Ignoratio Elenchi
Footballguy
Obviously everyone's aware of the controversy surrounding the replacement refs. That's being discussed endlessly in other threads so let's not do that here. For the purposes of this thread let's just assume that there's something about the NFL we're all mad about and we want to let the NFL know.
It's clear the owners are not easily embarrassed and will probably only concede when it starts affecting their bottom line.
Would it be possible to fire up some kind of viral campaign to send a useful message to the owners? I don't expect anyone to not attend games they have tickets to, or to not watch football at all, or anything like that. There's no way enough people would go along with it for it to work, so in reality you'd just be depriving yourself. But what if we tried something like: On Sunday, October 14, we all pledge to turn off our TVs from 1-2 pm ET. If you're going to a game, go. If you want to watch football on TV, watch it all day, except for that first hour. Take that extra hour to play with your kids or do some much-needed yardwork, or whatever. Just see if we could create a meaningful dip in TV ratings for one hour on a Sunday.
1) Do you think it would be possible in reality to pull this off? With social media, etc. I think it would be easy to quickly spread the word, but with the grip NFL football has on this nation would it be possible to really get enough people committed to create an actual effect?
2) Do you think it would serve a purpose? If we, as fans, somehow made 1-2 pm the lowest-rated hour of NFL football in years, would that send a strong enough message to the owners that we've had enough, strong enough for them to actually change their stance? Or would it just be a blip they shrugged off?
#NFLFanStrike
It's clear the owners are not easily embarrassed and will probably only concede when it starts affecting their bottom line.
Would it be possible to fire up some kind of viral campaign to send a useful message to the owners? I don't expect anyone to not attend games they have tickets to, or to not watch football at all, or anything like that. There's no way enough people would go along with it for it to work, so in reality you'd just be depriving yourself. But what if we tried something like: On Sunday, October 14, we all pledge to turn off our TVs from 1-2 pm ET. If you're going to a game, go. If you want to watch football on TV, watch it all day, except for that first hour. Take that extra hour to play with your kids or do some much-needed yardwork, or whatever. Just see if we could create a meaningful dip in TV ratings for one hour on a Sunday.
1) Do you think it would be possible in reality to pull this off? With social media, etc. I think it would be easy to quickly spread the word, but with the grip NFL football has on this nation would it be possible to really get enough people committed to create an actual effect?
2) Do you think it would serve a purpose? If we, as fans, somehow made 1-2 pm the lowest-rated hour of NFL football in years, would that send a strong enough message to the owners that we've had enough, strong enough for them to actually change their stance? Or would it just be a blip they shrugged off?
#NFLFanStrike