NFL ratings down 10% YOY...why?

[imawhosure]

CTE?
Racism?
Kneeling for the National Anthem?
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make no mistake, CTE is going to be the end of the NFL....I'm just not sure how long it will take.

My good person(s)---------> Want to see if the boycott is working? Wait until the NBA season starts. You know they are going to follow suit with those in the NFL. If their ratings tank, then you know EXACTLY why it is happening.

And for those who think that all your "free speech" bullcrap will get people to change their minds, consider this------------> watch a game and LOOK in the stands for the NFL, and NBA. WHO buys the tickets!

The people boycotting are going to win, whether you like it or not! Why? Because when the players number 1 job is to entertain, we ALL enjoy it. But when they believe that bringing an INSULT into some of our homes is smart, then they start losing audience. If enough people leave, it will FORCE the networks to have a talk with the powers that be of the leagues. Football is in the biggest predicament, because most of us are smart enough that if we have to have it, we just watch college football. Their ratings are STEADY, as the NFLs are tanking.

Also, the owners get a huge chunk of their profits from merchandise. Guess what we aren't buying-)

I am here to tell you to your faces, the boycott will succeed, no matter how hard you try, because even according to you lefties......WE HAVE THE MONEY as far as family, disposable, income.

On a brighter note, I seen the mighty protestors of Pittsburgh, got their asses handed to them by the lowly Bears. Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of arrogant protestors, if I do say so myself. Seems Seattle suffered the same fate. Good!

We are going to win the argument, watch and see! And if they let it go to long and create a "we are to big to fail" attitude, we may NEVER come back!

 

[busybee01]

If you are talking about the Sunday games, it was a mixed bag. The ratings for the CBS game were up around 4% year over year. The CBS game had the Packers winning 27-24 in overtime. The NBC game turned out not be a great game. Trump's call for a boycott at this point is unknown.

The ratings have been done before this and I think there are 2 reasons.
1. A general slump in ratings for sports.
2. More streaming.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

The athletes and the anthem are bothersome, but most of us use it for a chance to pee and get a beverage.

Well for many I think the pathetic display of the anthem is more than just bothersome. I think it encourages them to turn of NFL and find something else to watch. For instance when the Browns pulled off their kneeling stunt their first game, a coworker of mine (an ex Cleveland police officer) said he will never turn on another Browns game again. He even alerted his friends and family if they want to come over to watch the game, they better make different plans. His wife (a woman who awaited the safe return of her husband every day or night) was even more outraged.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

CTE?
Racism?
Kneeling for the National Anthem?
.
..
make no mistake, CTE is going to be the end of the NFL....I'm just no sure how long it will take.

Why? Good question. Why are ratings down for football... baseball....... basketball.... hockey.... even NASCAR? They're all down together. You can figure that out if you're into sociocultural studies and let us know what you come up with.

What you can't do is cherrypick one out of the bunch and plug in your own cherrypicked causation while ignoring how those other sports don't apply.

And by the way, already pointed out I think to you directly ---- this is SEPTEMBER. That means it's still baseball season, and it also means NFL games don't get meaningful for another two months at least.

That said --- no clue what "YOY" or "CTE" mean.

The only people watching baseball instead of football (usually) are the fans who have a contending team for the playoffs. Even still, those games don't usually run together.

Football has always been the most popular sport in America.....at least it was until now. And anybody that thinks this kneeling stunt won't have an effect on viewership or ratings is just kidding themselves.

 

[Pogo]

CTE?
Racism?
Kneeling for the National Anthem?
.
..
make no mistake, CTE is going to be the end of the NFL....I'm just no sure how long it will take.

Why? Good question. Why are ratings down for football... baseball....... basketball.... hockey.... even NASCAR? They're all down together. You can figure that out if you're into sociocultural studies and let us know what you come up with.

What you can't do is cherrypick one out of the bunch and plug in your own cherrypicked causation while ignoring how those other sports don't apply.

And by the way, already pointed out I think to you directly ---- this is SEPTEMBER. That means it's still baseball season, and it also means NFL games don't get meaningful for another two months at least.

That said --- no clue what "YOY" or "CTE" mean.

The only people watching baseball instead of football (usually) are the fans who have a contending team for the playoffs. Even still, those games don't usually run together.

Football has always been the most popular sport in America.....at least it was until now. And anybody that thinks this kneeling stunt won't have an effect on viewership or ratings is just kidding themselves.

Not true -- I'm still watching baseball and will be until the last game, and my team was eliminated eons ago. Football on the other hand is just barely under way. Again -- SEPTEMBER. Nobody is out of contention in September -- therefore no game is crucial.

