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Because the NFL, and their teams, caved to the social pressure in the country right now, my wife and I have chosen to not watch our usual teams, the Saints and the Seahawks. It looks like we’re not alone. The Steelers-Giants game viewership was down 21% and the Titans-Broncos a huge 38% over last year’s numbers. And this is during a time when people are staying home. It appears to be a trend that hopefully will continue and grow. Story below....
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nf...k-1-doubleheader-ratings-way-down/ar-BB194yuJ
Within the story above was a headline with a link....“Vikings to Host Family of George Floyd”. Once again proving to the liberal morons that, Crime DOES Pay. So be a criminal kids and you too can be honored as a hero with NFL luxury box seats and parades and celebrities and politicians memorializing you. Oh....you may be dead though, or paralyzed from the waist down which means your junk won’t function.
https://sportsnaut.com/2020/09/george-floyds-family-will-be-on-hand-for-vikings-season-opener/

I just don’t get it. And to top it off I saw an article referring to the former Washington Redskins as the “Washington Football Team”. I can’t stand it....
 
I'm with ya... I don't watch any of that crap anymore!

I hope all pro sport viewer ratings continue to fall... even NASCAR!
 
Because the NFL, and their teams, caved to the social pressure in the country right now, my wife and I have chosen to not watch our usual teams, the Saints and the Seahawks. It looks like we’re not alone. The Steelers-Giants game viewership was down 21% and the Titans-Broncos a huge 38% over last year’s numbers. And this is during a time when people are staying home. It appears to be a trend that hopefully will continue and grow. Story below....
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nf...k-1-doubleheader-ratings-way-down/ar-BB194yuJ
Within the story above was a headline with a link....“Vikings to Host Family of George Floyd”. Once again proving to the liberal morons that, Crime DOES Pay. So be a criminal kids and you too can be honored as a hero with NFL luxury box seats and parades and celebrities and politicians memorializing you. Oh....you may be dead though, or paralyzed from the waist down which means your junk won’t function.
https://sportsnaut.com/2020/09/george-floyds-family-will-be-on-hand-for-vikings-season-opener/

I just don’t get it. And to top it off I saw an article referring to the former Washington Redskins as the “Washington Football Team”. I can’t stand it....

Sorry to hear that... You missed a great game with the Seahawks ! QB Wilson, NFL NFC O-player of the week (10th time) !!!
https://www.q13fox.com/sports/nfl-n...MMRtwJGew7iHk_pzsnMgGLTtF5_OqkIozuGFMYsp_V_VM
 
I am a huge Panther fan. I have had PSLs since the team started 25 years ago. The lack of OTAs, a normal training camp and preseason together with Covid and no fans in the stadium has taken football off my radar. You are assuming the drop in TV ratings is due to protesting by players because that fits your agenda. I don't like the protests. But I think the drop in TV ratings is due to people being distracted by real life issues.
 
I am a huge Panther fan. I have had PSLs since the team started 25 years ago. The lack of OTAs, a normal training camp and preseason together with Covid and no fans in the stadium has taken football off my radar. You are assuming the drop in TV ratings is due to protesting by players because that fits your agenda. I don't like the protests. But I think the drop in TV ratings is due to people being distracted by real life issues.
I don’t have any data to support this but I think the interest is down because people are fed up with all of the social crap. Maybe it’s wishful thinking on my part but you’d think with people staying home the viewer ratings would be higher.

I am/was a huge Seahawk fan. I’ve followed them from when they came to Seattle. I paid Direct TV $349 a year to see every game when I moved from Seattle. Here in New Orleans the Saints have been very quiet about the social issues other that Drew Brees comments shortly after the George Floyd incident. But then Brees succumbed to the pressure.

We may tune in to the Bengals/Browns game to watch Joe Burrows this weekend but probably not.
 
