[edzo4]

yet it’s still the highest rated program?

I bet it’s because of the few freepers that comment how they don’t watch football on every football thread and less to do with the 22 million people that cut the pay tv cord Just this year...

https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/13/56-6-million-u-s-consumers-to-go-without-pay-tv-this-year-as-cord-cutting-accelerates/

[AnotherUnixGeek]

I bet it’s because of the few freepers that comment how they don’t watch football on every football thread and less to do with the 22 million people that cut the pay tv cord Just this year...

Surveys show that it's both - general TV viewership is down, but the kneeling and the resulting backlash have had a definite effect on NFL viewership in particular.