(10-19-2017, 01:42 PM)JagFanFirst Wrote: The protests weren't a minor bullet point. They started with Kap last year, and other players across the league have followed suit. They are a symptom of the NFL's embrace of politics, and fans are rejecting it. You can see it not just in declining attendance figures in Jacksonville, but also around the league. Ratings have slipped too, and all of this preceded Trump's election. Trump's simply expressing what many fans feel right now. If Shad cares about mending fences with the people of Jacksonville, he'd act differently. He wouldn't attack Trump the day the team offers a public apology. It serves no purpose.

The NFL is in a precarious position right now. Major League Soccer is huge - more kids are playing soccer these days than football. Here in Atlanta, the new Atlanta United soccer team outdraws the Falcons-who went to the Super Bowl last year. The NBA is more popular than ever. Major League Baseball is doing well. It's not inconceivable that the league could take a back seat to all of these sports. Moving the Jags to London won't stop that.

Falcons are averaging more a game thean the largest crowd in the history of MLS.  http://www.espn.com/nfl/attendance, the https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/socc...78cedc3b0d, they essentially both sold out the stadium, must be slightly more football seats.

The drop in viewership is not related to the protests, it has been dropping for the last few years, there are just less sports fans, more viewing options, and people have more things to do.   The protests didn't create it, this is a small vocal group of people who feel this way.  

Football will always be king because of the game, MLB too slow too many games, MLS (minor league soccer and slow game), NBA (different demographic), CFB is the only substitute but they play on Saturdays.   The NFL makes so much money and has so many viewers even if they lost a sizeable chunk they would still be making a ton of money and killing the other leagues.  The game is just too exciting and every week counts.  This righteous indignation will eventually give way to peoples fandom and love of the game.

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