Sam Punk
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Post by Sam Punk on Oct 9, 2016 1:05:51 GMT -5
I'm thinking it's part Goodell, part Kaepernick. It's pretty ridiculous when you punish somebody for wearing the wrong colored shoes or using deflated footballs. He's got this god complex going on. With Kaepernick, not taking sides here, but people don't want to hear politics when watching football. Football is supposed to be an escape from all that.
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Post by Hugh Mungus on Nov 5, 2016 21:57:04 GMT -5
Here's what I can think of why the ratings are in decline: - The Presidental Election
- The Cubs' postseason run, culminating with them finally winning the World Series against the Indians, who's on a hot run and hoping to clinch the title after being inspired by the Cavs' NBA Title win
- Some of the star players weren't playing (Peyton's retirement, Brady's four-game suspension, AP and Romo were injured)
- Cord cutters looking for an alternate way to view games (e.g., Twitter)
- Subpar matchups, especially in prime time
- Historically successful teams struggling (Packers, Seahawks)
- National Anthem protests
- The "No Fun League" rearing its ugly head again with excessive celebration punishments
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Nov 5, 2016 22:51:32 GMT -5
Here's what I can think of why the ratings are in decline: - The Presidental Election
- The Cubs' postseason run, culminating with them finally winning the World Series against the Indians, who's on a hot run and hoping to clinch the title after being inspired by the Cavs' NBA Title win
- Some of the star players weren't playing (Peyton's retirement, Brady's four-game suspension, AP and Romo were injured)
- Cord cutters looking for an alternate way to view games (e.g., Twitter)
- Subpar matchups, especially in prime time
- Historically successful teams struggling (Packers, Seahawks)
- National Anthem protests
- The "No Fun League" rearing its ugly head again with excessive celebration punishments
I think everything you listed outside the fourth and the last are complete non factors. This has become a game where flags and referee opinion is as important on the result of a game as the actual play. Superstar players are injured by the handful weekly.
Also Historically successful team... Seahawks?
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Nov 6, 2016 10:30:19 GMT -5
My main reason is having to agree with Chris Duncan former St. Louis Cardinal on the local sports radio. Digital streaming on any device anytime you want it. When he brought up the fact that he can watch an NFL game the next day in 40 mins instead of 3 hrs because all the delays being cut out. Makes perfect sense that more people are doing the same as we live in a world that more people are on the go and are tech savvy. The NFL case is the product itself. Goodell has became his own worst enemy by over exposing the product and the NFL has become the No Fun League. I get that they want the games to be safer but it gotten to the point where you touch the QB you basically going to get a penalty, its close to being that. The fact you can't celebrate for whatever reason other wise you get penalty. That the biggest problem with the NFL is the game itself as to many stoppages. I mean think about it on TV. Kick off, commercial, Offense plays it's down, commercial, Return punt commercial, Review plays commercial, and so on. It feels like every other thing that happens theirs a commercial.
The other things about the NFL is quality. The games themselves have not been as good as they use to be. When you look at Thursday night football how many of those games have been good? Very few if any. The NFL has also shoved so much down our throats all year long by the time the season gets here your almost sick of it because there is no real break. I mean look at the year. From Feb the Superbowl. March and April you have the NFL pre draft work outs. Then you have the draft which all of this is more than one day all over the sports stations. A month or two later its the mini camps and then training camps, just like that your back to pre season. It's gotten to the point to getting over exposed.
You look at the players coming in, the list is becoming smaller and smaller of guys who become stars or appealing. When we see more and more first round #1 picks not be major players in the league it becoming less appealing.
The protest with Kapernick I think is a very small %. The Debates maybe but we will see once Tues passes and it's all over and see how much of an increase is seeing.
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