 3:23:05 PM PST by Hojczyk
There was a time when Bill Belichick and the Patriots meant big time ratings for whichever network was televising them, that time is apparently over.
The Patriots took on the New York Jets on Monday night and not only was there virtually no one in the stands to watch the game, but there was also virtually no one watching at home either.
According to Sports Media Watch:
The Patriots’ narrow Monday Night Football win over the Jets averaged 9.83 million viewers on ESPN, down 30% from last year (Cowboys-Giants: 13.98M) and the network’s least-watched Week 9 contest since 2004 (Browns-Ravens: 7.71M).
That outcome is not entirely unexpected. The Patriots are without Tom Brady and aren’t nearly as good as they once were, and the Jets are still the Jets.
However, after putting the Patriots-Jets Monday Night Football debacle together with a disastrous season for Thursday Night Football and six straight weeks of single-digit numbers for Sunday Night Football, it’s clear that the NFL is no longer dominating primetime the way it once was.
The NFL has done comparatively better on Sunday, though, overall, ratings are still down seven percent from where they were at this point last year.
Even more disturbing for the league is that the anthem protests and social justice messaging that were so rampant at the beginning of the season have largely faded away. Yet, despite that, fans who were clearly turned-off by those protests have not returned. Which, of course, begs the question: Will they ever return?
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IN all fairness, though, it was the Jets.
They are putting out a sh***y product combined with telling 3/4 of the fans they are racists.
Not a good business model.
I know diehard, decades-long REDSKIN fans who have told the league to FOAD.
I remember the NFL.
they are playing football again? I thought they were just kneeling!
f them!
I would add NASCAR as well...I have sent several emails to NASCAR informing the idiots that they have lost a loyal fan and I will not return until they and the crybaby moron Bubba Wallace apologize to the nation for the stupid "noose" incident.
What is wrong with these idiots?!
We nearly fell off our chairs. One of those Hollywood shows. They said the leading candidate to replace Alex Trebek was Joe Buck!
Taking a knee and supporting BLM has its disadvantages maybe they can get together with fox news and cry in thier hankies. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK PATRIOTS!
What is the NFL, and why should I care?
When I moved to Florida from Colorado...football was very seldom no the tv....
If your not skiing then you watch football...
ESPN has been losing money for years....Disney could go bankrupt
the iris could do them in...
Perhaps the players will go on strike or complain about the owners, which will add to the downward spiral.
Embrace the suck, you losers!
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