NFL Monday Night Football Ratings Down 11 Percent From Last Year
Americans have grown tired of the NFL “Social Justice Warriors” who are more interested in “sitting for a cause” than playing football.
The Colin Kaepernick stunt was one in a long string of stupid moves by weepy, politically correct players who have “ankle-deep” knowledge of social and political issues.
Last night’s Monday night game ratings were down 11% from last year’s game.
From NBC Sports:
The NFL continues to be America’s pastime, but fewer people are passing the time watching NFL games.
According to Austin Karp of SportsBusiness Daily, Monday night’s Eagles-Bears snooze-fest generated an overnight rating of 8.3. That’s an 11-percent drop from last year’s Week Two Monday night matchup between the Jets and the Colts, and it’s also the lowest Week TwoMonday Night Football rating “since at least ’09, and likely further back.”
The league has now seen an apple-to-apples ratings drop in each of the seven prime-time games this year. Next week, it may not get any better, with the Texans facing aTom Brady-free Patriots team, Brian Hoyer and the Bears facing Dak Prescottand the Cowboys, and a Falcons-Saints Monday night contest that goes up against the first presidential debate.
Typically, ratings expectations have been linked to the size of a fan base. With the numbers sagging in 2016, some have argued that the games lack star players, specifically at the quarterback position.
If that’s the case, the NFL has no one to blame but itself for: (1) suspending Brady four games for an equipment violation; and (2) scheduling two Patriots games in prime time during the first four weeks of the season.
Meanwhile, some have asked why PFT keeps pointing out that the ratings are down, given that PFT has a vested interest in the ongoing success of the NFL. Apart from being committed to always telling the truth even when the truth hurts, it’s important to spot troubling trends early and address them quickly in lieu of sitting back and making excuses for a dip in the metrics that determine the success of any business. Whatever the reason(s) for the decline in viewership, the NFL needs to be worried about it — and it needs to be taking action to turn it around instead of waiting for evidence that will suggest it’s not an aberration.
I AM BOYCOTTING NFL BECAUSE PLAYERS ARE ALLOWED TO ABUSE OUR “NATION ANTHEM”.
I am also boycotting the NFL.
I also am Boycotting the NFL.
I agree with you. I cannot respect the NFL until they respect our Flag, as much as they respect the money.
I APPLAUD YOUR DECISION. MY ENTIRE FAMILY IS ALSO BOYCOTTING. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE THE PARENTS OF 5 ADULT CHILDREN AND GRANDPARENTS TO ONE MARRIED GRANDDAUGHTER…ALL 7 FAMILIES AND NUMEROUS FRIENDS OF EACH, ARE BOYCOTTING THE NFL UNTIL THE PLAYERS START TO RESPECT OUR FLAG, OUR ANTHEM, AND TO STOP USING THEIR FOOTBALL INTERVIEWS AND FAME TO BE DISRESPECTFUL TO OVER 70% OF THE VIEWING AUDIENCE….FROM ONE AMERICAN TO ANOTHER….THANK YOU.
My hous has become an “NFL FREE ZONE”
Kapernicking kind of like Tebowing but Kapernick is a F-Tard that thinks everything is owed to him. Tebow knew to whom and where to give praise.
Boycotting NFL because as a national past time, people watch for enjoyment and pay lots of money to see POLITICAL FREE TV. If WANT POLITICAL VIEWS AND RHETORIC I WILL WATCH CNN OR FOX NEWS.ATHLETES USE THEIR JOB TO PROMOTE O.O ITICAL ONE SODED VIEWS, I WOOULD BE FIRED. WORKPLACE E IS NO PLACE FOR POLITICS.PERIOD OERIOD PERIOD.
I’m boycotting!
Ditto. The players are millionaires with a bull crap agenda peddled by bull crap phonies and funded by bull crap Soroa and the bull crap Ford foundation.
Ditto. The players are millionaires with a bull crap agenda peddled by bull crap phonies and funded by bull crap Soros and the bull crap Ford foundation.
We are boycotting also!!! Get rid of Kaepernick!!! He’s a disgrace!
Yes kap is disgrace
Like politicians, there are no great players anymore, like Bradshaw, Payton, Butkus, etc. !
The games including the Superbowl are boring.
The low attendance is NOT an aberration – I have tuned out for the seasons, and really haven’t missed it. I am enjoying College football much more, and without all the drama.
It was one thing to sit during the national anthem but the eagles player Put up the black power sighs thru the whole anthem which means black superior to all races and I have a bigger problem with this than I do sitting, and the NFL fineing the players who wanted to ware 9/11cleats that’s why fans are boycotting .
I just watch NASCAR . NFL has gone to hell.
I have not watched a game since this protest by nfl players started. It’s amazing how once to get
past the initial withdrawals you don’t miss it and realize there are much better things to do.
