I Won't Be Watching The NFL If This Keeps Up...

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My prediction -- Sunday night, Monday night and Thursday night NFL football will be 3 of the top 5 prime time shows each week.

you love polls, here is the sports favorability decline

2019-2020 Changes in Net Positive Ratings of Sports Industry
%Very /somewhat positive/ minus %very/somewhat negative
Aug 1-14, 2019 Jul 30-Aug 12, 2020 Change

U.S. adults +20 -10 -30
Men +17 -7 -24
Women +21 13 - 34
18 to 34 +36 +21 -15
35 to 54 +25 -19 -44
55+ +6 -23 -29
White Americans +4 -22 -26
Non-White Americans+51 +16 -35
Republicans +11 -35 -46
Independents +26 -10 -36
Democrats +16 +11 -5

Gallup

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but look at the ending number...the minus sign is the decrease in sports favorability among the groups

What else is on? Didn't they stop production on most of the episodic shows? Compared to last year, NBA, NFL and MLB viewing is down substantially.

How's the WNBA doing Speedy?

My prediction -- Sunday night, Monday night and Thursday night NFL football will be 3 of the top 5 prime time shows each week. Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXX

I completely agree, Speed.

All of those dumb fuckers who booed in KC will continue to watch the game regardless and so will everyone else who enjoys watching football.

If you have a problem with 5 minutes of pregame bullshit and refuse to watch, you are not the NFL's true fan base where they make their money and they could give a flying fuck about you.

It's a business. It's no different than walking around in a store and you don't buy shit. Why the fuck would they even want you around?

I have no problem with anything the NFL wants - Jerry can buy it for them.

i don't care.
and - i will be damned before i put a dollar in Jerry's grasping, miserly hands.

you love polls, here is the sports favorability decline

2019-2020 Changes in Net Positive Ratings of Sports Industry
%Very /somewhat positive/ minus %very/somewhat negative
Aug 1-14, 2019 Jul 30-Aug 12, 2020 Change

U.S. adults +20 -10 -30
Men +17 -7 -24
Women +21 13 - 34
18 to 34 +36 +21 -15
35 to 54 +25 -19 -44
55+ +6 -23 -29
White Americans +4 -22 -26
Non-White Americans+51 +16 -35
Republicans +11 -35 -46
Independents +26 -10 -36
Democrats +16 +11 -5

Gallup

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but look at the ending number...the minus sign is the decrease in sports favorability among the groups Originally Posted by nevergaveitathought

I don't disagree but when viewers turn on their TVs, NFL football is still the most highly rated shows. 1-2-3 in 2019-2020. I, for one, wstch less NFL football today than in years past.

https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/mos...ce-1234612885/

What else is on? Didn't they stop production on most of the episodic shows? Compared to last year, NBA, NFL and MLB viewing is down substantially.

How's the WNBA doing Speedy? Originally Posted by gnadfly

The WNBA? lol. I don't think I've ever watched a WNBA game from start to finish in my life. Same with the NBA in recent years. I will watch women't college basketball when it's a game like UConn - South Carolina or a similar matchup.

I haven't seen any TV ratings for the MLB and NFL since the seasons have begun so I can't say whether ratings are up or down from last year.

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If you have a problem with 5 minutes of pregame bullshit and refuse to watch, you are not the NFL's true fan base where they make their money and they could give a flying fuck about you.
.... Originally Posted by Lucas McCain

They are playing clips throughout the game. You're not watching the entire game.

But the "true fan" rhetoric is truly sophomoric.

The WNBA? lol. I don't think I've ever watched a WNBA game from start to finish in my life. ...

I haven't seen any TV ratings for the MLB and NFL since the seasons have begun so I can't say whether ratings are up or down from last year. Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXX

Trust me, the ratings are down from last year. Your response is a pretty pathetic dodge.

My jab at the WNBA went over your head. They've postponed several games recently not due to protest but because of "reflection."

Check it out. It's hilarious.

If ratings are down you would certainly expect them to be.

No fans in the stands.They are doing their best to televise the games but basketball,baseball,and football have all been fucked up by this Covid and Trump's slow and inadequate response to it.

The whole economy is fucked up.Business is down.

Many factors impact the pro sports this year.The NBA was shut down.They are attempting to have some kind of ending to the season with the bubble and going straight to the playoffs.Baseball the same.And NFL trying to start up.

People can't get into it like usual cause the seasons have not gone off in the manner they usually do plus people are unsettled behind this Covid shit that Lyin' Donnie foisted on us.He's a lyin' piece of shit.

Lyin' Whinin' Draft Dodgin' Donnie !! That's y'alls Boy !!

The Biggest National Debt in the History of the World !!

I haven't really watched the pro game for years - I like college football, mainly from the school I attended.

However, there is a domino effect which is also impacted. All those small bidnessmen who saved their whole life to open a sports bar are now fucked. Restaurants that had a bunch of TV screens - also fucked. They all make such low profits that being off 20-30% is enough to hurt them badly.

For me, there has to be a reason beyond merely liking football. Sure, I liked it when I played. But I prefered playing - not watching game films. I assign an emotional investment to it - I get a high from my heroes winning and vanquishing the other team and rooting for them with my fiends. Putting the politics into turns that all upside down and just makes it no more fun.

So, fuck the pro game - but I admit, I wasn't really watching it that much anyway. I would rather go out and do something as opposed to sitting down and eating shitty food and drinking beer (something I don't do anyway) and getting fat.

In the summer, go waterski - in the winter - go snow ski. Go hiking, hunting, walking, jogging, canoeing, camping, fishing, lift weights, climb a sport wall, go to IFly, paint your house, maintain your car - do something useful!

Take boxing or martial arts training.

Don't be the bitch of the "woke" pro sports. Don't give them your money or your patronage. Let them suffer financially.

If ratings are down you would certainly expect them to be.

No fans in the stands.They are doing their best to televise the games but basketball,baseball,and football have all been fucked up by this Covid and Trump's slow and inadequate response to it.

The whole economy is fucked up.Business is down.

Many factors impact the pro sports this year.The NBA was shut down.They are attempting to have some kind of ending to the season with the bubble and going straight to the playoffs.Baseball the same.And NFL trying to start up.

People can't get into it like usual cause the seasons have not gone off in the manner they usually do plus people are unsettled behind this Covid shit that Lyin' Donnie foisted on us.He's a lyin' piece of shit.

Lyin' Whinin' Draft Dodgin' Donnie !! That's y'alls Boy !!

The Biggest National Debt in the History of the World !! Originally Posted by sportfisherman

are you trying to claim that the sun total of the national debt is Trump's fault? despite your typical TDS afflicted post, you know perfectly well that is not the case.


are you ignoring Obama's 9 trillion? in reality no president is directly responsible for the national debt. that falls directly on Congress which actually writes the budget. butt u keep ranting it's all Trump fault.


BAHHAHAAAAA

Maybe he should not watch the NFL if this keeps up

...Lyin' Whinin' Draft Dodgin' Donnie !! That's y'alls Boy !!... Originally Posted by sportfisherman

You were just getting ready to tell us which military branch O'Biden served in. Right?

The WNBA? lol. I don't think I've ever watched a WNBA game from start to finish in my life. Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXX

I love basketball, but if someone put a gun to my head and said I had to watch a WNBA game, I'd refuse and tell that motherfucker to just pull the trigger... I don't dislike women's basketball. I FUCKING HATE IT!!!

There is nothing remotely athletic about their game and it's full of ugly butch lesbos who want to look like dudes. As my kids always say, "that's gross".