Posted on 01/31/2018 8:50:55 AM PST by EdnaMode
Good for them.
I wonder what size TV audience was assumed to arrive at the contract amounts, or if Fox protected itself should audience size continue to fall?
I hope Fox got a good deal, as ratings will continue to
decline.”
This ^^^^^^. I will not be watching.
Not sure.
That makes sense. Looks like Fox will go to mostly sports and reality shows in the future,
Ed
But FOX Sports isn’t FOX anymore, is it...
It’s Disney. And ESPN.
Fox must need a tax deduction for a stated loss.
That was dumb if the NFL keeps kneeling.
>>>I hope Fox got a good deal, as ratings will continue to decline.
Sources peg deal at more than $660 million average per year. Per game average on TNF: 2014-15 (CBS): $37.5 million 2016-17 (CBS/NBC): $45 million 2018-22 (FOX): $60 million+
Won’t be watching.
Other way around. Fox Sports and News is all that’s left of Fox anymore. Everything else is Disney.
Fox=SUCKERS!
You can do that once and shake it off, you can’t continue to lose 10-15% year after year. The NFL is headed for a reckoning. Eventually the owners will either have to cut the huge salaries or go bankrupt. If they attempt to cut salaries, the result will be a strike. If they break the strike ESPN and the leftist sports media will crucify them. If they don’t break it they go bankrupt.
At some point it may survive but only with a reduction in teams, salaries and audience. My twenty-one year old son a cop could care less about the NFL. My fifteen year old watches the Pats.
I never understood the appeal of Thursday Night Football, or even Monday Night Football. Back when I used to watch football, I generally only watched the team(s) I followed. I never saw the appeal of watching a game when I had no rooting interest in one of the teams. I am the same way with baseball. I follow the Astros and watch a lot of their games, but have no interest in the Game of the Week if the Astros aren’t one of the teams.
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