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Title: NFL ticket sales plummet 17.9%
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Washington Examiner
URL Source: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n ... es-plummet-179/article/2635955
Published: Sep 28, 2017
Author: Paul Bedard
Post Date: 2017-09-29 12:45:15 by Tooconservative
Keywords: None
Views: 2833
Comments: 26
The National Football League is feeling the impact of the "Trump Effect." Ticket sales since he called on team owners to fire players who take a knee to protest the National Anthem have cratered. The online ticket reseller TickPick told Secrets that sales have dropped 17.9 percent, far more than the usual Week Three fall. From TickPick: "We have seen a massive decrease in NFL ticket purchases this past week in comparison to years past. Week 3 seems to usually have less ticket orders than week 2, but this year ticket purchases are down more than 7 percent from this time last year," said TickPick's Jack Slingland. "While we can't specify if this decrease is due to the president's comments, player and owner protests, play on the field, or simply the continued division of consumer's media attention, the conversation around the NFL this week has focused on the president's comments as well as the players' and owners' reaction. As viewers continue to abandon their NFL Sunday habits, both the number of ticket sales and the purchase price of tickets will drop," he told us.
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#5. To: All, redleghunter, A K A Stone, Pinguinite (#0)
DailyCaller is all over these stories (except the Raiders throwing the game story): That’s the message a couple of the Titans’ star players have for any outraged fans threatening to turn their back on the team… “First off, I’m going to say this: We’re not disrespecting the military, the men and women that serve in the Army. That’s not what it’s all about,” Titans tight end Delanie Walker said… “And the fans that don’t want to come to the game? I mean, OK. Bye. I mean, if you feel that’s something, we’re disrespecting you, don’t come to the game. You don’t have to. No one’s telling you to come to the game. It’s your freedom of choice to do that.”
#6. To: Tooconservative (#5)
Obviously true words but not words any NFL player should be broadcasting. It's another way of saying "I care more about protesting in my work uniform than I do about doing the job you all are paying me to do".
I wonder if Goodell will even find that detrimental to the league.
He will. I'll check to see if he's dropped on fantasy teams too.
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He's gonna eat those words.
[Delanie Walker of the Titans of Tennessee] has some advice for fans who are upset by the team’s refusal to take the field for the National Anthem last Sunday. Jason Wolf, The Tennessean: Don’t come to the game.
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#15. To: Tooconservative (#5)
Don’t come to the game.
#17. To: Tooconservative (#5)
He's gonna eat those words
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