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That's because they super-saturated the market.


There was a time when you would get 3 or 4 games on Sunday (first on CBS and NBC, then Fox got the CBS contract, and later CBS got NBC's). One would show a game and the other would do a double-header, the next week they might switch, and towards the end of the season you'd start to get two double-headers. And ABC had one game on Monday Night. That was it. 4 or 5 games per week in the NFL. And on Saturday you got maybe 4 or 5 college games between CBS, ABC, and NBC.

Then along comes ESPN. They add the Sunday night NFL game and start showing 4 more college games each week... then they add ESPN2 and add 4 more college games. Then they add ESPNU and 4 more college games. And they add Thursday night games. And Friday Night games. And FOX adds a college game. And The NFL Network makes Thursday Night NFL a thing. And along comes internet streaming. You can literally watch almost any game being played anywhere, 5 days per week. OF COURSE ratings are down. People just can't be expected to tune in that often.

Me? I watch the Hokies and one or two more college games, if I can get away with it, each Saturday. I'll watch 4 or 5 Redskins games during the season. I'll watch the college and NFL playoff games... and that's about it. That's quite a drop-off for me, considering when I was in college (1990-1994) I watched ball all day Saturday, all day Sunday, and on Monday night. But that was seven games per week -- three college games and four NFL games. And that was a lot. Seven games per week doesn't come CLOSE to touching what's available.

(In response to this post by fordham)

Posted: 10/27/2017 at 2:27PM



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