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NFL Week 6 Ratings For 'Thursday Night Football' Fall Again « CBS Boston
NFL Week 6 Ratings For 'Thursday Night Football' Fall Again « CBS Boston
By Matt Dolloff, CBS BostonBOSTON (CBS) — The NFL's down ratings are showing little signs of improving as Week 6 of the 2016 season kicks off.Thursday Night Football between the Denver Broncos and San Diego Chargers drew a 9.9 overnight rating, down 5 percent from the Thursday night game between the New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons in Week 6 of 2015, according to Austin Karp of SportsBusiness Daily.To be fair to the NFL – something Roger Goodell does not seem to understand – the rating for Broncos-Chargers is up from last week's Cardinals-49ers Thursday night game, which drew a 6.7 overnight rating.
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NFL Can't Quite Figure Out Why Ratings Are Nose Diving
NFL Can't Quite Figure Out Why Ratings Are Nose Diving
On August 26 San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who has a $110 million contract and is the adopted son of white parents, decided to make a statement by refusing to stand for the National Anthem before a game.He had done it twice before, but this time it was noticed by a sports journalist providing coverage and immediately went viral.Fans took to the internet to express their disgust with the move, with many posting videos of themselves burning his jersey.
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NFL Ratings Dip, and Here Are Some Reasons Why
NFL Ratings Dip, and Here Are Some Reasons Why
FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2016 file photo, Denver Broncos' Peyton Manning (18) passes against the Carolina Panthers during the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 50 football game in Santa Clara, Calif. Clay Matthews, Julius Peppers and James Harrison will be interviewed next month by NFL officials in connection to an Al-Jazeera report that linked them to the use of performance-enhancing drugs.A letter from NFL executive Adolpho Birch that was obtained by The Associated Press says Green Bay linebackers Matthews and Peppers and Pittsburgh linebacker Harrison will be interviewed when training camps open.It doesn't mention the now-retired Manning, who also was cited in Al-Jazeera's report in December.
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