I have this to say anyone want to wager? The NFL will be playing ten years from now! The NFL is going no where.Did the NFL really cancel televising a game? That is really shocking if true.
I'd like to see it from a more reliable source.![]()
Here it is from cnn, with the opposite spin, ie downplaying this all. The show was cancelled.
However, the final line, that they put there specifically to avoid people reading it tells the truth story.
(have you heard of the reverse pyramid?)
NFL cancels Sunday Night Football this week
"2017 has been a tough year for the NFL. The ratings for this NFL's season are down 9% from last year."
A 9% drop in one year is a serious blow.
And it will keep going down.
That 9% drop is not, however, unique to the NFL. From what I have read, it is common among all broadcast television.
How Much Each Broadcast Net's TV Ratings Are Down From Last Year
Yes, the NFL's TV ratings are down but so is the rest of network television
Has the Bottom Fallen Out of the Broadcast TV Ratings?
The NFL also just recently came to a new 5 year agreement with Verizon for $25 billion.
The NFL is certainly experiencing a ratings decline. Some of that has to do with the protests, and a lot is probably because of a general trend away from traditional broadcast TV. I don't think the NFL is in any danger of going out of business or even losing its spot as the top US sport, though.
Keep insulting your customers and the future is going to be worse and worse for you.