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ESPN Can’t Afford Monday Night Football Any More

posted by martyb on Wednesday November 01 2017, @11:58AM   
from the American-game-of-FOOTball-which-is-played-using-your-HANDs dept.

Phoenix666 submitted this story:

Is ESPN done for?

ESPN pays $2 billion a year to the NFL for Monday Night Football and one NFL wild card playoff game. I've written for the past couple of years that as ESPN's business collapses that ESPN's decision on whether or not to bid to keep Monday Night Football would be the first big test of how rapidly that business is deteriorating.

What's a deteriorating business look like? In the month of October ESPN lost over 15,000 subscribers a day in October per the latest Nielson estimates.

15,000 a day!

Losing 15,000 subscribers per day is a lot, but is that because of the NFL anthem protests or because cord-cutting has finally reached a tipping point?

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• Re:No surprise audiences are staying away in DROVE Re:No surprise audiences are staying away in DROVE (Score: 4, Informative) by captain normal on Wednesday November 01 2017, @04:59PM (5 children)

  by captain normal (2205) on Wednesday November 01 2017, @04:59PM (#590657)

  It's actually 36 U.S. Code § 301 - National anthem. (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/301)
  And when you read it you may notice that the operative words are "should" and "may" not "must" or "required".

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• Re:No surprise audiences are staying away in DROVE Re:No surprise audiences are staying away in DROVE (Score: 3, Interesting) by isostatic on Wednesday November 01 2017, @05:38PM (3 children)

  by isostatic (365) on Wednesday November 01 2017, @05:38PM (#590675) Journal

  Oh my word, that's an actual law?

  Hilarious. If I'm ever hunted down by the US military I'll ensure I have a speaker and a copy of the star spangled banner on my phone.

  (A) individuals in uniform should give the military salute at the first note of the anthem and maintain that position until the last note;

  I'll play it on repeat, and get simply walk away :D

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  • Re:No surprise audiences are staying away in DROVE Re:No surprise audiences are staying away in DROVE (Score: 2) by tibman on Wednesday November 01 2017, @10:11PM (2 children)

    by tibman (134) on Wednesday November 01 2017, @10:11PM (#590789)

    If the soldier is armed then a lot of that stuff goes out the window. Don't have to salute. Don't have to remove your hat/helmet. Just a warning to you before you do something stupid : P

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    • Re:No surprise audiences are staying away in DROVE Re:No surprise audiences are staying away in DROVE (Score: 2) by isostatic on Thursday November 02 2017, @10:34PM (1 child)

      by isostatic (365) on Thursday November 02 2017, @10:34PM (#591390) Journal

      Which law is that under?

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      • Re:No surprise audiences are staying away in DROVE (Score: 2) by tibman on Friday November 03 2017, @02:23AM

        by tibman (134) on Friday November 03 2017, @02:23AM (#591492)

        It won't be a law but a military regulation. The US Army for example: AR 670-1, section 3-7, l (lowercase L) 2

        (2) Soldiers will not wear headgear indoors, unless under arms in an official capacity, or when directed by the
        commander, such as for indoor ceremonial activities.

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• Re:No surprise audiences are staying away in DROVE (Score: 0, Troll) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday November 01 2017, @06:13PM

  by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Wednesday November 01 2017, @06:13PM (#590703) Homepage Journal

  That's it. Long & complicated way to say: respect Flag, Anthem and Country. Nobody knew that could be so complicated. #MAGA 🇺🇸

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