#Inflategate

[IllegalContact]

NFL exaggerated Sunday’s Bills-Jags Internet numbers

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

But it's their job to uphold the integrity of the game.

Integrity of the game.

Of the game.

Game.

Integrity.

 

[A Defiant Goose]

football must have been a blast in the 70s/80s with no internet or social media

 

[RobertWeathers]

Meanwhile, Patriots fans are wearing their shocked faces

You can make a case that the NFL committed fraud. Especially if they worked out ad agreements with Yahoo and other companies associated to any redistribution of content.

What a bunch of bad actors. Scam artists.

 

[Froob]

You can make a case that the NFL committed fraud. Especially if they worked out ad agreements with Yahoo and other companies associate to any redistribution of content associated with the NFL.

What a bunch of bad actors. Scam artists.

"It was never a requirement for the numbers to be legitmeant."
-Nash

 

[woolster22]

Lmao. Less than 2 million viewers and they claim 30 plus million before back tracking to 15?

 

[PatsDeb]

I don't even get what they were trying to accomplish here. I thought it was to show the game internationally to those who don't have access to US cable tv. But, don't show the game in the US except for in the two local markets? Did they really think people with big screen tvs and hi-def directv were going to fire up their laptops & sit in their home office to watch at 9:30 am on a Sunday? If their thinking is they'll show a lot of games like this, it's like throwing your audience right out the window. I'm all for providing internet streaming for those overseas who can't watch here, but why cut off your nose to spite your face? Just stupid, IMO. From what I can see of the numbers, they got way LESS of an audience than if they just put it on regular TV that morning.

 

[VrabelJr]

It's the Bills and the Jags. Who the hell would want to watch that?

 

[PatsDeb]

It's the Bills and the Jags. Who the hell would want to watch that?

EVERYONE thought Roger Goodell (and you too, if you bought his numbers).

 

[meatface]

NFL exaggerated Sunday’s Bills-Jags Internet numbers

the NFL always exaggerates their numbers for games, not really sure why because they still beat everything else

 

[dales804]

I don't even get what they were trying to accomplish here. I thought it was to show the game internationally to those who don't have access to US cable tv. But, don't show the game in the US except for in the two local markets? Did they really think people with big screen tvs and hi-def directv were going to fire up their laptops & sit in their home office to watch at 9:30 am on a Sunday? If their thinking is they'll show a lot of games like this, it's like throwing your audience right out the window. I'm all for providing internet streaming for those overseas who can't watch here, but why cut off your nose to spite your face? Just stupid, IMO. From what I can see of the numbers, they got way LESS of an audience than if they just put it on regular TV that morning.

The NFL got what they want. People talking about them and, supposedly, around $20M from Yahoo! to stream the game.

 

[VrabelJr]

The $20 million from Yahoo was worth it. I finally remembered to close all my super old Yahoo Mail accounts. Thank you NFL!

 

[shmessy]

They treat numbers the very same way that they did during Deflategate.

Make up ****.

Loved Florio's last line;

"Meanwhile, Patriots fans are wearing their shocked faces."

 

[Wheelman]

Why am I not surprised?

 

[RobertWeathers]

The NFL got what they want. People talking about them and, supposedly, around $20M from Yahoo! to stream the game.

...another reason Marissa Mayer should get canned.

 

[Kontradiction]

It's the Bills and the Jags. Who the hell would want to watch that?

It was actually a very entertaining game. But, then again, I live in Jacksonville so I got to see it on TV.

 

[memento]

It was really just 30 viewers that had to refresh a million times.

 

[Wheelman]

from the comments section...

Oct 27, 2015 2:15 PM

I logged on Yahoo just to check my fantasy team and they automatically embedded the video feed onto my page. I didn’t ask for it. It just came up. So should I count as a viewer? I clicked off it within about 30 seconds, once I was done with my lineup.

 

[YOUGOTMOSSED]

I don't even get what they were trying to accomplish here. I thought it was to show the game internationally to those who don't have access to US cable tv. But, don't show the game in the US except for in the two local markets? Did they really think people with big screen tvs and hi-def directv were going to fire up their laptops & sit in their home office to watch at 9:30 am on a Sunday? If their thinking is they'll show a lot of games like this, it's like throwing your audience right out the window. I'm all for providing internet streaming for those overseas who can't watch here, but why cut off your nose to spite your face? Just stupid, IMO. From what I can see of the numbers, they got way LESS of an audience than if they just put it on regular TV that morning.

If you have a smart TV or steaming device, the yahoo app works pretty well (as far as live streams go).

 

[PlanB]

"Why cut off your nose to spite you face?" That's the only way Goodell will lose that Pinocchio beak