I FEEL THE SAME WAY. I WAS DISGUSTED WITH BEYONCE’S HALF TIME LAST YEAR. WE CANNOT FOOL OURSELVES, THE NFL SIGNED OFF ON HER SHOW. EVERY SECOND OF NFL AIRTIME IS WORTH MILLIONS AND EVERY SECOND OF THE SHOW IS PLANNED AND SIGNED OFF ON BY MANAGEMENT….NOW THIS SEASON THE BLACK PLAYERS ARE SHOWING HOW LITTLE THEY CARE ABOUT WHAT WHITE AMERICANS THINK OR FEEL…EVEN THOUGH OVER 70% OF THE VIEWING AUDIENCE IS WHITE, ACCORDING TO NFL STATS….MAYBE THE PLAYERS SHOULD SHOW RESPECT FOR ALL OF THE FANS WHO PAY THEIR PAYCHECKS. I HOPE VIEWERSHIP BECOMES SO LOW THAT THE ARROGANT NFL OWNERS LOSE MONEY…THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET THEIR ATTENTION…..THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS A SONG ABOUT ONE OF THE LAST BATTLES WITH BRITAIN IN 1814….IT IS ABOUT THE BRAVERY AND COURAGE OF THE AMERICANS AT FT MC HENRY. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL SONG. AS FOR OUR FLAG…ANY OF THEM WHO DO NOT HONOR HER…SHOULD GO LIVE IN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY….GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS AMERICANS….TRUMP 2016.
We are sick of the NFL. You disrespect our country, we have lost respect for you. Sick of politics! Now we can’t even enjoy football. You thought we were kidding? We are in AMERICA! Boycotting until this stops. Suspending Brady? What’s wrong with you? Done. Just done.
The Cowboys wanted to add a sticker, A STICKER, to their helmets to honor the 5 officers that were killed and the NFL said no. But it sure was okay for Kaepernick to wear socks depicting cops as pigs. It’s really amazing the stuff you get done when you turn off the games!
If I do watch I better not see one of those pampered spoiled brats on his knee during the national anthem!!! I don’t care which team …any of you kneel in disrespect to this nation I turn you off!!! So get off your asses and be American, rather than a BLM punk!!!
The ratings need to drop even more to get their attention. There are for sure many young men out there who can also play good football. Send out the scouts and recruit them, however it should be made a point (up front) that every NATIONAL Football League player SHOULD stand during the NATIONAL Anthem. The guys who do not want to stand have this right to do so but they should sit as a visitor and not as a NATIONAL PLAYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Formerly an NFL fanatic. Yes even I have switched them OFF. Disrespect my country and my flag, and I can no longer support you. The NFL has underestimated the patriotism of their fans.
The best thing the NFL can do for themselves, is to get rid of the overpaid, incompetent, indecisive Roger Goodell.
I don’t and won’t support ANY organization that disrespects my country, it’s flag or its National Anthem, and I LOVE football-but I can find better things to do at this point. I am thoroughly DISGUSTED WITH THE NFL, it’s commissioner and the overpaid disrespectful players. if they want change so much then they need to BE THE CHANGE by donating their TIME AND MONEY to the cause!!!!!
I have boycotted the NFL, there is no reason why the players that make so much money should show their personnel problems on the field. The NFL should not let any player do that in any game. This is a direct disrespect to our Country our National Anthem and the NFL fans.
I agree with everyone here. Our family does not want anything to do with the NFL if they are going to be pushing any political agenda,especially not standing for the American flag.. If i wanted to watch a bunch of shit i would put fox news or CNN.
I am boycotting because 1) the disrespect the NFL employees are allowed to show our country, they sure do not have a problem with the American tax dollars that build their stadiums . 2) the double standards the NFL has fine players for wearing cleats that support 9/11 and praise the disrespectful protest. The NFL is not worth supporting as a whole, thank you for team members that have stood up and shown proper respect.
I will not watch the NFL
Our household is also boycotting the NFL. If these fools want to express their views, let them do so via The View and late night talk shows. We will not support any organization that allows their team members to be disrespectful to our country or the flag.
I’m boycotting THIS season at the very least. If they don’t get the message, and get it SOON, I’m done with the NFL!
canceled my nfl package this year also not watching.. these player should remember who pays them.
The Game has changed so much !!! It’s nit worth watching,Referees very inconsistent with Rule Changes!! NFL is at Odds with it’s Players !! The Commissioner is Dictator like !! And Next Season NFL will do away with Opening Ceremonies !!! So done with NFL
Are you people crazy⁉️ It’s not OK to “abuse the national anthem”, but it IS OK for police to abuse the people they’re supposed to protect⁉️ We’re supposed to just pretend everything is wonderful, so that you don’t have to face an unpleasant reality‼️ Really⁉️ Gosh, I wonder who you’re voting for this election .
So, are you saying it’s NOT for us to protest the NFL?
The players have a choice and we have a choice.
But the NFL has double standards… it’s OK to sit during the NA, but not OK to wear a sticker on helmets or cleats with flags.
The NFL players are allowed to do almost anything they chose. I think a real job for them would be a way to cure them of disrespect this also includes the coaches. So NFL coaches and players how does a 35,000 dollars a year sound? If you all don’t straighten up. The NFL will go down.
Boycotting NFL. This is America home of the free because of the brave. Hope football has to live on unemployment. ..
He has a right to not stand, I have the right to not watch. I chose to not watch.
Screw the NFL. Their disrespect has turned me off. I know it’s not all of the players but I have better things to do than watch overpaid athletes playing a game and getting paid millions while some of them disrespect our anthem and flag. Let’s get the names of the companies that advertise on the 49ers televised games and boycott them. I wont support any business that supports the 49ers and whatever the heck his name is. That is our national anthem he is disrespecting.
I won’t watch any more NFL games until those players that will not show respect for our FLAG and country are made to respect it.
If they don’t respect it they should be fired and not allow to ever play in the NFL EVER AGAIN and no tim should be able to take them ,that would surely get their attention .these players are a BIG DETRIMENT to their teams and our country