Beastmode

Rating should be up with people at home. They are not and I stated this before the season with FF down. Claiming ratings are down for everything is also false. Many shows have higher ratings so they can't claim it's because ratings are down across the board. Some shows are way up so it does not add up.

Ratings are down for the NFL for bashing police and military end of the day. They chose to die on this hill so they will die on it. Not any harder than that.

gosaints1

I agree with everything you’ve said, except the “hill to die on” portion. Revenue from TV broadcast is roughly 50% of revenue associated with the NFL. As you’ve stated before the way we watch our entertainment has changed, considerably, and will continue to change. Ppl are cutting cable cords, there is telecasting and individual sub streams, among many other ways to watch the games. The NFL has seen this, and is/has/will adapt to it. Bottom line, advertisers will still dump their money into the NFL, over pretty much everything else, bc..., Since the 2020 season began, the top 15 most watched shows have been NFL games. I just don’t see it getting any worse than what it is right now. Me not watching won’t amount to a thing, outside of appeasing my own internal conscience, or virtue signaling how patriotic and loving of the police I am.

I won’t bash ppl for not watching, heck I understand it, and in quite a few cases agree with the reasons for doing so. But, the “I’ma boycott <thingamabob>” crowd just isn’t me. I don’t think I’m alone.