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Title: National Survey: Americans Agree with Trump on National Anthem and NFL Protests
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Breitbart
URL Source: http://www.breitbart.com/sports/201 ... -national-anthem-nfl-protests/
Published: Sep 26, 2017
Author: Dylan Gwinn
Post Date: 2017-09-26 12:13:32 by nolu chan
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Views: 3566
Comments: 19
National Survey: Americans Agree with Trump on National Anthem and NFL Protests by Dylan Gwinn The Remington Research Group has just conducted a public poll, which shows two things very clearly. First, the American people agree with Donald Trump when it comes to NFL anthem protests. Second, if the NFL doesn’t cease allowing their league to become a fashion show for narcissistic SJW-wannabe’s, college football will be the most popular sport in America within five years. While this is only one survey this is a survey conducted after President Trump declared war on NFL protesters in Alabama last Friday night, and if this poll is any indication, that war is already over. The survey addresses the Trump factor directly: Yes: 64% Q8: On Sunday, a number of NFL players knelt during the national anthem in protest of Donald Trump’s statements, including players from your favorite team. Does this make you more likely or less likely to watch your favorite team’s games in the future? More likely: 30% That two-question sequence is devastating for the NFL. Within the space of those questions, the poll establishes that a significant majority of the American people agree with what Trump said in Alabama on Friday night. Moreover, it also shows that the NFL’s response to President Trump was a complete failure. Not only that, the poll shows that President Trump is more popular than NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell personally: Favorable: 46% Q2: What is your opinion of Roger Goodell? Favorable: 12% This crystallizes, as Daniel Flynn noted on the sports page a few days ago, just how well Donald Trump has chosen his enemies. In picking a fight with the NFL, headed-up by Roger Goodell, Trump pits himself against people that the public essentially loathes. Making it next to impossible for him to come out the loser in any kind of PR conflict. While President Trump may have his difficulties from time-to-time, he is infinitely more popular than the people he’s criticizing. As for the popularity of the player protests themselves? That doesn’t look good for the NFL either: More football: 19% [GO TO Q6] Q5: Why would you say you are watching less football this year? Players using the NFL as a stage for their political views: 69% Q6: Do you think NFL players should stand and be respectful during the national anthem? Yes: 64% This shows a public backlash against the substance and style of the protests. Not only has all the activism driven fans away from watching the games. The fans also substantively disagree with the players using the anthem as a tool for protest. A point buttressed by these follow-up questions: Support: 31% Q10: In the future, would you prefer to see more politics, less politics, or the same amount of politics during sporting events? More politics: 7% The partisan breakdown of the poll is disastrous for the league as well: Republicans and Non-Partisans have been cutting back on watching football at a higher rate than Democrats, as 66% of Republicans say they have watched less football this year compared to 33% of Democrats. Among Non-Partisans, 55% reported they have watched less football this year compared to the past.
Breitbart
26 Sep 2017 Q7: Last week, Donald Trump said NFL players should stand and be respectful during the national anthem. Do you think NFL players should stand and be respectful during the national anthem?
No: 25%
Unsure: 11%
Less likely: 50%
No difference: 20% Q1: What is your opinion of Donald Trump?
Unfavorable: 47%
No opinion: 7%
Unfavorable: 36%
No opinion: 52% Q4: Now, just thinking about this year, have you watched more football or less football compared to previous years?
Less football: 51% [GO TO Q5]
About the same: 30% [GO TO Q6]
New rules that reduce physical contact: 5%
There are too many games during the week: 6%
Games last too long: 2%
Pace of play is too slow: 2%
Something else: 12%
Unsure: 4%
No: 24%
Unsure: 12% Q9: Do you support protesting during the national anthem at the beginning of NFL games, or is there a more appropriate place for players to protest?
There is a more appropriate place to protest: 60%
Unsure: 9%
Less politics: 80%
Same amount: 13% Most Americans, 51%, say they have watched less football this year compared to the past. Of respondents who said they have watched less football this year, 69% cite their reason as players using the NFL as a stage for their political views.
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#5. To: nolu chan (#0)
Certainly not good news for the NFL but not all bad either. The already sliding numbers are continuing an already established trend of decline. No doubt, some at the NFL will say that the numbers would be the same if there had been no anthem controversy at all. And they could be right. NFL will focus on their core audience, people who do watch religiously, who buy merchandise and who buy the pricier stadium seats. Like any business, they'll follow the money. They may look for chances to raise prices on their core audience to keep their performance up. The big problem is the inevitable declines in broadcast profits. If they can't deliver the desired viewer demographic (males 18-55) to the ad agencies week-in and week-out, that hits pretty hard.
The big threat is this in the future:
There is a bandwagon effect that has enshrined the NFL, made it feel completely unassailable, just as boxing once was. And it's all so true until suddenly it just isn't. What happens when talk around the water cooler or a family table or at other gatherings is suddenly sprinkled with people who have zero interest in football? And when those numbers keep growing slowly? And when people realize they're giving a lot of their time to watch these long games and "s'prot da team" when they could be doing other things that are more fun, that others are choosing to do things for themselves or their families that are much more positive than just putting on a team jersey and drinking the afternoon away on the weekend with a six-pack? What if their phone interests them more than football? I think the real threat is the social dimension. And young people who don't have the attention span to care about a 4-hour game and would rather play video games and do smartphone apps or social networking. I was at a family gathering a few years ago. Two of my niece's husbands were watching the game, one of their daughters was there. These are families that are considered very closely knit. They were all watching in a very distracted way, constantly on their smartphones, checking other games, doing other apps, chatting with friends, and the daughter was playing a racing game on her iPad. They were giving the game maybe 20% of their time and just not that into it. They were watching it but it was just a background thing to the other activities they preferred. I see this a lot. People are so involved with their video consoles and smartphones. They don't talk or interact, they don't concentrate on TV shows or movies, even in restaurants they pull out phones to text and talk and check stock prices and play video games. It's all very antisocial, really pretty rude compared to how people were expected to behave socially even 20 years ago. And it seems pervasive among the under-40 age group. This is the real threat to all the sports franchises IMO.
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#8. To: Tooconservative (#5)
The big problem is the inevitable declines in broadcast profits.
#10. To: nolu chan (#8)
The big threat is this in the future:
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