re: NFL TV Ratings Down Significantly

Brutal

College ball is just much more entertaining. ill watch college games all day while waiting for LSU to play. On Sundays i usually dont even watch the saints, i just turn on redzone in the garage and just half assed listen to it while im working around the house.

It's not like they've got two teams with good defenses and awful QB play on MNF tomorrow to repeat this 6-6 abortion.

Most of the eastern part of the country has gone to bed, so this dramatic overtime is not going to factor into the ratings.

kind of tyical really

nfl has a money cow, merely wanted to keep milking it without any upkeep, thought they could continue on autopilot forever

This is bad news for college football also. Ratings are not going up for college ball due to decreased NFL watching. While college rating have remained steadier they are still below NFL games. The college game lasts longer and has more stoppages in play and more incomplete passes and far more uncompetitive games than the NFL. Sure to those of us who went to college and went to LSU games the pageantry will always be better, but we need to see this as an overall problem for football. If NFL ratings keep going down ratings for college football will follow.

We may be seeing an overall decline in the popularity of football that will impact all levels of football.

Who cares about all this. I watch every game that I can.

In March-August everyone will miss football and be reminded how great it is.

I also think that it's a "down year" for star QBs. Luck, Wilson, Newton, Rodgers all underperforming. Big Ben hurt. Peyton gone... Brees and Brady are the only two ELITE guys right now it seems.

This has been a long time coming. I think the kaepernick thing was just the straw that broke the camel's back

And with long time viewers finding it easy to stay away, they won't be coming back very easily.

tDecline is real. Fox Mulder told you this was coming

To be fair, it's easily fixable. Officiating has killed the game, loosen that up and the game quickly gets better. I was thoroughly entertained by the ATL/SD game yesterday because the officiating was killing my enjoyment of it. It was better than any college game I watched on Saturday. CFB fans on this board overrate the product, it's mediocre just like the NFL.

Very good point, the NFL package is awful. Greed is killing the product and I'm glad fans are starting to push back. I still remain a fan of the NFL but there's no doubt it's got a major problem on it's hands.