{"id":58002,"date":"2018-02-03T10:35:15","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T10:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=58002"},"modified":"2018-02-03T10:35:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T10:35:15","slug":"poll-nfls-core-audience-dropping-as-interest-lessens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/poll-nfls-core-audience-dropping-as-interest-lessens.html","title":{"rendered":"Poll: NFL&#8217;s core audience dropping as interest lessens"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Poll: NFL&#8217;s core audience dropping as interest lessens<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The NFL&#8217;s core audience is slipping away at a rapid pace, with a 9% decrease in interest since 2014, according to a new Wall Street Journal\/NBC News poll released on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The dip in interest comes from adult fans who reported to have followed the league closely; just 51% of men between the ages of 18 and 49 now show significant interest in the NFL \u2014 down 75% from 2014. The poll also shows, specifically, that the NFL&#8217;s core demographic \u2014 young men \u2014 have been following the sport less closely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The poll, which included interviews of 900 adults from Jan. 13-17, 2018, did not ask respondents why their interest changed. The results come on the heels of a 2017 season that saw many fans publicly express disinterest in the league due to hundreds of players kneeling during the national anthem as a protest against social and racial injustice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The 2017 season was also one that saw sports and politics collide, as President Donald Trump publicly ranted about the NFL&#8217;s lack of enforcement when it came to players kneeling. Just this week, a Georgia senator filed a proposal denouncing the NFL&#8217;s &#8220;hypocritical actions&#8221; for denying a military veterans group, AMVETS, advertising space in the Super Bowl LII program because the group wouldn&#8217;t alter the &#8220;Please Stand&#8221; language of its proposed American flag ad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">NFL commissioner Roger Goodell deflected a question about players kneeling at a news conference Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Dropoffs were also political, as base Democrats who followed the NFL dropped by 16 points, while base Republicans dropped 14 points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Messages made by USA TODAY Sports to the NFL were not immediately returned on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The poll also revealed that parents, concerned with the sport&#8217;s safety amid concussion concerns, want their children to turn away from watching and playing football. In 2014, 40% of mothers said they would encourage their child to play a sport other than football. That jumped to 53% in 2018. This Sunday&#8217;s Super Bowl halftime performer, Justin Timberlake, said earlier this week that he didn&#8217;t want his son, Silas, to play football.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2018\/02\/02\/poll-nfls-core-audience-dropping-interest-lessens\/300875002\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/poll-nfls-core-audience-dropping-as-interest-lessens.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poll: NFL&#8217;s core audience dropping as interest lessens The NFL&#8217;s core audience is slipping away at a rapid pace, with a 9% decrease in interest since 2014, according to a new Wall Street Journal\/NBC News poll released on Friday. 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