LOL! The overpaid crybabies of the NFL, who claim to be so oppressed yet average over $2 million per season in salary are bleeding viewers just like the NBA and Major League Baseball. With so many places still basically locked down, or at least not fully open to the public, one would think NFL ratings would skyrocket as people look to escape the COVID-19 world. Turns out that’s a big fail. When the two teams, Houston and Kansas City disrespected the country last night, they were soundly booed in a sparsely populated stadium.
It seems people on TV tooned out too. Ratings for last night’s opening game, which featured the Super Bowl winning Chiefs saw ratings tank by double digits, 12.3%.
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That’s a fumble of 12.3% from the Green Bay Packers vs. Chicago Bears opening game of the 2019-2020 season on September 5. With racial justice center stage at the beginning of the game, the contest between the mid-market reigning Super Bowl champions and the Lone Star state team is up just a touch over the 9-year low of the weather delayed 2018 season opener low in total sets of eyeballs.
When data from NBC Sports Digital and NFL Digital platforms are added to Thursday’s NFL battle, the 8:28 – 11:05 PM ET game had a Total Audience Delivery of 20.3 million. That’s an 11% drop from last year’s TAD, even with the digital numbers up 55% over 2019 to a non-Super Bowl high. Last night’s game peaked at 22 million viewers early in the 9:15 – 9:30 PM ET period.