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Against the backdrop of large-scale social justice demonstrations that included Black Lives Matter t-shirts, a giant social justice banner, an entire team standing for the “black national anthem,” and at least 20 players kneeling in protest during the actual national anthem, the Steelers-Giants MNF contest saw a 27% drop from last year, Breitbart explained
MNF
-Steelers-Giants – 10.8M
-Titans-Broncos – 7.7M
2019
-Texans-Saints – 13.1M
-Broncos-Raiders – 10.6M— Ryan Glasspiegel (@sportsrapport) September 15, 2020
The second game of the Monday Night Football double-header, saw another notable drop of 2.5 million viewers from last year’s mark
With empty stands at practically every stadium and ratings now calculated for viewership away from one’s homes for the first time ever, one would not expect such a steep drop. It is safe to assume viewers are being turned off by the injection of politics into NFL football
