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NFL Week 16: Christmas Clunker Caps Record-Low MNF Season
sportsmediawatch.com ^ | Dec 28, 2017 | paulsen

Posted on 01/03/2018 7:06:34 AM PST by 11th_VA

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To: 1scrappymom

well seeing as i’m not a petulant little whiny liberal, i don’t let the actions of a few idiots pollute the whole thing. otherwise i’d also have to boycott freerepublic.


41 posted on 01/03/2018 8:00:39 AM PST by edzo4 (Democrats playbook = promise everything, deliver nothing, blame someone else.)
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To: LeonardFMason

Penis Envy.


42 posted on 01/03/2018 8:01:36 AM PST by Howie66 ("Tone down the tagline please." - Admin Moderator)
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To: Howie66

oh sorry Howies not on the list any more the packers waiting list is only 29 years. LOL


43 posted on 01/03/2018 8:02:58 AM PST by edzo4 (Democrats playbook = promise everything, deliver nothing, blame someone else.)
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To: Red Badger

and just what is the average salary of your basic nfl playerr?
And what is it, 85 percent of nfl players are black.
And how many of the protests being done by pampered white folks?
Get real RED.
RAcist? hardly. Facts pal, facts.
instead of appreciating what has been presented to these fools they tend to bite the hand that feeds them and their families which is the viewing public.
Course if you don’t mind being crapped on that is your privlidge.
Racist? Facts pal.


44 posted on 01/03/2018 8:04:42 AM PST by Joe Boucher (President Trump makes obammy look like the punk he is.)
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To: 11th_VA

“Redskins used to have 30 year waiting lists”

My understanding is if there is a turnover of 5% of seats a year, then a “30 year waiting list” represents 250% capacity demand. A turnover rate of 3% would equate to a 190% capacity demand. A thirty year waiting list can disappear rather quickly with declining demand and increased turnover.

Many season ticket holders sell a portion of their tickets. If demand drops the sold price below face, then their costs to attend the games they want to attend skyrocket.

I am not sure how good the 30 year waiting list estimates are. It seems to me to be a bit of hype. I don’t trust the NFL or the press. It will be interesting to see how long the NFL teams can maintain the 30 year waiting list story in the face of declining demand..


45 posted on 01/03/2018 8:05:24 AM PST by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: 11th_VA

No Fans Left.


46 posted on 01/03/2018 8:06:59 AM PST by EdnaMode
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To: edzo4

This year they started counting online streaming viewers into the total number of viewers stat. So likely they took a huge loss, but it appears mitigated because they can gin the numbers up with a ton of folks they couldn’t before.

The NFL is hurting. The only teams that are reliably coming even close to selling out stadiums are the Super Bowl contenders.

It’s not solely due to the boycott but that is definitely a factor. Death by a thousand cuts.


47 posted on 01/03/2018 8:10:06 AM PST by TarasBulbous
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To: Mr. Jeeves
Seems like way too many teams finish between seven and nine wins.

Perhaps it's like MLB, where there are elite teams who attempt to win a championship, and other teams which spend just enough to slip into the playoffs (and attract fans) but are not serious contenders.

48 posted on 01/03/2018 8:12:01 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Headline: Muslims Fear Backlash from Tomorrow's Terror Attack - Mark Steyn)
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To: Joe Boucher

The owners are primarily wealthy liberals who are really afraid of their peers AND their players.

They allowed this mess to metastasize and now they are paying the price. They are stuck with it and they can’t now turn around and condemn it.

It will get worse before it gets better....................


49 posted on 01/03/2018 8:12:41 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: scooby321

We already heard about the SEC championship game.
Bama lost.


50 posted on 01/03/2018 8:13:24 AM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all white armed conservatives)
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To: tumblindice

Bama wasn’t even in the SEC Championship Game.


51 posted on 01/03/2018 8:16:35 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: edzo4
There was a boycott last year.
52 posted on 01/03/2018 8:23:27 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: TarasBulbous

no they didn’t, ESPN ratings may include streaming device like the espn app. it does not take into account the other ways that cord cutters can consume tv without watching a tv. for example every Verizon cell phone can view Monday night football outside of espn or the espn app. but if you think you not watching a football game is going to bring down the NFL good luck. And if the audience really was smaller ads would cost less, they don’t!

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-tv-section-ratings-20141123-story.html

What ratings slump?
Season-to-date, broadcast prime-time ratings are down 9 percent compared to the year-ago period, with the Big Four nets averaging 6.3 million viewers per night, down from 6.95 million in the first fourteen weeks of the 2016-17 schedule. The NFL’s own 9 percent decline is of a piece with the slump in overall TV viewership, although football’s scale dwarfs everything else on the tube. Through Week 16 of the NFL season, all regional and national broadcast windows are averaging 14.9 million viewers, which represents a loss of some 1.4 million viewers compared to 2016. NFL household ratings are down 8 percent to an 8.6 rating.

While NFL ratings took another hit this season, demand for ad time remains heavy. According to Standard Media Index estimates, overall in-game NFL ad sales revenues are up 2 percent year-over-year, while makegoods (aka audience deficiency units) are down slightly. In 2016, 22 percent of all in-game NFL spots were salted away for ADUs, while 21 percent have been thus allocated this season.

Also seeing a slight increase is the average unit cost of an in-game spot. Per SMI, a 30-second commercial in this season’s NFL slate fetched some $473,775 a pop, up 1 percent compared to $468,434 in 2016.


53 posted on 01/03/2018 8:27:40 AM PST by edzo4 (Democrats playbook = promise everything, deliver nothing, blame someone else.)
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To: edzo4

It is like CNN. The companies keep buying ads even though nobody selects CNN to watch. Why the same companies focus so much on reducing labor costs is beyond me.


54 posted on 01/03/2018 8:39:03 AM PST by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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To: bray

Great! The fans are taking a knee and can’t get up. Just like their ratings.


55 posted on 01/03/2018 8:41:43 AM PST by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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To: edzo4

Roger? Is that you? Congrats on the private jet.

I’m sure millions of folks are watching on “they sail fawns” via Verizon and not being reported in the declining viewership numbers ::rolleyes::

Listen, dumbfuck, I said the boycott was not solely responsible, but undoubtedly has an effect. No where did I claim the NFL would die just because “I” am not watching. Read/comprehend/reply, Goodell.


56 posted on 01/03/2018 8:46:07 AM PST by TarasBulbous
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To: Red Badger
Divisional Rivalries are the ticket...................

No supporting an organization that spits in the face of our flag and our veterans is the ticket. What are you doing watching NFL?!

57 posted on 01/03/2018 8:46:18 AM PST by gunsequalfreedom
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To: edzo4
that chart shows me the boycott has been pretty ineffective i mean no boycott last year and a supposed drop of 1.5 million viewers giant boycott this year a supposed decrease of 600k viewers, impressive..

Where have you been, the boycott started last year, the year ratings started to take a plunge.

58 posted on 01/03/2018 8:47:51 AM PST by gunsequalfreedom
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To: edzo4

It’s been a rolling boycott as more and more people drop out of watching the NFL. I stopped watching after Bob Costa went on an anti-gun rant before a NFL game. That was it for me. Nothing the NFL has done since has dissuaded me.


59 posted on 01/03/2018 8:53:28 AM PST by winner3000
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To: 11th_VA

If you’re a man and you wear a sportsball jersey with another mans name on it, you are a cuck.

If you put yourself on any type of waiting list for season tickets, you are a stupid sucker.


60 posted on 01/03/2018 8:56:48 AM PST by Tea Party Terrorist (A bad peace is better than a good war.)
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