Tag: NFL’s

20 SEP

If the NFL’s ratings troubles continue, it could cost TV networks $200 million or more

Al Bello/Getty The NFL’s TV ratings were down again in week two, and a Jefferies analyst has projected that its TV partners could lose out on $ 200 million or more, in earnings, if its ratings troubles persist in a double-digit way.  In week two, the NFL saw a 4% drop from 2016’s week two […]

22 AUG

Two white players take part in NFL’s largest anthem protest to date

More than a dozen Cleveland Browns players staged the largest national anthem protest seen in the NFL so far, ahead of Monday’s preseason game against the New York Giants. The group gathered by water coolers during the playing of the Star-Spangled Banner and included tight end Seth DeValve, the first white NFL player to kneel […]

29 JUL

Two months after skipping workouts, Odell Beckham Jr. says he should be the NFL’s highest-paid player

Seth Wenig/AP The New York Giants reported for training camp less than two days ago, and star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has already caused a stir around the league. In a video posted by Uninterrupted, Beckham outlined one of his main career goals, and it didn’t have anything to do with bringing the Lombardi […]

05 FEB

Can Grieving Mothers Stop The Public From Forgetting The NFL’s Brain-Trauma Crisis?

Photo credit: Debbie Pyka On Monday afternoon, a group of mothers and other family members of men who have died with chronic traumatic encephalopathy gathered in a room at a hotel in Houston to hold a press conference announcing CTE Awareness Day and promoting their group’s eponymous website, Faces of CTE. They brought life-sized cardboard […]