I think the visible drop in ratings and attendance, and the revenue drop represent only a fraction of the actual flight from the NFL this year; so many people had made full-year commitments to season tickets, cable access, and advertising that they couldn’t really back out of. The rest of the iceberg will become clearer in the fall of “18, and it’s going to be devastating. The NFL has decided to rely on the radical left as a patron base. This will be a short but painful death.
Yep, we will see how catering to the left works for the NFL.
NFL marketing people may not realize yet, but these radical leftist types tend not to be sports fans or NFL fans. So the NFL is bending over backwards to impress leftist types, but they aren’t going to gain any new ticket buyers or TV audience from this group.
Can’t wait to hear the excuses next year for poor attendance. This year, we heard how there was bad weather , people late in the season were Christmas shopping, how the sunny side of the stadium in Santa Clara gets so hot that 49er attendance suffered, many teams late in the season were out of playoff contention, people were travel for Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, etc.
How many of these excuses really hold up?