Whats up with these falling nfl ratings

[BlackAX410]

I barely watch a game all the way through anymore.

Red zone made me feel this way unless it's Monday night football or my team, I've always been more into the NBA then NFL anyway but I gotta agree with beta I lost some interest

 

[gman82]

I don't watch as much as I use to

 

[pimped_out_red]

I can grab highlights from the internet: nfl.com, vines, twitter, and youtube...no need to watch a full game unless its a primetime match up, and i usually go to sleep after halftime since i work in the morning...nfl need to embrace the internet of things like cisco says...they just want the commercial and ad money, but beer companies and car companies are marketing to only 1/3 of the nfl audience so theres the issue, dont blame the nfl viewers..white people with garages and back yards arent the only people watching on sundays...the nfl dont care if we watch- the beer, home improvement, and car companies do, and they tired of paying top dollar for their ad spot, so they reaching to get a cheaper deal, nfl dont fold, then maybe we can get commercials that spread across the different races/genders

 

[Beta]

Updates a month later?

 

[farris2k1]

Trash teams, you have a few good teams and everybody else is mediocre to shit, thus creating bad matchups that nobody wants to see

 

[The Recipe]

Yeap a bunch of contributing factors that have all been mentioned. I for one have watched football my whole life and have cable but my TV stays on HDMI 1 or 2 on some type of streaming device.

 

[Nomad1]

Terrible refs & rules...the fact that we all know who Dean Blandino is

Make a catch a catch & stop showing favoritism = problem fixed

 

[vagrant-718]

-If team below .500 then they shouldn't be on prime time.

-cut the Thursday night football games

-bring back the touchdown celebrations

 

[Nomad1]

Yep they can penalize a TD celebration but miss obvious calls that affect games. The Bills/Seahawks game was pathetic. I understand the Primetime scheduling b/c it's based on projections but cut the Thurs. As a gambler I like the Thurs night bets b/c it's every easy every week but as a viewer it's terrible. Goddell needs to go too.

 

[natural born sinners]

lol @ Jon Gruden

I bet anybody in here could talk like him and it be funny as hell because the shit he says and how he says it is annoying as fuck

I be feeling like that when I listen to him...like damn I know dudes on they couches that could break this game better n more entertaining

 

[natural born sinners]

Goodell fucked up the league. The domestic shit, deflategate, he mishandled alot of shit. The concussion shit been a real issue too. A Lotta parents don't want they kids watching or playing ball

 

[MeekMonizzLLLLLLe14]

Goodell fucked up the league. The domestic shit, deflategate, he mishandled alot of shit. The concussion shit been a real issue too. A Lotta parents don't want they kids watching or playing ball

No no no nigga you don't know shit lmao. The ratings were down this year because of a few reasons

1. AFC lost Manning/Less stars: This season NFC on Fox ratings are up. Without manning in the AFC the overall CBS ratings are down. The raiders are coming out as a contender and that will help cbs but still even as a Patriots fan there are not many non Pats AFC games i watch whereas i watch hella NFC matchups.

2. The election (not kapernick) had many fans tuning into CNN and other news media: Studies have shown before the election that cable news was at record highs and football overall had lower ratings. This election was polarizing and took from the NFL fanbase. Since the election cable news ratings have dropped and the NFL is up.

3. People are watching less football per Sunday: More people than ever are watching football they are just watching less. As great as football is we now have netflix which is dope as well. I am 26 and in shape young and healthy. Some sundays i don't wanna sit around all day watching football and still wanna do other shit. So i will watch my pats and then go do some shit outside of football with family friends or a side chick. Or i will watch Netflix. Why sit around for every set of games when you can choose which key matchups to watch then do some other shit with your life. The only people watching the entire lineup of games are usually old as fuck and can't leave their couch. Younger fans are watching a quality matchup or 2 then doing other shit with their life.

 

[northside7]

Goodell fucked up the league. The domestic shit, deflategate, he mishandled alot of shit. The concussion shit been a real issue too. A Lotta parents don't want they kids watching or playing ball

Some soft azz shit.

 

[Shizlansky]

Goodell fucked up the league. The domestic shit, deflategate, he mishandled alot of shit. The concussion shit been a real issue too. A Lotta parents don't want they kids watching or playing ball

Some soft azz shit.

Soft shot because they don't want their kids getting head injuries?

 

[northside7]

Goodell fucked up the league. The domestic shit, deflategate, he mishandled alot of shit. The concussion shit been a real issue too. A Lotta parents don't want they kids watching or playing ball

Some soft azz shit.

Soft shot because they don't want their kids getting head injuries?

I'm not talking about playing. How is watching football going to cause head injuries?

 

[Shizlansky]

Goodell fucked up the league. The domestic shit, deflategate, he mishandled alot of shit. The concussion shit been a real issue too. A Lotta parents don't want they kids watching or playing ball

Some soft azz shit.

Soft shot because they don't want their kids getting head injuries?

I'm not talking about playing. How is watching football going to cause head injuries?

It can make their kids want to play

 

[northside7]

Goodell fucked up the league. The domestic shit, deflategate, he mishandled alot of shit. The concussion shit been a real issue too. A Lotta parents don't want they kids watching or playing ball

Some soft azz shit.

Soft shot because they don't want their kids getting head injuries?

I'm not talking about playing. How is watching football going to cause head injuries?

It can make their kids want to play

Lol. Okay.

 

[MeekMonizzLLLLLLe14]

The whole idea that parents are pulling their kids away from watching football cause of concussions is bullshit. In rich overprotective suburbs parents are putting their kids in soccer instead of football but that shit been going on for 20 years in middle to upper class areas. But in middle to lower class middle america football is still the king.

Plus few to none parents are pulling their kids away from actually watching football. And as far as ratings go last night Cowboys game broke records for ratings on fox.

 

[nujerz84]

Last two weeks ratings back to the high ratings it always had. Election season is over white folks are happy with Trump winning.

 

[farris2k1]

Yea shits back to normal, the redskins cowboys game was the highest rated fox game of all time