Surprise! (not): NFL is losing viewers in Kaepernick blowback
Posted on September 22, 2016 by Dr. Eowyn |
On August 26, 2016, San Francisco 49ers black quarterback Colin Kaepernick pointedly knelt, instead of stand, during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality.
Colin Kaepernick
He then followed his kneeling protest with wearing “pig” socks to a practice — socks with cartoon policemen done up as pigs.
This, from a 28-year-old man who somehow managed to accumulate an estimated net worth of $16 million in our land of racial inequality and police brutality. (See “NFL player Colin Kaepernick sits during national anthem; 49ers defend move“)
San Francisco 49ers defended Kaepernick. The coach told The Daily Beast: “We were talking about things that were happening, taking place in society, and it went from the young men talking about the social injustice that they face on a day to day basis from coaches sharing their stories… And through our conversation, the players decided to do this. To make this movement.”
Other NFL players later joined his “peaceful” protest. A high school team in Seattle also followed Kaepernick’s lead.
Well, actions have consequences.
Sports-lovers are tuning out the NFL.
Brandon Katz reports for Forbes, Sept. 12, 2016, that whereas “It’s common knowledge within the TV world that NFL football will always dominate whatever time slot it’s in . . . the smallest of cracks” has appeared “in the NFL’s armor”:
A week ago Forbes‘ Brandon Katz wondered if the NFL’s lower-than-expected ratings are “just a blip on the radar or a growing trend.” After the successive SNF low ratings, he now concludes:
A Sports Illustrated subscriber since fourth grade, Olson watches NFL games on TV to escape from the endless political bickering. But with more and more “Kaepernick” national anthem protests, he feels like politics has taken over his favorite sport, too. So he’s tuning out.
Olson said: “I want to say to these guys ‘If you weren’t playing in the NFL, you would be working at McDonalds. I think people have had it. Sports used to not be a stage for this, and now it is, so I’m turning it off. I refused to watch the Chicago-Philadelphia game because they were going to protest …You start to figure out you can get along without football, there are other things out there I can do. We’re also pissed that the owners aren’t doing anything, that the coaches aren’t doing anything and the coaches aren’t doing anything. You can do this on our own time. Rent a stage somewhere and see if you can get a crowd of 70,000 people. The owners should force them not to use the NFL as a stage for their political beliefs. Once this whole thing starts, it was like ‘you know what, you’re a moron. What is wrong with you?’”
Olson spent his Sunday, instead, watching part of a soccer game, spending time outside, and then working out.
He’s not alone.
See also:
~Eowyn
https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2016/09/22/surprise-not-nfl-is-losing-viewers/
Posted on September 22, 2016 by Dr. Eowyn |
On August 26, 2016, San Francisco 49ers black quarterback Colin Kaepernick pointedly knelt, instead of stand, during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality.
Colin Kaepernick
He then followed his kneeling protest with wearing “pig” socks to a practice — socks with cartoon policemen done up as pigs.
This, from a 28-year-old man who somehow managed to accumulate an estimated net worth of $16 million in our land of racial inequality and police brutality. (See “NFL player Colin Kaepernick sits during national anthem; 49ers defend move“)
San Francisco 49ers defended Kaepernick. The coach told The Daily Beast: “We were talking about things that were happening, taking place in society, and it went from the young men talking about the social injustice that they face on a day to day basis from coaches sharing their stories… And through our conversation, the players decided to do this. To make this movement.”
Other NFL players later joined his “peaceful” protest. A high school team in Seattle also followed Kaepernick’s lead.
Well, actions have consequences.
Sports-lovers are tuning out the NFL.
