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Too many bad teams, awful quarterback play making NFL games hard to watch
CBSSports.com ^ | 10-22-17 | Jason La Canfora

Posted on 10/23/2017 3:29:17 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich

HOME SCORES SCHEDULE STANDINGS FANTASY LOG IN Too many bad teams, awful quarterback play making NFL games hard to watch Kaepernick and protests aren't the problem, bad football is the reason ratings, attendance are down Jason La Canfora mugshot by Jason La Canfora @JasonLaCanfora 11h ago • 9 min read

People are staying away from the NFL. Viewership is down and empty seats are up compared to the record ratings of a few years ago. It's hard to argue that fact. Any camera angle that panned across the upper deck in any number of stadiums Sundays confirmed that fact. The issues with ratings are well-documented. It's become convenient to blame that phenomenon, at least in part, on the ongoing issues of player demonstrations but now, nearly a season-and-a-half since Colin Kaepernick first took a knee, I'm not buying it. There's some protesting going on, without a doubt, but it's fans protesting the product being put on the football field, I believe, moreso than any pronounced reaction to a handful of players displaying their Constitutional rights before kick-off. This downturn in the number of eyeballs watching closely every Sunday and Monday and Thursday is much more directly related, in my opinion, to the fact that the number of quarterbacks you would pay big bucks to see in a game with no rooting interest seems to be shrinking by the week.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: boycottnfl; breadandcircus; deathwatch; denialaintariver; dienfldie; excuses; kapernick; nerosfiddling; nfl; seebs; thugball; thugculture; waronfootball
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To: oh8eleven

I knew a guy at work who was up to eyeballs in debt, couldn’t even qualify for a mortgage, but he spent thousands on 4 season tickets, every year to see the Giants.


61 posted on 10/23/2017 6:18:03 AM PDT by castlegreyskull
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To: CincyRichieRich

Yeah, we’ve never had a bad season before now


62 posted on 10/23/2017 6:25:40 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: castlegreyskull
he spent thousands on 4 season tickets, every year to see the Giants.
Although born and raised in NYC area, I live in Rochester. I know two guys here who each have two season tickets and travel to NYC eight times a year.
63 posted on 10/23/2017 6:29:12 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: CincyRichieRich

The kowtowing to the political agenda is sucking the spirit out of not just the fans, but the teams as well.


64 posted on 10/23/2017 6:29:40 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: CincyRichieRich
This is why


65 posted on 10/23/2017 6:39:47 AM PDT by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: Deplorable American1776

The NFL is virtually flag football.


66 posted on 10/23/2017 6:41:28 AM PDT by Midnitethecat
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To: oh8eleven

I hope they are in better financial shape than my former co-worker. I honestly don’t know how the NFL fills their stadiums with how expensive it is.


67 posted on 10/23/2017 7:03:36 AM PDT by castlegreyskull
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To: dfwgator

.......I will state here the gut problem that in recent decades no one will talk about. Namely, the ever increasing inverse relationship of race. 70% of players are black. 83% of “fans” are white.

That’s a problem. Anyone that argues it ISN’t is in DENIAL.

What’s the fix? There probably isn’t any. On average, blacks are bigger, stronger and faster.........pure and simple.


68 posted on 10/23/2017 7:07:23 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas
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To: CincyRichieRich
They did it on foreign soil. Again.

Why we're protesting during the US national anthem at American Football games

69 posted on 10/23/2017 7:19:37 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: Midnitethecat

The NFL is virtually flag football.
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And worse, metaphorically, the flags they pull to tackle are pink ribbons!!!


70 posted on 10/23/2017 7:20:55 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (The Left's family value: 'The U.S. is the great enemy of mankind!' (Che Guevara, 1961))
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To: CincyRichieRich
And worse, metaphorically, the flags they pull to tackle are pink ribbons!!!

I'll pull on these ribbons as much as they want ...


71 posted on 10/23/2017 7:24:44 AM PDT by BlueLancer (ANTIFA - The new and improved SturmAbteilung)
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To: CincyRichieRich

MSM spin—how dumb do they think we are?

Really dumb.

Until no fans show up and no fans watch the games they will continue to believe we are idiots who can be conned.


72 posted on 10/23/2017 7:58:51 AM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: dfwgator

Atlanta United football fans break all attendance records 71,974

Atlanta Falcons football fans 70,826 and 71,273 and 70,593.

Home Depot’s Arthur Blanc owns both teams...and the Mercedes-Benz stadium in which they play.

But Dallas is averaging 95,000 fans. So what is different about the Cowboys that they average 22,000 more than the 2d best teams on their best day?


73 posted on 10/23/2017 8:12:42 AM PDT by spintreebob
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To: Cen-Tejas

They are also more willing to risk their future health to play the game.

A lot of parents aren’t even allowing their kids to play football anymore.


74 posted on 10/23/2017 8:28:02 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: CincyRichieRich

Thugball - not much fun to watch...


75 posted on 10/23/2017 8:43:39 AM PDT by GOPJ ("Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action". - Ian Fleming)
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To: CincyRichieRich
Meanwhile, college ball is rocking along...


76 posted on 10/23/2017 9:18:21 AM PDT by Rebelbase (There are only two genders. The rest are mental disorders.)
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To: kearnyirish2

The real question is, how did they beat Denver?


77 posted on 10/23/2017 9:25:14 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: pepsionice
Good points.

I hate Thursday night football!

Another issue is preseason games which are meaningless and the lack of proper training to prepare for a violent game like football.

They are not allowed to hit with pads enough to toughen their bodies for contact.

It is like forbidding sparring for a fight.

78 posted on 10/23/2017 9:29:14 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: chiller

This isn’t a team issue, it is an NFL issue, because they have allowed it and encouraged it.


79 posted on 10/23/2017 9:31:02 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: central_va

I think the quality of the Redskins has improved.


80 posted on 10/23/2017 9:31:43 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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