He Done Screwed The Pooch Now Boy-o's - NFL ed.

[Fife]

[Speaker to Animals]

Libertarians and democrats.. birds of a feather..

Somebody needs to publish an article on the Wave-Particle Duality of libertarian politics. One minute, the specimen acts like a democrat; the next, a "libertarian".. or is it not really a duality at all?

[Fife]

Thanks, drtrech

[PartyOf5]

Maybe the protests are having a lasting affect on the NFLs ratings:
http://www.syracuse.com/axeman/index.ss ... eason.html

The league's average TV audience through Week 5 of the 2017 season dropped 7 percent vs. the same period of the 2016 season, according to Nielsen data obtained by Sporting News. Worse for the league, the average game audiences are down 18 percent compared to the first five weeks of the 2015 season.

The NFL's average TV audience (including Sunday afternoon, Sunday night, Monday night and Thursday night games) slid to 15.156 million viewers through Week 5 of the 2017 season. That's down 7.42 percent from an average of 16.371 million viewers through the same period of the 2016 season, and 18 percent down from the average of 18.438 million viewers through the first five weeks of the 2015 season."

I think part of this is due to the revelations about concussions. This isn't some 1-2% decline. And last year was down significantly during this time. Last year was blamed on the election and debates. If they are down from those numbers, they are in some trouble.

[C-Mag]

I saw a report that said it is beginning to affect CBS' overall all Stock Prices.

[Ex-California]

Maybe the protests are having a lasting affect on the NFLs ratings:
http://www.syracuse.com/axeman/index.ss ... eason.html

The league's average TV audience through Week 5 of the 2017 season dropped 7 percent vs. the same period of the 2016 season, according to Nielsen data obtained by Sporting News. Worse for the league, the average game audiences are down 18 percent compared to the first five weeks of the 2015 season.

The NFL's average TV audience (including Sunday afternoon, Sunday night, Monday night and Thursday night games) slid to 15.156 million viewers through Week 5 of the 2017 season. That's down 7.42 percent from an average of 16.371 million viewers through the same period of the 2016 season, and 18 percent down from the average of 18.438 million viewers through the first five weeks of the 2015 season."

I think part of this is due to the revelations about concussions. This isn't some 1-2% decline. And last year was down significantly during this time. Last year was blamed on the election and debates. If they are down from those numbers, they are in some trouble.

Revenue was up 8% last year though. Ratings aren't the be all end all they used to be

[clubgop]

Maybe the protests are having a lasting affect on the NFLs ratings:
http://www.syracuse.com/axeman/index.ss ... eason.html

The league's average TV audience through Week 5 of the 2017 season dropped 7 percent vs. the same period of the 2016 season, according to Nielsen data obtained by Sporting News. Worse for the league, the average game audiences are down 18 percent compared to the first five weeks of the 2015 season.

The NFL's average TV audience (including Sunday afternoon, Sunday night, Monday night and Thursday night games) slid to 15.156 million viewers through Week 5 of the 2017 season. That's down 7.42 percent from an average of 16.371 million viewers through the same period of the 2016 season, and 18 percent down from the average of 18.438 million viewers through the first five weeks of the 2015 season."

I think part of this is due to the revelations about concussions. This isn't some 1-2% decline. And last year was down significantly during this time. Last year was blamed on the election and debates. If they are down from those numbers, they are in some trouble.

Revenue was up 8% last year though. Ratings aren't the be all end all they used to be

When are those network contract up? That will be the test.

[Speaker to Animals]

We really need to look at it a year from now.

It may be that the NFL's only viable business model is to increase the controversy to keep ratings up from curious temporary viewers.

The kinds of people who pay for season tickets are walking away. That's a big problem. They have to rely on television and the only way to keep the SJWs watching football is to keep making it politically controversial.

[StCapps]

We really need to look at it a year from now.

It may be that the NFL's only viable business model is to increase the controversy to keep ratings up from curious temporary viewers.

The kinds of people who pay for season tickets are walking away. That's a big problem. They have to rely on television and the only way to keep the SJWs watching football is to keep making it politically controversial.

Anthem protests aren't a deal breaker for most people when it comes to watching the NFL.

[Speaker to Animals]

By itself, maybe. But the NFL disregarding their own rules to allow this farce to continue while they disallow players to honor fallen policemen.. that type of thing is adding up. Combine that too with declining performance and an over-commercialized experience.. It's only going to accelerate the ratings collapse of professional football, really. People were already leaving in steady numbers and this garbage only speeds up the process. To turn their ratings decline around they needed to stop pissing people off, and instead they did the opposite.

I don't really give a shit about football, so I can't tell you the ins and outs of why the ratings are collapsed. Just relaying what I read. It makes sense, though.