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NFL commissioner “NO CLUE ” why NFL rating are in a death spiral 

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November 1,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, out of touch NFL commissioner “MR NO CLUE ” Roger Goodell said that the league does not think it has lost viewers despite a 10 percent drop in television ratings this season.At the same time, however, he acknowledged that league officials are trying to understand what has caused the drop and how to address it.

Unfortunately for “MR NO CLUE ” ,if the NFL’s TV ratings keep declining as they have so far in the 2016-2017 season, it could put the corporate behemoths that own the broadcast and cable networks in a bind. After all, they’ve spent tens of billions on rights for the NFL and other sporting events in recent years, betting that they’ll turn a profit from selling ad time.

The nosedive in viewers came coincidently as the NFL American Anthem protests heated up .

ESPN once the darling of cable TV has been in a death spiral ever since it adapted a left wing anti American narrative .What’s a deteriorating business look like? In the month of October ESPN lost over 15,000 subscribers a day in October per the latest Nielson estimates. Worry at the network is that ESPN pays $2 billion a year to the NFL for Monday Night Football and one NFL wild card playoff game, as ESPN’s business collapses that ESPN’s decision on whether or not to bid to keep Monday Night Football would be the first big test of how rapidly that business is deteriorating.

On the flip side a good season and the average TV Household ratings for the YES Network’s 2017 regular season New York Yankees telecasts were 57% higher than YES’ 2016 Yankees ratings, and were the network’s best Yankees game ratings in five years. In addition, YES’ Primetime Yankees game telecasts out-rated all other broadcast and cable networks’ Primetime schedules in the New York DMA on nights when YES televised Yankees games.

For a second straight year, the World Series had more viewers than the NFL on Sunday night. Game 5 of the World Series between the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers drew a 12.8 overnight rating for Fox, beating NBC’s 9.8 rating for a matchup between the Detroit Lions and the Pittsburgh Steelers on “Sunday Night Football.” “Sunday Night Football” lost 25 percent of its viewership from last week’s matchup between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons, Deadline reported.

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Roger Goodell: No judgments yet

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Roger Goodell: No judgments yet

PHOENIX — The NFL is conducting a “serious” and “thorough” investigation into the deflation of footballs in the AFC Championship Game, commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday, but there have been “no judgments made” against the New England Patriots or any of their employees.

The league previously announced that 11 of the Patriots’ 12 game footballs were found at halftime to be below the league’s mandate of 12.5 psi. Ted Wells, the NFL’s outside investigator, is attempting to determine why the balls were used in the first half and if it was “the result of deliberate action,” Goodell said.

“We don’t know enough in this case to know who is responsible or if there was an infraction,” he added.

Whether the Patriots gained a competitive advantage is “secondary,” Goodell said, to whether a rule was broken.

Speaking at his annual state of the league news conference prior to Super Bowl XLIX, Goodell faced a series of questions about his job performance and the league’s controversial year. He said he has not considered resigning, even as the league has faced intense scrutiny for its handling of the Ray Rice domestic abuse case among other issues, and does not think he will be fired.

“It has been a tough year,” Goodell said. “It’s been a tough year on me personally. It’s been a year of what I would say is humility and learning. We obviously as an organization have gone through adversity, but more importantly, adversity for me. It’s an opportunity for us to get better. … We’ve all done a lot of soul searching starting with yours truly.”

https://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2014/story/_/id/12254585/nfl-commissioner-roger-goodell-said-league-looking-why-new-england-patriots-used-footballs-compliance-was-deliberate