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so if i'm not interested in my local team that's really good, why would I care about other teams that may or may not be really good and if I don't care about the stakes involved with my team, do I really care about how enticing a national matchup is?

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You are taking this out of context. Someone said something about it the Dallas-SF game being crappy. Some else said something about ratings being down regional I was pointing out that game is national.

As to your broader point I mostly agree all the factors you listed have hurt the game and can impact ratings. But there could be other factors as well including things you dismiss. For example maybe the election did hurt last year and the protests this year. 2 years still really doesn't tell us a longer term trend.