I am a huge Panther fan. I have had PSLs since the team started 25 years ago. The lack of OTAs, a normal training camp and preseason together with Covid and no fans in the stadium has taken football off my radar. You are assuming the drop in TV ratings is due to protesting by players because that fits your agenda. I don't like the protests. But I think the drop in TV ratings is due to people being distracted by real life issues.
I disagree. We have been sitting for 6 months, masks on and our thumbs up our butts. Essentially nothing new on TV. American's look at anything for an escape from the BS. The NFL was a huge American draw. Thursday's prime time kickoff game should have been the largest draw ever and ended up dropping 16%. Monday's was a disaster over 20% down.
 
Agreed. Right now there isn't much to do and the 70,000 or so that would normally be at a game 'should' be at home watching. Those 2 factors plus the fact there was no pre-season should mean viewership should have been at an all time high. I didn't watch any football this weekend, not even my Steelers. Steelers had Antwon Roses name on their helmets. Google the story for details but he was in a car involved in a drive by shooting and ran from the police. He was shot and killed by the police. So they honor a criminal. But in a very similar story a year earlier officer Brian Shaw was shot and killed a few miles from the Antwon Rose incident. Officer Shaw was chasing a suspect on foot who turned and shot and killed the officer. Yet the Steelers never put his name on their helmets.

Steelers offensive lineman Allajandro Villanueva covered Roses name and put the name of a fallen Army hero on his helmet. Kudos to him for honoring a real hero! And the fallen Army hero was black too.
 
Once again proving to the liberal morons that, Crime DOES Pay.
I dont care for what the NFL is doing with the double anthems and the other appeasements. so on that we agree.
But as for this comment from you generalizing a large group of people i say, from what i hear Northern Californians are all backwoods ignorant hillbilly rednecks. How you like being generalized Bubba?
 
I am a huge Panther fan. I have had PSLs since the team started 25 years ago. The lack of OTAs, a normal training camp and preseason together with Covid and no fans in the stadium has taken football off my radar. You are assuming the drop in TV ratings is due to protesting by players because that fits your agenda. I don't like the protests. But I think the drop in TV ratings is due to people being distracted by real life issues.
I respectfully disagree. I was a huge NFL fan, multiple fantasy leagues, watched as many games as possible, read nfl news every day, multiple times a day for many years. The Kaepernic fiasco in 2016 ended that. My interest was down for a couple of years afterward but was coming back this year. Prior to Covid, I was looking forward to multiple story lines for the upcoming season, such as seeing where Brady would end up and how he would work out with his new team, how the Patriots did without Brady, could Brees keep performing at high level, can the sad sack Chargers do anything without Rivers, what innovative ways can the Browns fuck themselves this year, and Please God don't let my Bengals ruin the career of Joe Burrow, etc.

It's been difficult the first weekend, but I promise not to watch any NFL coverage this year. All because of the behavior of the NFL front office, several of the teams, most importantly the entitled players.
 
Once again proving to the liberal morons that, Crime DOES Pay.
I dont care for what the NFL is doing with the double anthems and the other appeasements. so on that we agree.
But as for this comment from you generalizing a large group of people i say, from what i hear Northern Californians are all backwoods ignorant hillbilly rednecks. How you like being generalized Bubba?
Actually they are a bunch of fruits and nuts.
 
Once again proving to the liberal morons that, Crime DOES Pay.
I dont care for what the NFL is doing with the double anthems and the other appeasements. so on that we agree.
But as for this comment from you generalizing a large group of people i say, from what i hear Northern Californians are all backwoods ignorant hillbilly rednecks. How you like being generalized Bubba?
You are so funny on so many levels. First, I’m not from California nor do I live there so you’ve done what people do when they assume.

Second, if being a backwoods, ignorant, hillbilly redneck means I’m not a liberal, Democrat, snowflake so be it. The divide in this country has never been greater than it is right now and it has been caused in large part by the hatred of the liberal Dems that can’t stand to see someone that does not follow the political script actually do good for the country....if you people would just open your eyes and admit it.

You just made yourself look more stupid. You’re going to have to try harder.
 
Interestingly Dwayne Johnson bought the XFL....Who knows what that will bring.
I don’t think that will amount to much....the owners of the NFL teams have too much to lose.... they are not putting up with this shit show for long.....revenues will dictate NFLs future
 
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