NFL Kickoff Ratings Down From 2017

burningmetal · 09-08-2018, 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by Beastmode

Game has been squeezed for every last drop of safety. Only thing left are decimal points of better helmets and padding.

Streaming, video games. Those are the main things killing it. New generation does not care about football.

Streaming has a little something to do with it. There are many different things that have some affect. But streaming and video games aren't new inventions. It does not explain the precipitous drop-off year over year.

We don't have to pretend that politics aren't killing many sports; especially football. It just is what it is, no matter how the other side tries to justify, or rationalize it.

saintfan · 09-08-2018, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by burningmetal

Streaming has a little something to do with it. There are many different things that have some affect. But streaming and video games aren't new inventions. It does not explain the precipitous drop-off year over year.

We don't have to pretend that politics aren't killing many sports; especially football. It just is what it is, no matter how the other side tries to justify, or rationalize it.

I think lots of things are killing the ratings, and to be sure they're down across all sports. The NFL just isn't immune anymore, and that's the real story. Kids will stream parts of games but on that platform I doubt they're watching the whole game. I used to park myself in front of a TV Sunday morning and stayed there until the games were done. Kids don't do that much anymore, if at all.

The NFL's handling of its own scandals hasn't helped its ratings, imo. Everyone other than Falcons fans saw through the bounty gate fiasco. The NFL is also hurting itself with the way it is handling the Anthem drama. The 'common good', fiscally, of the NFL player is being hurt, long term, by short term protest with questionable foundation. That's the irony. But the players aren't going to listen until their agents tell them. They're digging their own hole.

stickman · 09-16-2018, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by saintfan

Kids will stream parts of games but on that platform I doubt they're watching the whole game. I used to park myself in front of a TV Sunday morning and stayed there until the games were done. Kids don't do that much anymore, if at all.

I don't think kids have the attention span anymore. I think that's why baseball has lost popularity. People don't just relax and watch a game as much.

09-08-2018, 08:46 AM	#1
burningmetal 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,923 Blog Entries: 3	Re: NFL Kickoff Ratings Down From 2017 Originally Posted by Beastmode Game has been squeezed for every last drop of safety. Only thing left are decimal points of better helmets and padding. Streaming, video games. Those are the main things killing it. New generation does not care about football. Streaming has a little something to do with it. There are many different things that have some affect. But streaming and video games aren't new inventions. It does not explain the precipitous drop-off year over year. We don't have to pretend that politics aren't killing many sports; especially football. It just is what it is, no matter how the other side tries to justify, or rationalize it. OldMaid and Thirty3 like this.

09-08-2018, 01:33 PM	#2
saintfan Donated Plasma Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 18,556 Blog Entries: 5	Re: NFL Kickoff Ratings Down From 2017 Originally Posted by burningmetal Streaming has a little something to do with it. There are many different things that have some affect. But streaming and video games aren't new inventions. It does not explain the precipitous drop-off year over year. We don't have to pretend that politics aren't killing many sports; especially football. It just is what it is, no matter how the other side tries to justify, or rationalize it. I think lots of things are killing the ratings, and to be sure they're down across all sports. The NFL just isn't immune anymore, and that's the real story. Kids will stream parts of games but on that platform I doubt they're watching the whole game. I used to park myself in front of a TV Sunday morning and stayed there until the games were done. Kids don't do that much anymore, if at all. The NFL's handling of its own scandals hasn't helped its ratings, imo. Everyone other than Falcons fans saw through the bounty gate fiasco. The NFL is also hurting itself with the way it is handling the Anthem drama. The 'common good', fiscally, of the NFL player is being hurt, long term, by short term protest with questionable foundation. That's the irony. But the players aren't going to listen until their agents tell them. They're digging their own hole.
	C'mon Man...

09-16-2018, 07:55 PM	#3
stickman 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Gonzales, LA Posts: 1,808	Re: NFL Kickoff Ratings Down From 2017 Originally Posted by saintfan Kids will stream parts of games but on that platform I doubt they're watching the whole game. I used to park myself in front of a TV Sunday morning and stayed there until the games were done. Kids don't do that much anymore, if at all. I don't think kids have the attention span anymore. I think that's why baseball has lost popularity. People don't just relax and watch a game as much.