There may be a new trend in the NFL, other than millionaire players refusing to stand for the national anthem.
As more and more fans become disgruntled, there appears to be a growing number of empty seats in NFL stadiums on Sundays.
At least, according to photos being posted in social media during live games.
Kickoff and empty seats in #NFL pic.twitter.com/FuRzahhpDb
— 𝘽𝙆𝙒🤘 (@BkwHookem) October 15, 2017
The Jacksonville Jaguars put themselves at the forefront of the kneeling controversy when the team opted to disrespect the national anthem while on foreign soil, doing so at a game played last month at Wembley Stadium in London, England.
Jacksonville owner Shad Khan called President Donald Trump the “great divider” last week at a Chicago conference — the Pakistani-American billionaire also called fellow team owners racists.
“You’ve got a bunch of 85-year-old guys who don’t think they’re racist, but they are racist,” Khan said, according to Crain’s Chicago Business.
It’s was enough to prompt a now-former Jaguars fans to go to extraordinary “heights” to boycott both the team and the NFL.
‘Be American’: NFL boycott is taken to whole new level with man’s sky high message to protesters https://t.co/Je50MAvZjl pic.twitter.com/phryBVs2ok
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) October 16, 2017
Photos of the Jacksonville game shared online Sunday may indicate how effective these efforts are:
You know who isn’t winning? The NFL. This was kickoff time in Jacksonville. Look at those empty seats! pic.twitter.com/fd7CwOuHk4
— Fistful of Doom (@fistfulofdoom) October 15, 2017
As for the Jacksonville game, adding to hometown crowd’s woes, the opposing team ran back the opening kickoff Sunday 103 yards for a touchdown.
https://twitter.com/bzazzie/status/919779331395555330
TV ratings are also taking a beating.
Nielson data obtained by Sporting News shows the NFL’s average TV audience through Week 5 of the 2017 season dropped 7 percent vs. the same period of the 2016 season.
“Worse for the league, the average game audiences are down 18 percent compared to the first five weeks of the 2015 season,” Sporting News reported.
Even the Dallas Cowboys, who all but single-handedly saved the NFL last year, are seeing a drop in ratings — which may explain why team owner Jerry Jones recently declared that he will not tolerate players kneeling during the national anthem.
#DallasCowboys TV ratings in Dallas-Fort Worth are tanking | @bhorn55 https://t.co/EB9fw7SAmu
— SportsDay Cowboys (@dmn_cowboys) October 14, 2017
Here’s a sampling of more empty seats Sunday from around the country, shared by social media users:
Photo via @ednorris – keep it up @NFL @NFLPA @Kaepernick7 @jemelehill those are thousands of empty seats in Baltimore. #StandForTheAnthem pic.twitter.com/NVHeqvZ4ER
— Jerry Kane (@nyjerrykane) October 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/Chris11962/status/919658982247206913
@EmptySeatsPics 17-7 Falcons with 6 min left in the 3rd. No one here pic.twitter.com/UedDu6WOkf
— Bubba (@FinsBubba) October 15, 2017
https://twitter.com/SocialClaude/status/919633373102071810
Conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza reminded Commissioner Roger Goodell, who has been accommodating of players disrespecting the national anthem, of the price of embracing left-wing politics.
‘Be American’: NFL boycott is taken to whole new level with man’s sky high message to protesters
“How’s it going with those protests @NFL? This should teach you next time what the Left has to offer you,” D’Souza tweeted.
How’s it going with those protests @NFL ? This should teach you next time what the Left has to offer you pic.twitter.com/cxb8kQvNhG
— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) October 11, 2017
But the tweet of the week belongs to social media user Christopher Greene, who stated: “The Only Stadium that Should be Full on Sunday is the Stadium of God. Boycott @NFL I only Kneel for Jesus…”
https://twitter.com/amtvmedia/status/919560042063454209
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The longest-tenured writer at BizPac Review, Tom grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills.
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