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If you had any legitimate cite for that, you would have included it. You've never at any time included a reputable source in any of your blatherings here, so no one's holding their breath about it.

Money paid for tickets get refunded all the time.

Cite any reputable source that can verify what portion of refunds are due to whatever boycott you speak of.

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ORIGINAL: Edwird


If you had any legitimate cite for that, you would have included it. You've never at any time included a reputable source in any of your blatherings here, so no one's holding their breath about it.

Money paid for tickets gets refunded all the time.

Cite any reputable source that can verify what portion of refunds are due to whatever boycott you speak of.

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ORIGINAL: Edwird


I read both citations,

Neither of them explained to any degree how the fall in add revenue was tied directly to Kaeperneck, and that situation alone.

Businesses suffer ups and downs all the time. Look back to the last NFL revenue decline before this one. What caused that? Nothing but the usual, just like now.

I think that the decline in interest has more to do with the fact that almost all the teams rated so highly in the pre-season are not doing well at all. Other than the the Pats and Broncos, which both bore everyone to death.

It's possible that some are tired of watching Cam Newton get successfully targeted and bashed to the head multiple times per game with no flags thrown on a weekly basis, while the most ticky-tack celebration fouls are being called without relent, but that's another story. Or maybe it has some pertinence after all. All that noise about being serious re concussions, ... but actually not.

Oh, that wouldn't have anything to do with revenue drop, would it?

Neither of us could come up with solid numbers on this, but I think it's safe to say that Roger Goodel has been hated for a bit longer than the SF QB.

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The Colin Kaepernick-led player protests may be hurting the NFL broadcast networks where its hurts them the most: in the pocketbook.

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ORIGINAL: sloguy02246

FR -

In statistics, the difference between correlation and causality is often lost when the fervor of trying to justify one's preconceived beliefs is extremely strong.

That a person (well, maybe one poster here) would refuse to watch any NFL games this season solely because of Kaepernick's actions seems to be a bit of a stretch.
Maybe a trip to wherever the local watering hole in your community is this Sunday would be a good indicator of the NFL's current acceptability to viewers in your area.

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ORIGINAL: vincentML

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ORIGINAL: sloguy02246

FR -

In statistics, the difference between correlation and causality is often lost when the fervor of trying to justify one's preconceived beliefs is extremely strong.

That a person (well, maybe one poster here) would refuse to watch any NFL games this season solely because of Kaepernick's actions seems to be a bit of a stretch.
Maybe a trip to wherever the local watering hole in your community is this Sunday would be a good indicator of the NFL's current acceptability to viewers in your area.

You did notice my sarcasm emoticon, didn't you?

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ORIGINAL: Chaska

Fring

None but the 1D circus lot give a fuk about the overpaid jocks packin their buds ares and fuking a football.

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ORIGINAL: BamaD

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ORIGINAL: Edwird


I read both citations,

Neither of them explained to any degree how the fall in add revenue was tied directly to Kaeperneck, and that situation alone.

Businesses suffer ups and downs all the time. Look back to the last NFL revenue decline before this one. What caused that? Nothing but the usual, just like now.

I think that the decline in interest has more to do with the fact that almost all the teams rated so highly in the pre-season are not doing well at all. Other than the the Pats and Broncos, which both bore everyone to death.

It's possible that some are tired of watching Cam Newton get successfully targeted and bashed to the head multiple times per game with no flags thrown on a weekly basis, while the most ticky-tack celebration fouls are being called without relent, but that's another story. Or maybe it has some pertinence after all. All that noise about being serious re concussions, ... but actually not.

Oh, that wouldn't have anything to do with revenue drop, would it?

Neither of us could come up with solid numbers on this, but I think it's safe to say that Roger Goodel has been hated for a bit longer than the SF QB.

You don't have to believe it but the ratings started dropping when the protests began.
I know, just worked out that way.
Nobody wants to keep a washed up player at 16 million to sit on the bench.
As I said earlier, if this was his real feeling why didn't he do it last year when he was a starter and had a bigger soapbox?
He is grabbing the spotlight with this and doesn't care who he hurts.

