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Early-season ratings decline continues for NFL (Update: Ratings plummeting((officially in free fall)
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Sean312
Banned
No fun league fcked up. The NBA embraced the players personalities. NFL wants them to be slaves, and forgot that people actually LIKE defense. NFL fell off when Brett farve and urlacher retired. Plus every dam year they are suspending black players for dumb reasons while letting white players literally get away with cheating and rape
People might as well watch wrestling if they need storylines and characters to be invested
David_TheMan
Banned
Man basketball and football players gonna be taking some major Ls on their contracts next deals, that TV money is nothing going to be there and they are gonna take a hit, they would have been better off positioning themselves to impose a salary floor and giving up a revenue split for uncapped contracts and no limit to lengths of fully guaranteed contracts than what they did (NBA players that is)
NFL players are dumb asses and will conginue to get shyt on
NFL players are dumb asses and will conginue to get shyt on
Lakerman0834
Veteran
People waking up to the fact it's a trash game and people out there getting brain damaged. It's only a matter of time before someone dies on the field with how big and fast these guys are now. Then it's really over
Yep and especially how now all they do is build up a hero and a villian.
The NFL and NBA are the worst at this shyt.
PhonZhi
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I honestly think MOST people tune in more if there's "storylines" and characters, specifically the casual fan. This is why people like
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get paid the big bucks they do. They drive narratives and create "characters" out of players. Even as much of a sports fan as I am, I really can't watch 2 teams play unless I have some sort of "story" to follow. A player or something. High school and college the "story" is usually hometown or regional pride. You don't even need to know the players, the school name on the jerseys is storyline enough.
godkiller
"We are the Fury"
I have no interest in watching 7 foot behemoth play as spory they can only player because they're so unnaturally tall. Cacs don't like NBA either and are going to like it. A decline in cacs is what's causing this blip, not people who watch NBA.
godkiller
"We are the Fury"
The NFL can counter CFB'S popularity by opening a NFL League 2 and stacking it with college talent. Make it like soccer such that the best NFL League 2 teams get promoted and the worst NFL League 1 teams get demoted every season.
I honestly think MOST people tune in more if there's "storylines" and characters, specifically the casual fan. This is why people like
High school and college the "story" is usually hometown or regional pride. You don't even need to know the players, the school name on the jerseys is storyline enough.
Personally I don't care about storylines, if I like a sport, I'll watch regardless unless the teams are just garbage or their style of play is boring.
I don't disagree that it drives casual fans. I know too many that actually take Skip & Stephen A's "takes" seriously
Rigby.
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man NCAA officials gone be sniping Goodell like JFK over some shyt like that
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
TV isn't reflecting a dip in at the gate attendance so this is really more about how viewers are now watching the game.
I work for a media company and it is still difficult for the industry to pick up how many online eyeballs are watching a game
I work for a media company and it is still difficult for the industry to pick up how many online eyeballs are watching a game
I honestly think MOST people tune in more if there's "storylines" and characters, specifically the casual fan. This is why people like
High school and college the "story" is usually hometown or regional pride. You don't even need to know the players, the school name on the jerseys is storyline enough.
True....most causal fans like story lines. That is why all these leagues push story lines and chase casual fans. The causal fans bring in the real money.
Why jokers think that the league push the good guy vs the bad guy? Or the old player who is gonna retire and the Disney like story of going out on top? Or the home town hero comes back to full fill a promise.
These are all story lines for the casual fans.
shyt the NFL superbowl half time show should be called causal fans meet and greet.
godkiller
"We are the Fury"
I don't watch games on TV most of the time either. I watch randm streams.
PhonZhi
Veteran
Yep, I remember Bob Costas pregame intros setting up the storylines for the games on NBC
You HAD to watch the game after watching that intro
