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Incitatus posted:gently caress yeah You need to directly link to the image: 
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e:f;b, so here's Professional Lokey Squirrel
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I think a lot of it is just that they've scheduled really lovely match ups. No one wants to watch the Bears this year.
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Oct 6, 2016 16:44
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fsif posted:I think a lot of it is just that they've scheduled really lovely match ups. No one wants to watch the Bears this year. The ratings for all games are down. The thing is, outside of some of the prime time stinkers, the drop seems to pretty well correlate with the % of people who are dropping cable.
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Oct 6, 2016 16:46
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Yeah, people have been complaining about lovely match ups for years, hence why flex scheduling ever became a thing. The NFL signed an 8 year extension with DirecTV for Sunday Ticket in 20-loving-14, a stupid decision that ignored the writing on the wall at the expense of Goodell's "$25 billion revenue" goal.
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Oct 6, 2016 16:50
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Kalli posted:The ratings for all games are down. Oh hm. I mean it could be related to people cutting cable, but most the (locally broadcast) games are available via antenna anyway. Maybe some of the lack of star power is hurting? Brady's been out, Peyton's retired, Cam and Rodgers have looked mortal. Or maybe it's the gifs.
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WHOOPS posted:I'd be shocked if it's causing a decline in ratings at all - .gifs and short video clips are free marketing that they clamp down on because reasons. Everyone I see bitches about flags non-stop. 10 minute debate of catch/no catch, then you flag a guy when he does a little jig in the endzone. gently caress that.
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fsif posted:Oh hm. I mean it could be related to people cutting cable, but most the (locally broadcast) games are available via antenna anyway. Maybe some of the lack of star power is hurting? Brady's been out, Peyton's retired, Cam and Rodgers have looked mortal. Yeah, you aren't wrong though. Forza's sure looked more entertaining then the 2nd half of any Bears game or the Chiefs - Steelers game after like 10 minutes. Also while a lot are switching to antennas, even putting forth the minimal effort to put up an antenna or finding out you get not-perfect reception is probably enough to cause a modest decrease in viewership. It's why so many services require you to call to cancel it, because they know I am loving lazy.
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I think commercial fatigue might be a factor. You watch so many commercials to watch about 12-15 minutes of actual football, it's ridiculous. Horrible matchups are also a factor obviously. Who do they think is tuning into BIlls/Jets in primetime outside of the NY tri-state area? Idiots like me, that's about it.
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Oct 6, 2016 16:59
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Somehow not an Onion headline: https://twitter.com/SBNationNFL/status/784059431302475776
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I used to wonder how coaches go through so much film for an opponent until I saw a condensed game is, like, 30 minutes.
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Nail Rat posted:Horrible matchups are also a factor obviously. Who do they think is tuning into BIlls/Jets in primetime outside of the NY tri-state area? Idiots like me, that's about it. I'm in a bit of a bubble, but I thought that was an intriguing matchup. It's two division rivals with feasible shots at the playoffs with a ton of baked-in rivalries. But I guess maybe you could make the same argument for Falcons/Saints, which I didn't care about.
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whypick1 posted:Somehow not an Onion headline: 
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Oct 6, 2016 17:06
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whypick1 posted:Somehow not an Onion headline: Nooooooooooooooooo Oh my god, do they not employ editors? a neat cape posted:Falcons/Saints also aired during the presidential debate I had a friend tell me football is doomed because of Kaepernick... due to a sharp ratings decline for MNF. I laughed in his face and he didn't understand. I'm assuming he connected the dots later, because I'm not gonna let a horse lead me to water and have him tell me it's sand. Let him figure it out. Chilichimp fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Oct 6, 2016 |
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a neat cape posted:Falcons/Saints also aired during the presidential debate No idea why someone would need to watch this cycle's shitshows
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Mel Mudkiper posted:N: http://www.si.com/tech-media/2016/10/06/joe-buck-fox-book-hair-plugs-surgery-voice Joe Buck irl 
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https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/784060981466976257 I hope he's still good and also still fat. fsif fucked around with this message at 17:15 on Oct 6, 2016 |
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Oct 6, 2016 17:10
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Chilichimp posted:Nooooooooooooooooo A good editor would let that one slide in. fsif posted:https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/784060981466976257 Now that's where an editor could help. Chichevache fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Oct 6, 2016 |
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Oct 6, 2016 17:11
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GonadTheBallbarian posted:No idea why someone would need to watch this cycle's shitshows Honestly dude, the bits I caught during commercial breaks and halftime were the funniest poo poo I've seen all year. It was cathartic as gently caress to watch him eat himself like a big, orange ouroboros.
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To expand on the cable-cutting / TV model, I think another problem could be that there is really no easy way to get an all-game package. We were talking about this in the Sunday Ticket thread - I am doing everything I can to give the NFL my money in order to watch any game I want, and the only way to do it is to download an obscure program that disguises my IP address into something that's not in the US (or something???). For my Dad's birthday, my sister and I were trying to get him a cable package that would ensure he could watch out of market Pittsburgh games, and were basically told that such a thing does not exist.