Now you can venture any theory you like on why football, baseball, basketball, hockey and NASCAR are all tanking in ratings. I don't have one in particular so have at it. But the point is whatever tanking is going on is in no way exclusive to football and in no way exclusive to a short contemporary time window, and certainly can't be tied to a fantasy causation just because one wishes it to be so. NOR does it explain why it's happening across the board in every TV sport.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

Here is a list of former players with CTE:

Khalid Abdullah[68]
Robert Abraham[69]
Sid Abramowitz[70]
Ronald Acks[71]
George Adams[72]
Henry Adams[73]
Keith Adams[74]
Robert Adams[75]
Vashone Adams[71]
Margene Adkins[69]
Scott Admas[74]
Luis Aguiar[75]
Chidi Ahanatu[76]
Chidi Ahanatu[77]
David Ahrens[69]
Samaji Akili[69]
Arnold Ale[78]
David Alexander[79]
Vernest Alexander[70]
Roc Alexander[78]
Charles Alexander, Jr.[80]
Eric Allen[81]
Dalva Allen[82]
James Althoff[73]
Martin Amsler[83]
Michael Andersen[74]
Alfred Anderson[79]
Alfred Anderson[71]
Fred Anderson[69]
Fred Anderson[77]
Kim Anderson[84]
Richard Anderson[69]
Erick Anderson[81]
Jamal Anderson[85]
Donny Anderson[73]
Ottis Anderson[86]
Charles Anthony[69]
Charles Anthony[87]
Reidel Anthony[69]
Cornelius Anthony[73]
Lionel Antoine[69]
Shellye Archambeau[75]
Jojuan Armour[88]
Harvey Armstrong[69]
Richard Arndt[71]
Mark Arneson[69]
Mark Arneson[71]
Jon Arnett[89]
James Arnold[90]
James Arnold[71]
Peter Athas[69]
Mike Augustyniak[69]
William Austin[83]
Reginald Austin[91]
Robert Avellini[75]
John Avery[92]
Steve Baack[76]
Steve Baack[77]
Charlie Babb[70]
Robert Babich[71]
Curtis Baham[93]
Robert Bailey[91]
Karsten Bailey[85]
Mario Bailey[87]
Elmer Bailey[76]
Elmer Bailey[77]
William Bain[82]
Ralph Baker[78]
Brian Baldinger[92]
Gary Baldinger[74]
Richard Baldinger[78]
Sam Ball[82]
John Banaszak[69]
Mike Banks[94]
Fred Banks[85]
Warren Bankston[92]
Michael Bankston[87]
Gary Barbbaro[95]
Christopher Barber[79]
Roy Barker[96]
Jerome Barkum[97]
Reggie Barlow[96]
Kevan Barlow[96]
Larry Barnes[98]
Jeff Barnes[69]
Allen Barnes[69]
Lew Barnes[74]
Fred Barnett[88]
Timothy Barnett[99]
Fred Barnett[99]
Lemuel Barney[69]
Steve Bartkowski[69]
James Barton[70]
Brian Baschnagel[75]
Idress Bashir[76]
Mike Bass[69]
Eric Bassey[100]
Patrick Bates[94]
Larry Bates[71]
Michael Batiste[78]
Marco Battaglia[94]
James Battle[71]
Steve Baumgartner[71]
Terry Beasley[85]
Aaron Beasley[96]
Derrick Beasley[73]
Doug Beaudoin[69]
Jeff Beaver[74]
Aubrey Beavers[87]
Brett Bech[95]
Kurt Becker[89]
Rogers Beckett[87]
Don Beebe[89]
Thomas Beer[69]
Monty Beisel[74]
Billy Bell[69]
Bruce Bell[75]
Ken Bell[79]
Robert Bell[69]
Nickolas Bell[69]
Grantis Bell[79]
Anthony Bell[82]
Edward Bell[82]
Rodney Bellinger[92]
Woodrow Bennett[98]
Donnell Bennett[96]
Charles Benson[78]
Troy Benson[79]
Mitchell Benson[87]
Peter Bercich[94]
Bob Berry[69]
Joseph "Berry" Brown[98]
Gary Berry[70]
Sean Berton[101]
Donald Bessillieu[86]
Eric Beverly[96]
Richard Bielski[79]
Keith Biggers[78]
William "Bill" Cody[69]
William (Bill) Laskey[69]
William "Billy" Shields[69]
Ryon Bingham[94]
Guy Bingham[85]
Joseph Biscaha[78]
Bill Bishop[69]
Harold Bishop[75]
Ken Blackman[74]
Lyle Blackwood[71]
Lyle Blackwood[77]
Willie Blade[96]
Horatio Blades[76]
Brian Blades[76]
Brian Blades[77]
Horatio Blades[77]
Robert Blanchard[83]
Anthony Blaylock[85]
Michael Blazitz[87]
Phillip Bobo[76]
Joseph Bock[82]
Dominec Boddie[71]
Nicholas Bolkovac[69]
Andrew Bolton[78]
Ronald Bolton[83]
Scott Bolzan[71]
Vaughn Booker[91]
Ryan Boschetti[94]
Keith Bostic[87]
Michael Boulware[94]
Emil Boures[78]
Sam Bowers[78]
