The Kool Aid is strong with this one.
NFL ratings down. Everyone knows why except the media
- Thread starter CharlesDavenport
- Start date
The Kool Aid is strong with this one.
A lot of millenials don't care about football too much it seems. I've noticed that. I'm 27 years old, a lot of my friends at work don't really watch sports much. Mrs. MTC is not a big football fan either but tolerates sundays. We're both hockey people. But even then missing games doesn't bother us. Idk, for me I guess, I like doing things as a family. We watch hockey on weekdays when we are not obligated to taking our son outside to play or whatever. Weekdays we frequent breweries when my parents watch our son. This past weekend we stayed in and caught the Pens/Steelers games. But I'd like to feel that I speak for most millenials is that we don't obligate our days to watch sports
You misspelled "assholishness," Ron.
- Joined
- May 22, 2014
- Messages
- 625
- Reaction score
- 265
- Points
- 63
As many have stated here, there are a number of factors in the NFL's ratings decline...but I'll differ with one, and that's "overexposure"...
College Football is on every channel from Thursday - Saturday in a myriad of time slots...and its ratings have never been higher. You'll have games on ABC, NBC, CBS, FS1, FS2, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNnews, SEC Network, Big Ten Nework...and others from noon until 9pm... Football is great when it is interesting.
The problem with the NFL right now is... it really just isn't that interesting. The Monday Night Football schedule has been just pathetic (and that's on purpose because the NFL hates ABC/ESPN)...the Thursday night (Divisional) games haven't been good, and you're seeing a lot of mediocre play around the league. It just isn't good football...and people won't watch if it isn't interesting.
College Football is on every channel from Thursday - Saturday in a myriad of time slots...and its ratings have never been higher. You'll have games on ABC, NBC, CBS, FS1, FS2, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNnews, SEC Network, Big Ten Nework...and others from noon until 9pm... Football is great when it is interesting.
The problem with the NFL right now is... it really just isn't that interesting. The Monday Night Football schedule has been just pathetic (and that's on purpose because the NFL hates ABC/ESPN)...the Thursday night (Divisional) games haven't been good, and you're seeing a lot of mediocre play around the league. It just isn't good football...and people won't watch if it isn't interesting.
Here is the difference between us. I am a baby-boomer, born and raised from Pittsburgh parents in California. Therefore, getting a Pirates or Steelers game was a big deal when I was young. The Steelers of 1972-1979 were so good that they were on TV very frequently on NBC, but I certainly did not get all of the games.
And Pirates games? I saw the Pirates more in person than on television back then.
So when games became available via cable and/or satellite, I signed up. It was a treat to be able to watch my teams and I took advantage.
You have grown up being able to watch your teams. You take it for granted, and it is less of a big deal for you.
I have noted that over the past few years that my interest in watching sports broadcasts is waning, largely because the novelty of seeing every game has worn off. That may explain in large part why younger viewers now don't care as much.
Too much exposure = too many games = lowered interest. Seems to the case for me, at least.
- Joined
- Apr 20, 2014
- Messages
- 24,914
- Reaction score
- 11,537
- Points
- 113
and the NFL sold Fantasy Football so hard that now casual fans don't even bother to watch the games when all they care about are their FF teams -they can follow their players on their phones - instead of getting more people to watch football, it's having the exact opposite result! - people aren't watching - all they care about are their stats
and there are no bad games when your only reason to follow football is your players points - you don't need to watch at all for that
but college ball is still more fun to watch - the cameras go out of their way to feature cheerleader upskirts on the national games you know - and those lookie down hanging camera angle shots in the stands of the busty Alabama pom pom girl section is always good entertainment - I watch every Bama game down heah yaknow - in fact I get every SEC game - kind of a weak year for them - the power mostly in the ACC
and Go Broncos! 7-0
and there are no bad games when your only reason to follow football is your players points - you don't need to watch at all for that
but college ball is still more fun to watch - the cameras go out of their way to feature cheerleader upskirts on the national games you know - and those lookie down hanging camera angle shots in the stands of the busty Alabama pom pom girl section is always good entertainment - I watch every Bama game down heah yaknow - in fact I get every SEC game - kind of a weak year for them - the power mostly in the ACC
and Go Broncos! 7-0
Last edited:
- Joined
- Apr 8, 2014
- Messages
- 6,801
- Reaction score
- 6,780
- Points
- 113
For me it has always been saturation (I hate Thursday football...hate it) and the ****** officiating that favors some teams and their stars. I canceled the ticket because of the cheating and hypocrisy of the league.
