12-20-2017, 02:40 AM
(12-18-2017, 05:40 PM)grampahol Wrote: Stop pretending that the leagues TV ratings is of any importance at all. It isn't.
The TV ratings are what drives the whole NFL. In an oversimplification, each single rating point can be thought of as x-amount of millions of dollars to the networks, and subsequently the NFL.
The ratings are what the league or the networks (depending if they are up or down) will point to in the next round of contracts, which will determine the amount of the NFL's single greatest revenue stream. This would affect things like salary caps, etc.
The ratings are what the NFLPA will point to in their next round of contracts with the NFL, which will determine (among other things) the payscale and compensation packages / rules for players of various tenure.
The problem right now is that we're at a point where ratings don't necessarily reflect the true number of eyes on any specific game, as more and more people opt for alternative media options. Soon enough, watching a game via the networks will go the way of phone landlines, and the term 'ratings' will be replaced with 'hits'. And you can bet the NFL will be all over it.
Meaning no offense to anyone, but to say the NFL is "in trouble" is fairly inaccurate. As a 14 billion dollar company they are worth more than some small countries. I should have that type of 'trouble'.
The NFL will address issues that adversely affect their product and rework how they do business to stay up with the times...just like any other large company does continuously.
