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by exabrial 3157 days ago
Once the NFL became political, a lot of hardcore fans stopped using it as an escape from the madness ever present in the news and social media. Seeing falling revenues doesn't surprise me.

The irony of my comment is I'm making plans to watch KC vs Denver... and it's Monday.
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enraged_camel 3157 days ago
>>Once the NFL became political

The numbers have been decreasing for the past 6 years. It has nothing to do with NFL becoming political.

http://www.businessinsider.com/espn-losing-subscribers-not-r...

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gozur88 3157 days ago
You're talking about two different things. He's talking about the NFL and you're talking about ESPN. Definitely the politics has hurt the NFL, though there's a lot of disagreement over just how much, but football is only a small part of ESPN's offerings.

I'd be shocked if politics haven't hurt ESPN, too, but the effect is probably completely swamped by changes in viewing habits and a reduction in Disney's clout with cable companies.

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