NFL Kickoff Ratings Down From 2017

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.

09-08-2018, 01:33 PM	#5
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...