ESPN Loses 621,000 Subscribers; Worst Month in Company History

Re:ESPN Loses 621,000 Subscribers; Worst Month in Company Hi... by mozumder on Saturday October 29, 2016 @01:30PM (#12825093)

Literally no one cares about the anthem protests. They don't even show them during the games.

The big problem is that a lot of star players were injured at the beginning of the season - Brady, Romo, Dez Bryant, JJ Watt, RG III, Adrian Peterson, etc. Just so many injuries this year.

And we have millennials doing a lot more online games, so we have that competition now.

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Re:ESPN Loses 621,000 Subscribers; Worst Month in Company Hi... by PKop on Sunday October 30, 2016 @12:17AM (#12828137)

That's not what the polls say.

Here's one: https://www.google.com/amp/www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/poll-m...

But yea, I'm sure it's seems like it wouldn't matter.... to people still watching.

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Re:ESPN Loses 621,000 Subscribers; Worst Month in Company Hi... by mozumder on Sunday October 30, 2016 @02:53AM (#12828530)

You can ignore that poll, since it doesn't account for likely viewers that turned away from watching.

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Re:ESPN Loses 621,000 Subscribers; Worst Month in Company Hi... by jghn on Saturday October 29, 2016 @01:38PM (#12825166)

Brady was suspended, not injured. But your point is still valid.

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Re:ESPN Loses 621,000 Subscribers; Worst Month in Company Hi... by mozumder on Saturday October 29, 2016 @02:16PM (#12825439)

Yes. All the suspensions/injuries/retirement (Peyton) aren't helping ratings.

The audience wants their stars.

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Re:ESPN Loses 621,000 Subscribers; Worst Month in Company Hi... by jghn on Saturday October 29, 2016 @02:53PM (#12825649)

I knew I was missing one when I was thinking about this, and that was Peyton. Thanks

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