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<blockquote data-quote="GarethGriffiths" data-source="post: 882678" data-attributes="member: 75489"><p>Amendment to the attendances thing:</p><p></p><p>Whilst stadiums appear to be empty, this appears to be why (source - businessinsider):</p><p></p><p>'First and foremost, the NFL is driven by season-ticket sales and tickets purchased prior to the start of the season. That suggests that attendance this season was not impacted by players kneeling during the 2016 season. However, it doesn't tell us if ticket sales will be hurt as a result of the growing criticism this season, especially from President Donald Trump. The true impact of the backlash this season won't be felt until the 2018 season, if at all.</p><p></p><p>The other issue to keep in mind is that attendance figures do not necessarily tell us how many people actually attended the games. Since 2005, <a href="http://www.latimes.com/la-sp-attendance-082305-story.html" target="_blank">the NFL has encouraged teams to report "tickets distributed"</a> as opposed to the actual number of fans that pass through the turnstiles. Tickets distributed includes tickets sold and tickets given away (e.g. charity donations).</p><p></p><p>That's why we can have a game in San Francisco with a reported "attendance" of 70,000 and <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/nfl-attendance-down-2017-9" target="_blank">the stadium still looks half empty</a>.</p><p></p><p>The NFL can fudge the numbers this season. But they won't be able to fudge as much next season if ticket sales drop.'</p><p></p><p>If the protests keep up, then 2018 will be interesting to say the least.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GarethGriffiths, post: 882678, member: 75489"] Amendment to the attendances thing: Whilst stadiums appear to be empty, this appears to be why (source - businessinsider): 'First and foremost, the NFL is driven by season-ticket sales and tickets purchased prior to the start of the season. That suggests that attendance this season was not impacted by players kneeling during the 2016 season. However, it doesn't tell us if ticket sales will be hurt as a result of the growing criticism this season, especially from President Donald Trump. The true impact of the backlash this season won't be felt until the 2018 season, if at all. The other issue to keep in mind is that attendance figures do not necessarily tell us how many people actually attended the games. Since 2005, [URL='http://www.latimes.com/la-sp-attendance-082305-story.html']the NFL has encouraged teams to report "tickets distributed"[/URL] as opposed to the actual number of fans that pass through the turnstiles. Tickets distributed includes tickets sold and tickets given away (e.g. charity donations). That's why we can have a game in San Francisco with a reported "attendance" of 70,000 and [URL='http://www.businessinsider.com/nfl-attendance-down-2017-9']the stadium still looks half empty[/URL]. The NFL can fudge the numbers this season. But they won't be able to fudge as much next season if ticket sales drop.' If the protests keep up, then 2018 will be interesting to say the least. [/QUOTE]
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