The Thread Where People Argue About Kneeling in the NFL (merged)

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n_huffhines said:
Cord cutting, mostly. But yeah, people are doing other things. So many options in life these days
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SpaceCoastVol said:
So, do you think this is blowback from the former NFL fans finding that there is more to life then sitting on ass watching sports all day on Sunday? Or something else?
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Something else... the average fan is simply being priced out of the market when it comes to sports in general. Plus, the economy is really not as great as is being reported. People are really hurting out here.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Something else... the average fan is simply being priced out of the market when it comes to sports in general. Plus, the economy is really not as great as is being reported. People are really hurting out here.
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I disagree. I've never seen my company as busy as the last 2 years. I've lived here 19 years, and everywhere is hiring, companies that I've never seen hire, are putting ads in the paper. The economy is actually doing good.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Something else... the average fan is simply being priced out of the market when it comes to sports in general. Plus, the economy is really not as great as is being reported. People are really hurting out here.
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How does that explain TV ratings drop? When I was growing up in rural Kentucky the nearest pro sports team was at least 2 hours away. My father and I still listened to Cardinal baseball on the radio and watched them on TV whenever they were on. I think outside of spring break/spring training games in Florida we only went to see them live once or twice. It had nothing to do with price but geography. You can watch TV anywhere now and everybody has cable (or something close)
 
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SpaceCoastVol said:
How does that explain TV ratings drop? When I was growing up in rural Kentucky the nearest pro sports team was at least 2 hours away. My father and I still listened to Cardinal baseball on the radio and watched them on TV whenever they were on. I think outside of spring break/spring training games in Florida we only went to see them live once or twice. It had nothing to do with price but geography. You can watch TV anywhere now and everybody has cable (or something close)
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Nowhere near everyone has cable. Lots of people watch, let’s say, non-approved online streams, which I’m pretty sure aren’t included in the ratings.
 
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I know there is a ratings drop in the NFL. There are lots of factors at play. Online viewers. Pantywaists who got their feels all hurt by Kapernick. I don't know how it is playing out across the country, but my fiance works football Saturdays and Sundays during season and her bar is on a rather large sales increase on those days. Place is packed on Sundays for the games.
 
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ClearwaterVol said:
I know there is a ratings drop in the NFL. There are lots of factors at play. Online viewers. Pantywaists who got their feels all hurt by Kapernick. I don't know how it is playing out across the country, but my fiance works football Saturdays and Sundays during season and her bar is on a rather large sales increase on those days. Place is packed on Sundays for the games.
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Nice try.

In basketball terms: air-ball..... air-ball.... air-ballllllll
 
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I don't know a single person who watches like they used to, even the ones who still watch its much more casual. Most that I know have stopped watching at all
 
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volfanjustin said:
I don't know a single person who watches like they used to, even the ones who still watch its much more casual. Most that I know have stopped watching at all
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I think there is somewhat of a fatigue factor caused by fantasy football. At least there is for me. I followed so closely for a decade of being in FF leagues, I got burned out.
 
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volfanjustin said:
I don't know a single person who watches like they used to, even the ones who still watch its much more casual. Most that I know have stopped watching at all
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Probably a sign of your age

Personally, I watch slightly less football than I used to, but it's college that I watch less of, not NFL. I used to watch so much football, down is the only direction you could go.

I used to watch tons of baseball. Now I don't really watch any MLB until August and only if the Braves are good.

I watch as much NBA as ever. Slightly less college hoops than I used to.

I watch more MMA than ever.
 
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ClearwaterVol said:
I think there is somewhat of a fatigue factor caused by fantasy football. At least there is for me. I followed so closely for a decade of being in FF leagues, I got burned out.
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Same here. I played FF since the early 90's where the official stat provider was USA today newspaper and everything was calculated on pen and paper. I quit playing and started to root for a team and not players. The enjoyment factor for watching has increased.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Probably a sign of your age

Personally, I watch slightly less football than I used to, but it's college that I watch less of, not NFL. I used to watch so much football, down is the only direction you could go.

I used to watch tons of baseball. Now I don't really watch any MLB until August and only if the Braves are good.

I watch as much NBA as ever. Slightly less college hoops than I used to.

I watch more MMA than ever.
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You seem to watch a lot of sports.
 
