Sagging NFL TV ratings leave owners scrambling for answers

[Kel Varnsen]

NFL ratings are down this year. Are you watching less football?

Assuming the results aren’t, well, rigged, NFL games – the undisputed king of U.S. sports viewing – were down 11% for the first six weeks of the season when compared to a similar point last year.

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[BigRedRage]

I'd say I'm watching my normal amount of football. Two debates have impacted game ratings now too

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[LoyaltyisaCurse]

Yes, because my life is busier, not because I want to...

 

[RON_IN_OC]

I guess everyone just misses Manning.


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[AzStevenCal]

Let's see what the numbers look like when the Trump/Clinton carnival pulls up stakes.

 

[sunsfan88]

I guess everyone just misses Manning.


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I think Manning being gone and then Brady missing the first couple weeks had an effect on this too.

I suspect NBA TV ratings will suffer too once the regular season starts in part due to the absence of Kobe, and Duncan.

 

[Jetstream Green]

My first reason would be the officiating of late but that is not the cause. The cause is that the younger generation are the ones falling off because they are lost in their own little virtual world of iphones and video games

 

[splitsecond]

I haven't watched as much but that's mainly because the match ups have been so awful for games outside of when the Cardinals have played. There have been some truly abysmal prime time games so far. There seems to be a lot of appeal missing this year. I mean, we have one undefeated team left and they are truly abhorrent to watch, have zero offensive stars, and a coach and QB with absolutely no personality appeal. Everyone else for the most part has been wildly inconsistent.

 

[Harry]

Poor Thursday, Sunday night & Monday night matchups have taken their toll. Hard to predict who will be good when doing the schedule, but they would do well to focus more on traditional rivalries.

 

[mrbyte]

I get frustrated with all the Defensive holding and PI calls its like the NFL dont want teams to have pass defense and it turns me off watching more than Card games

 

[WaywardFan]

I am boycotting. Though it is easier for me as I don't get many of the Cardinals games on the east coast anyway.

 

[cardpa]

It's simply over saturation of the product. You have Thursday, Sunday, Sunday night, Monday Night, the NFL network. Segments on ESPN dedicated to the NFL, not to mention the HBO shows. How much football can anyone watch? After the college season ends you also get Saturday games. How many fans do you think have fallen off of the Carolina bandwagon? I'm pretty sure some Cardinal band wagon fans have fallen off too.

 

[Russ Smith]

Combination of the election, less good teams so less compelling games, and they HAVE TOO MANY GAMES ON TV NOW!

Plus i wonder how they account for Redzone, I will often just watch that instead of a regular game.

 

[Zeno]

I just find I don't care about the NFL unless the Cardinals are on. I didn't watch a second of football the past 2 Sundays

 

[BigRedRage]

I just find I don't care about the NFL unless the Cardinals are on. I didn't watch a second of football the past 2 Sundays

Ive mostly always watched cardinal games and then if I am home during other games I will put them on unless the family wants something else to be on. Even this sunday, because we do not play until 530, I made a bunch of plans to do other things and get stuff done withinj the day so I can watch the cardinals game. Maybe people who watch all games are watching less and I imagine bootleg game watchers are growing but who knows.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

NFL National Anthem Protests Sink TV Ratings To Five-Year Low

http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeoza...ink-tv-ratings-to-five-year-low/#20752a3f1ee9

The protests of the national anthem by NFL players continue to hammer the league’s TV ratings.

Mediaite reported yesterday that the “Colts-Texans game was down 38% from last year’s Week 6 Sunday Night Football match-up — according to the Sports TV Ratings industry tracking site. The game notched a 9.0 overnight rating for NBC….the lowest overnight rating for Sunday Night Football since Oct. 23, 2011. And Sunday Night Football has posted significant declines throughout the season.”

The NFL’s TV ratings plunge has been consistent throughout the 2016 season. Even though a Rassmusen survey revealed that 32% of respondents were less likely to watch the NFL due to the players protesting the national anthem, the NFL brass is in denial.

An internal memo two weeks ago which said in part, “no evidence that concern over player protests during the national anthem is having any material impact on our ratings. In fact, our own data shows that perception of the NFL and its players is actually up in 2016.”

The fallout from the protests has been significant and sooner or later the NFL will realize #boycottnfl is something very real. New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick gets it. Maybe NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will too, eventually.

