Saints adding 'End Racism' to end zones this year

AsylumGuido · 09-12-2020, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1304510745825116160

From the article linked ...

"It is likely that multiple factors played into the drop, including social justice messages, which have been present, while audience sizes have reduced across all sports in recent months. An uncompetitive game — a 34-20 Chiefs win, during which they led by 24 in the fourth quarter — likely played a role. So too did unusual competition from an unprecedented sports calendar, which saw the NBA playoffs, NHL playoffs, MLB regular season, U.S. Open and college football all take place Thursday night."

Last year's opener had only MLB as a sports competitor. I have a high school friend that told me her and her whole family (two grown daughters and their families) would have had the NFL game on normally, but they are huge US Open fans and never miss it. She had posted on Facebook their disappointment that Serena had lost so I broached the subject. I also knew they are all NFL fans. Lot's of fans of other sports automatically tune into the NFL when their seasons are over. The NBA, NHL and the US Open have never been being broadcast during a televised NFL game. COVID has created a strange dynamic. That said, the NFL audience still dawrfed all the other televised sports numbers combined. No wonder the ad revenues for the game were up over 10% from 2019's opener.

09-12-2020, 04:07 PM	#32
AsylumGuido 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bossier City, LA Posts: 26,762	Re: Saints adding 'End Racism' to end zones this year Originally Posted by jeanpierre https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1304510745825116160 From the article linked ... "It is likely that multiple factors played into the drop, including social justice messages, which have been present, while audience sizes have reduced across all sports in recent months. An uncompetitive game — a 34-20 Chiefs win, during which they led by 24 in the fourth quarter — likely played a role. So too did unusual competition from an unprecedented sports calendar, which saw the NBA playoffs, NHL playoffs, MLB regular season, U.S. Open and college football all take place Thursday night." Last year's opener had only MLB as a sports competitor. I have a high school friend that told me her and her whole family (two grown daughters and their families) would have had the NFL game on normally, but they are huge US Open fans and never miss it. She had posted on Facebook their disappointment that Serena had lost so I broached the subject. I also knew they are all NFL fans. Lot's of fans of other sports automatically tune into the NFL when their seasons are over. The NBA, NHL and the US Open have never been being broadcast during a televised NFL game. COVID has created a strange dynamic. That said, the NFL audience still dawrfed all the other televised sports numbers combined. No wonder the ad revenues for the game were up over 10% from 2019's opener.
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