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General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Topic started by: TomSea on September 08, 2018, 03:57:53 pm
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Ratings way down for NFL opener
Posted by Michael David Smith on September 7, 2018, 10:04 AM EDT
The NFL’s opening Thursday night game got disappointing TV ratings for a league that is battling perceptions of rapidly declining popularity.
NBC announced a 13.4 overnight rating for the Super Bowl champion Eagles’ last-second win over the Falcons. That was way down from the 14.6 for Chiefs-Patriots last year, which itself was way down from a 16.5 for Panthers-Broncos the year before, which itself was way down from a 17.7 for Steelers-Patriots the year before that.
Are there extenuating circumstances? Sure. Kickoff was delayed by almost an hour because of thunderstorms in Philadelphia, and the game was a sloppy, penalty-filled mess.
Read more at: https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/09/07/ratings-way-down-for-nfl-opener/
We will see, maybe later in the year, it will get interesting.
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I stopped watching last season after the Steelers (all but one) disrespected the flag and this country by staying in the locker room. I survived the rest of the season without football. I see no reason to watch the NFL now.
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No worries Nike is way up. It is a wash. 888mouth
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But not for long.