Charles Bowser[87]
Gregory Boyd[69]
Brent Boyd[69]
Bobby Boyd[71]
Greg Bracelin[83]
Henry Bradley[71]
Henry Bradley[69]
Otha Bradley[71]
Kyle Brady[87]
Stephen Braggs[74]
Dennis Bragonier[73]
Daniel Brandenburg[90]
David Brandon[85]
Scot Brantley[98]
Melvin Bratton[91]
Robert Brazile[68]
Jeffrey Bregel[83]
Jeffrey Bregel[96]
John Brewer[69]
Greg Brewton[74]
James Brian Duncan[69]
Lamont Brightful[96]
Vincent Brisby[96]
Jerry Broadnax[73]
Vaughn Broadnax[89]
Timothy Broady[85]
John Brodie[75]
Kevin Brooks[87]
Michael Brooks[75]
Michael Brooks[70]
James Brophy[78]
Luther Broughton[89]
Steven Broussard[85]
Robert L. Brown[76]
Ronald Brown[73]
Terry Brown[87]
Gregory Brown[102]
Aaron Brown[78]
Raymond Brown[69]
Edward Brown[89]
Reggie Brown[91]
Cedric Brown[98]
Cedric Brown[75]
Fakhir Brown[100]
Lomas Brown[103]
Chad Brown[96]
Deauntae Brown[96]
Regilyn Brown[96]
Reginald Brown[87]
Charles Brown[71]
Lance Brown[71]
Roger Brown[89]
Curtis Brown[85]
Ross Browner[85]
Keith Browner[85]
J. Bruce Jarvis[69]
Robert Brunet[76]
Lydia Brunet[77]
Jeffrey Bryant[85]
Warren Bryant[85]
Maurice Bryant[87]
Leonard "Bubba" Jr. McDowell[69]
Vince Buck[93]
Robert Buczkowski[94]
Edward Budde[100]
Dan Buenning[104]
Daniel Buggs[85]
Rudolph Bukich[98]
Norman Bulaich[78]
Courtland Bullard[92]
Jarrod Bunch[83]
Jim Bundren[105]
James Burgess[92]
Bobby Burnett[82]
Joe Burns[85]
Jeff Burris[86]
Noah Burroughs[69]
Derrick Burroughs[79]
Kenneth Burrow[69]
Blair Bush[70]
Andy Bushak[73]
Dexter Bussey[78]
Michael Butler[71]
Raymond Butler[85]
Robert Butler[76]
Robert Butler[77]
Leroy Butler[92]
Duane Butler[96]
Keith Byars[92]
Carl Byrum[83]
William C. Bradley[86]
Thomas C., II Randolph[86]
R.C. Owens[69]
Mike C. Richardson[86]
Michael C. Williams[100]
James Cadile[78]
William Cahill[69]
Kenneth Callicut[106]
Kenneth Callicutt[83]
Christopher Calloway[86]
Richard Camarillo[71]
Kirk Cameron Jones[86]
Lamar Campbell[91]
Woodrow Campbell[83]
James Cannida[70]
John Cappelletti[69]
Joe Carmen[107]
Albert Carmichael[100]
Brett Carolan[73]
Joseph Carollo[82]
William Carr[85]
Roger Carr[69]
Alphonso Carreker[85]
Paul Carrington[90]
Travis Carroll[85]
Jonathan Carter[87]
Michael Carter[70]
Rubin Carter[71]
Dale Carter[81]
Lavonya Carter[85]
Allen Carter[69]
Virgil Carter[90]
Lavonya Carter[78]
Johndale Carty[85]
Melvin Carver[69]
Shante Carver[86]
Scott Case[78]
Richard Cash[71]
Tom Cassese[92]
Mark Catano[78]
Carmen Cavalli[70]
Mario Celotto[69]
Eugene Ceppetelli[100]
Gordon Ceresino[78]
Byron Chamberlain[96]
Dionna Chambers[96]
Chris Chambers[96]
Robert Chancey[85]
Lindsey Chapman[76]
John Charles[79]
Michael Cheever[75]
Darrin Chiaverini[81]
Mark Chmura[100]
Jason Chorak[74]
Herbert Christopher[85]
Earl Christy[69]
Jeffrey Christy[100]
Greg Christy[74]
Charles (Chuck) Mercein[69]
Eugene Chung[74]
Vinny Ciurciu[94]
Darryl Clack[87]
Kenneth Clark[94]
Randy Clark[70]
Stephen Clark[85]
Wayne Clark[82]
Reginald Clark[69]
Mario Clark[82]
Gail Clark[73]
Jamal Clark[87]
Vincent Clark[81]
Kenneth Clarke[91]
Raymond Clayborn[86]
Felipe Claybrooks[85]
Harvey Clayton[76]
Harvey Clayton[77]
Cam Cleeland[96]
Cleophus "Cleo" Miller[69]
Jonathan Clinkscale[87]
Michael Cloud[94]
Michael Cloud[98]
Ben Coates[96]
Tony Coats[78]
Garry Cobb[73]
Marvin Cobb[89]
Joe Cocozzo[92]
Sherman Cocroft[74]
Ron Coder[69]
Gail Cogdill[71]
Daniel Colchico[69]
Larry Cole[73]
Roderick Coleman[85]
Cosey Coleman[85]
Anthony Collins[86]
Frank Collins[82]
Glen Collins[100]
Glen Collins[71]
Mark Collins[75]
Mo Collins[73]
Calvin Collins[85]
Shawn Collins[73]
Ben Colman[96]
James Colvin[73]
Charles Commiskey[93]
Glen Condren[73]
Mike Connelly[73]
John Connon[78]
