About the NFL ratings going down.

[wynnron123]

BINGO!

With all of the cable cutting and the like, how many people just stream the games and watch them on their 24" or larger PC monitors, tablets or other devices? A shitload.

Direct TV is up to $400+ on the NFL ticket. I haven't missed any Eagles game this season on my Kodi box

[Pete]

Exactly

It's every positive play. Every completed pass or nice run on offense, every stop on defense, every runback on special teams. The default reaction to every positive play is to hold your breath and wait for the flag to fly. It kills the timing and flow of the thing and takes away all of the joy... which makes it very easy to walk away and find something else to do with your Sunday.

There are definitely other things hurting the NFL, but no other single thing directly effects my ability to enjoy a game more than the officiating.

It wasn't too long ago that the "...but there is a flag" call brought a resounding boo. Now, it's practically a given that big returns and big defensive stands will be met with an obligatory flag.

Don't get me started on the flag that comes in late, particularly after an offensive player petitions the officials or when the officials huddle in their feeble attempts at "getting the call right."

[wynnron123]

It wasn't too long ago that the "...but there is a flag" call brought a resounding boo. Now, it's practically a given that big returns and big defensive stands will be met with an obligatory flag.

Don't get me started on the flag that comes in late, particularly after an offensive player petitions the officials or when the officials huddle in their feeble attempts at "getting the call right."

After this CTE and the movie by Will Smith there is a flag on every other play

[Pete]

I think they are mutually exclusive

After this CTE and the movie by Will Smith there is a flag on every other play

Unless you are talking about hits to the head or with the head.

Before-flags were a shock

Today-the absence of a flag is a shock

[wynnron123]

Unless you are talking about hits to the head or with the head.

Before-flags were a shock

Today-the absence of a flag is a shock

You are correct as of the point of it, I mean that Cam Newton concussion game was atrocious. I think Goodell is the main problem on a lot of the issues that is converting over to the NFL, especially social issues.

I turn on the television to watch a NFL game, and I get James Brown on CBS giving me a 30 min lecture about domestic violence because of Ray Rice, its a complete turn off