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?? Maybe. This all started last Preseason
The boycott? Wasn't it just Kaepernick at that point?
?? Maybe. This all started last Preseason
You think they've lost fans, or they've seen a decline in viewership on national games? Have you noticed that the player who gets the most screen time in literally every game is Peyton Manning? They have a definite star power problem, that's why the decline started before the protests.
There's a lot of reasons viewership is down. Every poll shows that. But this anthem nonsense was already the single biggest reason prior to Trump pouring gasoline on the fire. I think the uptick in the amount of time sports talk radio and ESPN et al covered the story for several weeks made things worse.
I don't think the NFL lost a large percentage of fans permanently from this, but I do think they lost 5%, maybe even a bit more. Permanently.
Combined with the absolute mess that is California football right now, that's bad news. I think this will definitely hurt them in several years when it comes time to reup the TV contracts.
They're a long way out from renewing the tv deal, in terms of timing, they couldn't do much better than this really, for making noise without impacting negotiations
I'm not calling Kaep a thug, but the others I'm referring too are thugs.Come on, man. Why you have to call him a “thug”? That’s fucked up.
Guess you got to put him in his place. Can’t have em getting uppity, emirite?
Got to love those Christian values.
I think the NBA may take a hit too. They screwed up with the Warriors and PopovichI think part of the problem is as you say, a lack of star power.
But I also think people generally are getting tired of politics pushed in their face all the time. And, quite frankly, it's all starting to take it's toll as the nastiness has really been escalating. It's not just about kneeling for the anthem. Its about an escalating nastiness going back decades and I do believe that finally we're seeing a drop in viewership from guys just like that "red neck" that just so happens to be shelling out for merchandise and tickets every year. Yes, those people are a significant part of the fanbase.
And I have to be honest, I'm surprised the NBA has the viewership that it has. I wouldn't be surprised to see a decline there as well.
Oppression wins again. Thank goodness I'm a straight white male.
He should of tackled this a year ago he’s suck a weak ass leaded in the NFL and has been ruining the product since he took officeWhere were you three weeks ago Goodell? Oh that's right, siding with the players.....until the ratings started coming in and advertisers started getting skittish. Nothing like $$$ to change your stance.
Peyton Manning is an overrated rapist piece of shit.I think the world is ready for the black qb. So I disagree.
Peyton does have that ability to sell himself, his image and he's funny too. Nobody else can do that right now.
Aaron Rodgers has left the Christian faith and has become way to liberal. That hurts him with star power outside of the Green Bay Wisconsin area.
Wrong Tom Brady was always more a star.You think they've lost fans, or they've seen a decline in viewership on national games? Have you noticed that the player who gets the most screen time in literally every game is Peyton Manning? They have a definite star power problem, that's why the decline started before the protests.
LOL just stopI'm not calling Kaep a thug, but the others I'm referring too are thugs.
I don't think he is a rapist.Peyton Manning is an overrated rapist piece of shit.
Rip, teabagging=rape.I don't think he is a rapist.
I can't say much, cause I don't know, except that a lot of shady stuff was done to cover up what really happened between him and that trainer. There's only 3 people alive that know what happened in that training room that day. Sounds like the track athlete was either paid off or signed something to keep his mouth shut by the Manning machine. About the only evidence from him is a letter telling Peyton to man up and tell the truth about what happened in that training room. Because to this day, he won't talk. The girl trainer who was sexually harassed at minimum is a little nuts, I don't completely trust her word or know if it went as far as physical sexual assault. And I don't really believe the story that the Manning PR machine put out either.
If he teabagged that girl, that's sexual assault.Rip, teabagging=rape.
Rip, teabagging=rape.
If he teabagged that girl, that's sexual assault.
If Peyton just put his butt and crotch in that girls face then that's sexual harassment.
Neither is rape.
Roger is worth around 75 million dollars. I’m sure he isn’t scared of losing his extremely relaxing job.My translation of every Roger Goodell press conference:
"Please don't fire me! I'll do anything, I'll say anything, just to keep my cushy, overpaid, over-privileged, self-important position! I don't care who I have to grovel before, just keep those NFL checks comming!"
He gets paid 38 million a year from what I heard sometime in the last couple years.Roger is worth around 75 million dollars. I’m sure he isn’t scared of losing his extremely relaxing job.
Ok. I wasn’t sure. Thought I read it somewhere. That makes the claim that he’s scared to lose his job even more silly. He never has to work again and could live like a king if he wanted.He gets paid 38 million a year from what I heard sometime in the last couple years.