Brandon Katz reports for Forbes, Sept. 12, 2016, that whereas “It’s common knowledge within the TV world that NFL football will always dominate whatever time slot it’s in . . . the smallest of cracks” has appeared “in the NFL’s armor”:
- The NFL opener and Super Bowl rematch between the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers on Sept. 8, 2016, drew in 25.2 million viewers — an 8% ratings decline compared to 2015 and a 6% drop from 2014. CBS scored a 10.2 overnight rating for its NFL offerings, a 13% drop from FOX’s numbers (11.7) last year and a 9% drop from 2014 on CBS (11.2). This also marked the lowest overnight season-opening rating in 7 years.
- The Sunday Night Football (SNF) opener between the New England Patriots and Arizona Cardinals on Sept. 11 attracted 20.65 million total viewers — a steep 18% decline in the advertiser-friendly 18-49 demographic compared to 2015, and 16% less than the 2014 SNF opener. In fact, 2016 was SNF‘s lowest-rated offering since 2009.
- The following Sunday Night Football matchup between the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings on Sept. 18 did even worse. It drew in its lowest ratings in 7 years. According to Deadline, the primetime portion of the game scored a 13.7/22 in Nielsen’s metered market ratings — down 18% from last year’s ratings, and a 9% dip compared to the SNF opener just a week before.
- Monday Night Football didn’t fare any better.
A week ago Forbes‘ Brandon Katz wondered if the NFL’s lower-than-expected ratings are “just a blip on the radar or a growing trend.” After the successive SNF low ratings, he now concludes:
Christy Strawser of CBS Detroit attributes the decline in NFL viewership to the Boycott NFL movement:“[T]he NFL’s decline in the ratings is becoming more of a true pattern and less of a passing phase, especially as the National Anthem protest continues onward.”
An example is James Olson of Birmingham, Michigan.“The #boycottNFL hashtag on Twitter has hundreds of participants who are urging others to send a message to NFL owners and Roger Goodell by sitting out games, turning off the TV and refusing to buy merchandise.”
A Sports Illustrated subscriber since fourth grade, Olson watches NFL games on TV to escape from the endless political bickering. But with more and more “Kaepernick” national anthem protests, he feels like politics has taken over his favorite sport, too. So he’s tuning out.
Olson said: “I want to say to these guys ‘If you weren’t playing in the NFL, you would be working at McDonalds. I think people have had it. Sports used to not be a stage for this, and now it is, so I’m turning it off. I refused to watch the Chicago-Philadelphia game because they were going to protest …You start to figure out you can get along without football, there are other things out there I can do. We’re also pissed that the owners aren’t doing anything, that the coaches aren’t doing anything and the coaches aren’t doing anything. You can do this on our own time. Rent a stage somewhere and see if you can get a crowd of 70,000 people. The owners should force them not to use the NFL as a stage for their political beliefs. Once this whole thing starts, it was like ‘you know what, you’re a moron. What is wrong with you?’”
Olson spent his Sunday, instead, watching part of a soccer game, spending time outside, and then working out.
He’s not alone.
See also:
- With a networth of $70M, Chris Rock calls July 4th “Happy White People’s Day”
- Will Smith Talks Racism ‘I Live with Constant Prejudice’ But ‘as Actors, We Have the Ultimate Power’
- Samuel L. Jackson is a classless racist
- Black racist Colin Powell endorses Obama’s reelection
- First American slave-owner was a Black man
- Obama to NAACP: America is still racist because of slavery
- Obama says cops kill blacks because ‘they look different‘
- Rev. Manning: Obama has produced more racism in America than 200 years of slavery
- The white élites who fund Black Lives Matter
- #BlackLivesMatter is not about racism
- #BlackLivesMatter is a War on Police leading to complete breakdown of social order
- Leftwing Lunacy: Trees & national parks are racist
- Towson University hosts presentation: ‘white people are a plague’
- Black U. of West Georgia students advocate white genocide at Harvard debate
- Rutgers ‘professor’: ‘There are no good white people … only less bad white people’
- Jamie Foxx: “It’s great I get to kill all the white people”
~Eowyn
https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2016/09/22/surprise-not-nfl-is-losing-viewers/
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