I think the targeting rules have hurt defenses
You just don't have those Ray Lewis like players on defense that you have to tune in for
NFL Poll: anthem protests hurting NFL ratings @cook
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You just don't have those Ray Lewis like players on defense that you have to tune in for
Lord_Chief_Rocka
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If the study was done right you don't need that many people to do the poll841 people polled in a country of 320 million+
Thursday games were a bad idea from the beginning and everyone said so from the players and fans
It won't be around much longer
So for anyone that's ever taken a statistics class or understands how polls are done this is a flawed poll starting with the question itself.
In a Seton Hall Sports Poll released Thursday, 56 percent of those surveyed said they believed fans are watching less because of the stand athletes are taking by not standing during the national anthem.
They asked these people what they BELIEVED is the cause of the lower ratings instead of asking them do they themselves watch less football because of the protests with only a "Yes" or "No" response I guarantee you it'd read differently. Those are two very different questions. They on that bullshyt. Tell them to try again. They're just trying to justify why it's "bad" for other athletes to speak out.
In a Seton Hall Sports Poll released Thursday, 56 percent of those surveyed said they believed fans are watching less because of the stand athletes are taking by not standing during the national anthem.
They asked these people what they BELIEVED is the cause of the lower ratings instead of asking them do they themselves watch less football because of the protests with only a "Yes" or "No" response I guarantee you it'd read differently. Those are two very different questions. They on that bullshyt. Tell them to try again. They're just trying to justify why it's "bad" for other athletes to speak out.
Piff Perkins
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I understand why some (cacs) would say that but the NFL's problems are far more institutional than one guy's actions. This is clearly an attempt to dump blame on Kaep. Now...whether the NFL is behind this or whether they can be honest about what's going on is another issue. We'll see.
The problem is that the NFL is rarely an entertaining, great watch. Most prime time games are BAD and feature no star players. Who is interested in Jacksonville v Tennessee tonight?
The problems:
1. Bad product
Games are slow, sloppy, constantly stopped by petty flags that don't even impact the play, etc. Think about how much HIGH QUALITY entertainment the average person has at their finger tips today. A couple flicks of your finger and you have access to whatever movie or tv show you want to stream. With that in mind is it shocking that people would rather watch three eps of a show than watch a game that you know will be low scoring, have bad QB play, and be too long??
As I said they need to cut the snap count clock by 10 seconds. That alone would get rid of the lax pace most games have.
Also it's time to get rid of shytty penalties. How many times does a minor case of "hands to the face" erase a good play on the other side of the field? I'm so tired of that shyt man.
2. Over saturation
NFL football used to be an event you looked forward to. All day Sunday, and then MNF which gave you a reason to hit the bar after work or school on a week day. Two days a week. TNF is trash and throws everything off. It's bad for player health, bad for scheduling, and above all never feels like an EVENT. Therefore it devalues the product. On Thursday night I'm more likely gonna be watching a movie or show than watching football. In fact I watched 5min of the last one since I'm a Lions fan and it was a NFC North showdown (GB v CHI) but outside of that I've skipped them all except the opening TNF game.
3. No Fun League
Dunno if yall agree but I'm tired of the league turning games into some corporate super professional affair. Let guys CELEBRATE and have FUN. If it's something out of line (sexual/violent/etc) then sure fine them the day after. But let guys do their thing. And if they want to wear custom shoes or whatever let them do that too.
The problem is that the NFL is rarely an entertaining, great watch. Most prime time games are BAD and feature no star players. Who is interested in Jacksonville v Tennessee tonight?
The problems:
1. Bad product
Games are slow, sloppy, constantly stopped by petty flags that don't even impact the play, etc. Think about how much HIGH QUALITY entertainment the average person has at their finger tips today. A couple flicks of your finger and you have access to whatever movie or tv show you want to stream. With that in mind is it shocking that people would rather watch three eps of a show than watch a game that you know will be low scoring, have bad QB play, and be too long??
As I said they need to cut the snap count clock by 10 seconds. That alone would get rid of the lax pace most games have.
Also it's time to get rid of shytty penalties. How many times does a minor case of "hands to the face" erase a good play on the other side of the field? I'm so tired of that shyt man.
2. Over saturation
NFL football used to be an event you looked forward to. All day Sunday, and then MNF which gave you a reason to hit the bar after work or school on a week day. Two days a week. TNF is trash and throws everything off. It's bad for player health, bad for scheduling, and above all never feels like an EVENT. Therefore it devalues the product. On Thursday night I'm more likely gonna be watching a movie or show than watching football. In fact I watched 5min of the last one since I'm a Lions fan and it was a NFC North showdown (GB v CHI) but outside of that I've skipped them all except the opening TNF game.
3. No Fun League
Dunno if yall agree but I'm tired of the league turning games into some corporate super professional affair. Let guys CELEBRATE and have FUN. If it's something out of line (sexual/violent/etc) then sure fine them the day after. But let guys do their thing. And if they want to wear custom shoes or whatever let them do that too.
NYC Rebel
...on the otherside of the pond
horrible product. Just plain horrible
Ironman
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Why is this motherfukker not banned??No you don't
841 people polled in a country of 320 million+
That's how polls work u Ukrainin' fakkit
Black_Panther_JS
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Games are trash
plus most nikkas just watch their team or when 2 Superbowl contenders play
tonight they got the Jags playing the Titans
plus most nikkas just watch their team or when 2 Superbowl contenders play
tonight they got the Jags playing the Titans
TMNT4000
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In my opinion to many rule changes to try and make it a QB pocket passing league
It barely made any rb and defensive stars because of it.
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FreedS[ohh]lave
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Sunday and Monday nights are ruined
Sunday has the better games but by that time your football'd out from watching 7 hours of football
Monday is the better time but they get the awful second rate game every week because of Sunday night
Sunday has the better games but by that time your football'd out from watching 7 hours of football
Monday is the better time but they get the awful second rate game every week because of Sunday night
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Keep standing tall Kaep..
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Keep standing tall Kaep..
the next guy
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Yea I love how they are deflecting on the fact that this year it's a bad product being shown weekly and want to use the protest as the scapegoat so they can pass some legislation to prohibit protest in that fashion.
Shrewd move nfl
However, I have this feeling that if it was better teams, better match ups, better rivalries, bigger stars etc it wouldn't matter what the protest was, people would watch. Those checking "protest" as the reason are simply doing so because the option was avaliable for them. They are being guided to that answer.
For me, this is one of the 1st seasons where there is not 1 team I break my neck to make sure I'm front seat when they are on tv. Concussion took stars out the league, marshon lynch, megatron, gone, star qbs are just about void, aaron Rodgers about the last one and he playing bad this year, cam newton was close but he turned off his black audience wit the c00ning, Russell Wilson is not a star, where is the star running back lighting up the highlight reel? Where is the superstar qb to wide receiver tandem that makes you want to tune in? Rothlisberger and Antonio brown came close, but once again injury breaks that up.
What the Nfl needs is a superteam. A team everyone either loves or hate.
Support parity and the salary cap brehs!