Quote:The National Anthem protests are THE reason many people I know have stopped watching. The family I have watched the SB with the last few years and who are huge football fans refuse to watch any NFL broadcast now thanks to the protests. For the NFL or any 'journalist' to leave that out of the equation is fooling only themselves. Even folks who are either for or don't care one way or another about the protests agree that it's a factor.

 

LOL.  Reminds me of Muhamad Ali's take on why he decided to protest the draft of Vietnam.  He said no Viet-cong ever called him a derogatory name...

 

 

Now we have athletes that want to make a peaceful statement and that's the reason you think ratings are down?  The number or nimrods that don't watch football because a few of the players kneel for the anthem would not make a blip on the ratings.  There just aren't that many ignorant people out there that are also football fans.  Dont get me wrong, there are quite a few.  But they aren't turning off the TV on Sundays at a level that would make a difference to the ratings.

 

No.  The cheating of the patriots, the feeling that the refs create outcomes that are desired by the NFL, too many penalties, and the fact that the game is becoming less and less football and more like Ultimate Frisbee is the reason for the lack of ratings this year.

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