Playoff ratings DOWN 35% !!!!

[Cuyahoga Falls Eers]

Now maybe the Football Playoff Pretzel committee will pick the 4 best teams and not dip into 3rd place to get Ohio State in the playoffs. We can only hope.

The 2017 New Year’s Day national playoff ratings were down 35% from the 2014 New Year’s Day national playoff ratings!

Clemson vs. Ohio State got a 10.0 rating compared to 15.3 in 2014.

Alabama vs. Washington got 10.9 compared to 15.5 in 2014.

Comparing a New Year's Day ratings to 2016 New Year’s Eve is apples to oranges. That's why ESPN switched from Eve to Day after the calamity last year. Comparing it to 2014 is both New Year’s Day playoffs. So the playoffs two years in a row are doing worse than in 2014. Hmmnn. Someone didn't get it right.

ESPN has a lot at stake. It cut a $5.64 billion, 12-year deal to televise the four-team playoff in 2012. With the hemmoraging of subscribers, ESPN is in double jeopardy.

 

[Rootmaster]

The problem with your post are two words..."committee" and "pick".

 

[Cuyahoga Falls Eers]

The problem with your post are two words..."committee" and "pick".

I agree. ESPN shot itself in the foot 2 straight playoff seasons. No wonder it's losing subscribers faster than it can count 'em flying away.

 

[TexasforevEER]

It would have been nice to have the Mountaineers make the Top 4. They would have played Clem(p)son a better game than Ohio State managed!

 

[topdecktiger]

Now maybe the Football Playoff Pretzel committee will pick the 4 best teams and not dip into 3rd place to get Ohio State in the playoffs. We can only hope.

The 2017 New Year’s Day national playoff ratings were down 35% from the 2014 New Year’s Day national playoff ratings!

Clemson vs. Ohio State got a 10.0 rating compared to 15.3 in 2014.

Alabama vs. Washington got 10.9 compared to 15.5 in 2014.

Comparing a New Year's Day ratings to 2016 New Year’s Eve is apples to oranges. That's why ESPN switched from Eve to Day after the calamity last year. Comparing it to 2014 is both New Year’s Day playoffs. So the playoffs two years in a row are doing worse than in 2014. Hmmnn. Someone didn't get it right.

ESPN has a lot at stake. It cut a $5.64 billion, 12-year deal to televise the four-team playoff in 2012. With the hemmoraging of subscribers, ESPN is in double jeopardy.

This year's playoffs were on New Year's Eve. Today is January 1, 2017. Yesterday was December 31, 2016.

 

[KeatonsCorner]

Imagine how low the ratings would have been if they made the mistake of putting Penn St or Oklahoma in the playoffs

 

[Darth_VadEER]

35% is huge.

It has nothing to do with the teams in the games. NYE's @ 3:00 p.m. isn't a good spot.

 

[wvpaper]

Folks are tired of watching the same teams every year. That and Ohio was not deserving.

 

[Darth_VadEER]

Folks are tired of watching the same teams every year. That and Ohio was not deserving.

So you think the ratings would have been higher if Penn State was in?

 

[topdecktiger]

Folks are tired of watching the same teams every year. That and Ohio was not deserving.

The playoffs have only been around for 3 years. Not enough time for fans to get tired of teams. Plus, the ratings were actually up slightly from last year.

 

[wvpaper]

So you think the ratings would have been higher if Penn State was in?

Don't know. But a lot of people would have tuned in to root against the fighting Sanduskys. Cfb is losing fans everywhere. Look no further than WVU

 

[wvpaper]

The playoffs have only been around for 3 years. Not enough time for fans to get tired of teams. Plus, the ratings were actually up slightly from last year.

I'm tired of watching those same teams.

 

[topdecktiger]

I'm tired of watching those same teams.

Your personal taste has nothing everybody else.

 

[KeatonsCorner]

Don't know. But a lot of people would have tuned in to root against the fighting Sanduskys. Cfb is losing fans everywhere. Look no further than WVU

Your theory falls flat (like always) when you realize that this season's B10 championship game drew less viewers than 2015's matchup of Iowa and Michigan St. by half a million viewers


Womp womp womp

 

[MountaineerWV]

Ratings are down in NFL, and now college playoffs.....tells me that perhaps we might be seeing a shift away from football just a bit? It happens.......I don't think it had much to do with who was playing.

 

[wvpaper]

Your theory falls flat (like always) when you realize that this season's B10 championship game drew less viewers than 2015's matchup of Iowa and Michigan St. by half a million viewers


Womp womp womp

Always as if you have a point. Lol.

 

[xWVU2010x]

OP you're comparing to 2014 when the playoffs were on NYD. Last year established that the CFP on NYE is a bad idea, so not sure what your point is? If they were on NYD they would have crushed the ratings

 

[Woody in Helvetia]

Next year they will be on New Year's Day and they the comparison will be apples to apples. And for the near future you will be seeing the same teams - they are the blue bloods and that will continue until there are coaching changes or scandals.

 

[Pitt4Life34]

It would have been nice to have the Mountaineers make the Top 4. They would have played Clem(p)son a better game than Ohio State managed!

Oh ok if you say so! For God sake man tell me you're joking.

 

[Woody in Helvetia]

New Years Eve vs New Years Day - no contest there. We will see what next year brings. And in the years following the semifinals will usually be on a Saturday - not New Years Eve.

 

[TexasforevEER]

Oh ok if you say so! For God sake man tell me you're joking.

Yes..it is a joke. Warez

 

[dangerousdaneerfan]

The problem is that both the Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl refuse to move from their NYD slots. Next year, the semies will be on NYD.

 

[RAK]

Keep in mind the games are on ESPN. My satellite costs over $100 a month and I don't get one ESPN channel. That's great for ratings.

 

[CAJUNEER]

Now maybe the Football Playoff Pretzel committee will pick the 4 best teams and not dip into 3rd place to get Ohio State in the playoffs. We can only hope.

The 2017 New Year’s Day national playoff ratings were down 35% from the 2014 New Year’s Day national playoff ratings!

Clemson vs. Ohio State got a 10.0 rating compared to 15.3 in 2014.

Alabama vs. Washington got 10.9 compared to 15.5 in 2014.

Comparing a New Year's Day ratings to 2016 New Year’s Eve is apples to oranges. That's why ESPN switched from Eve to Day after the calamity last year. Comparing it to 2014 is both New Year’s Day playoffs. So the playoffs two years in a row are doing worse than in 2014. Hmmnn. Someone didn't get it right.

ESPN has a lot at stake. It cut a $5.64 billion, 12-year deal to televise the four-team playoff in 2012. With the hemmoraging of subscribers, ESPN is in double jeopardy.

Sports in general are losing popularity.