Monday, October 17, 2016

Updates: Kyrigos banned eight weeks, and NFL ratings continue to tank

  • This morning, the ATP officially banned Nick Kyrigos eight weeks for match-fixing his Shanghai Masters exit last week.  He can have it reduced to three by taking a psych evaluation with an ATP-approved psychologist, but I am guessing any real psychologist might have Kyrigos out more than eight weeks, because there is a serious problem there.  What it is, I don't know.  But this is the second major suspension he's gotten from the ATP, and I can't think the next one might have him looking for a new career.
  • Speaking of new careers, the fixers running the NFL right now may need to find a new propaganda crew.  Ratings are still shit.
  • Sports Media Watch Week 5 (didn't put this one on the score report):  The Thursday night game between the Cardinals and 49ers was the lowest-rated primetime football contest in eight years.
  • CBS' national window for last week was down about 20% (Cowboys/Bengals), but Tom Brady's return actually caused almost a 10% gain in the regional window.
  • Giants/Packers was down 21% from last year -- even with the second "debate", that's still not good for the NFL.
  • FOX had one game last week, and that was down 14% year over year.
  • And Monday Night Football for last week was down 27% year over year to a 5.6, only eclipsed by one game (Christmas Eve 2007) before the first debate this year.
  • Early numbers for this week aren't much better.  The Thursday Night Football game for CBS and NFL Network was down about 6%.
  • No word yet on the national slots, but Sunday Night Football didn't seem to fare that well...

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