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Title: Deflated: NFL popularity at new low, just 3 in 10 are 'favorable'
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Washington Examiner
URL Source: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ ... -low-just-1-in-3-are-favorable
Published: Jun 1, 2018
Author: Paul Bedard
Post Date: 2018-06-02 15:25:53 by Tooconservative
Keywords: None
Views: 5427
Comments: 21
The National Football League has done nothing to recover during the off season from it’s miserable popularity ratings that are now at the lowest ever. Rocked by the issues of players taking a knee during the playing of the National Anthem, overly long games, and scandalous players, just 35 percent say they have a favorable view of “America’s sport.” According to an Economist/YouGov poll taken May 27-29 another 47 percent have an “unfavorable” view of the NFL. What's more, only 15 percent called the NFL a "top interest," and 37 percent said that they are "Not at all interested" in the games. Many teams are already in early training camp and the season kicks off Thursday September 6 when the Atlanta Falcons play the 2018 Super Bowl champions Philadelphia Eagles. The new approval ratings follow a trend that Secrets charted last year in polling provided exclusively by the Winston Group and pollster David Winston. In August of last year, Winston surveys put the approval rating of the NFL at 57 percent. In September, it had dropped to 44 percent favorable. YouGov’s poll did find support for the new NFL policy on taking a knee. Under that rule, players who protest will be fined, though they can now stay in the locker room instead. However, the public is still evenly split on the issue overall.
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#1. To: Tooconservative (#0)
I'll stick with college football on occasion. More exciting sport IMO with more human error makes it interesting to me.
Its amazing how much more time I have since walking away from the NFL. Now if I could just stop blogging!!!! ;)
You know, it does take quite a bit of time to keep up with the NFL. Lots of people have added up how much time they spent at it (not even counting their fantasy football habit) and talk about what a huge timesuck it was.
The stress of your team losing, and what if they go to the super bowl, screaming at the owner and coaches. Guys running wrong routes and people missing blocks. Yep I am much better off and I do not think I will ever watch the game again. In fact I probably will never watch sports again. I do enjoy UFC and some boxing but its lost its shine.
#7. To: Justified (#5)
Well, it is a commitment of literally thousands of hours of your life over a period of years. After decades of being a fan, maybe there are other things to do. I guess I'm saying that you usually get your fill of something after enough years of it. I find I'm just less interested in TV in recent years, even streaming commercial-free stuff. I watch a lot less than I used to and I just don't find even the stuff I do watch very compelling.
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#2. To: Fred Mertz (#1)
#4. To: Justified (#2)
Its amazing how much more time I have since walking away from the NFL.
#5. To: Tooconservative (#4)
Replies to Comment # 5. Yep I am much better off and I do not think I will ever watch the game again.
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