If football betting was banned for one day how many viewers tune in for MNF Lions/Saints

[JackStraw77]

Monday Night Football is stuck with some real dogs coming up. I believe the only people watching are those in Fantasy Leagues and those who wager on the game. Remember when MNF was the crown jewel of the NFL. It's sad that the league won't allow MNF to flex their games like Sunday night.

 

[CHOPTALK]

It's not the league it's the tv networks.

You can't just cherry pick premium match ups off fox and cbs and expect those two networks to pay top dollar for the rights

 

[CarolinaKid]

what killed monday night football was a few things, moving from abc hurt, and with the thur night, sunday night it took away 110% the monday night game and it hype, now it just another game, nothing more nothing less.......

 

[RoofTop]

My guess is 108,559

 

[CHOPTALK]

what killed monday night football was a few things, moving from abc hurt, and with the thur night, sunday night it took away 110% the monday night game and it hype, now it just another game, nothing more nothing less.......

It's hard to be wrong on every single word of a long winded runon sentence .
congrats

 

[CarolinaKid]

let me put it another way for just you chopboy.it call overkill and that what the nfl has today.most people if not for betting would not even watch the nfl on a reg thing these days.can you understand that or do you want me to go on.and this chop coming from you a saints and braves person.it make sense

 

[CHOPTALK]

So you think all these ratings is due to betting?
Get out your cocoon and and watch Truman show

 

[CarolinaKid]

there is nothing special at all about monday night football these day, you have thur, sunday, back in the good days of the nfl, monday was very great night to watch football, not any longer imo

 

[CarolinaKid]

no it call media hype chop, even when the season is over with they pound the nfl in your head 365 days a yr to make you think it the great thing on earth and if you are not watching, something is wrong with you imo.............

 

[MikeB]

My guess is 108,559

Haha

 

[slapshot]

It's not the league it's the tv networks.

You can't just cherry pick premium match ups off fox and cbs and expect those two networks to pay top dollar for the rights

what killed monday night football was a few things, moving from abc hurt, and with the thur night, sunday night it took away 110% the monday night game and it hype, now it just another game, nothing more nothing less.......

your both right

and I don't want to see Philly Dallas NE or any team on prime time every other week hno:

 

[CHOPTALK]

there is nothing special at all about monday night football these day, you have thur, sunday, back in the good days of the nfl, monday was very great night to watch football, not any longer imo

You do realize the ratings for MNF are the highest in history don't you on a per cap basis don't you?
It is the single greatest television right on earth.

 

[CarolinaKid]

what the population today against let say 25 yrs ago..................

 

[CarolinaKid]

and with the population growth over for 25yr, how many more tvs in the last 25 yrs for those added growth of people

 

[CarolinaKid]

Chop it so many ways you can spin your number

 

[CHOPTALK]

This is not even worth arguing about .

Its the most viewed program in America period. End of discussion .
I don't need to spin nothing .It's numero uno. #1

Spin that.

 

[CarolinaKid]

Ok Chop, have fun

 

[CHOPTALK]

So according to ckid Monday night football got killed but it is #1 by a mile in the ratings and Disney pays historic unheard of money for the right to air it.

Makes sense to me

 

[CHOPTALK]

But I'm sure I'm just spinning shit.

and who wants to bet me that the saints/lions will be the highest rated program this week?

 

[CarolinaKid]

Chop we can go on all day on this, but i would think for the person over 50 yr old and have been watching nfl since the 70's, monday night these days are no way a must watch like yrs ago.you have it on all the time now and monday night is just another game, ratings or not chop, back in the day monday was a special night for football as you didnt have all the outlets for sports, now it overkilled every night with sports and you can most of the time watch any game in the world being played