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n_huffhines said:
Probably a sign of your age

Personally, I watch slightly less football than I used to, but it's college that I watch less of, not NFL. I used to watch so much football, down is the only direction you could go.

I used to watch tons of baseball. Now I don't really watch any MLB until August and only if the Braves are good.

I watch as much NBA as ever. Slightly less college hoops than I used to.

I watch more MMA than ever.
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Sounds about right that you watch the most of a very boring and predictable NBA.

I watch far more college than NFL. Many Sundays I don’t watch at all. I do watch all Saturday.

Just more proof of how screwed up you are.
 
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volfanjustin said:
I don't know a single person who watches like they used to, even the ones who still watch its much more casual. Most that I know have stopped watching at all
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You should hear my neighbor's dad. They used to do fantasy fb together. The dad was a submariner in the Nuclear Navy. Hoo boy. He's more adamant about it than me. He quit ff and watching and got really upset his son turned on Redzone one Sunday we were grilling, got up and went home. On his son's birthday.

ALL you guys like Ras trying to tell us we don't understand and we should seperate the protest from the anthem and flag ceremony are, not laughably, not sadly, but so dead wrong[/b] it's almost unbelievable. Not only No! But Hell no! And damn straight we will never accept some asshat playing a frickin' game telling us we should listen' to, and consider, any damn thing or cause they would want to protest about during a ceremony that is NOT ABOUT THE FLAG AND ANTHEM but is about what those things represent. Especially the men and women fro. every race and all their countries who have died in the cause of freedom. Especially the freedoms we enjoy in the US.

All the knee taker asshats can hop on the horse they rode in on and ride right back out.

These men laying children's games are going to kill their golden goose.
 
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tumscalcium said:
Sounds about right that you watch the most of a very boring and predictable NBA.

I watch far more college than NFL. Many Sundays I don’t watch at all. I do watch all Saturday.

Just more proof of how screwed up you are.
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I plan my fall Saturdays around the Vols.
 
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volfanjustin said:
I don't know a single person who watches like they used to, even the ones who still watch its much more casual. Most that I know have stopped watching at all
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You should hear my neighbor's dad. They used to do fantasy fb together. The dad was a submariner in the Nuclear Navy. Hoo boy. He's more adamant about it than me. He quit ff and watching and got really upset his son turned on Redzone one Sunday we were grilling, got up and went home. On his son's birthday.

ALL you guys like Ras trying to tell us we don't understand and we should seperate the protest from the anthem and flag ceremony are, not laughably, not sadly, but so dead wrong[/b] it's almost unbelievable. Not only No! But Hell no! And damn straight we will never accept some asshat playing a frickin' game telling us we should listen' to, and consider, any damn thing or cause they would want to protest about during a ceremony that is NOT ABOUT THE FLAG AND ANTHEM but is about what those things represent. Especially the men and women fro. every race and all their countries who have died in the cause of freedom. Especially the freedoms we enjoy in the US.

All the knee taker asshats can hop on the horse they rode in on and ride right back out.

These men playing children's games are going to kill their golden goose.

ALL LIVES MATTER
 
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evillawyer said:
Never understood auto racing (Nascar or otherwise). Why not just watch a goldfish swim around in it's bowl. Same concept.
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I grew up going to the races with my dad, within a couple hours drive we had Bristol, Martinsville, Richmond, N. Wilksboro and Rockingham so we went a bunch. Back then both the cars and the drivers had personalities plus the drivers were accessible. Now the cars, drivers and tracks are pretty much cookie cutter versions of each other nothing but rolling advertisements.

I can see how someone who knows nothing about or cares about cars wouldn't enjoy it.
 
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Sure.

don't understand and we should seperate the protest from the anthem and flag ceremony are, not laughably, not sadly, but so dead wrong[/b] it's almost unbelievable. Not only No! But Hell no! And damn straight we will never accept some asshat playing a frickin' game telling us we should listen' to, and consider, any damn thing or cause they would want to protest about during a ceremony that is NOT ABOUT THE FLAG AND ANTHEM but is about what those things represent. Especially the men and women fro. every race and all their countries who have died in the cause of freedom. Especially the freedoms we enjoy in the US.

All the knee taker asshats can hop on the horse they rode in on and ride right back out.

These men playing children's games are going to kill their golden goose.

ALL LIVES MATTER

I can do another one if you want.
 
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