The MAGA Football League: And more evidence that White Republicans are the main audience for football these days...

In a survey that confirms some of my worst fears of the demographics that are the main make-up of football these days...

ESPN reports today a J.D.Power survey of 9,200 sports fans who attended at least one major sporting event.

The survey states only 12% claimed to watch fewer football games last year (even though ratings before the election were down 14% and routinely double-digit percentages in almost every time slot in that period), but, when asked for the reasons (and a person could give multiple reasons)...

• The leading reason, at 26%, was the Kaepernick-led anthem protests.

I guess it really shouldn't be a surprise, given the marriage between post-War On Terra America and the NFL, but, especially given the political realities of the switch, one does have to wonder if we are looking at the MAGA Football League this year (which is about the only reason I haven't removed the Cowthugs from consideration for the Super Bowl just yet -- just that I am clear now they either go 11-5 or 5-11 -- no 8-8 in-between with this booking!).

Some of the other reasons given were close:

• 24% of those turning down their football was because of the off-the-field stuff with domestic violence and player conduct.
• 24% also said game delays and length were the issue.
• Even though the NFL is trying to get rid of the commercial-kickoff-commercial madness, the number of fans reducing football listing that as a reason was only 20%.
• 16% was because of the election directly.
• Cutting the cord was at 5%.

But what this is indicating is what I am fearing about the football demographic:  Increasingly White, increasingly Republican....  (Also off-shooting from that one survey around the Adrian Peterson debacles which indicated the only demographic increasing interest in football was White, college-educated, and middle-class.)