So far this season, viewership on major networks is down about 10% from last season
By
JOE FLINT
Updated Oct. 6, 2016 5:33 p.m. ET
The NFL has been sacked for a loss.
Once considered immune to the audience erosion plaguing the television industry, ratings for the National Football League have slipped through the first four weeks of the season.
TV networks have spent heavily on sports, and the NFL in particular, because of their must-see nature. While more viewers today watch commercial-free streaming services like Netflix or record shows on DVRs and skip the ads, sports programming primarily is still watched live, making it valuable to advertisers.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ratings-fumble-for-nfl-surprises-networks-advertisers-1475764108
I don’t think this is a surprise.
People have lots of entertainment options.
The commercials never stop. There are way too many stoppages needed to review calls or plays.
And a majority of the players are basically over-developed, mentally-challenged divas running around the field after the whistle is blown desperately hoping that the camera finds them.
To Advertisers,
I flipped on my TV and when to the NFL Game on Thursday and saw if featured the SF 49ers and quickly turn the station. I will not watch any NFL game with player doing a protest during the National Anthem or during any part of the game. So keep wasting your advertising dollars.
Reason = Kaepernick
you can make up all of the other excuses and reasons that you want, but that is the reason.