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ORIGINAL: Edwird

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ORIGINAL: BamaD

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ORIGINAL: Edwird


I read both citations,

Neither of them explained to any degree how the fall in add revenue was tied directly to Kaeperneck, and that situation alone.

Businesses suffer ups and downs all the time. Look back to the last NFL revenue decline before this one. What caused that? Nothing but the usual, just like now.

I think that the decline in interest has more to do with the fact that almost all the teams rated so highly in the pre-season are not doing well at all. Other than the the Pats and Broncos, which both bore everyone to death.

It's possible that some are tired of watching Cam Newton get successfully targeted and bashed to the head multiple times per game with no flags thrown on a weekly basis, while the most ticky-tack celebration fouls are being called without relent, but that's another story. Or maybe it has some pertinence after all. All that noise about being serious re concussions, ... but actually not.

Oh, that wouldn't have anything to do with revenue drop, would it?

Neither of us could come up with solid numbers on this, but I think it's safe to say that Roger Goodel has been hated for a bit longer than the SF QB.

You don't have to believe it but the ratings started dropping when the protests began.
I know, just worked out that way.
Nobody wants to keep a washed up player at 16 million to sit on the bench.
As I said earlier, if this was his real feeling why didn't he do it last year when he was a starter and had a bigger soapbox?
He is grabbing the spotlight with this and doesn't care who he hurts.

If the SF QB had made his protest after the first 2-3 shootings of unarmed people, you would have claimed that he was crying over nothing. Instead, he (like many of the rest of us) stood back for a bit, but then saw a pattern emerging.

Should the police have sped up the process of shooting innocent people while the SF QB was at the height of his career, or slowed it down when he got to the bench, to suit your fantasy? On that subject, I haven't seen a single thing in any sports commentary that brought that particular aspect up as a 'cause' of his actions. Not that I keep up with sports commentary much, TBH.

Maybe there have been 30-50 more police shootings this year than last year, or maybe just the simple increasing of these situations finally got to him, as it did many others.

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ORIGINAL: Edwird


As soon as you cite any creditable source for verification that the SF QB deciding on his stance during the national anthem being solely as result of his playing status, I'll be right on it.

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ORIGINAL: Edwird


As soon as you cite any creditable source for verification that the SF QB deciding on his stance during the national anthem being solely as result of his playing status, I'll be right on it.

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ORIGINAL: BamaD

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ORIGINAL: Edwird


As soon as you cite any creditable source for verification that the SF QB deciding on his stance during the national anthem being solely as result of his playing status, I'll be right on it.

I am sure you will find a reason to ignore this


Are Americans Tuning Out the NFL Over Protests?
Last modified: 10/04/2016 12:03 pm

A sizable number of Americans say they may give the National Football League a pass this year, thanks to the player protests over racial issues.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that nearly one-third (32%) of American Adults say they are less likely to watch an NFL game because of the growing number of Black Lives Matter protests by players on the field. Only 13% say they are more likely to watch a game because of the protests. Just over half (52%) say the protests have no impact on their viewing decisions. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

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The survey of 1,000 American Adults was conducted on October 2-3, 2016 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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ORIGINAL: Edwird

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ORIGINAL: Chaska

Fring

None but the 1D circus lot give a fuk about the overpaid jocks packin their buds ares and fuking a football.

How are they 'overpaid'?

They are paid, essentially, by how many people buy the pick-up trucks and light/lite beer and Viagra advertised during the broadcast of games.

But it's just the guys doing the actual entertaining of the masses with their skills that seems to carp your ass, not the billionaire team owners or the league or the advertisers who make ten times more than the players from their efforts.

The players themselves constitute the only 'demand' element here. People don't tune in because of the owners or advertisers. In terms of classic supply/demand and share of revenue from whatever venture, the players are definitely not the ones being overpaid, here.

While on the subject, corporate CEOs get paid $20+ million bonuses for completely screwing things up, commodity traders as much as $120 million in a year for making a lucky guess.