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The Nielsen company said ratings for NFL games shown to a national audience are down 11 percent compared to last year.
NEW YORK (AP) — Through three weeks, viewership for national telecasts of NFL games is down 11 percent this season compared to 2016, the Nielsen company said on Tuesday.
Nielsen said the games averaged 17.63 million viewers for the first three weeks of last season, and have dipped to 15.65 million this year.
NEW YORK (AP) — Through three weeks, viewership for national telecasts of NFL games is down 11 percent this season compared to 2016, the Nielsen company said on Tuesday.
Nielsen said the games averaged 17.63 million viewers for the first three weeks of last season, and have dipped to 15.65 million this year.
The NFL has a lot of issues going against it when it comes to keeping viewers. Lack of interest from younger fans, terrible referees, concussions, too many boring games, one dominant team, etc. To intentionally give more viewers another reason not to watch was just bad business. Anyone claiming the protests have nothing to do with dropping ratings is just ignorant. I don't know if they are the number one reason but they are no doubt a contributor!
With it getting easier to easier to stream live tv now, especially sports. That cannot help. I haven't had cable in over a year and live out of the area and watch every Bills game. And It's becoming more and more popular for younger people to no get cable.
Fake.
Actually it is up, considerably too.
Could just be kneeling curiosity, but every news source I've listened to says otherwise.
Depends on how the information is packaged and presented to the public for consumption, just like anything. Overall for the season the ratings are lower than previous years. Some specific programming, like the Sunday night games, are consistently lower. There was, however, a slight up-tick in viewership this past week, most likely because of the protests. Hell, my wife even tuned in and she's been protesting the NFL for 30 years.
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Could just be kneeling curiosity, but every news source I've listened to says otherwise.
This is a measurement of nationally televised games, it doesn't include regional games. If you include regional games the ratings were up this past week.
With ratings dropping, the ad money goes down, then the TV contract money goes down, then the salary cap goes down...right? With a new CBA looming in the not too distant future, it'll be really interesting to see what happens. It's possible that the players are going to want more money, when they have directly been the cause of a significant drop in NFL earnings.
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