Has the NFL bubble burst?

[Cheesehead Craig]

The rest can chortle my white nuts since apparently I'm a racist that hates the black man and it's all my fault that police shoot poor college bound perfect black children that never ever would hurt someone else.

So you got that going for you.

[3irty1]

Sports are suffering across the board but I think the crux of the NFL's issue is their deal with Direct TV on whom the exclusive streaming rights are completely wasted with their expensive garbage service. I'd wager those drops in ratings are due to cord cutting. If NFL Sunday ticket could be purchased ala cart HBOnow style for $10 or $15/mo viewership would climb.

[Tony Oday]

So you got that going for you.

well that and after a round Looping for the Dali Lamma himself he said I would receive total consciousness on my deathbed.

[Tony Oday]

Sports are suffering across the board but I think the crux of the NFL's issue is their deal with Direct TV on whom the exclusive streaming rights are completely wasted with their expensive garbage service. I'd wager those drops in ratings are due to cord cutting. If NFL Sunday ticket could be purchased ala cart HBOnow style for $10 or $15/mo viewership would climb.

And Driectv would be GONE!

[Harlan Huckleby]

69% of the players in the NFL are black.

The fact that blacks and whites see racial issues through a starkly different lens is not news. The OJ acquittal was broadly supported by black players in the last century.

If you demand that players share your world view, you probably ought to stick to tennis, bowling and golf. But even there you'll have to deal with some deplorables.

[arcilite]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2016/10/04/tv-ratings-down-again/

Ratings down again.

I mostly agree with what everyone is saying in this thread.

-Over saturation (see: Thursday night football. I never watch those games. Usually garbage)

-I'm getting sick of all the focus on fantasy. I used to play fantasy religiously but stopped a few years ago. It wasn't fun anymore. Now you can't watch a pregame or highlight show without someone talking about fantasy. Nobody cares about your fantasy team.

-Poor prime time matchups

-Players politicizing the game via the kneeling and other demonstrations (Some people watch football as an escape. And don'y want to get reminded of or think of the divisiveness going on in the country right now)

-Piss poor streaming. It is 2016. MLB and NHL have amazing streaming services available to everyone and delvier games in crisp HD. The NFL version is garbage. You either need DirecTV or need to live in a condo. And the service is laggy, cuts out, poor quality that makes me feel like it is 1997 and I'm on my 33.6k modem. I have better luck with illegal streams.

All I can think of right now as reasons for some of my waning interests. I used to watch all the prime-time games. Now I pretty much only watch the Packers.

[pbmax]

Has anyone watched streaming games on Verizon's package or on Twitter? Curious if those were any good.

[Joemailman]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...gs-down-again/

Ratings down again.

I mostly agree with what everyone is saying in this thread.

-Over saturation (see: Thursday night football. I never watch those games. Usually garbage)

-I'm getting sick of all the focus on fantasy. I used to play fantasy religiously but stopped a few years ago. It wasn't fun anymore. Now you can't watch a pregame or highlight show without someone talking about fantasy. Nobody cares about your fantasy team.

-Poor prime time matchups

-Players politicizing the game via the kneeling and other demonstrations (Some people watch football as an escape. And don'y want to get reminded of or think of the divisiveness going on in the country right now)

-Piss poor streaming. It is 2016. MLB and NHL have amazing streaming services available to everyone and delvier games in crisp HD. The NFL version is garbage. You either need DirecTV or need to live in a condo. And the service is laggy, cuts out, poor quality that makes me feel like it is 1997 and I'm on my 33.6k modem. I have better luck with illegal streams.

All I can think of right now as reasons for some of my waning interests. I used to watch all the prime-time games. Now I pretty much only watch the Packers.

Totally agree that the network focus on fantasy is annoying. I play fantasy, but if I want fantasy information, I can get more complete information online.

I'm now down to watching Packers, Sunday Night, and occasionally Monday Night if it's a really good matchup. Don't watch Thursday Night unless the Packers are playing.

Anybody know if it's just prime-time ratings that are down, or if it's ratings overall? I'm wondering if at some point in the near future declining ratings could have salary cap implications.

[arcilite]

Totally agree that the network focus on fantasy is annoying. I play fantasy, but if I want fantasy information, I can get more complete information online.

I'm now down to watching Packers, Sunday Night, and occasionally Monday Night if it's a really good matchup. Don't watch Thursday Night unless the Packers are playing.

Anybody know if it's just prime-time ratings that are down, or if it's ratings overall? I'm wondering if at some point in the near future declining ratings could have salary cap implications.

Looks like ratings overall:

the FOX late-afternoon window was down 10 percent. The FOX 1:00 p.m. ET window also saw a decline, with a 20-percent decline from 2015 to 2016.

[pbmax]

All TV ratings for the networks are falling. Football was a strong holdout for a long time but it was inevitable. I always thought that weakening prime times games (ESPN on Sunday or Monday) was a bad idea. But I have no numbers to back that up.

Why do you want prime time dreck?

[Zool]

There's 1 very explainable reason for the drop in viewership.....Joe Buck

[Cheesehead Craig]

There's 1 very explainable reason for the drop in viewership.....Joe Buck

red is wise

[Harlan Huckleby]

red is wise

I agree that red blends the wisdom of Jesus and Larry Flint. But you quoted Zool, for God's sake.

[denverYooper]

Sports are suffering across the board but I think the crux of the NFL's issue is their deal with Direct TV on whom the exclusive streaming rights are completely wasted with their expensive garbage service. I'd wager those drops in ratings are due to cord cutting. If NFL Sunday ticket could be purchased ala cart HBOnow style for $10 or $15/mo viewership would climb.

This. They are tied to a dinosaur.

I don't care enough to watch anything else on TV besides Packers games. Buying a Satellite package is a huge price to pay to watch the 6 games a year or so that they don't show here.

[Cheesehead Craig]

I agree that red blends the wisdom of Jesus and Larry Flint. But you quoted Zool, for God's sake.

Shhhhh, nobody was supposed to notice.