Goodell is pure garbage and he is willfully destroying the NFL product.
Goodell is pure garbage and he is willfully destroying the NFL product.
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2014
- Messages
- 856
- Reaction score
- 1,002
- Points
- 93
Could be. Me and my parents are from NM. The Steelers were featured a lot on tv which became my dad's pro team of choice when he was younger. My mom became a Steelers fan by marriage lol. To this day they are big Steelers fans. Mario Lemieux era the Pens were on espn back in the day. So we were turned onto hockey by that and Pittsburgh. Ended up playing the sport in high school, considered joining the UGA ice dawgs when I was in college. My wife isn't a big sports fan in general. Orginally from SoCal(Downey). Usc and raiders were part of her dad's younger days. Her sister is a big Steelers fans cause of Polamalu. But other than that, her family has different interest
I'll say this though. I did grow up on nfl sunday ticket from 97-2006. I went out of my way to catch the Pens/Steelers games. Back in the early 2000's when the team was in the slumps. Eddie Olzyek as the coach. Etc. Hockey in NM and while I was attending UGA was hard to catch. Having played the sport, I'm always a hockey first, football second. But even with the Pens, more so cause of a long season. I can make do without watching here and there
My son is 27 and works at the University of Pittsburgh. He can get free tickets to all the games in any sport but has zero interest. His girlfriend is from Buffalo and a huge hockey fan so he gets dragged along to Pens games when the Sabres are in town. Not totally my fault, I did the best I could but he was mostly raised by my ex-wife in a place where there were no pro sports.
- Joined
- Apr 20, 2014
- Messages
- 9,583
- Reaction score
- 5,866
- Points
- 113
TV in general has way too many commercials. Seems like for any show I record, I watch about five minutes, then FF through 5 or six commercials, repeat. Seems like there used to be a max of two commercials at a time back in the day, and there were only a couple of breaks every 30 mins.
The commercial point is a good one. Most people now watch tv shows on dvr or netflix (or one of its equivalents). So, at worst, we are fast forwarding through commercials. Watching a game live means enduring commercials, which used to be the norm but is now unusual. I can handle it if at a party or bar for the game. But, at home, it is unbearable
- Joined
- Apr 8, 2014
- Messages
- 4,057
- Reaction score
- 2,277
- Points
- 113
To much BS and no substance in the game itself. More concern on pre game kneeing and fists in air then the kickoff. To much stoppage of play for all the officials to stand together to call off sides. To much stoppage of play for commercials, to much stoppage of paly to review everything, to much stoppage of play for coaches to challenge. The announcers are more concerned of what they think a player, coach team should do than call the game. Players more concerned with stats for fantasy football than winning a game. To much me, me, and more me !!! Gödel has more concern of players actions for fines and suspensions than putting a quality product on the field. The game has just changed to much in the wrong direction to have a lot of interest in. Even what use to be excitement going to a game has been diminished by all the rules of the NFL from getting into the field to items sold outside the field. The hype has left the NFL. he NFL really does not care what fans think because they make so much money from TV and sponsors.
- Joined
- Apr 12, 2014
- Messages
- 3,145
- Reaction score
- 3,969
- Points
- 113
Thursday night football is the worst idea the league has ever had. First, it's hypocritical in their cry for player safety. Second, it's on too late on a weekday, when 75% of your fanbase has to work the next day. Third, even tho it's divisional matchups, it doesn't give teams enough time to prepare for the game. It's about as interesting as pre season games, and then you tease people with putting it on a basic channel then take it away forcing them to subscribe to the NFL network just to watch it...
