‘Monday Night Football’ Ratings Fall To Season Low As Titans Break Colts’ Streak

Deadline ^ | October 17, 2017 | Dominic Patten

[Snickering Hound]

Even without the controversy, those AFC South ‘powerhouses’ Tennessee and Indianapolis aren’t much of a draw...

[SomeCallMeTim]

Pretty interesting chart.

Looks to me as if interest started to decline around 1983, and again in 1986?

I looked back at various timelines to see what happened then. In 1982, the Raiders moved to Los Angeles. In 1986, the Colts moved away from Baltimore. Maybe that lack of city loyalty started to chip away at the game.

They also initiated new rules against “chop blocking”. But, I doubt that did much.

[caligatrux]

Yes. They lost me last year, and I will never go back. They have shown their true colors, and any apologies are merely insincere efforts at damage control...

They lost me, too. The truth is, I haven't really enjoyed NFL football that much for a while now. So many commercials, so much PC crap, so much non-football stuff. You couldn't watch more than 3 or 4 plays before it was interrupted for something you didn't want to watch.

But it was a habit. Now, they pushed me away and I've broken the habit. I've found much better, more fulfilling ways to fill my time, and I don't even want to watch the NFL anymore.

[atc23]

Can't even come close to competing with WWE Monday Night Raw.

Tired of all the winning yet? Who in the Hell cares about Tennessee and Indianapolis even if the NFL weren't collapsing?

[atc23]

It’s called Black Privilege

[MortMan]

I’m more of a mind that they can’t win me back no matter what. I’m only interested in the football threads like this one to see whether the public is still putting its entertainment dollars where their heart is.

[mikelets456]

Living in PA (outside of Philly) I picked the wrong season to boycott-I ain’t going to lie, it’s been tough but I will stick to my guns—LOL. I told my wife, I can guarantee because I am boycotting football they’ll (Eagles) finally make it to the Superbowl!

[Ancesthntr]

What is this “football” of which you speak?

[wbill]

I've found much better, more fulfilling ways to fill my time, and I don't even want to watch the NFL anymore

Me too. I'm surprised at how little I miss it.

I've decided that I'm not "boycotting", that would imply that I actually miss it, or that I might return if they modify their behavior. Nope, I'm just "indifferent", which from the NFL's point of view, is much, much worse.

[central_va]

I know how to make the game more interesting. Just use real cops as referees. LOL.

[EdnaMode]

Thanks for the link.

[EdnaMode]

Good point.

[dsrtsage]

They still have that grown men chasing a ball thing going on?

[timestax]

[timestax]

[TTFlyer]

Monday Night Football used to be an event. Great teams, great players, great announcers. That’s no longer the case and it hasn’t been for many years.

[Maudeen]

Who in his or her right mind would even think about attending or watching. This kneeling thing has gone over the top . . .as in insanity at its peak.

[RooRoobird20]

The ignorant spoiled brat black players have brought the NFL fan outrage onto themselves. These wretched cop-hating players continue to give fans the finger every day.

Let the players continue to prove how unpatriotic and phony they are.

And they can thank their race-baiting leader, Barack Hussein Obama, as their world falls apart.

[DungeonMaster]

I’m more of a mind that they can’t win me back no matter what. I’m only interested in the football threads like this one to see whether the public is still putting its entertainment dollars where their heart is.

I tend to think the same way but then again they could go full patriotic, law and order. No bad language, no felons, no dreadlocks, no un-sportsmanship conduct, open each game with a prayer in Jesus' name like many race tracks do.

[dfwgator]