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Feel the same way, but then again, what else were they going to do? This is about the best that can be expected, and maybe some good comes out of it despite what may be completely cynical motivations.
The cause-effect doesn't makes sense though; you can't correlate it directly to protests than happen before a game starts and are seen for like 10 seconds. You can attribute it to other longstanding issues like too many commercials, decline of product (*cough*NOOLINES*COUGH), long Instant Replay times, etc. Also... other sports get popular too.
NBA TV ratings were down 6% in 2016-2017 from the previous year; same with MLB in 2017.
This. Trying to buy this problem away to win viewers back. Unfortunately for Goodell he's trying to play both sides and it won't bring back all of those viewers who left. It's not just the "protests" but that may be what pushed many people over the edge; the NFL has had a flailing product for years. There's multiple factors here and the fact that the NFL thinks it's just the "protests" means they just don't get it. I really do think the "protests" were just the final straw for many people;
These are issues that viewers have railed about watching NFL games for years, some of them a decade. They are ongoing. I can link you a couple articles discussing the different factors that come into the discussion.
I could care less about whether it brings viewers back. I'm not losing any sleep over how much cash flow billionaire owners are throwing off while their underlying assets increase exponentially
I'm aware, but you are saying the protest is not why viewing declined this year & it's the other things. So I was asking for the proof. I don't care which side caused it.
I'm saying it's not the main reason, and there are tons of other issues that existed LONG before the protests that go into it. Without derailing the thread, these two articles here and here cover the situation pretty well and cover ways to better address it.
No, I meant what I said, and everyone who read it understood exactly what I was saying.Don't you mean you "couldn't care less"? You are saying that you could care less
I would agree with you on this. I'm sure some people stopped watching because of the protests. If the NFL thinks this is going to fix their TV ratings issue, they're dead wrong.
Where is your proof that protests are the reason TV ratings are so low? It works both ways
Wow, take a long walk off the nearest short pier. If I wanted your opinion on anything, I'd give it to you.
I definitely agree with the bolded. Most people wouldn't even know players were kneeling if not for the multiple twitter storms. And I believe they had the desired effect.
Yep, this could all be a symptom of aging baby boomers priorities and a shift in the NFL marketing towards the future purchasing power of 85 million millenials.
Don’t speak to other posters in this manner please. You’re bringing the board to gutter levels. Thanks.
The disease being cops unfairly targeting and executing people of color? Or is there another "disease" you are referring to? Care to explain?
So ignore the wound and let the nation bleed to death from 1000 cuts?
To lay this at the feet of the current POTUS without reagard to the former POTUS is shortsighted. One could make this argument against Obama.
The tweet storms ignited the issues. Like I said, most people would have never known nor cared if players were taking a knee. Not to mention many more players started kneeling after the first tweet storm. A small number of players had been taking a knee for a year before it blew up.
Ya possibly, but I never saw a tweet from him on this until the media reported it. I know it bothered me long before I heard about his tweet.
His tweets are official statements from the WH. The press will report on them. They couldn't have reported on them if the president didn't issue an official statement.
Of course they are official statements. Not sure why you are posting this in regards to my post.
I think he's still trying to pretend that the media never reported on any players kneeling and that this wasn't a huge controversy before Trump tweeted about it.
It's an interesting point when you think of it. It was actually brought up once in a conversation I had with friend of mine who happens to be black. He thinks it's idiotic.
I hadn't realized African-Americans invented the concept of hyphenated identities. You should probably head down to your local Italian-American Club and let them know. Maybe take out a float in next year's St. Patrick's Day parade to clue the Irish in, too.
Well then maybe they should go back to having the players in the locker room for the anthem, the way it was before the NFL decided to politicize it. Or even better, not playing the anthem before games.
Or the NFL should step up and tell the players to show some respect and stand for the national anthem.
