(02-14-2020, 05:22 PM)Senor Fantastico Wrote:

(02-12-2020, 09:45 AM)Corriewf Wrote: Absolutely it does. 

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/super-b...c-fox-abc/


Additionally all the retail merch sales after the game depends on individual team market shares. How many Mahomes jerseys were sold after this recent Super Bowl? You don’t think they are tracking that? 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/2228...amatically

Now ask yourself why Murray was picked over Minshew for ROTY. Fan base size + hype = merch sales. Smaller fan base - less merch....less viewers. 

I’m not saying the NFL is fixing games but the motive is there!

So in 2015 the mega metropolis of Seattle pulled the best ever ratings, last year one of the largest cities in the country pulled the lowest viewership number in years to that date. And this year, another giant TV market in SF dipped even lower.  

Super compelling evidence lol.

Hey I’m not saying the NFL is perfect in predicting ratings. They tried to bury CTE for years and failed eventually. I think overall we may be in a bit of a viewership slump. 

It’s the off-season so I’m entertaining myself with some folks I enjoy reading the opinions of. I’m not 100% sold on the NFL rigging games, but I have quite a few friends that have claimed it rigged through the years and have sworn off watching anymore. 

This year there were many negative spots on this roster and a few really positive spots. It seemed to me those positive spots were completely shunned. It’s worth asking why...

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