Triumph of Trump: NFL kneeling

[One Bad Pig]

The stadium was packed CP. How do you explain that? Ratings for all sports have been falling, as well as for all other entertainment shows on TV. People have many more alternatives now, but the NFL is still doing just fine thank you which anyone can see by the above. They easily won the overnight ratings. So much for the great conservative boycott!

It turns out that the fans of most teams lean Democrat.

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[lilpixieofterror]

If anyone doubts the extreme fan base of the Pittsburgh Steelers, I deployed with the 171st ARW based out of Pittsburgh and here is an unofficial patch from there website:

https://media.defense.gov/2015/Feb/0...-HAV35-523.JPG

Their tails even have that painted on next to the Pennsylvania near the top of the tail.

Based on working with them... I can see Steelers fans being among the most dedicated in football.

[Mountain Man]

You can cherry pick a few games this year where attendance was decent, but the evidence is clear that overall attendance, television ratings, and merchandise sales have been disastrous for the NFL.

[Mountain Man]

With the NFL going into self-destruct mode, it looks like Vince McMahon is planning to resurrect the XFL:

http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017...urrecting-xfl/

[One Bad Pig]

If anyone doubts the extreme fan base of the Pittsburgh Steelers, I deployed with the 171st ARW based out of Pittsburgh and here is an unofficial patch from there website:

https://media.defense.gov/2015/Feb/0...-HAV35-523.JPG

Their tails even have that painted on next to the Pennsylvania near the top of the tail.

Based on working with them... I can see Steelers fans being among the most dedicated in football.

While the Steelers have popularized the hypocycloids, they didn't come up with the design; it was created by the steel industry to promote American steel.

But yeah, Terrible Towels have been just about everywhere on earth, and even in space.

[One Bad Pig]

You can cherry pick a few games this year where attendance was decent, but the evidence is clear that overall attendance, television ratings, and merchandise sales have been disastrous for the NFL.

More like, you can cherry pick a few games this year where attendance was abysmal. If you want to magnify that perception, you can take pictures of the stands right after half-time, when people are still going to the bathroom or getting food, and the stadium looks half-empty. Attendance, ratings, and sales have been down, but have hardly been disastrous; the salary cap is still projected to increase significantly next season.

[rogue06]

The stadium was packed CP. How do you explain that? Ratings for all sports have been falling, as well as for all other entertainment shows on TV. People have many more alternatives now, but the NFL is still doing just fine thank you which anyone can see by the above. They easily won the overnight ratings. So much for the great conservative boycott!

Um...

Source: NBA enjoying ratings surge while NFL flounders

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And yet another excuse crashes and burns around jimmy's pointed little head.

[Mountain Man]

Source: Breitbart

http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2017...tball-week-17/

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But don't worry, folks, everything is fine.

[rogue06]

The stadium was packed CP. How do you explain that? Ratings for all sports have been falling, as well as for all other entertainment shows on TV. People have many more alternatives now, but the NFL is still doing just fine thank you which anyone can see by the above. They easily won the overnight ratings. So much for the great conservative boycott!

Um...

Source: NBA enjoying ratings surge while NFL flounders

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And yet another excuse crashes and burns around jimmy's pointed little head.

From Bloomberg News

Source: NBA�s TV Ratings Are Up, and NFL�s Are Down, Even on Christmas Day

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But as jimmy keeps saying

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Yup

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Everything is just peachy

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[Mountain Man]

[Mountain Man]

Source: Breitbart

http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2018...tched-5-years/

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And since these are currently the top-rated teams in the league, dopes like Jimmy can't use the "Nobody cares about these teams" excuse.

[One Bad Pig]

Actually, MM, these are the teams (except for the 4 very best teams) which had the best records during the season - not necessarily those with the largest followings. Except for the Falcons and Saints, those are all small-market teams (well, the Rams are in a large market, but just moved from a small market and aren't well-established in LA yet). Fewer people are watching, but for a multitude of reasons:



Granted, this is an internet survey.

[rogue06]

Not familiar with the source but...

Source: NFL Ratings Plunge As 23 Million Fewer Viewers Watch Divisional Playoffs

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Meanwhile ESPN reports that viewership for college bowl games was up 12% from last year and the College Football Playoff National Championship experienced a 9% increase.

Considering that the average career in the NFL is roughly 3.3 years saying that a decline in viewership is in part a reaction to concerns over concussion-related brain damage seems unlikely in that you can suffer the same sort of injuries during the 4 years of playing football in college and their viewership has been up.

Seems like folks got their football fix watching college games while turning off NFL games.

[One Bad Pig]

Not familiar with the source but...

Source: NFL Ratings Plunge As 23 Million Fewer Viewers Watch Divisional Playoffs

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Meanwhile ESPN reports that viewership for college bowl games was up 12% from last year and the College Football Playoff National Championship experienced a 9% increase.

Considering that the average career in the NFL is roughly 3.3 years saying that a decline in viewership is in part a reaction to concerns over concussion-related brain damage seems unlikely in that you can suffer the same sort of injuries during the 4 years of playing football in college and their viewership has been up.

Seems like folks got their football fix watching college games while turning off NFL games.

Well, maybe. You didn't provide the estimated numbers for those games, so it's hard to tell. College games tend to have more offense (partly because college QBs tend to run with the ball a lot more and partly because defenses aren't as good), which can make the game more exciting to watch. In the early days of the NFL, college football was much more popular; players would be drafted by teams and just not bother showing up because they weren't interested in playing in the NFL. Football is still America's favorite sport, by a wide margin (37% pick football, followed by basketball at 11%). This poll from a couple years ago shows that college football has a LOT of catching up to do in order to beat out the NFL in popularity (it came in at 10% compared to the NFL at 33%).

[rogue06]

Well, maybe. You didn't provide the estimated numbers for those games, so it's hard to tell.

From the linked to article:

Here are the ugly details head to head in the same timeslots as last year:

2018

Saints-Vikings 35.6 million viewers

2017

Packers-Cowboys 48.5 million viewers

2018

Jags-Steelers 31.4 million viewers

2017

Steelers-Chiefs 37.1 million viewers

2018

Titans-Patriots 26.7 million viewers

2017

Texans-Patriots 29.8 million viewers

2018

Falcons-Eagles 27.1 million viewers

2017

Seahawks-Falcons 28.7 million viewers

And thanks for the history lesson about how things used to be