 

[MrYeahBut]

I dumped Directv nfl package. Cards have, what, 4 prime time games on TV? I'm coming to Seattle game this week and going to be out of the country for 3 weeks in Dec and miss those games anyway. So why dump $3 hundy for games I don't care about???

Verizon has a deal for $1.99 a month for Redzone.. $1.99 a month!! No kidding. No brainer for me now. I spend Sundays playing golf with my granddaughter with Redzone on. Carts at my course have USB ports on them now so no worries about battery dying. We have a ball!

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

!

Plus i wonder how they account for Redzone, I will often just watch that instead of a regular game.

When the Cardinals aren't playing, that's what I do too.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

NFL National Anthem Protests Sink TV Ratings To Five-Year Low

http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeoza...ink-tv-ratings-to-five-year-low/#20752a3f1ee9

The protests of the national anthem by NFL players continue to hammer the league’s TV ratings.

Mediaite reported yesterday that the “Colts-Texans game was down 38% from last year’s Week 6 Sunday Night Football match-up — according to the Sports TV Ratings industry tracking site. The game notched a 9.0 overnight rating for NBC….the lowest overnight rating for Sunday Night Football since Oct. 23, 2011. And Sunday Night Football has posted significant declines throughout the season.”

The NFL’s TV ratings plunge has been consistent throughout the 2016 season. Even though a Rassmusen survey revealed that 32% of respondents were less likely to watch the NFL due to the players protesting the national anthem, the NFL brass is in denial.

An internal memo two weeks ago which said in part, “no evidence that concern over player protests during the national anthem is having any material impact on our ratings. In fact, our own data shows that perception of the NFL and its players is actually up in 2016.”

The fallout from the protests has been significant and sooner or later the NFL will realize #boycottnfl is something very real. New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick gets it. Maybe NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will too, eventually.

The low ratings for the Colts and Texans game had nothing to do with the National Anthem and everything to do with the Colts and Texans...both teams play like hot garbage and the only watchable player for either team (JJ Watt) isn't playing.

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[Arizona_Steve]

National Anthem protests have nothing to do with it. I usually only watch Cardinals games and my biggest issue is the barrage of useless advertising (are we really only interested in trucks, beer and viagra?) that irritates the heck out of me in addition to breaking up the game and making it take far longer than it should.

 

[Bodha]

WE ONLY MADE 17 BILLION INSTEAD OF 20 BILLION!


We got a real problem here folks.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

My first reason would be the officiating of late but that is not the cause. The cause is that the younger generation are the ones falling off because they are lost in their own little virtual world of iphones and video games

Not to mention many do not have "TV" and/or cable or Satellite TV providers as well. Less money to the people the more they are going to adapt, and find ways to cut cost. TV as a whole is really suffering for the price you pay for it.

I would say in the next 5 years I will be cancelling my TV service, and just stream the very few shows I care to watch.

The NFL was a golden goose before Goodell took over, and he has made horrible, horrible decisions over the last few years, and now we see the by product of those poor decisions.

I do not see the product getting better any time soon either.

I am sure the "solution" will be another poor decisions that furthers the decline.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

National Anthem protests have nothing to do with it. I usually only watch Cardinals games and my biggest issue is the barrage of useless advertising (are we really only interested in trucks, beer and viagra?) that irritates the heck out of me in addition to breaking up the game and making it take far longer than it should.

The low ratings for the Colts and Texans game had nothing to do with the National Anthem and everything to do with the Colts and Texans...both teams play like hot garbage and the only watchable player for either team (JJ Watt) isn't playing.

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I've heard from others that they'll start watching the NFL again once they put a stop to the anthem protests.

Regardless of your feelings about it, there are people ticked off about the protests by players. It is seen by many as both anti-police and unpatriotic.

It also appear that one of our own is boycotting as well.

I am boycotting. Though it is easier for me as I don't get many of the Cardinals games on the east coast anyway.

 

[BigRedRage]

I dont believe the anthem protests have anything to do with it.

 

[BigRedRage]

Not to mention many do not have "TV" and/or cable or Satellite TV providers as well. Less money to the people the more they are going to adapt, and find ways to cut cost. TV as a whole is really suffering for the price you pay for it.

I would say in the next 5 years I will be cancelling my TV service, and just stream the very few shows I care to watch.

The NFL was a golden goose before Goodell took over, and he has made horrible, horrible decisions over the last few years, and now we see the by product of those poor decisions.

I do not see the product getting better any time soon either.

I am sure the "solution" will be another poor decisions that furthers the decline.

I enjoy NFL football as much as ever