It’s crazy how dominant the ratings are. 28 of the top 30. The Oscars at 15 and Next Level Chef? at 22 are the only others in there. For comparisons sake, the NCAA basketball championship is at 31, right after a Thursday night Dallas/Seattle game. And the NBA finals Game 5 is at 35.
It was bound to rebound as the anthem protests faded away but no doubt there was a boycott if you look at the year by year stats.
A lot of those wackos from the CE board here said that ! They couldn’t have been more wrong !
There is nothing more American that protesting (peacefully), boycotting, voting with your ballot and with your wallet.
Those guys here are just idiots and were the little boys that cried wolf.
I’m pretty sure the NFL currently has social justice messaging on helmets and endzone like “End Racism”, “”End Hate”, “Black Lives Matter” etc. Doesn’t seem to hurt viewership and revenue.
That Whitlock quote idiotic and implicitly racist!Kaepernick kneeled in a preseason game in 2016 (pleasing radical gf)
He wasn't exactly making a show of it but media hyped-it up.
Then there was the drama/boycotts - NFL got back on the beam for most part.
Then the Floyd color-revolution/riots kicked in years later and businesses, leagues, universities went harakiri (as they were pre-programmed to do). NFL was relatively mild by comparison and that's owed to Kapi and boycott.
Now the big deal on socials is that Lamar was a disaster for the "authentically black" QBs (appraently his hair style makes him more authentic - yes they say that ) .
I cant blame Lamar for all that - I could see there was an unusually big push to make Lamar MVP (smelled of Goodell). However I cant see where 24 passing TDs and 7 INTs is MVP caliber.
I don't blame Lamar for any of this
I bet many BiG college football games outdraw viewers v. their in market MLB teams.
Baseball is a regional sport now with passionate fanbases following their teams day in and day out (see our very own Mets thread on this board). It's less likely to draw a casual fan as a viewer.
Kaepernick kneeled in a preseason game in 2016 (pleasing radical gf)
He wasn't exactly making a show of it but media hyped-it up.
Then there was the drama/boycotts - NFL got back on the beam for most part.
Then the Floyd color-revolution/riots kicked in years later and businesses, leagues, universities went harakiri (as they were pre-programmed to do). NFL was relatively mild by comparison and that's owed to Kapi and boycott.
Now the big deal on socials is that Lamar was a disaster for the "authentically black" QBs (appraently his hair style makes him more authentic - yes they say that ) .
I cant blame Lamar for all that - I could see there was an unusually big push to make Lamar MVP (smelled of Goodell). However I cant see where 24 passing TDs and 7 INTs is MVP caliber.
I don't blame Lamar for any of this
What does authentically black mean, exactly? That all of the listed QBs are actually white people in blackface?Kaepernick kneeled in a preseason game in 2016 (pleasing radical gf)
He wasn't exactly making a show of it but media hyped-it up.
Then there was the drama/boycotts - NFL got back on the beam for most part.
Then the Floyd color-revolution/riots kicked in years later and businesses, leagues, universities went harakiri (as they were pre-programmed to do). NFL was relatively mild by comparison and that's owed to Kapi and boycott.
Now the big deal on socials is that Lamar was a disaster for the "authentically black" QBs (appraently his hair style makes him more authentic - yes they say that ) .
I cant blame Lamar for all that - I could see there was an unusually big push to make Lamar MVP (smelled of Goodell). However I cant see where 24 passing TDs and 7 INTs is MVP caliber.
I don't blame Lamar for any of this
Many have and many will…the nfl is, clearly, on a class by itself when it comes to financials. It is recession and maybe even depression proof. The useless wnba is one example…were it not for the nba, it would have folded around 2000. The nfl will play a pointless and divisive black people anthem and yet people will flock to it because that’s how popular it is.
Mccaffrey will be in the top 10 with Purduy. As will Hill with Tua. Lamar has the best team in the AFC with his third string rb, a rookie #1 receiver and his HOF tight end hurt. But yea, it was an external push that got him to be the favorite.
But TV is changing. Very many people don't watch networks anymore and there are so many different on demand services that viewership of comedies and dramas is splintered all over the place. As a result, no single series can get huge numbers.
Only 18 out of 20? Now I understand the Taylor Swift cutaways. If they do those for the games KC isn't playing, they'll get to 20 out of 20.