I go to wing night at a local bar on Thursdays, they didn't even have the Packers Bears game on any of their 12 TV's...
Agree.
- Joined
- Apr 8, 2014
- Messages
- 1,106
- Reaction score
- 657
- Points
- 113
- Location
- In a van down by the river!
In my case they've just priced it out at more than I'm willing to pay.
They can **** themselves and their $300 Sunday ticket.
Honestly I don't know exactly what it is, possibly age, possibly politics and cheating? I'm just not into as much as I used to be. Still love my Steelers though.
They can **** themselves and their $300 Sunday ticket.
Honestly I don't know exactly what it is, possibly age, possibly politics and cheating? I'm just not into as much as I used to be. Still love my Steelers though.
- Joined
- Jul 4, 2014
- Messages
- 926
- Reaction score
- 299
- Points
- 63
I'm a millenial and I watch as much football as possible. But I do find myself watching way more college football than the NFL besides the Steelers. It's just a better game I think .
Also, Red Zone is huge in this. So many people can just watch the scoring plays live with no commercials. I personally don't like it, I prefer the flow of a game, the story a full game tells, but most people disagree.
Also, Red Zone is huge in this. So many people can just watch the scoring plays live with no commercials. I personally don't like it, I prefer the flow of a game, the story a full game tells, but most people disagree.
I seriously considered not getting the ticket this year, and probably should not have.
The only game that was not broadcast on local TV so far was the Miami game, and I would have been better off not watching that one.
- Joined
- Apr 8, 2014
- Messages
- 17,577
- Reaction score
- 21,630
- Points
- 113
My football viewing has declined over the years. I stopped watching Monday Night Football when it lost it's "magic" and left ABC and I barely tune in to SNF and TNF. I just don't have much interest watching something for 2.5 hours and not being able to stay up to seeing the result.
Besides that, the clear focus on making money and screwing the core football fan is the main thing I have a problem with. They're doing everything they can to expand the product and market it to a new fanbase all while dropping the group of fans that got them there.
Besides that, the clear focus on making money and screwing the core football fan is the main thing I have a problem with. They're doing everything they can to expand the product and market it to a new fanbase all while dropping the group of fans that got them there.
I dropped Sunday Ticket and every Steeler game has been on at home so far. Good call. And the Quaker Steak is 10 min away if needed.
Definitely not as die hard as I used to be. Maybe age, but I think more of the social bullshit being spouted on the "sports" channels, which I don't watch anymore. The gym has all the TVs set to them, so I catch the headlines when there.
Definitely not as die hard as I used to be. Maybe age, but I think more of the social bullshit being spouted on the "sports" channels, which I don't watch anymore. The gym has all the TVs set to them, so I catch the headlines when there.
awboatguy
Registered
Troll excuses. Taping signals is at the very least a very poor lapse in professional integrity and the foundational principal of the Massholes. Go back to your Cheatriots board and get in the middle of your weekly Bwady circle jerk session.
Ill just say this:
The NFL may be losing viewers.
But youth football is loosing players like penguins on the Titanic
(Soccer, playstation, and pussification)
The boys I see in the classrooms 6-12 are all 5 x more effeminate than they were in the 70's / 80's.
I swear I think there is some kind of hormone problem in what we eat ..
Society is or has changed and not for the better.
The NFL may be losing viewers.
But youth football is loosing players like penguins on the Titanic
(Soccer, playstation, and pussification)
The boys I see in the classrooms 6-12 are all 5 x more effeminate than they were in the 70's / 80's.
I swear I think there is some kind of hormone problem in what we eat ..
Society is or has changed and not for the better.
- Joined
- Oct 28, 2014
- Messages
- 14,557
- Reaction score
- 12,476
- Points
- 113
Why play real football when you can play Madden online......right? That would mean you actually have to go outside or something. That is just plain crazy talk.