Yeah, but its more of a viewing behavior issue, its not really just an NFL issue.

False

NFL games are a flag fest. PI is called too much and nobody knows what the **** a catch is.

It has it worts but football is still the best sport to watch. I only turn it off when football games become political TV shows. Play the games, focus on the games and collect big dollars. Hard to **** up but they do their best.

Ratings way down for NFL opener
Posted by Michael David Smith

September 7, 2018, 10:04 AM EDT



The NFL’s opening Thursday night game got disappointing TV ratings for a league that is battling perceptions of rapidly declining popularity.

NBC announced a 13.4 overnight rating for the Super Bowl champion Eagles’ last-second win over the Falcons. That was way down from the 14.6 for Chiefs-Patriots last year, which itself was way down from a 16.5 for Panthers-Broncos the year before, which itself was way down from a 17.7 for Steelers-Patriots the year before that.

Are there extenuating circumstances? Sure. Kickoff was delayed by almost an hour because of thunderstorms in Philadelphia, and the game was a sloppy, penalty-filled mess.

But there are only so many times that the NFL can spin its ratings decline as being the result of extenuating circumstances. Whatever the reasons, the league’s television ratings are not the juggernaut they once were. The NFL still gets national television ratings that any other sport (or, for that matter, any entertainment program) would kill for, but it no longer gets the kinds of television ratings it got a few years back.

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Last night’s game is not only down from last year, but 2016, 2015 and 2014 – all of which saw successive declines.

It was the worst total audience an opening game has had since 2009.

Just remember, it's an indictment of tv ratings going down. They are as dominant as they've ever been just less people are watching tv in general.

Best way to watch is NFL replay. 1 hour per game with all the crap removed. Used to be $30 now it's $99. Makes me think it's on purpose to slow these games down.

Hmmm

That's why the NBA TV ratings are at a 4 year high. Don't stop believing.

Their overall ratings aren't as high though that isn't a good comparison, 10 years ago the NFL had 22 of the top 100 watched programs, last year it was 77.

Sure it is.

https://www.indiewire.com/2017/12/to...es-1201911145/

Read that and tell me that doesn't paint exactly what I said.

And yes I know it's old but it's a problem that will continue as more people stream and move away from tv in general.

Having the internet doesn't change the fact that people will believe whatever they want to believe

I rarely watch a live game anymore. usually, for say a noon game, I won't start watching until around 1:30 via DVR.

I only made it through the first half last night watching live, and it irritated me to the point where I just shut it off.

Are you really going to sit here and pretend that online streaming and cord cutting isn't on the rise?

The numbers are clear as ****ing day if you pull your head out of your ass.

T.V ratings are declining across the board. Times change. Society changes.

Old technology such as television are not immune to it.

Meanwhile, the NFL STILL dominates the T.V market.

You so, so badly want this to be about Kaep just so you can feel like conservatives won something. Sad, sad little man.

Pretty much, any tv stat out there will tell you the NFL is still a ratings juggernaut it's just not what it once was because nothing is. People streaming, using the net for everything, and honestly a different generation have changed tv viewership in general.

When you consider this.

In 2017 the NFL alone accounted for 71 of the year's 100 most-watched telecasts. In 2007 that figure was 22 of 100.

That's Nielsen data from 18-49 year olds. TV viewing in general is down but you factor this in, NFL was down 9%. Linear networks down 16% cable nets down 11%.

How can anyone say that the NFL is the issue? Are there things I don't like, yea there are but overall more people are watching their stuff than anything else. Does that mean every tv show has a problem cause all ratings are ****ing down.