Ticket sales to NFL games have dropped 17.9%.
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:
17.9 percent decrease in NFL orders this week compared to the previous week.
Last year the drop was 10.8 percent in orders on Monday & Tuesday following Week Three games.
“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.
I wonder what could have caused that?
Now let’s work on the sponsors. Anheuser Busch came out with a stupid statement about supporting the flag and also the right of semi-literate thugs to protest. By the way, most of these players don’t even know what they are protesting. It’s monkey see monkey do. It’s time for the fans to quit buying Anheuser Busch products. When those sales drop, and sales of other sponsors like Nike which has come out on the side of players, they and the NFL will take notice. You don’t piss off your fans. Nike is really stupid. Michael Jordan once said, “Republicans buy shoes as well.”
StubHub’s offering a 10% discount on ticket prices. If this keeps up the ticket brokers will realize it’s not worth buying tickets to resell because they’ll lose money on every transaction.
Well, the NFL just tried to push the reset button with a very scripted demonstration of “unity” at tonight’s Packers/Bears game. The anthem was sung in an unremarkable, somber, subdued tone so as not to seem overtly patriotic. Ironically, both teams are clad in all-white and all-black uniforms.
The nfl, is guilty of Hubris. And have tarneshed their product. They could take a lesson,
from my Alma mater. University of Texas at Austin.
When the team exitstheir locker-room,to acess the tunel to the stadium they pass a picture “Memorial,
to former Longhorn Fredddy zsteinbeck,
former runningback.
who ran in pain for many games.
before losing his leg and life to cacer. How about;
Every nfl tunel Have a picture of Pat Tillman;
In his NFL uniform,as well as his Ranger Uniform
Might be too late according to this well-researched video:
https://t.co/WmQeD7y5Ys?amp=1
I cancelled my DirectTV NFL Sunday Ticket subscription. No more NFL for me.
I’ve never been much of a football fan but that could change. Click on link and play the videos in the story.
http://www.dailywire.com/news/21645/lingerie-football-league-responds-nfl-protests-we-ryan-saavedra?utm_source=dwemail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=092817-news&utm_campaign=position1
Sometimes I’m not comfortable clicking links.
Anyway, kids often look up to athletes. Work on health and strength and skill.
Now, all they have to do is cop an attitude.
It doesn’t matter what race they are, which one will land them in jail?
Haven’t been to an NFL game since I watched the 49ers at Kezar in the Fifties. Did watch an AFL game between the Raiders and Chargers at Candlestick in about ’61 or ’62. Can’t stop doin’ something I haven’t done in years. Wish I could, just to piss off the League and players.
Time to switch to Miller beer.
Hell, go with PBR. I’m sure somebody here can find and post a link to “Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer” from back in the 70s.
OK, I did, on my blog.
Did not watch the game Thursday night. Was working at the warehouse. The Bears were terrible from what I have heard. All the more reason not to watch at this point. Not going to a game, after all this BS.
One of the major features of the football season is obviously the rivalries. This boils down to teams and the different divisions which ultimately leads to the super bowl. The super bowl this year will be a bomb because very few “fans” will be following their teams divisions, etc. In other words, who cares who plays in or wins the “big” game.