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November 12th.......Mark your calendars

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09-29-2017, 11:10 AM

(09-29-2017, 10:21 AM)TJBender Wrote:
(09-29-2017, 09:53 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote: And so it begins...

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Towards the end of last season some felt the NFL's ratings dip would be temporary and therefore would not ultimately hurt the networks by forcing them to reimburse advertisers. Instead, the opposite has happened.

Ratings for the the NFL have been worse this season and attendance for some games has also been disappointing. The networks will pay over $5 billion this season to televise the NFL and were already facing unflattering margins on advertising profits. 

That's a combination of several factors, though, and before Trump declared war on his old enemies within the NFL, the anthem protests were low on the list. Concussions in particular have created a lack of interest in football in general. The ridiculously slow pace of games with constant commercial breaks has tuned out TV viewers, the high cost of games in a weak economic period left people at home, even the astronomical salaries that guys command just to throw a ball for three hours a week served to alienate the casual fans. The NFL has had a problem for a long time, Donald Trump just amplified it.
I'm also curious if these numbers include RedZone.
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RE: November 12th.......Mark your calendars - by Cleatwood - 09-29-2017, 11:10 AM



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