Scott Conover[78]
John Contoulis[78]
Edward Cooke[70]
William Cooke[69]
Robert Cooksey[85]
Robert Coons[71]
Chris Cooper[96]
Mark Cooper[69]
Deke Cooper[85]
Jarrod Cooper[96]
Obadiah Cooper[87]
Danny Copeland[85]
Horace Copeland[99]
Gowdy Cornell[76]
Quentin Coryatt[94]
Quentin Coryatt[70]
Douglas Cosbie[69]
Marcia Cosma[76]
David Costa[69]
Paul Costa[70]
Mark Cotney[69]
James Cotton[96]
Marcus Cotton[89]
Terry Cousin[75]
James Covert[69]
Anthony Covington[86]
Arthur Cox[91]
Tom Cox[81]
Eric Crabtree[87]
Neal Craig[69]
Francisco Craig[99]
Vernon Crawford[96]
Joe Cribbs[69]
Henri Crockett[96]
Keaton Cromartie[93]
Peter Cronan[69]
Cleveland Crosby[87]
Ronald Crosby[78]
David Crossan[74]
Charles Crow[73]
Lindon Crow[83]
Harry Crump[99]
Robert Cryder[73]
James Culbreath[75]
Curley Culp[71]
Brad Culpepper[90]
Carl Cunningham[70]
Michael Curcio[85]
James Curis White[78]
William Curran[69]
Craig Curry[69]
Eric Curry[76]
George Curry[76]
Eric Curry[77]
George Curry[77]
Tom Curtis[69]
Randy Cuthbert[75]
J. D. Hill[87]
A.D. Lester[70]
D.D. Lewis[89]
Carl D. Smith[70]
Lewis D. Tilman[86]
Dave D'Addio[100]
Michael D'Amato[75]
Lional Dalton[96]
Antico Dalton[87]
William Daniel[69]
Matthew Darby[87]
Chatric Darby[96]
Trey Darilek[107]
Don Davey[75]
Richard David Preston[79]
Kenneth Davidson[87]
Johnny Davis[71]
Kenneth Davis[79]
Oliver Davis[87]
Ronald Davis[75]
Mitchell Davis[85]
Wallace Davis[85]
Elgin Davis[75]
Al Davis[90]
Dexter Davis[82]
Tyrone Davis[73]
Thabiti Davis[87]
Russell Davis[89]
Wendell Davis[78]
Troy Davis[79]
Frederick Dean[71]
Joe Delamielleure[69]
Joe DeLamielleure[77]
Greg DeLong[96]
Robert Delpino[81]
Bob Demarco[79]
John Demarie[70]
Glenn Derby[83]
Brian Deroo[73]
Chuck Detwiler[78]
Alex Dexter Johnson[75]
Richard (Dick) Schafrath[84]
Anthony Dickerson[89]
Curtis Dickey[85]
Scott Dierking[92]
Christian Dieterich[71]
Stacey Dillard[87]
Douglas Dilts[71]
Gennaro DiNapoli[104]
Adrain Dingle[87]
Robert Dirico[70]
Ernest Dixon[91]
Floyd Dixon[85]
Corey Dixon[95]
Hanford Dixon[87]
Herbert Dobbins[69]
Conrad Dobler[69]
Kirk Dodge[89]
Jason Doering[78]
Stephen Doig[76]
Stephen Doig[77]
Christopher Doleman[85]
Jeff Donaldson[81]
Doug Donley[78]
Garry (Donny) Anderson[69]
Michael Donohoe[90]
Coy Donohue[73]
Thomas Donquail[85]
Matthew Dorsett[87]
Tony Dorsett[99]
Eric Dorsey[85]
Reginald Doss[73]
A Doug Easlick[107]
Rome Douglas[87]
Maurice Douglas[78]
David Douglas[73]
Scott Dragos[101]
Troy Drayton[96]
Douglas Dressler[78]
L. Drew Buie[71]
Shane Dronett[108]
James Druckenmiller[107]
Mark Duda[75]
Adam Duhe[70]
Chris Duliban[78]
Jonathan Dumbauld[78]
Jamie Duncan[85]
Kenneth Dunek[75]
London Dunlap[87]
Leonard Dunlap[70]
Marcus Dupree[68]
Pete Duranko[109]
Sandy Durko[71]
Dusty Dvoracek[96]
Bobby E., Jr. Abrams[99]
Charles E. Miller[86]
James E. Robbins[86]
John E. Rogers[92]
Joseph E. Thomas[110]
James E. Willis[86]
Marion Earl Cooper[83]
Darrel Earl Jones[92]
Robin Earl[83]
Kenneth Easley[69]
Irvin Eatman[89]
Scott Eaton[69]
Chad Eaton[100]
Tracey Eaton[70]
John Ebersole[76]
John Ebersole[77]
Brad Edelman[69]
Kalimba Edewards[96]
Chris Edmonds[90]
Marc Edwards[85]
Robert Edwards[106]
Mario Edwards[96]
Tyrone Edwards[87]
Ronald Egloff[71]
Charles Ehin[74]
Gary Ellerson[79]
Ray Ellis[75]
Richard Ellis[83]
Edward Ellis[96]
Craig Ellis[69]
Kenneth Ellis[89]
Dave Elmendorf[73]
James Elrod[99]
Bert Emanuel[78]
Derek Engler[92]
Phillip Epps[74]
Paul Ernster[90]
Michael Esposito[75]
Lawrence Estes[100]
L. Ethan Albright[107]
Gregory Evans[76]
Larry Evans[74]
Michael Evans[111]
Major Everett[91]
Kevin Everett[73]
Steve Everitt[79]
Tony F., Jr. Cline[69]
Nuu Faaola[92]
James Fahnhorst[75]
Terry Fair[91]

