NFL suffers 9.7 percent drop in TV ratings for regular season

[nighttrain]

So what you are telling me is that the Rams will win the last NFL superbowl ever?!

But yeah I think probably mostly due to the cord cutting trend + find stream on reddit trend.

 

[LARAMSinFeb.]

IDK but disrespecting the flag of the country you reside can’t be a good thing.

You're in luck; no one did that.

 

[bubbaramfan]

Only fans of losing teams complain about officiating? :rolllaugh:

 

[Loyal]

Rams are in the playoffs, and they play tomorrow night. Who cares about the percentage of viewers in the regular season or the protests stuff? WE ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS!

Focus!

 

[Angry Ram]

What a load of crap the "boycott the NFL" nonsense was.

What ever happened to not liking somebody's opinion, (be it political, religious, sports, etc.) and then just getting over it and going about your day?

Rams are in the playoffs, and they play tomorrow night. Who cares about the percentage of viewers in the regular season or the protests stuff? WE ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS!

Focus!

Yup yup. We still got a month of football left. I'm gonna watch and contribute my ratings to every minute of it.

Suck it, boycotters.

 

[wolfdogg]

I can solve ratings easily but no one wants to listen.......TOPLESS ANNOUNCERS-BOOM!!

I'm not talking aikman and buck. I'm talking attractive women, as its been done for news and weather in other countries for years. Ticket sales down? BOOM-topless vendors. Who's buying peanuts now?

As for kapornick, if all the people who were offended just ignored him and let him do his thing this would have been a non story and a few weeks into it the media would have moved on. But no, people got pissed, said keep politics out of my football, then proceeded to give their political opinion on the matter to other people, like me, who just wants to sit at the bar and watch my team play football. The media sees this and says, oh good we have a controversy here so let's ramp it up. Next you have trump getting involved, hundreds of players and even team owners adding to the fire, until it became a huge distraction. That's the irony; the people that made it a huge deal were many of the folks who initially said keep politics out of football.

What's the over/under on people who burned their jerseys this season buying another one next season? 50%?

 

[psxpaul]

All television is down.. its because of Netflix.. Hulu ect ect.

It's an entire different TV age...

This. From what I've heard, most kids growing up today don't ever start watching broadcast TV in the first place. They start on YouTube and Netflix at a young age, and never feel like they miss out on anything from broadcast TV. And if they ever do watch broadcast TV, they get frustrated by the number of ads.

The NFL really needs to get a good streaming package setup. Their effort with twitter and amazon has been terrible - they don't even link to the games when you go on nfl.com. They really need to offer ALL games streaming, and have a central place to link to them on nfl.com IMO.

 

[LACHAMP46]

I would think streaming effects the numbers....but I did talk to someone...while at work...asked was he gonna watch the games...last week...and he blurted out, nope, I'm banning the NFL....not watching.....first person I EVER heard that from....

but I doubt the league is struggling in popularity....seems like more football fans than ever....with women included...

 

[Ellard80]

The politics had little to no affect on the ratings.... Controversy tends to draw interest not push it away. Like the million shock jock, or shock politics shows.

If people don't like the kneeling, politics ect... understandable - but that has nothing to do with if people watch football or not. That brought more attention to the NFL not less (even if it wasn't wanted.).

Top 10 sports leagues by revenue

• National Football League (NFL): $13 billion.
• Major League Baseball (MLB): $9.5 billion.
• Premier League (English/Welsh football league): $5.3 billion.
• National Basketball Association (NBA): $4.8 billion.
• National Hockey League (NHL): $3.7 billion.

 

[Prime Time]

To blame the drop in ratings and more empty than usual stadiums on one issue is foolish. The decline in viewership is due to a perfect storm, in no particular order, of...

(a)boring games(where I live we get the Ravens, Steelers, and Redskins)

(b)inconsistent refereeing with bias shown towards certain players and teams

(c)the mixing of social justice issues with the NFL

(d)the obvious bias of ESPN and other sports sites to east coast teams(particularly the Patriots, with the Cowboys being one exception)

(e)the deluge of constant commercials

(f)the terrible pre-game shows(ha ha your tie is terrible...shut up Terry Bradshaw)

(g)the streaming of games and the use of other devices besides TV to watch the games

(h)Roger Goodell and his massive incompetence and boobery

(i)drunks, drug addicts, women beaters and a long list of other criminals and cheaters associated with the NFL

(j)the moving of teams from one city to another thereby diluting the fan base

(k)the conspiracy theory that the games are rigged, which wasn't helped by last year's Super Bowl

(l)too many games, especially the mostly boring Thursday night games

If anyone else can add to that list go ahead.

 

[bubbaramfan]

good roll PT:deadhorse::rolllaugh:

 

[nighttrain]

(g)the streaming of games and the use of other devices besides TV to watch the games

should be B, streaming is cool
train

 

[TSFH Fan]

As long as I get to watch the Rams, the ratings could go all Blutarsky (zero point zero) and it'd be fine with me.

Sure, exaggeration for effect, but I think y'all get it.

 

[LesBaker]

To blame the drop in ratings and more empty than usual stadiums on one issue is foolish. The decline in viewership is due to a perfect storm, in no particular order, of...

(a)boring games(where I live we get the Ravens, Steelers, and Redskins)

(b)inconsistent refereeing with bias shown towards certain players and teams

(c)the mixing of social justice issues with the NFL

(d)the obvious bias of ESPN and other sports sites to east coast teams(particularly the Patriots, with the Cowboys being one exception)

(e)the deluge of constant commercials

(f)the terrible pre-game shows(ha ha your tie is terrible...shut up Terry Bradshaw)

(g)the streaming of games and the use of other devices besides TV to watch the games

(h)Roger Goodell and his massive incompetence and boobery

(i)drunks, drug addicts, women beaters and a long list of other criminals and cheaters associated with the NFL

(j)the moving of teams from one city to another thereby diluting the fan base

(k)the conspiracy theory that the games are rigged, which wasn't helped by last year's Super Bowl

(l)too many games, especially the mostly boring Thursday night games

If anyone else can add to that list go ahead.

CBS did a massive study and you just hit the highlights, they did a great job..........lots of people want to blame the kneeling, and they don't understand it mostly, but it's several converging drivers.

The refs are costing the NFL big time. And inconsistent suspensions. Women are also angry that wife beaters are let off the hook all the time, or too often, with light suspensions.

And none of this is hard to fix, but greed may strop progress on many of the issues.

 

[Prime Time]

(g)the streaming of games and the use of other devices besides TV to watch the games

should be B, streaming is cool
train

Oh absolutely. I love the ability to stream games but it is one of the reasons for the decline. I'll stream a game even if it's on TV so I can bypass the constant interruptions of the game. As a matter of fact, the most fun I have is watching the condensed videos of the Rams games the following day. I watch those over and over.

 

[Adi]

If the rams are not on I watch red zone

I wonder if that is counted in the ratings or just the games

 

[Angry Ram]

Only fans of losing teams complain about officiating? :rolllaugh:

Yup.

 

[bubbaramfan]

I'm a Ram Fan. :yay: I complain about officiating. :argue: Rams are not a losing team.

HA!! :redcard:

 

[Angry Ram]

I'm a Ram Fan. :yay: I complain about officiating. :argue: Rams are not a losing team.

HA!! :redcard:

Bet you did every year the last 15 and the 5 games this year.

 

[LesBaker]

Only fans of losing teams complain about officiating? :rolllaugh:

Which means every week half of the fans are complaining.

Next week another half, and the week after that it repeats.

Bad officiating in the NFL is a huge issue.