I do not buy the ideas that people are less interested in football or do not watch because the players sit during the anthem. I love my football but do not watch Thursday night football.
Reasons
It is Thursday night
I do not randomly watch games. I watch the Giants and Michigan. I watch other NFL games with interest directly
related to whether or not the game impacts the playoff chances of the Giants
I think people will continue to watch the games of the teams that they root for but that random match ups on Monday night, Sunday night and Thursday night will not draw big audiences.
nfl tv ratings down - (
New Window )
That is how I watch the NE/KC game....as a season ticket holder they give me the NFL package.....
Besides I can not stand hearing the Collinsworth of the world droning on.......I switch off TV and streamed it.
Maybe analogous to what streaming did to the music industry 15 years ago.
There is a reason Krapernack is not in the league, besides he sucks as a NFL QB. The NFL realizes that's a factor.
Also agree with Britt, and to add to the product being poor I think people are just tired of all the bullshit. Cheating scandals, woman beaters, assaults, theft, etc. it adds up.
The overall impressions the NFL product produces is very strong - and that's the benchmark the NFL and other content providers care about.
There will be big drops in traditional TV viewership, but the tracking and verification for streaming, DVR, social etc. are improving all of the time and new ad rates and norms are being set.
What the consumer will see in the 5-10 years is shorter games with fewer total, and certainly fewer repeat slots of the same commercial.
The NFL will have to work for their revenue stream. Just like every other content producer.
They will not get the easy billions from the major networks and DTV.
But don't be a dodo, the NFL isn't losing popularity - the means of viewership are just massively different, and the NFL is normalizing in the wake of providing much, much more content in the Goodell era. With 3 primetime weekly games, 3-4 local or premier games, red zone network, and that's not even mentioning stolen viewership that isn't accounted.
I highly doubt the younger generation gives a shit. Little kids and teenagers are all about rebellion anyway.
That is how I watch the NE/KC game....as a season ticket holder they give me the NFL package.....
Besides I can not stand hearing the Collinsworth of the world droning on.......I switch off TV and streamed it.
I agree that it's sensationalism, but if there actually is one player sitting/kneeling, that's not fake or made up.
This new phenomenon to declare things fake because the context is exaggerated is becoming a bit of fake news in and of itself.
The pollster said it asked more than 9,200 people who attended either one football, basketball or hockey game whether they tuned into fewer games and why. Twenty-six percent of those who watched fewer games last season said that national anthem protests, some of which were led by Colin Kaepernick, were the reason.
After that, 24 percent of those surveyed who said they watched fewer games said they did so either because of the league's off-the-field image issues with domestic violence or with game delays, including penalties.
it's Americas game you got soccer we can't water down the
roster quality anymore than it already is .
The pollster said it asked more than 9,200 people who attended either one football, basketball or hockey game whether they tuned into fewer games and why. Twenty-six percent of those who watched fewer games last season said that national anthem protests, some of which were led by Colin Kaepernick, were the reason.
After that, 24 percent of those surveyed who said they watched fewer games said they did so either because of the league's off-the-field image issues with domestic violence or with game delays, including penalties.
If people are that stupid, fuck 'em. Plus they definitely were not really football fans to begin with if that's the case.
lol
it's Americas game you got soccer we can't water down the
roster quality anymore than it already is .
You do realize that the league has no immediate plans for expansion and that the global exposure is likely to increase/improve the overall talent pool, right? Or they can rest on their laurels, watch the best athletes opt for basketball (and the 8-figure contracts for mediocre players).
Your take strikes me as xenophobia bordering on jingoism.
Says the poster born in 1955. Just proving my point from earlier in thread.
That is how I watch the NE/KC game....as a season ticket holder they give me the NFL package.....
Besides I can not stand hearing the Collinsworth of the world droning on.......I switch off TV and streamed it.
They stated during the game that streaming is tracked now. So yes it is included.
I think this post sums it up nicely. It comes from several factors. And it is really happening because it's tracked year over year.
So it's not one thing, it's many.