What Happened to Boycotting the NFL: Ratings are up 17%

[Norbert]

NFL Ratings Are Up 17%, Boosted by Fans Back in Stands and Close Games

Games have drawn an average of 17.3 million viewers through the first four weeks of this season


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https://www.wsj.com/articles/nfl-ratings-are-up-17-boosted-by-fans-back-in-stands-and-close-games-11633694402?fbclid=IwAR3l5tW2VJU6WEY9ArY5Yq11Ith-Qo4VLiNm1h288FPgW5578R0SpgGj_kg

Never a boycotter myself but have only watched two games this year so far. We are just flat busy right now.

[Walleye]

1. It is better they watch football games than go to hate rallies

[jimfields33]

2. I think the politics in football is over.

Trump intensified it. Really very ridiculous. Never should have been part of the conversation. Trump just likes to ruin everything.

[brooklynite]

3. A boycott calls for more than posting something on social media.

I’d guess that 99% of the audience never knew that a boycott had been decreed.

[Claire Oh Nette]

5. Boycotting...

The GQP rubes will boycott (refuse to go to) NFL games for which they can not afford the ticket price + parking + drive to big "liberal" city. They're continuing to not go to games they were never going to in the first place.

That'll show 'em.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. What I Heard Personally, Was...

...that they wouldn't watch because of the Black National Anthem being added.
What these drones ignored is that except in week one, the anthem(s) are played 10 minutes before the broadcast begins. So, there was nothing to boycott because they weren't going to hear either sing, anyway.

[maxsolomon]

4. Not in Seattle.

It's a sad year for 'Hawks fans. End of an era.

[rownesheck]

6. I'm still boycotting it.

When the owners didn't stand up for their players when fuckface was calling them sons of bitches, I quit watching. They should have publicly told that asshole to go fuck himself.

I'm happy watching soccer and hockey. Don't miss football at all. The games are too damn long anyway.