damn that is one huge list,thanks for posting that. I tip my cap of the director and producers of concussion for exposing the corruption of the NFL and how these owners are evil lying asshole criminals who belong in jail.they are my heros for exposing them and the corrupt NFL cartel.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

CTE?
Racism?
Kneeling for the National Anthem?
.
..
make no mistake, CTE is going to be the end of the NFL....I'm just no sure how long it will take.

Why? Good question. Why are ratings down for football... baseball....... basketball.... hockey.... even NASCAR? They're all down together. You can figure that out if you're into sociocultural studies and let us know what you come up with.

What you can't do is cherrypick one out of the bunch and plug in your own cherrypicked causation while ignoring how those other sports don't apply.

And by the way, already pointed out I think to you directly ---- this is SEPTEMBER. That means it's still baseball season, and it also means NFL games don't get meaningful for another two months at least.

That said --- no clue what "YOY" or "CTE" mean.

The only people watching baseball instead of football (usually) are the fans who have a contending team for the playoffs. Even still, those games don't usually run together.

Football has always been the most popular sport in America.....at least it was until now. And anybody that thinks this kneeling stunt won't have an effect on viewership or ratings is just kidding themselves.

yeah baseball is so freaking boring that the only time i can watch it is LIVE or like you said when the playoffs come around and a certain team of mine i like is playing.