Now even the Commissioner upstairs will stop watching NFL games.

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Spectator:

October 20, 2016, 12:06 am

Now even the Commissioner upstairs will stop watching NFL games.

 

National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell used today’s Reformed Secular Breakfast Club meeting in Washington, D.C. as a forum to announce new rule changes in the game.

 

The changes are an attempt by the NFL to appeal to a broader television market.

 

The rules become effective on October 31 with the Monday night broadcast of the Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears football game.

After a short but enthusiastic introduction by club president Lew Seifer, an ardent supporter of the new rules, Goodell spoke. This is the entirety of his speech:

 

“Thank you for your very warm — dare I say hot — welcome.

 

“As you know, television ratings for NFL football games have fallen drastically this season, roughly fifteen percent, or one out of seven viewers. Many reasons are attributed to this decline; market over-saturation; competition from the internet; competition from other television programming; increased Sunday afternoon church attendance.

 

“The NFL’s research, however, indicates that approximately one out of every eight potential viewers is refusing to watch as a means of making a personal statement against what he believes is the NFL’s lack of national patriotism. Specifically, they are upset by the NFL’s decision not to reprimand Kaepernick and a very small handful other players for refusing to stand for the national anthem at a few games earlier in the season.

Marianne O’Leary