October 21, 2016 03:08AM
I get and agree with the point about the league sending less than marquee teams/match-ups to London. But I don't think that's an issue. Maybe for west coast viewership who just aren't going to get up at 6:30AM Sunday to view. Actually, it will be interesting to see the ratings in California for this Sunday's Rams game.

I actually like the Sunday Night games and am more likely to watch those than MNF now. Maybe I'm wrong but they usually seem like better games.

I just really dislike the weekly Thursday night games. By getting every team on the Thursday night schedule it guarantees bad match-ups vs MNF and SNF at least trying hard to only schedule good to decent (7-9 or better the previous year) teams. Plus the road team is at a major disadvantage and in 90% of cases will lose and the games are often sloppy because teams just barely practice. Then you watch NFL Network on a Tuesday discussing the MNF game and there's that ridiculous 'countdown clock'- 41 hours, 17 minutes to Jaguars vs. Chiefs! Enough....

Plus a minor irritation I have- the 3rd Thanksgiving Day game. Too much...

So have two UK games, fine. But get back to two Thanksgiving games, ditch the Thursday schedule entirely, and have a couple of those novelty Saturday games in December when college football has died down. I always liked those.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/21/2016 03:09AM by LMU93.
SubjectAuthorViewsPosted

  Why Is There a NFL Ratings Crisis? Look No Further Than London, Thursday Games

MamaRAMa1189October 20, 2016 01:27PM

  John Madden said years ago

Ramgator497October 20, 2016 03:56PM

  You forgot something

IowaRam533October 20, 2016 04:03PM

  There's never too much for me nm

six2stack384October 20, 2016 04:53PM

  I agree but...

Ramgator406October 21, 2016 09:09AM

  40% say it's Kaep Attachments

Blue and Gold433October 20, 2016 11:05PM

  Re: 40% say it's Kaep

TonyHunter87425October 20, 2016 11:30PM

  That's stupid

waterfield413October 21, 2016 08:49AM

  I think it sealed the deal with fans on the fence.

Ramgator376October 21, 2016 09:12AM

  Re: I think it sealed the deal with fans on the fence.

Rampage2K-380October 21, 2016 09:36AM

  Re: I think it sealed the deal with fans on the fence.

waterfield336October 21, 2016 10:31AM

  Re: I think it sealed the deal with fans on the fence.

TonyHunter87458October 21, 2016 10:37AM

  I understand that poll was commisioned by Yahoo

Blue and Gold357October 21, 2016 10:21AM

  Re: 40% say it's Kaep

waterfield253October 21, 2016 11:00AM

  Penalties and incessant commercial breaks

JYB438October 21, 2016 02:36AM

  Re: Penalties and incessant commercial breaks

Ramsfsninmd475October 21, 2016 03:19AM

  Re: Penalties and incessant commercial breaks

JYB481October 21, 2016 06:31AM

  for me it's really about Thursdays

LMU93431October 21, 2016 03:08AM

  Re: all good points from y'all

leafnose340October 21, 2016 03:54AM

  I agree Leaf

ferragamo79368October 21, 2016 07:29AM

  As a former football junkie, why I watch much less NFL

RockRam590October 21, 2016 03:17AM

  Re: As a former football junkie, why I watch much less NFL

LMU93392October 21, 2016 03:45AM

  And a crappy Thurs night game still beats almost everything else

Hazlet Hacksaw357October 21, 2016 05:07AM

  Re: As a former football junkie, why I watch much less NFL

waterfield397October 21, 2016 06:59AM

  Nice of you to leave out the rest of the quote...

RockRam403October 21, 2016 10:12AM

  Wow well said.....couldn't agree more

Ram49429October 21, 2016 08:36AM

  Re: Is there a crisis?

Speed_Kills504October 21, 2016 07:17AM

  Three suggestions that have worked well for me...

Rams43390October 21, 2016 07:19AM

  It's like sex

waterfield484October 21, 2016 07:46AM

  Re: It's like sex

six2stack389October 21, 2016 08:04AM

  I was gonna post..

sstrams390October 21, 2016 08:18AM

  Re: It's like sex

waterfield368October 21, 2016 08:52AM

  The NFL has saturated the market to the point...

DaJudge412October 21, 2016 08:31AM

  -- what Mark Cuban said NM

Ram49341October 21, 2016 08:42AM

  Re: The NFL has saturated the market to the point...

waterfield372October 21, 2016 08:58AM

  Why low ratings? It's a ONE word answer........GREED!!!

Ramgator365October 21, 2016 09:24AM

  Has nothing to do with London- it's all about the smart phones.

Rampage2K-371October 21, 2016 09:49AM