Colin Kaepernick to be Remembered as Man who Killed Football

[Venom08]

Viewership for the Superbowl hit an all time high of 115 million in 2015 and interestingly enough, the numbers grew and grew from 2007-2015. 2016 saw a decline in viewership to 111 million and if the 2017 SB is lower than that, then football will become less and less popular. I think that's likely considering ESPN lost a million+ subscribers since the whole Kaepernick ordeal and that should definitely reflect lower SB viewership for the next one. People watch sports to escape reality and when the players make it their effort to bring reality and politics into the games, people tune off. That's why when the economy entered a recession in 2007 the popularity of the game rose. Oh well, these overpaid dumbasses deserve it.

[amikaelmorris]

Viewership for the Superbowl hit an all time high of 115 million in 2015 and interestingly enough, the numbers grew and grew from 2007-2015. 2016 saw a decline in viewership to 111 million and if the 2017 SB is lower than that, then football will become less and less popular. I think that's likely considering ESPN lost a million+ subscribers since the whole Kaepernick ordeal and that should definitely reflect lower SB viewership for the next one. People watch sports to escape reality and when the players make it their effort to bring reality and politics into the games, people tune off. That's why when the economy entered a recession in 2007 the popularity of the game rose. Oh well, these overpaid dumbasses deserve it.

right. and cause i flipped the lightswitch in my room, someone in kansas got in a car wreck...

imo it has nothing to do with politics or kaep, it has to do with the fact that they're presenting a garbage product and shoving it down our throats at every possible opportunity year-round. it gets old.

[DreamEater]

Is this the post you're going to point your community college news outlet to when you're trying to convince them you can create stories inspired by raging *******ry?

CK will be remembered as the dumbest activist of all time that ALSO sucked ass as a quarterback. This is the most overly dramatic, clickbaitey, thoughtvomit of chit for content I've ever seen in sports misc.

What's your deviantjournal page opee? I want to connect with more of your melodramatic unimportant *******ry on a deeper, gayer level.

[HockeyBacon18]

colin sackorpick is going to be remembered as the guy who got benched for Blaine Gabbert... TWICE

[DR225]

When you read that espn lost a million subscribers, that doesn't mean that people called their cable company and wanted to remove espn, it means they canceled cable. ESPN makes around $7 per cable subscriber and with cord cutting becoming rampant, they are feeling the effects more than any other cable channel. An oversimplified reason for this is that younger people aren't buying cable. There's no need to pay $100 something per month (cable + internet) when you can stream whatever you want to watch easily.

[Brandon556211]

That and ESPN is pure chit. Sportscenter hasnt been any good in years. The only time I tune into that channel is for MNF.

[sammywatkins]

You mean Roger Goodell?

[y0lked]

i promise you if the cowboys make it to the superbowl it will be the most watched in nfl history.


also, it would be the most watched NFC championship game of all time

[AgRyan]

ESPN just turned into "The View" for men with a bunch of talking heads talking about drama and chit.

What happened to the actual analysis of games? Talking about the match ups? Instead, we get stupid chit shows of old men yelling at each other and talking about things most fans don't actually care about and just think they care about because it's all they talk about.

[GolfPants]

It's not Kaepernick.

It's BSPN and sport's media in general's coverage of Kaepernick.

[Tyler2106]

It's not Kaepernick.

It's BSPN and sport's media in general's coverage of Kaepernick.

It's definitely a combination of both. I also think NFL ratings are down because of how the NFL, specifically Goodell, are handling both off and on the field issues.

I'd also like to have the ability to watch whatever game I want to rather than being forced to watch whichever team is local to me. I know they have that ability with NFL season ticket or whatever, but I'm not going to pay that kind of money for that. If the games played are two teams I don't care for, I won't watch it. Having the ability to watch the team(s) you enjoy each week, I think would help the NFL IMO.

[VeganBrahh]

colin sackorpick is going to be remembered as the guy who got benched for Blaine Gabbert... TWICE

Lmfao this


Roger Goodell is to be remembered as the ******* who ruined football.

[TommyTuffGuy]

Pansy rule changes and too many commercials is the reason.

We used to argue over the GOATS in all positions now we argue over if an obvious catch is actually a catch because no one has a clue.

[CobyWan]

The thing that will kill the NFL, at least as we know it, will be the head injuries.

[chlaxman]

A guy kneeling during the national anthem caused ESPN to lose viewers...even though he didn't do it on ESPN.

Fukkin LMAO

[Venom08]

Huehuehuehuehuehuehue

http://thehill.com/homenews/media/35...k-3-since-2006

NBC 'Sunday Night Football' ratings lowest for Week 3 since 2006

[AmIGoodNuff]

Huehuehuehuehuehuehue

http://thehill.com/homenews/media/35...k-3-since-2006

NBC 'Sunday Night Football' ratings lowest for Week 3 since 2006

But who was streams?

[YoungMetro24]

A guy kneeling during the national anthem caused ESPN to lose viewers...even though he didn't do it on ESPN.

Fukkin LMAO

People are dumb. More at 11.

[Venom08]

But who was streams?

Oh that's right. I forgot streaming came out in 2017.

[KT667]

brb billionaire owners and their millionaire players feel opressed so they kneel inside a stadium payed with billions of taxpayers $$$.


i wanna say wake up, but it seems
like its already too late for that.

[AmIGoodNuff]

Oh that's right. I forgot streaming came out in 2017.

Youre a potato.

[xXGHOST23Xx]

Pansy rule changes and too many commercials is the reason.

We used to argue over the GOATS in all positions now we argue over if an obvious catch is actually a catch because no one has a clue.

this and illegal streaming is exponentially growing (I doubt those numbers get accounted for). Cable is being cut at a growing rate

[xXGHOST23Xx]

Oh that's right. I forgot streaming came out in 2017.

Couple it with the decline in popularity for cable, its a combo to kill viewership numbers on paper. Plus, the tech gets better every year for streaming. Who was twitch in 07? yet within the past few years everyone became aware of twitch.

[DrWilliam]

I think he's gonna be remembered as a really ****ty QB that only had mild short-lived success because of excellent coaching and a top 5 defense

[Shortstop36]

Oh that's right. I forgot streaming came out in 2017.

absolutely fukn dead, that's exactly what i thought when i read it

[Venom08]

Huehuehuehuehue

[Iguodala]

The discussion has become whether they should kneel or not. Which takes away from whatever he was trying to do. imo. He should have switched to like doing other things to address the issues. I don't see any issues being discussed in the news.

[HawksFanRuss]

Refs are ruining the NFL. Flags after like every play.

[x-trainer ben]

No it isn't KAP, it is poor qb play and a lack of stars. I watch the ravens and dolphins and I see Flacco and Mike more. The game ends at 40-0. WTF at this chitty game?

[VeganBrahh]

ESPN just turned into "The View" for men with a bunch of talking heads talking about drama and chit.

What happened to the actual analysis of games? Talking about the match ups? Instead, we get stupid chit shows of old men yelling at each other and talking about things most fans don't actually care about and just think they care about because it's all they talk about.

Fukkin this