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Chichevache posted:Now that's where an editor could help. You just made me self-conscious enough to fix it.
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Blarfk posted:To expand on the cable-cutting / TV model, I think another problem could be that there is really no easy way to get an all-game package. We were talking about this in the Sunday Ticket thread - I am doing everything I can to give the NFL my money in order to watch any game I want, and the only way to do it is to download an obscure program that disguises my IP address into something that's not in the US (or something???). Yeah this is the NFL's biggest problem. They have the technology available to give people exactly what they want but only let one satellite provider have it so they can make a killer licensing fee
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fsif posted:You just made me self-conscious enough to fix it.  I was making fun of Schefter's use of "resign" instead of "re-sign".
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I think this was linked a few days ago, but I finally got around to reading it, and this article on Belichick with a ton of quotes from people he worked with is a pretty drat good read: http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/17703210/new-england-patriots-coach-bill-belichick-greatest-enigma-sports The Phil Savage quotes are probably the best Phil Savage posted:"I met Bill at the very beginning of his head-coaching career and on my very first day in the NFL. On Monday, March 18, 1991, I walked into the Browns' building, shook his hand, and Bill says, 'What are we paying you again?' I said $20,000. And he goes, 'Look, we had planned on hiring two guys, but I want you to do both sides of the ball. We'll give you an extra five grand, and eventually we'll bring some other a--hole in to help you out.' Kalli fucked around with this message at 17:28 on Oct 6, 2016 |
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Everyone is cutting cable and fast, in regards to ratings. Netflix alone (not counting HBO, Showtime, and Amazon) is putting out enough good shows that you really don't have time to watch all of it. Also, the meddling bullshit Goodell does in regards to punishments, drug policy, and 'taunting' penalties are starting to make the NFL seem less legitimate in general. I was a pure football addict in the past but it's annoyed me enough where I only watch my must-see games now. In a world of shrinking attention spans, they added MORE commercial breaks and made it harder to watch what you want to. It's completely idiotic.
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Oct 6, 2016 17:24
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It is the year 2016 and I still can't just buy all the Dolphins games to stream online lol
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Gumbel2Gumbel posted:Everyone is cutting cable and fast, in regards to ratings. Netflix alone (not counting HBO, Showtime, and Amazon) is putting out enough good shows that you really don't have time to watch all of it. I mean, I pay for DirecTV and Sunday Ticket Max but I still watch the illegal streams because the DirecTV streaming is so godawful choppy it's unwatchable. So even the overpriced legal streaming option they provide is terrible.
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ESPN (so I assume NFL thinks the same) says that cord cutters are not sports fans, so those people aren't affecting their numbers.
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Chilichimp posted:Honestly dude, the bits I caught during commercial breaks and halftime were the funniest poo poo I've seen all year. It was cathartic as gently caress to watch him eat himself like a big, orange ouroboros.
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Anyone read The Throwback Special? Just saw that it was shortlisted for the national book award and it sounds like it could be good.
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Imagine the NFL didn't have the direct tv deal. What do you think they'd try to charge fans to stream just their team's games. I'm betting at least $250 a year.
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Athanatos posted:ESPN (so I assume NFL thinks the same) says that cord cutters are not sports fans, so those people aren't affecting their numbers. ESPN making their channels so ungodly expensive to the providers, and therefore subscribers, is part of the goddamn problem. I wish I could get channels a-la-carte, but that's never loving happening because of every party involved.
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Athanatos posted:ESPN (so I assume NFL thinks the same) says that cord cutters are not sports fans, so those people aren't affecting their numbers. Sure we are, but we find a way... like borrowing a spare cable box from your father-in-law during football season so you get access to the live games. (Apparently this loving works, if you pay for internet from a TV company, you just need an unlocked cable box for that TV company to decode the TV signal, and literally any one will work). If you live out of your teams market, you're hosed, tho. Kalli posted:Imagine the NFL didn't have the direct tv deal. Season ticket prices
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Kalli posted:Imagine the NFL didn't have the direct tv deal. cool I'll save some money!
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Kalli posted:Imagine the NFL didn't have the direct tv deal. MLB is such a great deal for what you pay. NFL could charge twice as much for 1/10 of the games and I'd pay it in a second. As it stands, it's either pay one billion dollars a month for DirecTV or find streams. It sucks. Oh I guess I could go to a local bar to watch my team? Really easy to do when my toddlers Naptime falls directly during the game and there is zero chance hell sit still for a four hour game.
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Incitatus posted:Why doesn't linking photos work anymore? Depending on your browser you have to right click on the pic and save image location, copy, view image or whatever leads to the actual address of the picture instead of imgur's template. Then link that. e: Oops there was a new page
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I just (like within the last 2 weeks) realized that through the Verizon NFL Mobile App, I have basically had Sunday Ticket for years but assumed it was a app you had to pay for. 
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