Sally Jenkins: The NFL is becoming more disturbing than appealing

[RecoveringCowboy]

The NFL is becoming more disturbing than appealing, and TV viewers are tuning out

 

[Galeb]

The NFL is becoming more disturbing than appealing, and TV viewers are tuning out

Same thing happened to me in my late 20s.

 

[Ian]

Meanwhile:

PATRIOTS VICTORY RECEIVES HIGHEST MARKET SHARE OF SEASON;

COVERAGE TOPS WEEKLY RATINGS ONCE AGAIN

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Behind 315 passing yards and four touchdown passes from quarterback Tom Brady, the Patriots improved to 7-1 on the season with a 41-25 win Sunday afternoon in Buffalo versus the Bills. The victory pulled in an impressive ratingshaul as well as WBZ’s broadcast once again captured the top spot in Boston’s weekly television ratings.

Sunday afternoon’s broadcast received an impressive 34.8 household rating to go along with a market share of 70, the highest market share of the season through eight weeks. The 34.8 household rating was the second-highest rating for a non-primetime game this season for the Patriots.

Postgame coverage of the victory also performed well as Patriots 5th Quarter enjoyed its best ratings performance of the season with an 11.9 rating to go along with a market share of 23. The 11.9 rating was good enough to finish second in the weekly ratings behind only the Patriots broadcast while beating out coverage of Game 5 of the World Series between the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs.

The Patriots will take a break from action next Sunday as they enjoy their bye week. The team will return to action on Sunday, November 13th at Gillette Stadium in a primetime matchup against the Seattle Seahawks at 8:30 p.m. on NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Al Michaels will call the play-by-play accompanied by color commentary from Cris Collinsworth.

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I think the mention of the fact there's so many bad teams in that article is one of the bigger problems. But there hasn't been a real ratings drop off locally, I believe they've continued to be among tops each week, even on prime time games. However, when they send out these releases they don't talk about how the games did outside of this market. I'll have to go back and look to see how the prime time games did.

 

[chasa]

i expect record lows in viewership while the pats are on their bye

 

[RobertWeathers]

i expect record lows in viewership while the pats are on their bye

No kidding. Hell I bet Moesha reruns on BET will top Atlanta/ Tampa Bay on Thursday night.

 

[TheFlyingWedge]

i expect record lows in viewership while the pats are on their bye

If that doesn't hammer the message home to the front office haters I don't know what will.

 

[DarrylS]

Kaepernick did it!!

You put a crappy product on the field, have crappy announcers in the booth, lousy refs on the field making subjective calls, poor QB play, lousy coaches and what do you expect?? Then there are lousy games..

Goodell should be fired for this..

 

[1960Pats]

More and more it's looking like the NYFL's petty attack on the Pats and Brady has backfired, in just about every way. It's about time.

 

[Pat the Pats Fan]

I just realized I haven't really watched the NFL outside of pats games this year. Maybe a few minutes here or there, but nothing like an hour or two straight. I have Sunday ticket and I haven't checked out any other games. As they say, 300 channels and nothing on.

8 teams 2 games above .500 and 8 teams 2 games below .500. Goodell's parity at play.

 

[RecoveringCowboy]

Why Roger Goodell Will Never Be Fired

Really?

Roger Goodell’s job as the commissioner of the NFL is to make sure the league’s precious TV rights remain exorbitantly expensive and deflect, deflect, deflect when it comes to any scandal that could do the league in.​

....but maybe that tipping point has been reached and his seat is starting to warm up

Goodell’s job was never about football. It was about making money.

“It’s not going to matter until people stop pumping in money,” said Finn. “I don’t know if there’s a tipping point. I thought it might’ve come this year. It hasn’t, because people love this game and enjoy this game—even the bad things about it.”​

 

[BTTA]

You put a crappy product on the field, have crappy announcers in the booth, lousy refs on the field making subjective calls, poor QB play, lousy coaches and what do you expect?? Then there are lousy games..

Goodell should be fired for this..

The evidence of corruption is never more obvious than the two factors you mentioned that are highlighted above. It is the old boys club and it keeps everything flat and mediocre. It has been going on for decades and only talked about in terms of African American participation, which while justified, is in this case just a symptom of a bigger problem of cronyism in general.

Where are the new, dynamic announcers? Where are the new, innovative coaches? If it were any other entertainment industry, there would be new people showing up every year that bring something unpredictably fresh and exciting.

 

[Jackson 2]

Why Roger Goodell Will Never Be Fired

Really?

Roger Goodell’s job as the commissioner of the NFL is to make sure the league’s precious TV rights remain exorbitantly expensive and deflect, deflect, deflect when it comes to any scandal that could do the league in.​

....but maybe that tipping point has been reached and his seat is starting to warm up

Goodell’s job was never about football. It was about making money.

“It’s not going to matter until people stop pumping in money,” said Finn. “I don’t know if there’s a tipping point. I thought it might’ve come this year. It hasn’t, because people love this game and enjoy this game—even the bad things about it.”​

I don't believe he'll ever be fired as commissioner, either.

 

[mikejd]

Everything about the NFL is sub-par. Every team is mediocre and bland. But that's what they wanted, right? Parity. That's what it's all about. Help the inept by tearing down excellence. They can't legislate intelligence but they can bring down the greats.